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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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