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    • PRICING NOTICE: MB charge chrome 50% Cr index, cif Shanghai, specification and methodology
      MB charge chrome 50% Cr index, cif Shanghai
      May 25, 2012
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    • HOTLINE: Bonded to BHP
      As contagion swept through the eurozone and Chinese trade data reinforced impressions that the powerhouse economy is cooling off, BHP Billiton this week priced €2 billion-worth ($2.55 billion) of bonds under a medium-term note programme, which will raise €20 billion overall.
      May 25, 2012
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    • PODCAST: A brief introduction to Kazakhstan’s mining industry
      Claire Hack reports from Almaty, Kazakhstan, where she has travelled to meet Central Asia Metals as it prepares for the official opening of its Kounrad copper project in eastern Kazakhstan, which is targeting production of 10,000 tpy of copper cathode.
      May 23, 2012
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    • ATI lowers July electric steel surcharge
      Paragraph entered by Atlantic migration, in order for SteelFirst articles to display correctly on Metal Bulletin. ATI Allegheny Ludlum Corp., a division of Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Technologies Inc., has lowered its grain-oriented electrical steel surcharge to $401 per ton ($20.05 per hundredweight) effective with July 1 shipments, down from $404 per ton ($20.20 per cwt) in […]
      May 22, 2012
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    • US crude steel output up 9.3% in April
      US crude steel output rose 9.3% in April compared with the same month last year, surpassing global steel production growth of just 1.2%, according to the World Steel Association (WorldSteel).
      May 22, 2012
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    • Falling nickel prices force ATI to trim US stainless surcharges for June
      Paragraph entered by Atlantic migration, in order for SteelFirst articles to display correctly on Metal Bulletin. ATI Allegheny Ludlum Corp has lowered its stainless surcharges for June on the back of falling nickel prices. Ludlum, part of Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Technologies Inc (ATI), set its June surcharge for Type 304 product at 84.86 cents per pound, […]
      May 22, 2012
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    • RG Steel’s Sparrows Point furnace idled on raw material supply issues
      Paragraph entered by Atlantic migration, in order for SteelFirst articles to display correctly on Metal Bulletin. RG Steel temporarily idled the blast furnace at its Sparrows Point, Md., steelmaking complex Friday because of material issues, according to a company spokeswoman. The Sparrows Point-based company brought the furnace back online Saturday, the spokeswoman told AMM. She […]
      May 22, 2012
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    • Volatility challenges small US steel distributors
      Paragraph entered by Atlantic migration, in order for SteelFirst articles to display correctly on Metal Bulletin. Small and regional steel service centers are worried about surplus capacity, fierce competition and price volatility, according to a wide-ranging AMM survey of service center sentiment. National distributor chains are somewhat less anxious, although they do acknowledge a slight […]
      May 22, 2012
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    • US ferrous scrap exporters drop East Coast buying prices
      US East Coast ferrous scrap export yards have dropped buying prices by $10 to $20 per gross ton in the past week as negative sentiment pervades the market.
      May 22, 2012
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    • Cliffs chief Joseph A Carrabba takes over as AISI chairman
      Paragraph entered by Atlantic migration, in order for SteelFirst articles to display correctly on Metal Bulletin. Joseph A Carrabba, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Cleveland-based Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., began a one-year term as chairman of the American Iron and Steel Institute on Monday May 21. The AISI projects that the US steel […]
      May 22, 2012
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    March 5, 2020
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    EUROPE HRC: Domestic prices to remain stable in north, sources say

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    March 5, 2020
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    March 4, 2020
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    MORNING VIEW: Broader markets mixed; western markets have delayed positive reaction to Fed rate cut

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    March 4, 2020
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