Tag: china

BHP Billiton ships 1Gt of iron ore to China

newsitemBHP Billiton celebrated the shipping of one billion tonnes (1Gt) of iron ore to China with customers, industrial associations, joint venture partners, suppliers and employees in Shanghai.BHP Billiton’s CEO Andrew Mackenzie was joined by President Iron Ore Jimmy Wilson, President HSE, Marketing and Technology Mike Henry, President Coal Dean Dalla Valle and guests to reveal the commemorative plaque to mark the milestone.Mackenzie said that BHP Billiton was proud to contribute to the important trading relationship between China and Australia and to the country’s steel industry.

China meets EU at the DNV GL maritime headquarters

newsitemMore than 250 high profile summit participants met in the DNV GL maritime headquarters in Hamburg. The future of EU–China relations, the country’s investment in Europe as well as sustainable growth and environmental protection in the Chinese economy were some of the topics on the agenda at the sixth Hamburg Summit on 10 and 11 October.

4 new contacts in China, Canada, U.S. for Graham

Graham Corporation, a global business that designs, manufactures and sells critical equipment for the oil refining, petrochemical and power industries, secured four new orders for oil refining and chemical industry projects worth approx.

Kobe Steel to expand wire rod processing in China

Kobe Steel and the other equity shareholders in Kobe Special Steel Wire Products (Pinghu) agreed to expand the production capacity of their Chinese joint venture that processes special steel wire rod.

MMK opens office in China

OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) opened a representative office in Shanghai to establish and strengthen relationships with companies in China.

China’s highest skyscraper to use Outokumpu’s faça

Outokumpu will provide stainless steel for the façade on Ping An Finance Center in Shenzhen, China. The skyscraper’s façade will be the largest stainless steel façade in the world.

CISA: China iron ore import may be 7.7 million ton

newsitemDuring an industry forum, Vice Secretary General of CISA Mr Li Yinchuan has said that Chinese steel market in this year should be better than in the last year because of economic growth in the country. Responding to the daily output of 2.2 million tonnes (about 800 million tonnes annually) in February, Li believed such growth won't be sustainable from the long term prospective because high production would lead to higher inventories and falling prices.

AkzoNobel plans further investment in China

AkzoNobel has announced its plans to invest a further EUR 65 million in China. The investment will be used to boost capacity and significantly improve operations at AkzoNobel's Surface Chemistry manufacturing sites in Boxing and Ningbo.

Expro awarded subsea services contract in China

International oilfield service company, Expro, has been awarded a USD 4.5 million one-year contract for the supply of 7 3/8” completion landing string services in China.

CSC trusts in latest surface inspection techology

CSC (China Steel Corporation) adopted the 100% continuous casting production process which is considered to be the most up-to-date. Last year its continuous annealing line no. 2 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, appeared to be in need of repair and had to be replaced eventually.