Press Releases
6 December 2017
The "China: Steel Casting - Market Report - Analysis and Forecast to 2025" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The report provides an in-depth analysis of the steel casting market in China. It presents the latest data of the market size and volume, exports and imports, price dynamics and turnover in the industry. The report shows the sales data, allowing you to identify the key drivers and restraints. You can find here a strategic analysis of key f
Read more...5 December 2017
The "Ultra-High Strength Steel Market - Global Forecast to 2022" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The ultra-high strength steel market is estimated to be USD 7.96 billion in 2017 and is projected to reach USD 11.35 billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 7.35% from 2017 to 2022. The high consumption of ultra-high strength steels in the automotive and aerospace & defense industries is one of the most significant factors driving the growth of
Read more...4 December 2017
The United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1123 members voted in favor of a new four-year contract with TimkenSteel today. "For 100 years, TimkenSteel has been making some of the best steel in the world here in Stark County," said Bill Bryan, TimkenSteel's executive vice president of manufacturing & supply chain. "This contract ratification keeps our employees – many of whom are second- or third-generation steelworkers – earning some of the area's top
Read more...2 December 2017
The board of directors of Nucor Corporation increased the regular quarterly cash dividend on Nucor's common stock to $0.38. This cash dividend is payable on February 9, 2018, to stockholders of record on December 29, 2017, and is Nucor's 179th consecutive quarterly cash dividend. Nucor has increased its regular, or base, dividend for 45 consecutive years – every year since it first began paying dividends in 1973. Over the past ten years, Nucor has returned
Read more...This Insight is the fourth in a series of five that look at China's capacity reduction programme and its key implications. In this Insight, we examine the impact of improved Chinese capacity utilisation on EAF production elsewhere in the world, particularly South East Asia, and on scrap market dynamics and prices. We find that, given a stronger steel price environment and lower availability of both finished and semi-finished steel in China, EAF-based production elsewhere is higher. Furthe
Read more...30 November 2017
The "Global Silicon Metal Market - Segmented by Type, Application, and Geography - Trends, and Forecasts (2017 - 2022)" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. Silicon metal is a hard, brittle, and blue-grey lustrous semi-conductive metal, which is used to manufacture solar cells, steel, and microchips, along with various other commodities. Due to the properties such as high corrosion resistivity, machinability, and high thermal conductivity; silicon m
Read more...30 November 2017
The "Global Stainless Steel Category - Procurement Market Intelligence Report" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. Global Stainless Steel Market, provides up-to-date information about market shifts and potential risks, as well as in-depth knowledge of products and services, which can help in planning and executing category management activities. It focuses on the cost-saving aspects of procurement and on providing insights that can lead to optimiza
Read more...29 November 2017
Carbon steel is also the term used to refer steel which is not stainless steel. Carbon steel also contains other metals in extremely small quantities. Other alloying metal used in the manufacturing of carbon steel includes manganese, copper and silicon. The proportion of carbon is increased in the steel in order to increase the physical properties of the product. High carbon content in the metal increases the hardness as well as strength of the product. However, increased proportion of carbon
Read more...29 November 2017
In this series of Special Features we have explored the structural changes in the Chinese steel sector brought about by the central government's supply-side reform drive, the impact of these changes on steel industry profitability and production, in China and elsewhere, and on exports of steel and the price of these exports. In this, the fifth and final Special Feature in the series, we turn our attention upstream to explore the impact of supply-side reform on bulk raw materials demand an
Read more...28 November 2017
General Moly, Inc. (the "Company" or "General Moly") (NYSE American and TSX: GMO), the only western-exchange listed, pure-play molybdenum mineral development company, will participate at the 10th Annual LD Micro Main Event conference in Los Angeles on December 5, 2017. General Moly Chief Executive Officer Bruce D. Hansen will present at the conference at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time on December 5, 2017 and will also be available to meet with investors. A webcast of th
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