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.
Ansteel inks cooperation deal with Qiqihar Railway Rolling Stock
China’s finished steel inventory rises for fourth straight week
Shagang estimates 85-95 percent decline in net profit for 2012
Iron ore inventory at Chinese ports declines slightly
German wholesale metal prices down four percent in 2012
BlueScope to reduce steel output at its Australian operations
British construction output down 9.8 percent in November
Upward movement prevails on Orbis Steel Index
China’s passenger car output and sales improve in 2012
Turkey’s Özbal Çelik Boru books domestic orders
Rising price movements in LME billet market
US rig count continues to inch up while Canadian rigs surge
Plate distributor Ranger Steel appoints new President and COO
Essar Steel Algoma receives pension relief to help mitigate “difficult cycle”
Trade deficit swells in US and Canada
Japan’s stainless flat steel exports up 21.8% in November
Turkey’s flat steel imports decrease in Nov from Oct
UK basic metal output index up 3.4 percent in Nov
Taiwan’s steel export value down slightly in 2012
Turkey’s industrial turnover index up 19% in November
South Korea’s car output down 2.1 percent in 2012
Ukrainian pig iron exports rise by 15.2 percent in Jan-Nov
Russia’s Ashinskiy produces 652,077 mt of crude steel in 2012
Italy’s steel exports rise by 8.6 percent in Jan-Oct
Shagang Group sets up international headquarters in Singapore
Dannemora’s iron ore production to reach full capacity in 2013
Baosteel’s finished steel output totals 43.74 million mt in 2012
China’s iron ore imports reach record high in Dec
China’s PPI down 1.9 percent in Dec, CPI up 2.5 percent
Global iron ore trade impacted by Australian cyclone
Chinese steelmakers eye Chongqing automotive market
Chongqing Steel inks 400,000 mt shipbuilding steel supply deal
Northwest Pipe hires new VP for OCTG and line pipe sales
Building permits in Canada hit new low
Scrap, coal and vehicle shipments decline on US railroads
Swedish basic metal output up slightly in Nov over Oct
India’s passenger car and light vehicle exports up 31.6% in Dec
S. African iron and steel output rises in Nov over Oct
MOC: Average steel price in China up 0.3 percent
Germany produces 42.6 million mt of crude steel in 2012
German industrial production up slightly in Nov over Oct
France’s motor vehicle output up 7.4 percent in Nov over Oct
German metal manufacturing turnover down 1.3% in Nov from Oct
Jiangsu Baosteel Precision Steel Wire 1st Phase Project starts production
Alderon Resources completes feasibility study at Kami iron ore project
Cold rolled strip project starts production in Luohe, Henan Province
Baogang’s iron ore self-sufficiency rises to 59.01 percent in 2012
China’s steel industry to reduce CO2 emissions
Outotec to supply gas cleaning plant for LKAB iron ore pellet plant
China exports 55.73 million mt of finished steel in 2012
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