Killer Tsunami - Lets feel about those who loose there lives

Published in December 27th, 2004

Its a real shock !!!!!
Our country suddenly suffers loss of thousands of lives as some parts of our country is affected by devastating tsunami that swept, among other regions, specially the east coast of India. Thousands of people are dead or missing.
Toll Keep Rising recently heard news that bodies found are decomposing as they […]

Asian stainless CR prices move higher

Published in December 17th, 2004

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Prices of East Asia-origin cold rolled stainless coils heading for China have moved higher following increases in the prices of hot
rolled feeds.
Prices of China-bound Grade 304 2mm CR coil 2B from East Asia are noted around $2,600-2,650 per tonne, a $50 per tonne increase from the $2,550-2,600 per tonne seen during the week […]

Corus ( Formerly British Steel) raises plates prices

Published in December 16th, 2004

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Corus Construction & Industrial is raising prices for reversing mill plates by �30 per tonne.
The increase applies to all material despatched after January 2, 2005, Corus said. Corus last raised plate prices in October 2004, also by �30 a tonne. The increase comes on the back of increasing raw materials costs, said the Anglo-Dutch […]

A Buyers Focal Point >> Monologue

Published in December 16th, 2004

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Just in between as some points came in my mind and I am posting the here for my future referance. There are lot of misconception about the prices and its justifications and i feel it should be taken into consideration while getting a justified quote.
1. Frequently asked questions like ” Your price is high […]

Terminology used in steel

Published in December 15th, 2004

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I found some good definitions of the terminology of steel we use in our day today work. There are lot to leran yet, still there are lot of area which is untouched. here are some which i am adding here.
1. VACUUM MELTING: MELTING IN A VACUUM TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION FROM AIR AS WELL AS TO […]

Range board approves loan for steel mill proposal

Published in December 15th, 2004

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ST. PAUL - An economic development agency approved a $5 million loan
Thursday for the planned revival of a taconite plant site on the Iron
Range.
The loan from the Minnesota Iron Range Resources board will go to
Minnesota Steel Industries, which hopes to revive the defunct Butler
Taconite site as a fully integrated steel mill. Gov. Tim Pawlenty
must approve […]

Verbal proposal for metal portal

Published in December 15th, 2004

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I had some useful discussions today with boss. Cheers Arun !!
He came to know people from Mumbai offerring SMS services in delhi. its about Metal prices. There is no site access nothing ! just prices through SMS..
lol
This was my old working !!! I worked hard on this subject in kolkata before, about 2 […]

Demand for steel hardens 24% as economy grows

Published in December 12th, 2004

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DEMAND for steel in SA rose 23,7% in the first nine months of 2004 compared with the same period last year, says the South African Iron and Steel Institute in its latest quarterly report released this week.
The rise reflected the strength of the domestic economy and demand grew despite downstream users’ outcry over steep […]

Indian steel re-rollers demand export duty on hot rolled coil

Published in December 11th, 2004

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India’s Cold Rolled Steel Manufacturers Assn (Corsma) has asked for
the imposition of an export duty of Rs4,000 ($90) per tonne on hot
rolled coil and for the import duty on all types of HRC to be reduced
to zero. At present carbon steel HRC carries an import duty of 5
percent, while the duty on alloy steel HRC […]