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.
Overhaul of hot blast stove No. 4 completed at Liuzhou Steel’s BF No. 4
Chengde Steel plant commissions upgraded converter No. 1
China’s Guotai Steel expands steelmaking facilities in Zambia
Hansteel develops production of new flat steel products
Tangsteel produces eco-friendly non-zinc coated galvanized sheet
Vietnam’s SSE to raise wire rod and rebar output capacity to 600,000 mt
Changjiang Steel to start work on phase two of special steel project
Italy-based Duferdofin-Nucor posts net loss for 2011
Danieli posts positive financial results for H1 FY 2011-12
February 20– February 26, 2012 Weekly market report.. Banchero Costa
Sansteel Minguang to acquire stake in Angang Steel Putian Cold Rolled Plate
China’s average daily crude steel output totals 1.7 million mt in mid-Feb
China’s Jiangsu ShenYuan orders wire rod mill from SMS Meer
Atlas sees decline in net profit for H1 FY 2011-12
Designers and producers need to connect in Turkish steel structure sector
Prices rise strongly in LME billet market
US rig counts decline as Canadian rig counts continue to slip
Deacero SA acquires Mid Continent Nail Corporation
Ryerson expands “global footprint” with Brazilian acquisition
Slight increase in Brazilian steel sales reflects short-term recovery
Scrap increases on Orbis Steel Index
Lucchini Group heading towards compulsory administration?
Coal mining partially halted at Mechel subsidiary
VIZ-Stal receives equipment for steam reforming facility
Hebei Steel starts mining at Dajiazhuang iron mine
Vedanta Resources to cut costs through restructuring
Ilva launches Italy’s biggest VLOC
SMS Meer to supply rolling mill equipment for Chinese steelmaker
Confidence index in Italian construction almost unchanged in Feb from Jan
Steelmakers in Shandong encouraged to invest in overseas mines
Daye Special Steel posts net profit of RMB 585 million for 2011
Angang to complete commissioning of CR plate project at end of 2012
WISCO to increase stake in Pingdingshan Shenma Group
China’s coal consumption may reach 4.3 billion mt by 2015
Annual finished steel output in Liupanshui to exceed 10 million mt by 2016
Pangang Group to install two continuous annealing furnaces at Xichang
Severstal plans $1.7 billion of capital investment in 2012
Kardemir posts improved profit for 2011
American Scrap Coalition addresses US Trade Representative about Russian maneuvers on steel scrap
Olympic Steel has record year with net sales increasing by 56.7 percent over 2010
LB Foster has positive 2011 despite low Q4 numbers
Positive numbers from Tenaris during Q4 and full-year
AK Steel first of many to develop interest in new blast furnace technology
Welspun announces second round of expansion at Arkansas pipe plant
Turkish steel industry seeks opportunities in Pakistan and Bangladesh
China’s first coal exchange center opens for business
Outokumpu’s Tornio site exposed to radiation through recycled steel
Qingdao Steel awaits approval for relocation to Dongjiakou harbor zone
New steel production base to be built in Anyang by 2015
Rizhao establishes mineral import and export association
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