Brazil - Analysts see 5% growth in Brazilian steel output Last Update 11/01/2012 13:13:39 Strong domestic demand from sectors including construction, automobile and machinery will be the catalyst for a healthy increase in Brazilian steel production this year. [..More]India - Tata Steel output rises, sales dip Last Update 11/01/2012 13:04:22 Tata Steel increased crude steel output at its Indian operations by 2% to 1.76m tonnes for its fiscal third quarter ended December 31 2011, compared to 1.72mt a year ago. [..More]Saudi Arabia - "Al Rajhi Steel" will operate the rolling mill in Abha soon Last Update 10/01/2012 13:06:38 CEO of Al Rajhi Steel Eng. Mehdi Alqahtani disclosed that his company will operate the rolling mill soon. [..More]UAE - EMIRATES STEEL COMMISSIONS ITS FIRST-IN-THE-REGION HEAVY SECTION MILL Last Update 02/01/2012 11:24:14 After positive results of hot trials during the month of November, Emirates Steel succeeded this month in rolling out the first beams declaring the start of the hot commissioning of the first Heavy Section Mill in the region at a cost of around $650 million. In a statement issued yesterday, the steelmaker said it can now produce large-size sections, beams, columns and sheet piles. [..More]world - world steel production in November Last Update 29/12/2011 13:18:45 World production of steel reached 115.5 mlt in November of 2011, 0.76% higher than the same period of last year according to World Steel Association. Turkey, one of largest steel exporters in the Middle East [..More]
Emirates Steel Increases Output by 45.4% and Sales Volumes by 30% Emirates Steel, the largest single integrated steel producer in the UAE, registered an increase in finished products output by 45.4 per cent during the first half of 2010, compared to the same period in 2009. Product sales increased by 30 per cent during that same period, according to the press release issued by ESI on 27 July, 2010. [..More]Kuwait-Oman train could run by 2017 An ambitious GCC rail network linking Kuwait with Muscat could be up and running by 2017, the project manager said yesterday. Gulf nations are working to link their various rail projects into one network to service both freight and passengers. [..More]Société Nacionale de Sidérurgie «SONASID» Suspends its Expansion Projects and Its profits dropped by 86% after decline of sales and fall of prices National Iron and Steel Company "SONASID", has announced that its net half annual profits dropped by 86.5% as a result of the reduced demand for the construction steel in the Moroccan market along with the sharp drop of the steel prices in the world market and the reflection of this on the Moroccan market. [..More]
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