Latest Steel News
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Damstahl: European stainless steel demand to grow slightly in 2012
Nigeria aims to increase steel production
TPCO & TISCO Welding Pipe debugs new cold rolling line
Ukrainian pig iron exports up 48 percent in January
Ukraine’s scrap exports and imports rise in January
Vyksa Steel Works sees 24 percent drop in steel pipe output in January
Ukraine registers increase in steel product imports in January
Belarusian metallurgical production rises by 2.8 percent in January
Explosion in Chinese steel plant kills 13
Murchison completes Mitsubishi transaction
Siemens VAI to install secondary dedusting system for Severstal
Panggang Jiangyou Changcheng Special Steel produces titanium plate
Baosteel’s special steel unit produces ultra-thin, ultra-wide stainless plate
Number of steelmakers in Shandong to be cut to five or six by 2015
Japan’s ship export orders down 46 percent in Jan over Dec
NLMK starts hot tests for new ladle furnace at Lipetsk
Steel leading index for US up 1.4 percent in Nov over Oct
Confidence in French manufacturing sector stable in February
Italian construction output up 3.1 percent in Nov from Oct
Finished steel sales in Vietnam down 60 percent in Jan from Dec
February 12– February 19, 2012 Weekly market report.. Banchero Costa
OneSteel to cut jobs after posting net loss for H1 FY 2011-12
Taiwan’s basic metal export orders fall in January
Masteel receives first PPGI booking from CIS in January
China’s daily crude steel output rises in early February
Tata Steel produces thicker narrow strip in UK
Shuicheng Steel achieves record daily crude steel output
Hansteel supplies 40-50 percent of CRS needs of Great Wall Motor
Five mile span of Mississippi River closed after collision
US DOC overhauls Foreign Trade Zone program for first time in 20 years
Brazil’s Ferrous Resources appoints former Vale and CSN executive as CEO
US rig counts increase while Canadian rig counts continue to decrease
Vale now selling 80 percent of its iron ore on spot market
New Steel International proposes new steel plant in Southern Ohio
Australia’s Padbury confirms DSO potential of Peak Hill
France’s auto industry orders up 8.9 percent in Dec over Nov
Swedish crude steel output up 10.5 percent in Jan over Dec
Brazilian crude steel output rises in Jan from Dec
German rolled steel prices down 4.3 percent in January
Japanese crude steel output down 10.6 percent in January
Falling price trend dominates LME billet market
Rio Tinto to invest in automated rail operations in Pilbara
EU to investigate malleable cast iron pipe fitting imports from China
ThyssenKrupp and Siemens deny merger rumors
Russia proposes to ban scrap exports from St. Petersburg
Australia’s BlueScope reports loss for H1 FY 2011-12
Italian industry turnover up 3.4 percent in Dec over Nov
Severstal completes upgrade of BF No. 5 air heater at Cherepovets Steel Mill
Xinjiang region to step up elimination of backward coal output capacity
Masteel obtains ISO certification for auto sheet products
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