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.
German wholesale metal prices down 2.3 percent in February
LIM enters strategic alliance with Tata Steel Minerals Canada
Fitch downgrades Italy’s long-term rating to BBB+, outlook negative
Dannemora’s iron ore prices to increase in second quarter
Russian iron ore exports down 1.6 percent in January
Russia’s ferrous metal export volume up five percent in Jan
Alchevsk to increase steel product output in March
EU extends AD duty on Chinese stainless steel fasteners to Philippines
ArcelorMittal Ostrava starts producing pipe with new type of coating
China imports 121.95 million mt of iron ore in Jan-Feb
Iron ore inventory at Chinese ports down slightly
Jiuli Special Material Technology sees 35% rise in 2012 net profit
NSSMC denies blast furnace shutdown reports
Reliance Steel and Metals USA merger to move forward
US weekly raw steel production slips 1.6 percent
Cliffs to idle Canadian iron ore pellet plant
CITT to maintain AD/CVD orders on Chinese pipe
Japan’s HR steel strip output up 34.4 percent in January
Taiwan’s steel export value down eight percent in Jan-Feb
Turkey’s pig iron imports start 2013 with low volume
France’s motor vehicle output down 13.5% in Jan from Dec
US iron ore output down 2.6 percent in 2012
German metal manufacturing turnover down 1.7% in Jan from Dec
Prices continue to fall in LME billet market
EU scrap prices decline in February from January levels
Italy’s GDP down 2.8 percent in fourth quarter
China’s Ministry of Railways to be dismantled
China’s PPI down 1.6 percent in February, CPI up 3.2 percent
Zaporozhcoke’s coke output declines slightly in Jan-Feb
Increased transaction activity on CMBX iron ore spot trading platform
Indian government ensures raw material availability for steel industry
Increased transaction activity on CMBX iron ore spot trading platform
CITIC Pacific’s Sino Iron project eyes 5 million mt annual output by end 2013
China’s fixed asset investments up 21.2 percent in Jan-Feb
China’s added-value industrial output up 9.9% in Jan-Feb
Hebei Steel Group inks sales contracts for 10.42 million mt of finished steel
China’s finished steel inventory rises for 12th consecutive week
Scrap moves upward on Orbis Steel Index
Kardemir sees improved net profit in 2012
Reactions to Brazilian flat rolled increase put market at a standstill
US and Canadian rig counts drop
Unemployment rate drops in the US in February but stable in Canada
Brazil’s motor vehicle exports decline in February
Strong rise in Turkey’s January billet exports
Manganese ore exports via Port Hedland fall in February
British construction output down 7.9 percent in January
Japan’s domestic steel orders up slightly in January
Turkey’s manufacturing output up 3.2% in Jan
Germany’s passenger car output up 18.2 percent in Feb over Jan
Yanshan mine produces 263,700 mt of iron ore concentrate in Jan-Feb
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