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.
Australia’s Padbury confirms DSO potential of Peak Hill
France’s auto industry orders up 8.9 percent in Dec over Nov
Swedish crude steel output up 10.5 percent in Jan over Dec
Brazilian crude steel output rises in Jan from Dec
German rolled steel prices down 4.3 percent in January
Japanese crude steel output down 10.6 percent in January
Falling price trend dominates LME billet market
Rio Tinto to invest in automated rail operations in Pilbara
EU to investigate malleable cast iron pipe fitting imports from China
ThyssenKrupp and Siemens deny merger rumors
Russia proposes to ban scrap exports from St. Petersburg
Australia’s BlueScope reports loss for H1 FY 2011-12
Italian industry turnover up 3.4 percent in Dec over Nov
Severstal completes upgrade of BF No. 5 air heater at Cherepovets Steel Mill
Xinjiang region to step up elimination of backward coal output capacity
Masteel obtains ISO certification for auto sheet products
Hansteel supplies high-strength plate to Jinan Kogel Special Truck
Tangsteel supplies HC340LA CR products to Great Wall Motor subsidiary
Taiyuan Steel’s forged steel round bar approved by CCS
Shagang Group to upgrade sintering machine No. 8
Fangda Special Steel posts net profit of RMB 723 million for 2011
Latest freight rate indications from Banchero Costa
Turkish scrap moves upwards on Orbis Steel Index
Mechel halts smelting at two Romanian plants
Kardemir wins rail tender
AISI praises passage of new energy and infrastructure bill
Caterpillar to build new manufacturing plant in Georgia
Evraz NA and Welspun Arkansas to manufacture 75 percent of pipe for Keystone XL
US steel mill shipments climb 9.2 percent in December
EU-27 construction output down 0.4 percent in Dec from Nov
Japanese iron and steel output down 2.9 percent in 2011
Canadian manufacturing sales increase during December
Brazil’s economy expanded slowly in 2011
US residential construction activity increases during January
SAC Capital purchases funds in Reliance Steel during fourth quarter
Vale has until year-end to decide about Simandou project in Guinea
Steel Dynamics to expand Indiana SBQ steel mill
Gerdau SA posts positive gains during 2011 and announces plans to emphasize raw materials
January shows signs of continued growth for US and Canadian service centers
Chongqing Steel targets pig iron output of 5.88 million mt in 2012
Taiyuan Stainless Steel Industrial Park’s operating revenue up 296% in 2011
Construction starts on stainless steel industrial park in Changle, Fujian
Mobarakeh Steel sees 10 percent rise in slab output
Sangang Minguang produces 518,000 mt of crude steel in Jan
EU-27 flat steel exports up 33 percent in December
Shougang Jingtang’s 2,300 mm mill produces 9,077 mt of CRS in Jan
EU-27 long steel imports down 7.34 percent in December
Hansteel supplies 60,000 mt of CR products to export markets
Siemens VAI to supply ladle furnace for Chinese stainless steel producer
Anglo American’s 2011 net profit declines
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