Latest Steel News
SteelOrbis offers the latest independent steel news coverage compiled by its worldwide steel industry network. Approximately 25 fresh news articles on topics most prominently affecting the steel industry at large can be viewed on the steel news pages everyday in four different languages.
Morocco’s Maghreb Steel commissions new steel complex
Standard & Poor's revises down Turkey’s credit rating outlook
Bosch’s auto spare parts investment in Ankara to reduce imports
Ruukki to diversify its raw material purchase markets
Mechel sees improved crude steel output for Q1
April 24– April 29, 2012 Weekly market report.. Banchero Costa
Chinese coke export prices rise sharply in March
Hengyang Steel Plate posts record tinplate export volume in April
Chinese PMI rises further in April
Sumitomo Metals announces consolidated results for FY 2011-12
Toscelik acquires bankrupt Montenegrin steel mill Zeljezara Niksic
Annual iron ore handling capacity of Caofeidian Port to reach 100 million mt
Qingdao Steel produces 820,000 mt of finished steel in Q1
US surface transportation trade rises 17.4 percent
US PMI jumps 1.4 percent in April
March construction spending increases 6 percent in the US
AZZ incorporated acquires Nuclear Logistics, Inc.
Reliance Steel subsidiary acquires Worthington’s Vonore plant
Fire destroys AZZ’s Illinois galvanizing plant
Tubular and rail segment sales boost earnings for L.B. Foster
US raw steel production drops slightly
Atlas Iron’s iron ore shipments decrease in Q1
Sandvik posts record order intake value in Q1
Eurostat expects 2.6 percent euro area annual inflation in April
Japan’s scrap exports up 37 percent in Q1
Spain’s motor vehicle exports down 20% in Q1
Turkey’s steel sector export value up 10.6 percent in Q1
Downward price movements still dominate LME billet market
Veysel Yayan: Turkey’s increased steel output will also trigger consumption
Taigang Stainless Steel sees increased net profit in 2011
POSCO’s overseas projects progressing on schedule
Iron ore stocks at main Chinese ports increase slightly
Sundance agrees terms with Cameroon on Mbalam project development
Taiwan’s CSC buys 2.5 percent stake in Roy Hill iron ore project
Severstal increases crude steel output in Q1
Baoshan Iron and Steel Co.’s net profit decreases in Q1
Ukrainian pig iron exports up four percent in first quarter
Ukraine’s scrap exports up 82 percent in Q1
Sideways movement predominates on Orbis Steel Index
Ilva idles electrogalvanizing shop until mid-May
Hebei Steel posts net profit of RMB 400 million for Q1
Xuanhua Steel sells 7,000 mt of high strength rebar in April
WISCO inks deal with EnGro Corp on slag powder project
Kobe Steel posts net loss for FY 2011-12
Canada’s Canam Group narrows loss in Q1
US GDP grows at 2.2 percent in Q1
Leggett & Platt reports higher sales but static earnings
US and Canadian rig counts fall by double digits
Northwest Pipe records record revenues after 2010 loss
India-based Steelcast Limited to increase output
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