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.
Sims Metal Management records net loss during fiscal first half
CD International establishes iron ore venture with Minera MAPSA SA
Mexican steel production stagnant in 2012, while consumption increases slightly
Positive predictions for pipe at NASPD conference
Japanese steel exports start 2013 with 24.4% rise in volume
Georgia’s scrap exports to Turkey down sharply in January
Colombian ferronickel exports up 31.4 percent in 2012
New orders in German construction industry up 4.2% in 2012
Rising trend continues in LME billet market
Turkish metal manufacturing capacity usage declines in Feb
Afferro Mining signs MoU with POSCO for iron ore projects in Cameroon
Ternium’s net profit declines in 2012 due to Usiminas investment
HSBC’s China flash manufacturing PMI falls to four-month low in Feb
Handan Steel to supply 1 million mt of rebar for hydropower station
Cyclone Rusty shuts down Australia’s major iron ore ports
POSCO to supply thick steel plate for oil prospecting ship
Chinese finished steel inventory increases further
Shagang to issue short-term bonds worth RMB 3 billion
Jinxi Steel exports 302,600 mt of H-beam in 2012
Scrap moves upward on Orbis Steel Index
Argentina’s steel production declines while investment plans grow
North America remains weak spot in Tenaris’ earnings
US rig count slips while Canada’s continues to increase
MRC’s Q4 earnings dip but improve dramatically for full year
Japan’s ferroalloy imports down 4.5 percent in 2012
Global DRI output down 3.4 percent in Jan from Dec
Turkey’s coking coal imports up 25 percent in 2012
Brazilian crude steel output rises in Jan from Dec
Brazilian nickel output increases in January
USGS: Slower global economic growth reduces demand for US metals
Turkish construction sector confidence rises again in Feb
Global pig iron output rises in January
China’s new housing prices maintain uptrend in January
Klesch inks deal to buy Italian special steel producer Leali Group
Rio Tinto suspends operations at Benga mine in Mozambique
Baobab Resources increases iron ore resource estimate for Tete project
EU-27 finished steel exports up 4.15 percent in 2012
Tangshan Steel inks supply deal with Zanussi Electric Machinery Tianjin
French crude steel output down 1.3 percent in January
Italy’s crude steel output falls 19.7 percent in January
JSPL raises its stake in Gujarat NRE Coking Coal to 26.75 percent
Tata Steel becomes core supplier to France’s PSA Peugeot Citroën
Xining Special Steel starts upgrade of steel bar production line
Walter Energy expects 2013 sales to be in line with 2012 volumes
China’s auto sales reach 2.0345 million units in January
Jigang’s plate plant sees sales revenue of RMB 4.946 billion in 2012
US ITC to conduct second review against HRC from six countries
Earnings shrink for Olympic Steel in 2012 on “disappointing” Q4
ALJ shakes up management per Optima Specialty Steel’s request
Competitiveness Committee urges Mexico’s Ministry of Economy to apply CVDs
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