Latest Steel News
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US iron ore shipments rise 8.7 percent in July over June
Colombian iron and steel export value up 44.5% in Aug over July
South Korea’s car output down 2.1 percent in Jan-Sept
Gazpromtrubinvest starts building third phase of new pipe mill in Kostroma
Large coalfield discovered in China’s Xinjiang region
Severstal’s Vorkutaugol commissions new coal face at Komsomolskaya Mine
Izhora Pipe Mill’s pipe supplies for Bovanenkovo-Uhta gas pipeline hit 700,000 mt
Mechel suspends mining at some Mechel Bluestone facilities in US
JFE Steel to acquire premium threading business of US-based Benoit Machine
Siemens receives acceptance certificate for Outokumpu’s EAF No. 1 in Tornio
ChTPZ to supply pipes for Spartak Stadium in Moscow
TMK sees sharp decline in LDP shipments in Jan-Sept
ArcelorMittal to invest €6 million in Belval EAF revamp
POSCO sees decrease in third quarter revenue
Italy’s crude steel output down 7.8 percent in September
China’s finished steel output up 4.9 percent in September
China’s apparent crude steel use totals 510 million mt in Jan-Sept
French crude steel output still up in January-September
Malaysia to impose provisional AD duty on wire rod from five countries
Ruukki sees operating loss for Jan-Sept
October 15– October 21, 2012 Weekly market report.. Banchero Costa
Steel mill shipments in the US rise nearly 10 percent year-to-date
Marmon/Keystone relocates Mexico City plant to larger facility
US raw steel capacity utilization rate drops below 70 percent
Global crude steel output stable in third quarter
Japan’s cold rolled steel exports up 10.7% in Aug over July
S. Africa’s carbon and alloy steel imports fall in August
Taiwan’s basic metal export orders down 8.1% in Jan-Sept
Turkish steel exporters benefit from overseas trade visits
French metal industry orders up 5.4% in Aug over July
Strong fall in LME billet market prices
Hanlong secures funding for Sundance takeover
Iron ore inventory at Chinese ports falls to lowest level year to date
Finished steel inventory in China declines to below 13 million mt
MMK Group’s crude steel output up 11 percent in Jan-Sept
Arrium makes first iron ore sale from Southern Iron operations
NLMK to increase supplies to AvtoVAZ
Construction starts on air separation unit for Metinvest’s EMZ
Scrap picks up on Orbis Steel Index
Interpipe to increase round billet production in October
China’s shipbuilding output down 18.5 percent in Jan-Sept
ArcelorMittal Temirtau starts overhaul of mill 1700
Valemax ship makes maiden voyage to port in Philippines
Voestalpine opens steel processing center in Romania
Steel Dynamics to expand Pittsboro SBQ mill
United Steelworkers and ArcelorMittal ratify new contract
Drilling rigs increase slightly in US and drop in Canada
Japan’s new ship export orders up for second straight month in Sept
Latin American crude steel output down 4% in Jan-Sept
Brazilian crude steel output down three percent in Jan-Sept
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