Latest Steel News
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US trade deficit little changed in August
Gordon Moffat: Some restructuring needed in European long steel sector
Hajime Bada: High raw material prices have shifted profits to miners
FFA: Lower inventories provide support for French steel industry
Japanese steel industry sees increased orders in August
US$/RMB exchange rate breaches 6.35
BHP Billiton: Raw material prices will come down in long run
Worldsteel: Life Cycle Assessement needed to understand products’ environmental impact
McKinsley: Absorbing raw material price volatility no longer possible via conversion margin
India’s JSW and Japan’s MISI ink deal for steel processing JV in India
Sumitomo Metals’ Thai Sumilox halts operations due to floods in Thailand
Iran’s steel export value up 64 percent in first half of Iranian year
Germany’s Flanschenwerk Bebitz orders new drawn steel plant
Rio Tinto’s global iron ore production up five percent in Q3
Peabody and ArcelorMittal receives clearance from China for Macarthur offer
Cesare Leali appointed CEO at Italian steelmaker Leali Group
Worldsteel meeting: Europe struggles amid crisis of confidence
China's average daily crude steel output at 1.93 million mt in late September
India’s iron ore exports down 12.3 percent in H1 FY 2011-12
Currency manipulation bill passes in US Senate, AISI and Nucor voice support
Union workers and OmniSource sign deal to end lockout
US DOC sets duties on Chinese steel cylinders
Dongkuk Steel considers buying extra 20-30 percent stake in Brazil JV
Japan’s JFE Steel faces loss due to drop in JSW Steel share price
Ukraine to produce 3.03 million mt of crude steel in November
NLMK launches new converter
Australian steelmaker BlueScope halts blast furnace No. 6 at Port Kembla
Baogang starts to use 210 mm round billet at 180 mm seamless pipe line
Ukraine’s coal mining output up two percent in September over August
Pakistan Steel Mills focuses on exploitation of local iron ore
US apparent steel use to draw closer to pre-crisis levels in 2012
Zhang Xiaogang stresses importance of iron ore price stability
EU-27 industrial output up 0.9 percent in August over July
Ternium CEO Novegil: Turkey’s steel use to rise 90 percent over pre-crisis levels
Iranian steel industry sees vast room for growth
Worldsteel: China’s apparent steel use to rise 7.5 percent in 2011
SAIL set to increase its iron ore self-sufficiency
Worldsteel: Emerging & developing countries to account for 73% of global steel use in 2012
Head of China’s Ansteel becomes worldsteel chairman
US Steel, USW make progress in 11-month-long lockout negotiations
Canadian housing starts rise in September after August slump
Lakeside Steel increases credit facility for Alabama mill expansion
Cliffs resumes West Virginia coal mine operations
US weekly raw steel production jumps 2.9 percent
October 3– October 9, 2011 Weekly market report.. Banchero Costa
NLMK to increase slab shipments in October
OMK’s Trubodetal increases its steel product output in September
Russia’s Ashinskiy sees steel output rise 12 percent in January-September
Russia sees decline in coal exports in January-August
Xuzhou Coal Mining Group to develop coal and natural gas project in Xinjiang
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