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.
Vale addresses concerns about Chinese port restrictions
US auto sales increase for Chrysler and Ford, while GM’s numbers slip
US construction spending still on the rise in December
US manufacturing sector expands for 30th consecutive month
US DOC and US ITC initiate third sunset review of Japanese plate
Magnetation looking for iron ore mine sites outside of Minnesota
Reliance Steel subsidiary acquires McKey Perforating
CSN subsidiary acquires German steel assets
Xiangtan Steel produces 2 million mt of marine grade steel plate in 2011
NDRC: Chinese iron ore import volumes and prices surge in 2011
ArcelorMittal and Metinvest may show interest in Serbian steel plant
Italy’s new passenger vehicle registrations down 17 percent in January
French steel scrap prices recover in January from December levels
Sandeli Stainless Steel commissions new steel pipe production lines
Sandvik’s profit declines in 2011
Xstrata confirms merger talks with Glencore
BHP Billiton approves funding for outer harbor facility at Port Hedland
Handan Steel develops production of TRIP steel
China’s auto imports exceeds one million in 2011
Danieli mulls construction of new plant in Chelyabinsk, Russia
Italian steel exports to non-EU destinations up 3.1 percent in 2011
Sumitomo posts net loss for April-December 2011
Mexico initiates anti-circumvention investigation on Chinese seamless pipes
Siemens VAI to upgrade two bar mills for Gerdau’s Colombian subsidiary
London Mining completes first shipment from Marampa
Vietnamese steel industry sees drop in output capacity
Japan’s steel exports down five percent in 2011
Eurostat expects 2.7 percent euro area annual inflation in Jan
Turkey’s steel export value up 28.5 percent in 2011
Japanese automobile manufacturers optimistic about 2012
Turkey’s scrap imports up 12 percent in 2011
US-NAFTA surface trade rose 12.7 percent in November
US steel mill shipments fall 6.7 percent in November
US DOC begins review of flat steel from Brazil and pipe from Japan
China bans mega iron ore vessels from Vale while new VLOC docks in Brazil
Switzerland-based ABB to purchase Thomas & Betts for US$3.9 billion
Brazilian industrial output up 0.9 percent in December
Chongqing Steel achieves record shipbuilding steel output in 2011
SGIS Songshan estimates net loss of RMB 1.17 billion for 2011
Raw coal output up 1.13 million mt in Heilongjiang in 2011
China’s coal imports up 10.8 percent in 2011
China’s official PMI rises to 50.5 in January
Kobe Steel’s net income declines in April-December 2011
ThyssenKrupp closes sale of civil shipbuilding operations
Outokumpu posts operating loss for 2011
Ruukki’s order intake increases in 2011
ASSOCHAM calls on Indian government to remove import duty on iron ore
Scrap freighter bound for Turkey sinks off Black Sea coast
Xstrata sees improved coal output in 2011
Afferro Mining shareholders approve Putu iron ore project sale
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