Latest Steel News
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German manufacturing turnover up 0.4% in Jan over Dec
BREE: Australia’s resources and energy exports increase in 2011
Hebei Steel Group not to expand steel production capacity in 2012
Russian scrap exports by rail rise in January-February
NSL Consolidated’s Indian beneficiation plant on track for first sales
Italy’s industrial output index drops down in January
Japanese mills in talks with S. Korea on Q2 shipbuilding plate prices
South African coal terminal sees improved exports in February
Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes commissions Hejing special steel project
Bayi Steel revises 2011 net profit up to RMB 482 million
JISCO produces Q370R pressure vessel plate
Chongqing Steel completes hot commissioning of ladle furnace No. 2
Tianjin Master Seamless Steel Pipe commissions 180 mm seamless pipe mill
China’s CPI rises 3.2 percent in February, PPI unchanged
POSCO commissions second stainless steel mill in Vietnam
LIORC sees decreased profit in 2011
North American units drive increased sales for Klöckner
Canada’s housing starts increase in February
Keystone XL Pipeline faces another setback
Peabody Energy realigns global operations
Alfa Acciai unveils scrap partnership with Harsco Metals
EU scrap price index down in February
EU scrap consumption rises 4.5 percent in 2011
S. Africa’s carbon and alloy steel product imports up 52.4% in 2011
Turkey’s basic metal production index up 8.4 percent in January
Turkey’s pig iron imports almost double in January
Japan’s HR steel product shipments continue to fall in January
Moldavian Steel Works resumes crude steel production
ISD to invest $215 million in Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works in 2012
Russia’s ferrous metal export volume up 13 percent in January
Canada's AD duties on HR steel plate from China near expiration
China’s daily crude steel output remains below 1.7 million mt in Feb
Chengde Steel carries out hot run test on new slab caster
Taigang Stainless wins another tender for Turkmenistan-China gas pipeline
Fujian Sangang commissions converter No. 3
Baosteel becomes preferred supplier of KAMAX
Shougang Jingtang maintains high pig iron output in early March
Hansteel completes hot run test on H-section production line
Xstrata to acquire hard coking coal deposit in Canada
Tata and BlueScope JV starts operations at Indian coated steel plant
Turkish pipe producer completes delivery of certain orders
France’s steel product export value rises in January
Gogebic Taconite won’t build Wisconsin iron ore mine
Canada’s building permits fall 12.3 percent in January
Q4 earnings slide 73 percent for Brazil’s Usiminas
US Commerce raises dumping margin on Mexican wire rod
Ratner Steel Supply to open Indiana service center
Brazil’s industrial production slumps 2.1 percent in January
US steel import permit applications fall 10 percent in February
Turkey’s steel exports up 15.3 percent in first two months
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