Tokyo Steel Targets 1.5M tonnes Output at Tahara in F2011
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing tries to ramp up the new Tahara plant with 2.5 million tonnes of capacity to annual 1.5 million tonnes level in fiscal 2011 ending March 2012 after the commissioning in October 2009. The firm tries to ship the sheet steel from the state of the art electric furnace plant with world largest 420 tonnes of furnace to automotive industry. The firm already talks with automakers for sales for inner structural parts including pillar, which the firm already ships from Okayama plant. continuation
Tokyo Steel Targets 1.5M tonnes Output at Tahara in F2011
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07/04/2008
Higher International Copper Price Lifts Japan Market
Copper market surges at home and abroad. Copper ingot price renewed record high at New York Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday for the first time in 2 years while New York kerb hit first US$ 9,000 per tonne. Japanese official copper ingot price reached 1 million yen per tonne for the first time since October 2007. continuation
Higher International Copper Price Lifts Japan Market
Eramet Forecasts Global Nickel Oversupply in 2008
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