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Baogang commissions new billet casting machine

China’s steel sector PMI declines to 42.8 in February

Italy’s non-EU steel imports almost halved in January

Italy’s steel exports up 12.1 percent in 2011, imports up six percent

Italian industrial output sales prices up 0.7 percent in Jan from Dec

Latest freight rate indications from Banchero Costa

Scrap maintains upward movement on Orbis Steel Index

Vale opens new distribution center and pelletizing plant in Oman

McJunkin Red Man earns $29 million in 2011 after 2010 loss

Oil drilling leads US rig count increase while Canadian rig counts fall again

SME Steel to shutter Idaho facility

RG Steel plans tin plate line closure, increased HDG production

Spanish crude steel output down 13 percent in January

Italy’s new car registrations in February hit 28-year low

Tubos Reunidos’ sales revenue up 37 percent in 2011

EU-27 industrial producer prices up 0.7% in Jan over Dec

South Korea’s car sales fall 18 percent in January

Employment in Turkish basic metal industry up 7.1 percent in Q4

Japan’s ferroalloy imports down 3.4 percent in January

Turkey’s steel export value up 8.7% in Feb over Jan

French manufacturing turnover up 6.2% in Q4 2011

A M Castle & Co reports net loss of $1.8 million for 2011

US construction spending flattens out during January

Empire Industries sells KWH Constructors and Somerset Engineering for C$1.4 million

Tenaris acquires sucker rod facility in Romania

Ukrainian steel pipe output rises in January-February

Kailuan Group holds 30 percent stake in Shougang Jingtang

Antai Group to commission 180 square meter sintering machine

Ukraine’s coal mining output up 7.2 percent in Jan-Feb

Ukraine issues production results for first two months

Metinvest subsidiary Azovstal cuts production in Jan-Feb

Voestalpine to invest in high strength steel for automotive industry

Auto sales in Japan rise 32 percent in February

Shougang Jingtang produces 1,950 mm IF cold rolled sheets

Xinjiang Gaoyi Smelting to invest RMB 1.5 billion in blast furnace project

Construction starts on planned largest steel service center in Henan

Hansteel to deliver 30,000 mt of X52 pipeline steel to Xinjiang project

Jixing Pipe Technology breaks ground for composite steel pipe project

Angang Cold Rolled Plate targets output of 400,000 mt in 2012

Rio Tinto signs service contract for Pilbara expansion project

Sundance inks infrastructure deal for Mbalam/Nabeba iron ore project

Australia’s Downer to supply rolling stock for BHP Billiton

US PMI falls 1.7 percent in February, but overall economy still expanding

US automakers report improved results in February

Russia’s OMK buys US pipe finishing plant and plans additional US expansion

Namasco and Macsteel officially join to create Kloeckner Metals

AISI: US’ indirect steel trade surged 24 percent in 2010

Japanese auto output up 18.6 percent in January

Japan’s scrap exports up 32 percent in January

International Ferro Metals to shut two furnaces in S. Africa to save power


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