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In the first quarter of the current year, home sales in Turkey increased by 28.6 percent as compared to Q4 2012 and were up 89 percent y-o-y.

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Total world DRI production in 2012 totaled 4.97 million metric tons in April this year, up by 8.2 percent year on year.

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Talks with Turkey’s energy ministry are being carried out so that Turkish-made steel pipes will be able to take part in a variety of pipeline projects

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In SteelOrbis Market Talks Meeting held on 22 May 2013, Belgian Scrap Terminal NV Turkey director Sukru Celik evaluated the scrap markets.

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Following a period of slight decreases, Italian domestic flat steel prices have declined by €10-20/mt in the last two to three weeks.

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CIB chairman Namik Ekinci said an almost 70 percent increase was observed in Turkey’s flat steel exports in the first four months of this year.

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The Turkish Employers' Association of Metal Industries (MESS) has announced a lockout as of May 22.

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The Royal Navy’s former flagship Ark Royal, a light aircraft carrier with a weight of 22,000 tons, has left Portsmouth to Turkey to be scrapped.

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In the first quarter of the year, Turkey's slab imports increased slightly compared to Q4 2012, to 527,165 mt, hitting the new record of all times.

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In April this year, global pig iron production amounted to 98.25 million metric tons, up 3.5 percent on year-on-year basis.

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Total global crude steel production in the first four months of the current year rose 1.9 percent compared to the same period of 2012.

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In the first quarter of 2013 Turkey's chrome ore exports increased by 7.5 percent to 445,459 metric tons compared to the first quarter of 2012.

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In the first quarter of the year Turkey’s seamless pipe imports amounted to 48,109 mt, increasing 11.3 percent compared to the same quarter of 2012.

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Weekly detailed analysis of world shipping freight markets for all major routes for May 13– May 17, 2013

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End-user demand for welded pipes in Turkey has remained subdued over the past two weeks, while overseas demand has also been slow.

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The latest freight rate indications are issued by Banchero Costa.

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German producers' prices for basic metals in April this year were lower by 5.4 percent year on year.

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In the local Italian market, domestic producers’ rebar prices have remained stable in the past week at €480-490/mt ex-works.

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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.

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