«Arab Metal» collected and prepared All statistics below, which is part of its database. Everyone can be use it, with reference to «Arab metal». Value: USD Quantity: tonnes All imports values CIF All export values FOB   Month Value (US$) Weight (ton) Nov-14 98,070,299 211,717 Oct-14 55,388,260 114,166 Sep-14 ...

  Reuters – Japan's crude steel output for April-June is forecast to drop 7.8 percent from a year earlier to the lowest for the quarter in six years, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) said on Thursday. The fall would mark the latest in a series of signs ...

Reuters – China will aim to cut as much as 80 million tonnes of excess steel capacity in the next three years to tackle a massive supply glut that has plunged much of the sector into crisis, a government official said on Saturday. Speaking at an industry forum, Luo Tiejun ...

EconomicTimes – India's Mesco Steel has signed an initial agreement with Posco to set up a plant that would use the South Korean steelmaker's finexBSE 0.00 % technology to make steel.  The plant would come up at Mesco's facility at Jajpur in Odisha. This will help the local company venture ...

  DailyNewsEgypt – Gamal El-Garhy, chairman of Solb Misr Company, said his company plans to pump approximately EGP 1.6bn, or $200m, in investments during the coming period. “We have some investments that we are currently developing,” he said, adding that the investment plan will last till 2017. The company is ...

Xinhua – China will accelerate the overhaul of its overly-invested iron and steel sector to bring it back to a "basically balanced level" by 2017, the industry ministry said. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said it would aim to bring industrial average profit rate and return on ...

  WorldSteel – World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 128 million tonnes (Mt) in February 2015, a 0.6% increase compared to February 2014.  China’s crude steel production for February 2015 was estimated at 65.0 Mt. The total production for January ...

  FT – The London Metal Exchange will work with Turkey's Borsa Istanbul to develop products for the steel market, it said on Wednesday. The Turkish exchange will also acquire the LME's stake in clearing house LCH.Clearnet, reports Henry Sanderson, commodities correspondent. The country is aiming to become a financial ...

  Reuters – Steelmaker ArcelorMittal said it had no plans to cut capacity further in Europe even though cheap imports are expected to depress prices further this year. "Absolutely not," the head of ArcelorMittal's German operations, Frank Schulz, told Reuters on Monday when asked if further cuts were planned in ...

Scrap Register – Iran has lifted import duties on certain steel products to between 10 and 20 percent, to protect domestic steel makers from Chinese bulk exports.   China has exported a record 94 million ton of steel during last year, an increase of more than 50% from a year ...