tag China steel

The Hard-to-Believe Steel Shortage That's Unfolding in China

EghtesadOnline: The world’s top steelmaker may have a shortage of steel. China has a lack of rebar, according to iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group Ltd., which says a shortfall of the key product helps to explain a divergence between the price of the commodity it digs up with the alloy it’s made into.
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Publish Date:05/June/2017 | 24:12

China clamps down on excess steel as Japan decries Trump 'protectionism'

EghtesadOnline: Twenty-nine Chinese steel firms have had their licenses revoked as Beijing kept up its campaign to tackle overcapacity in the sector and days after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would open a probe into cheap steel exports from China and elsewhere.
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Publish Date:24/April/2017 | 13:22

China Fails to Cut Steel Output

EghtesadOnline: A study commissioned by Greenpeace has found out that China massively expanded its steelmaking capacities last year, despite pledging to cut output amid a steel glut that has led to a global crisis in the industry.
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Publish Date:14/February/2017 | 10:02

Manufacturing and retail recovery drives China's solid Q1 growth

EghtesadOnline: A recovery in China's industrial sector, which accounts for about one-third of the economy, drove China's better-than-expected first quarter economic growth as export orders picked up and steel output hit a record.
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Publish Date:18/April/2017 | 06:20