SteelOrbis: China, East Asia and Pacific, Far East, Japan, Korea S., Southeast Asia, Thailand, flats, hrc, imp/exp statistics, steelmaking Accurate steel prices, latest steel news, massive database of steel companies, comprehensive coverage of steel markets, and online steel trading. 2013-05-20T13:55:21Z SteelOrbis 2013-05-20T13:55:21Z en Severstal’s net profit declines in Q1 2013-05-20T13:46:10Z 2013-05-20T13:46:10Z In Q1, Severstal registered a net profit of $44 million, down almost 90 percent year on year. 2013-05-20T13:46:10Z Rebar export shipments of NLMK’s long steel division down 98% in Jan-Apr 2013-05-20T13:44:26Z 2013-05-20T13:44:26Z In January-April this year, the long steel division of Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) shipped around 446,100 mt of rebar. 2013-05-20T13:44:26Z OMK’s foundry-rolling complex produces 352,000 mt of HR flat steel in Jan-Apr 2013-05-20T13:38:02Z 2013-05-20T13:38:02Z In January-April, Russia-based OMK’s foundry-rolling complex produced 352,000 mt of hot rolled flat steel. 2013-05-20T13:38:02Z No respite in decline of local Indian pig iron prices 2013-05-20T13:21:27Z 2013-05-20T13:21:27Z 2013-05-20T13:21:27Z Taiwan’s basic metal export orders down nine percent in April 2013-05-20T13:14:56Z 2013-05-20T13:14:56Z In April this year, Taiwan's basic metal and basic metal product export orders amounted to $2.3 billion, falling nine percent compared to April 2012. 2013-05-20T13:14:56Z Japan’s new ship export orders increase in Jan-Apr 2013-05-20T13:13:31Z 2013-05-20T13:13:31Z At the end of the first four months of the current year, Japanese shipbuilders' order books for export rose by 74.3 percent on tonnage basis y-o-y. 2013-05-20T13:13:31Z Turkey’s HRC exports almost triple in Q1 2013-05-20T13:11:56Z 2013-05-20T13:11:56Z In the first quarter of the year Turkey's hot rolled coil exports amounted to 435,672 mt, reaching the highest level since the second quarter of 2011. 2013-05-20T13:11:56Z Turkish pipe producer sees reduced net loss in Q1 2013-05-20T12:50:41Z 2013-05-20T12:50:41Z In Q1, Özbal registered a net loss of TRY 897,314 ($486,238), compared to a net loss of TRY 948,916 in Q1 2012. 2013-05-20T12:50:41Z China’s first eight-color printed steel production line starts operations 2013-05-20T12:41:26Z 2013-05-20T12:41:26Z The metal packaging production line project of Qian’an, Hebei-based Siwen Kede Matal Packaging Technology Co. has started production 2013-05-20T12:41:26Z Baosteel starts blast furnace construction at its Zhanjiang steel base 2013-05-20T12:27:10Z 2013-05-20T12:27:10Z On May 17, construction work started on the blast furnace project at Chinese steel producer Baosteel’s Zhanjiang steel base. 2013-05-20T12:27:10Z Minor decreases observed in Chinese domestic steel plate prices 2013-05-20T12:20:53Z 2013-05-20T12:20:53Z During the week ending May 20, steel plate prices in the local Chinese market have followed a slight downtrend. 2013-05-20T12:20:53Z Local Chinese rebar and wire rod prices indicate minor fluctuations 2013-05-20T12:11:19Z 2013-05-20T12:11:19Z During the week ended May 20, rebar and wire rod prices in the Chinese domestic market have been fluctuating within a narrow range. 2013-05-20T12:11:19Z Chinese domestic steel section market still moves downward 2013-05-20T12:08:03Z 2013-05-20T12:08:03Z 2013-05-20T12:08:03Z Indian seamless pipe prices keep falling amid lackluster activity 2013-05-20T12:05:14Z 2013-05-20T12:05:14Z The Indian seamless pipe market has remained sluggish amid low buying activity in consuming industries. 2013-05-20T12:05:14Z Shipbuilding plate prices in local Chinese market – week 21 2013-05-20T11:28:24Z 2013-05-20T11:28:24Z 2013-05-20T11:28:24Z Boiler and container plate prices in local Chinese market – week 21 2013-05-20T11:26:43Z 2013-05-20T11:26:43Z 2013-05-20T11:26:43Z Medium plate prices in local Chinese market – week 21 2013-05-20T11:25:34Z 2013-05-20T11:25:34Z 2013-05-20T11:25:34Z Section steel prices in local Chinese market – week 21 2013-05-20T11:24:16Z 2013-05-20T11:24:16Z 2013-05-20T11:24:16Z Rebar prices in local Chinese market – week 21 2013-05-20T11:23:02Z 2013-05-20T11:23:02Z 2013-05-20T11:23:02Z Wire rod prices in local Chinese market – week 21 2013-05-20T11:22:01Z 2013-05-20T11:22:01Z 2013-05-20T11:22:01Z Silicomanganese prices in local Chinese market – week 21 2013-05-20T11:20:44Z 2013-05-20T11:20:44Z 2013-05-20T11:20:44Z Chinese stainless steel CRC export offers 2013-05-20T10:57:12Z 2013-05-20T10:57:12Z 2013-05-20T10:57:12Z Wire rod prices in Taiwanese domestic market - week 21 2013-05-20T10:55:22Z 2013-05-20T10:55:22Z 2013-05-20T10:55:22Z Carbon and stainless scrap prices dip in Taiwanese domestic market - week 21 2013-05-20T10:53:43Z 2013-05-20T10:53:43Z 2013-05-20T10:53:43Z CISA: China’s daily crude steel output increases further in early May 2013-05-20T09:17:25Z 2013-05-20T09:17:25Z In early May, the average aggregate daily crude steel production of Chinese steelmakers in China was approx. 2.193 million mt, up 3% from late April. 2013-05-20T09:17:25Z Scrap continues to decrease on Orbis Steel Index 2013-05-20T08:54:02Z 2013-05-20T08:54:02Z Turkish Scrap Index moved downwards, with the index value falling 0.91 percent week on week to 155.84. 2013-05-20T08:54:02Z Brazilian steel production eases in January-April 2013-05-20T08:50:09Z 2013-05-20T08:50:09Z Year-to-date production through April 2013 was 11.3 million tons, 3.6 percent lower than the first four months of 2012. 2013-05-20T08:50:09Z Ex-Ukraine HRC and CRC offers for Turkey soften further 2013-05-20T08:44:29Z 2013-05-20T08:44:29Z 2013-05-20T08:44:29Z Borusan Mannesmann’s net profit declines in Q1 2013-05-20T08:25:28Z 2013-05-20T08:25:28Z In Q1, Borusan Mannesmann’s net profit declined by 81.8 percent year on year to TRY 3.7 million ($2 million). 2013-05-20T08:25:28Z Cash payment prices indicate significant drop in LME billet market 2013-05-20T07:36:41Z 2013-05-20T07:36:41Z In the week ended May 17, cash payment prices indicated a significant fall in the London Metal Exchange (LME) billet market. 2013-05-20T07:36:41Z