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Azovstal completes repairs at blast furnace No. 6

Swedish basic metal output up 5.1 percent in Jan over Dec

Japan’s domestic steel product orders fall in January

Turkish home appliance market grows by 19 percent in 2011

German wholesale metal prices down 4.7 percent in February

France’s manufacturing output up slightly in Jan over Dec

LME billet market prices switch to downtrend

Turkey’s Göktaş Metal to commission new cold rolling mill in June

JSW Steel to start electrical steel production

Chengde Steel subsidiary sees increased specialty steel output

Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes’ net profit rises 8.46 percent in 2011

China’s crude steel output totals 112.616 million mt in Jan-Feb

China’s coal demand to reach 4.2 billion mt by 2015

Tangshan Steel delivers 7,171 mt of steel angles in February

Jinxi Jinlan starts production at new silicon steel facility

Panzhihua Steel issues iron ore concentrate output data for Feb

Emirates Steel to ramp up production, enhancing product mix

Scrap sees decline on Orbis Steel Index

Mechel halts smelting at Romanian plant due to malfunction

US and Canada report improved employment levels in February

North American rail traffic increases slightly in February

US DOC makes positive determination on imports of butt-weld pipe fittings

US and Canadian rig counts fall by double digits

US trade deficit climbs 4.3 percent in January

AD reviews on Taiwanese HRC rescinded per Nucor and US Steel’s request

Turkey’s stainless flat steel imports up 34.4% in January

German crude steel output up six percent in Feb over Jan

S. African iron and steel output up 8.6 percent in January

Russia’s stainless steel imports up 28.6% in January

Japan’s galvanized sheet shipments continue to fall in January

German manufacturing turnover up 0.4% in Jan over Dec

BREE: Australia’s resources and energy exports increase in 2011

Hebei Steel Group not to expand steel production capacity in 2012

Russian scrap exports by rail rise in January-February

NSL Consolidated’s Indian beneficiation plant on track for first sales

Italy’s industrial output index drops down in January

Japanese mills in talks with S. Korea on Q2 shipbuilding plate prices

South African coal terminal sees improved exports in February

Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes commissions Hejing special steel project

Bayi Steel revises 2011 net profit up to RMB 482 million

JISCO produces Q370R pressure vessel plate

Chongqing Steel completes hot commissioning of ladle furnace No. 2

Tianjin Master Seamless Steel Pipe commissions 180 mm seamless pipe mill

China’s CPI rises 3.2 percent in February, PPI unchanged

POSCO commissions second stainless steel mill in Vietnam

LIORC sees decreased profit in 2011

North American units drive increased sales for Klöckner

Canada’s housing starts increase in February

Keystone XL Pipeline faces another setback

Peabody Energy realigns global operations


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