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Japan steelmakers’ earnings rise

Published: 01 Nov 2014 - 07:24 am | Last Updated: 19 Jan 2022 - 11:48 pm

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp’s Kimitsu steel plant in Kimitsu, east of Tokyo. Japan’s top steelmakers reported higher first-half earnings this week, but slowing demand and bloated stockpiles could push them to sell more overseas.