Friday, December 29, 2023

History of the Commercial Metals Company, USA

We have added a page on the history of CMC to our website knowledge base. See <a href="https://www.steelonthenet.com/kb/history-cmc.html">History of Commercial Metals Company</a>.<br>

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Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Steel market outlook 2022

Our 2022 steel market outlook for global steel prices has just been published. This document describes our views on the expected price of steel in world markets for 2002-2023, in the context of the next steel price cycle.

The review is available for free for all our site visitors to read, at https://www.steelonthenet.com/market-outlook.html

 

Andrew M Kotas

Steelonthenet.com

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Monday, July 19, 2021

Increases in European blast furnace coke prices

There is much talk at present of the marked increases in world iron ore prices, in the last 12 months.

 

However, we notice that blast furnace coke prices have also increased very dramatically. European  metallurgical coke has increased from ~$200/t at the start of the year, to near on $300/tonne in April 2021 (export prices, fob basis). That is equivalent to a price increase of around 50%.

 

For recent and historic European coke prices, visit us at https://www.steelonthenet.com/files/blast-furnace-coke.html.

 

Andrew M Kotas

 

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Launch of Metal Expert Witness Litigation Support Service

Launch of Metal Expert Witness Litigation Support Service: MCI announces launch of expert witness litigation support service for clients involved in metal and mining sector legal disputes.

This expansion has been made possible by the merger earlier this year of MCI with London-based metals and mining consultancy Saint Barbara. Saint Barbara has provided specialist advice to the world's metals, minerals and mining industries since 1992 across commodities that include base and ferrous metals, steel and its raw materials, battery metals, precious metals, and rare earths. MetalExpertWitness.com leverages the Group’s combined capabilities and experience, extending MCI’s expert witness offering from iron and steel, to a much broader range of non-ferrous metals that include aluminium, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, gold and silver, as well as ferrous and non-ferrous metal ores. 

Commenting on the new service, Andrzej Kotas, Managing Director of MCI, said  “Across metal ores, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, we can offer professional support and advice on disputes concerning operations, technical matters, contract terms, breach of contract issues, fraud and theft, product quality matters, pricing, storage, and transportation; as well as provide independent support with asset and quantum valuations”.

 

 

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Thursday, November 05, 2020

Hydrogen steelmaking news

We have launched a new newsfeed listing the latest hydrogen steelmaking news.

Learn all about the first steps toward fossil-free iron production, read about the latest developments with Hybrit and get a sense of the current pace of technological change.

 Visit our latest hydrogen steelmaking news page.

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Thursday, April 02, 2020

Merger of leading London-based mining and metal sector consultancies


London, U.K. – April 2nd, 2020 Metals Consulting International Limited (MCI), the independent iron and steel sector management consulting firm, today announces the merger of its advisory business with that of Saint Barbara, advisors to the world's metals, minerals and mining industries.

MCI mostly undertakes iron and steel sector due diligence and feasibility study work for clients in Western, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa and in the Middle East. Saint Barbara supports commodity sector clients in Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. Both MCI and Saint Barbara also offer international clients expert witness advisory support on mining and metal sector topics.

The merger, which took effect on 31st March 2020, sees Saint Barbara's business activities come under the umbrella of the MCI Group. Currently, MCI also owns and operates www.metalsconsultinginternational.com, www.steelonthenet.com and www.steelexpertwitness.com.  After the merger, Saint Barbara will continue to operate under the Saint Barbara brand, with seamless transfer of all ongoing client work to MCI at the point of merger.

Commenting on this development, Andy Wells, Partner at Saint Barbara said "We are delighted to come together with the experts at MCI. There is much complementarity between our two businesses, and the merger means that we will be able to offer clients a much broader range of metals, minerals and mining sector advisory capabilities". David Duckworth, who will lead Saint Barbara's metals, minerals and mining practice from April 2020 added "This development will allow us to enhance our capabilities and continue to support banks, governments and private investors in making better business decisions in industries that are highly capital intensive". Andrzej Kotas, Managing Director of MCI added "MCI too are very pleased to join forces with Saint Barbara, who have well-established mining and metal industry expertise. Together, our industry specialists look forward to continuing growth of our newly-enlarged firm as interest in the global ferrous and non-ferrous metals industries continues to rise".

The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
  
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For further information about MCI, please contact Andrzej M Kotas.
Press enquiries: +44 (0) 775-149-0885

For further information about Saint Barbara, please contact David Duckworth.
Press enquiries: +44 (0) 758 490-5047

NOTES TO EDITORS

About Metals Consulting International
MCI is a London-based consultancy that provides international clients with iron and steel sector management consultancy support, principally related to investment decisions, metal sector business restructuring and performance improvement. MCI was founded in October 2003 and is privately owned.

About Saint Barbara
Saint Barbara is an independent consultancy firm that offers specialist advice to the world's metals, minerals and mining industries. The firm's consultants cover a broad and extensive range of commodities which include base and ferrous metals, steelmaking metals, battery metals, precious metals and rare earths. Saint Barbara was founded in March 1992.


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