Sumitomo Metals to expand sales of plates for energy/ Plate mill at Kashima/ Plans on increase to record high of 2.1 mil tons for FY2012/ Many new LNG developments (Jan/27/2012)
JFE Steel/ To restore plate mill shut down in trouble at Kurashiki/ Ahead of schedule, to resume operation late February (Jan/27/2012)
Kobe Steel's union/ To demand lump-sum money of 1,200 thou yen/ Decline of 250 thou yen due to drop in performance (Jan/27/2012)
Miyawaki Kokan/ Introduces machine for grooving rectangular square pipes/ Into East Japan Center/ Plans to process 100 tons a month incl square/round pipes (Jan/27/2012)
Chuo Kozai/ To reorganize sites in Miyagi/ To move Tohoku Branch to Iwanuma Center/ To secure mobility through integrated operation (Jan/27/2012)
Steel scrap purchase prices by electric furnace mfrs/ Partly fall below 30 thou yen also in Kanto (Jan/27/2012)
TEPCO to raise corporate electricity price/ Burdens steelmakers under its jurisdiction with increased costs of 20 bil yen/ JISF Chairman Hayashida, "Intolerable impact" (Jan/26/2012)
Nippon Steel agrees with Toyota/ To decrease car plate price/ By 5 thou yen a ton for 2nd half (Jan/26/2012)
Iron/steel trade in 2011/ Exports decline 1st in 2 yrs but remain high/ 40.86 mil tons, imports increase by 15% (Jan/26/2012)
New steel stockpiling in FY2010/ Remains low but rises 1st in 2 yrs/ Owing to recovery in production, estimates by JFRMA (Jan/26/2012)


Nihon Seiko forecasts/ Antimony market price in 2012/ To maintain downward trend/ 10-15 thou yen, slowdown in demand (Jan/27/2012)
Price hike by TEPCO/ "To increase costs in the industry by 5 bil yen a year"/ Chairman Kemori of JMIA (Jan/27/2012)
SEI/ To produce copper wire rods in Thailand/ To invest 3 bil yen for harnesses/winding wires (Jan/26/2012)
Light metal products/ Production in 2011 rose by 2% to 670 thou tons/ Increases for construction (Jan/26/2012)
ALCONIX/ To make investment in copper tube mfr in Shanghai/ To obtain 25% shares to increase items (Jan/25/2012)
Worldwide new aluminum ingot production/ In 2011, up 7% to 43 mil tons/ Increases in China by 10% to 18 mil tons (Jan/25/2012)
Forecast by MMS/ Zinc market price in 2012/ Remains unchanged between USD 1,800-2,600/ 30% of smelters to go into red if higher than USD 2,000 (Jan/24/2012)
Electric wire shipments/ In 2011, unchanged from 680 thou tons due to quake disaster/ Increases for construction 1st in 6 yrs (Jan/24/2012)
JX Metals Trading takes stake in/ Doho Metal's Thai CC/ To share information, create synergy (Jan/23/2012)
LME/ Nickel prices reach over 9 dollars/ 1st in 3 months, speculative money flows in (Jan/23/2012)


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