Latest Steel News
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Steel mill shipments in the US fall 7.5 percent in December
Specialty steel imports in the US register across the board increases
Japan’s nickel ore imports up 28.2 percent in 2012
Swedish crude steel output down 10.6% in January
S. Africa’s carbon and alloy steel imports down 8.8% in 2012
Turkey’s seamless pipe imports from China up 36.8% in 2012
EU new car registrations fall to historic low in January
Japan’s ship export orders down 19.6% in Jan from Dec
Latest freight rate indications from Banchero Costa – Feb 11-18
WISCO’s 1.2 mm HRS used in containers and high-end vehicles
Gujarat to reject JSPL’s takeover offer
Dannemora Mineral sees net loss in 2012
Arrium posts net loss of A$445.2 million for H1 FY 2012-13
Tata Steel grants final acceptance for coiler modernization by SMS Siemag
Tangshan Steel to export 4,000 mt of coated steel sheet to Brazil
EU-27 construction output down 2.7% in Dec from Nov
Vale declares force majeure on coal shipments from Mozambique
Malaysia imposes AD duty on wire rod imports from four countries
Mount Gibson’s net profit declines due to lower iron ore prices
Yonggang Group starts construction on 2 million mt steel bar project
JFE Steel, KPS Steel and Marubeni-Itochu to strengthen partnership
Shougang Tonggang exceeds its output targets for January
Valin Steel targets finished steel sales of 15.07 million mt in 2013
Peru’s iron ore production down 4.7 percent in 2012
Japan’s iron ore imports up 2.1 percent in 2012
Turkey’s slab imports rise to seven-year high in 2012
S. African mining output down 3.1 percent in 2012
Japan’s industrial output up 2.4 percent in Dec from Nov
Rising prices in LME billet market
LKAB’s earnings fall due to lower iron ore prices
Severstal’s Vorkutinskaya mine resumes production
ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih’s crude steel output down three percent in Jan
Moldavian Steel Works unlikely to resume production in February
EU initiates AD duty investigation for Chinese seamless pipes
NLMK’s long steel division to keep rebar shipments unchanged in Feb
Shandong Steel posts operating revenue of RMB 112.3 billion for 2012
Ansteel produces 1.29 million mt of crude steel in January
WISCO to issue short-term bonds worth RMB 6.3 billion
BlueScope’s net loss narrows in H1 FY 2012-13
China’s finished steel inventory rises again after Spring Festival
Scrap moves sideways on Orbis Steel Index
Turkey’s Erdemir merges steel service center and logistics company
Tenaris to build seamless pipe mill near Houston
AD orders on flats from Korea and Germany to be revoked
US and Canadian rig counts log week-on-week increase
Canadian manufacturing slows in December
Turkey’s longitudinally welded tube and profile exports up 23% in 2012
Strong rise in Japan’s December cold rolled steel exports
India’s passenger car exports down 13.5% in January
S. African iron and steel output down 5.9 percent in 2012
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