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.
Metinvest subsidiary Azovstal cuts production in Jan-Feb
Voestalpine to invest in high strength steel for automotive industry
Auto sales in Japan rise 32 percent in February
Shougang Jingtang produces 1,950 mm IF cold rolled sheets
Xinjiang Gaoyi Smelting to invest RMB 1.5 billion in blast furnace project
Construction starts on planned largest steel service center in Henan
Hansteel to deliver 30,000 mt of X52 pipeline steel to Xinjiang project
Jixing Pipe Technology breaks ground for composite steel pipe project
Angang Cold Rolled Plate targets output of 400,000 mt in 2012
Rio Tinto signs service contract for Pilbara expansion project
Sundance inks infrastructure deal for Mbalam/Nabeba iron ore project
Australia’s Downer to supply rolling stock for BHP Billiton
US PMI falls 1.7 percent in February, but overall economy still expanding
US automakers report improved results in February
Russia’s OMK buys US pipe finishing plant and plans additional US expansion
Namasco and Macsteel officially join to create Kloeckner Metals
AISI: US’ indirect steel trade surged 24 percent in 2010
Japanese auto output up 18.6 percent in January
Japan’s scrap exports up 32 percent in January
International Ferro Metals to shut two furnaces in S. Africa to save power
Building permits in Turkey fall 29 percent in 2011
Eurostat expects 2.6 percent euro area annual inflation in Feb
EU-27 unemployment rate at 10.7 percent in January
MIIT: Chinese apparent crude steel use to reach 690 million mt in 2012
Turkey’s steel export value up 11.4 percent in January
Essar Steel Minnesota increases planned production by 3 million tons
TMS International expands scrap yard operation in Taiwan
Port of Mobile, Alabama to expand steel storage with $7 million investment
Latrobe Specialty Metals and Carpenter Technology Corporation complete merger
Aquila confirms talks with India’s ICVL for sale of Washpool coking coal project
Outkumpu shareholders approve Inoxum acquisition
Shougang increases self-sufficiency in iron ore with Xingshan project
Hebei Steel Group to invest RMB 5 billion in phase two of CRS project
ArcelorMittal to invest in relaunch of Florange plant in H2
Major Chinese steel enterprises see profit margin of 2.42 percent in 2011
Lucchini’s debt restructuring plan approved by Court of Milan
Wujin Stainless Steel Pipe becomes official supplier to Sasol
Chengde Steel carries out hot test run on continuous casting mill
Chinese manufacturing sector PMI rises to 51.0 in February
Potential coal reserves at Hoxtolgay deposit in Xinjiang may exceed 100 billion mt
TMK ships LD pipe for South Iolotan gas field in Turkmenistan
Jiuquan Steel Hongxing to acquire Tianfeng Stainless Steel
Chongqing Steel inks steel plate supply deal for 2012 with GSI
Siemens VAI-led consortium to supply sinter plant for India’s NMDC
Spain’s motor vehicle output falls in January
Turkey’s steel import value down 9.4 percent in Jan from Dec
EU annual inflation at 2.6 percent in January
German iron ore import prices down 8.3 percent in January
Japan’s steel exports down 16 percent in January
Vale receives 60-day extension for talks with government about unpaid royalties
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