Krakatau Amends Contract with MCC-CERI

Krakatau Amends Contract with MCC-CERI

JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – State owned steel producer PT Krakatau Steel (KRAS) Tbk has signed amendment of contract with MCC-CERI and PT Krakatau Engineering related to its blast furnace project. Under the amended contract, production capacity of the coke oven plant...
Crude Steel Output Grows 1.9%

Crude Steel Output Grows 1.9%

Brussels (Yosefardi) – World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 132 million tons (Mt) in June 2013, an increase of 1.9% compared to June 2012. World crude steel production in the first six months...

Steel Output Grows 2.6%, China Stronger

BRUSSELS (Yosefardi) – World crude steel production for 63 countries reporting to the World Steel Association grew 2.6% to 136 million tons last month. China, the world’s largest producer, contributed 67 million tons or 7.3% above May 2012. Japan, second...

Chongqing Steel Output Down 6% Last Month

HONG KONG (Yosefardi) – Chongqing Iron & Steel Co Ltd, one of major steel producers in the region, produced 418,675 tons of steel last month, down 6% from May 2012. Chongqing, however, produced 2.3 million tons in five months of 2013, representing an 11.7%...