Brazilian pig iron export volumes increased by 4.59% in 2017 on an annual basis, mostly due to improved demand from the United States and Italy.
Shipments totaled 2.28 million tonnes, compared with 2.18 million tonnes in 2016, according to figures released by the country's foreign trade ministry, MDIC, on Thursday January 4.Brazil exported around 1 million tonnes of pig iron to the US last year, up from...