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The steel industry repeats alarm over recent developments in raw materials markets.

May 12, 2010

At a meeting of the intergovernmental OECD Steel Committee held on May 7. in Paris, Ian Christmas, Director General, of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) reiterated the industry’s alarm …

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World average carbon steel prices – Latest forecasts

May 12, 2010

April month-on-month (year-on-year) percentage changes: All Products Composite Price: +11.6 (+36.4)

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CIS steel markets – May 2010 report

May 7, 2010

The current economic crisis was accompanied by a strong reduction of domestic demand for steel rolled products in the CIS. Specific steel consumption per capita in 2009 attained just …

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More GPU routines for metallurgy research

May 6, 2010

Metallurgists involved in applied thermodynamics and other data-intensive metallurgical studies who are interested in achieving top performance from GPUs in diverse applications using Monte Carlo simulations can now obtain an updated version of NAG num…

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EU April stainless prices up 74 percent, year on year

May 6, 2010

Stainless steel transaction prices have climbed steeply over the past twelve months. Although improvement in demand since the darkest days of the recession has been a contributing factor, the major influence on the selling value of stainless steel has …

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April North American benchmark Hot Rolled steel price up 58 percent, year on year

May 6, 2010

An 11.4 percent, month on month, transaction price advance for hot rolled coil has been noted in the US in April. Market players expect …

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