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.
Anshan Steel to set up steel processing centers in India and Brazil
Shangang Group produces 23.8 million mt of crude steel in 2011
Aperam registers net loss for 2011
Vale to start transshipment operations in Philippines on Feb. 12
Xstrata and Glencore agree on $90 billion merger
China Minmetals ups its stake in China Minmetals Rare Earth
Baosteel acquires 51 percent stake in Shaoguan Steel Group
Jinling Mining plans to acquire 40 percent stake in Jinding Mining
Xiwang Special Steel produces 300 series stainless steels
CSC posts decrease in steel output for January
ArcelorMittal posts net loss for Q4
Shigang develops steel grades for machinery manufacture
Japan’s CR sheet and strip shipments fall nine percent in 2011
South Korea’s steel export value up 4.6 percent in January
Turkish steel exports to Singapore surge strongly in January
Turkey increases steel billet exports in January
Turkey’s CR coil and sheet imports down four percent in 2011
Downtrend dominates LME billet market prices
Alpha Natural Resources to reduce coal production in Central Appalachia
US unemployment rate lowest since 2009 while Canada’s inches up again
Steel imports help lift annual results for Canada’s Port Metro Vancouver
New bill will authorize more American steel in transportation projects
US rig counts decrease while Canadian rig counts increase
CSN board approves €120 million loan to purchase European assets
Scrap maintains downward movement on Orbis Steel Index
Thailand’s auto sales down slightly in 2011
Tianjin Qifeng Group due to commission cold rolled facilities in Sept
Hanzhong Steel completes first phase of restoration project
Nordic Iron Ore to issue new shares for stock exchange listing
EU real steel consumption to decline slightly in 2012
Indian industry body seeks infrastructure status for slurry pipelines
Hengyang Valin Steel Tube Co.’s tube sales total 1.313 million mt in 2011
Chinese steel enterprises see 4.51 percent fall in gross profit in 2011
Bayi Steel’s finished steel sales total 6.493 million mt in 2011
Panzhihua Mining exceeds titanium concentrate output target in Jan
Meishan Steel ignites coke oven No. 3
Handan Steel to export 4,000 mt of CRS to Southeast Asia
Hyundai Steel to launch 2 million mt HRC capacity expansion this week
Siemens to upgrade basic oxygen converter of Mexican steelmaker
Latest freight rate indications from Banchero Costa
Japan’s ferroalloy imports down 3.4 percent in 2011
Germany’s passenger car output up 12 percent in Jan
Turkish metal producers’ sales prices up 14.8% in January
Turkey’s rebar exports down eight percent in Jan from Dec
Turkey’s pig iron imports double in 2011
Rail traffic rises in US and Canada, slips in Mexico
TMS International Corp opens new trading office in Dubai
Earnings surge 25 percent for Patriot Coal in 2011
US DOC continues AD order on pipe and tube from Taiwan
Chile’s CAP SA higher 2011 earnings despite revenue drop
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