Latest Steel News
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EU steel exports up 3.18 percent in February
EU flat steel imports down 38 percent in Jan-Feb
Latin American steel output down one percent in Q1
Significant differences in hourly labour costs in EU-27 states
World DRI output down 1.8 percent in Q1
German crude steel output up seven percent in Q1 over Q4
Downward price movements dominate LME billet market
French metal industry orders down 5.3% in Feb from Jan
Arvedi Group eyes annual sales revenues of €3 billion
Mechel acquires mining dump trucks from BelAZ
Laiwu Steel joins Chinese iron ore spot trading platform
Baogang sees good performance in steel sales for wind power sector
Anglo American completes divestment of South African steelmaker
China’s crude steel output totals 174.22 million mt in Q1
Poltava GOK increases pellet output in January-March
Pig iron output capacity of Benxi Steel to exceed 20 million mt
Shigang’s direct product sales account for 78.3 percent of total Q1 sales
China’s steel product inventory declines further
Fortescue’s iron ore shipments lower than expected in Q1
Ukrainian mill Ilyich to increase output in current year
Scrap switches to sideways movement on Orbis Steel Index
Ruukki posts operating loss for Q1
April 16– April 22, 2012 Weekly market report.. Banchero Costa
Italy’s crude steel output up 5.7 percent in January-March
MMFX begins rebar production in UAE
Timken begins Ohio mill expansion
US ITC rules Chinese and Mexican wire not injuring US
US raw steel production continues upward climb
JSW Steel: CEC reports yet to be considered by Supreme Court
Siemens VAI to modernize finger-shaft electric arc furnace for Tata Steel’s NatSteel
Affero Mining identifies further high grade iron ore zones in Nkout, Cameroon
China’s Guangxi slightly cuts iron ore imports in Q1
Panzhihua Steel’s iron ore concentrate output reaches new high in Q1
Iron ore inventories at Chinese ports regress
China’s Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes records declines in net profit in Q1
Angang to commission one million mt wire rod project in July
Bayi Steel’s net profit plummets in Q1
Thai SSI resumes steel production at Teesside Cast Plant, UK
Global pig iron output rises slightly in Q1
Latest freight rate indications from Banchero Costa
Quality Iron Fabricators begins construction on new Louisiana plant
US rig counts recover as Canada’s fall again
Tata Steel to provide pipe for Gulf of Mexico oil pipeline
Global crude steel output stable in first quarter
Brazil doubles its nickel output in February
Taiwan’s basic metal export orders fall slightly in Q1
Turkey’s building construction costs up 10.4 percent in Q1
German rolled steel prices down 5.6 percent in March
Japanese steel production improves in March
Japan’s JFE posts net loss for FY 2011-12
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