Latest Steel News
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Klesch may offer €200 mllion for Lucchini takeover
Fitch upgrades Russian steelmaker Evraz
Ruukki completes employer-employee negotiations
Iron ore inventory at China’s ports falls for fourth week in a row
Construction starts on new steel industrial park in Shaoguan, Guangdong
NLMK Indiana’s Jan-Oct production at all-time high
Siemens to supply four continuous casting lines for Taiwanese steelmaker
Scrap maintains downward movement on Orbis Steel Index
Anglo American completes sale of Scaw South Africa
China’s finished steel inventory falls to lowest since Dec 2009
China’s steel sector returns to profit in October
Turkey’s ferroalloy imports down 5.2 percent in Jan-Sept
Brazil’s nickel output up 20.5 percent in Oct over Sept
Argentina’s crude steel output up 4.5% in Oct over Sept
Colombian iron and steel exports up 13.6% in Jan-Sept
Home sales in Turkey down slightly in Q3 from Q2
Confidence in French manufacturing improves slightly in Nov
New orders in German construction industry down 3.8% in Sept
S. Korea’s net steel product exports in Jan-Oct total 7.58 million mt
Metal ore throughput at Chinese ports up 7.3 percent in Jan-Sept
MMK returns to profit in Q3 following Q2 loss
Taiwan’s industrial output rises for fourth straight month in Oct
Metinvest posts decline in crude steel output for Q3 and 9M
Tata Steel to cut 900 jobs at UK operations
EVRAZ sells EvrazTrans to NefteTransService
ENRC’s Mozambique coal railway project to be completed by 2016
Outotec targets sales growth in services business
Strategic Minerals makes first export shipment to Glencore
Rio Tinto granted approval for Yandicoogina iron ore project expansion
EUROFER criticizes EC approval of Glencore/Xstrata merger
Ilva requests cancellation of seizure of upstream facilities
S. Africa may replace India as China’s third-biggest iron ore supplier
Baosteel spends RMB 1.625 billion on share buyback program to date
Global pig iron ouput up 2.15 percent in Oct over Sept
Chinese special steel enterprises see reduced outputs in Jan-Oct
Global nickel market sees supply surplus in Jan-Sept
Bayi Steel completes steel supplies for project in Urumqi, Xinjiang
ChTPZ to supply 200,000 mt of pipes for Bovanenkovo-Uhta pipeline stage two
French crude steel output down 0.3 percent in Jan-Oct
WISCO to invest RMB 40 billion in steel industry in Hubei by 2015
S&P expects no further deterioration for three North Asian steelmakers
HSBC’s China flash manufacturing PMI hits 13 month-high in Nov
India’s Jindal starts coal production in Mozambique
Production starts at CITIC Pacific’s Sino iron ore project in W. Australia
Baobab Resources seeks partner for pig iron investment in Mozambique
Turkey’s longitudinally welded tube and profile exports up 23.7% in Jan-Sept
Japan’s iron ore imports up 1.6 percent in Jan-Sept
Xstrata shareholders approve takeover by Glencore
US iron ore shipments down nine percent in August
Pilbara iron ore railway project delayed by six months
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