Latest Steel News
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ISM’s Chicago business activity drops to lowest level in three years
US and Canadian drilling activity slows
WTO agrees to investigate US duties on $7.3 billion in Chinese products
Japan’s industrial output down 1.3 percent in Aug from July
PPI for South African steel industry up 2.5% in Aug over July
Turkey’s steel export value up 16.9 percent in August
Turkish steel exporters complete visits to Kenya and Tanzania
Producer prices in French industry up 1.2% in Aug over July
Japanese auto output up 4.5 percent in August
EU commercial vehicle registrations decline over summer
Italian metal output sales prices almost stable in August from July
40% of China’s iron ore mines suspend operations amid low prices
Nippon Steel to merge two plantmaker subsidiaries
Lucchini unveils several rail orders from Europe and overseas
TMK commissions new production lines at TMK-INOX
Ukrainian semi-finished steel exports and imports decrease in Jan-Aug
WISCO produces 22,000 mt of zero spangle galvanized sheet in July-Sept
Vale sees global iron ore prices at above $100/mt
Acciaierie Bertoli Safau: Special steel market outlook unclear in medium term
Euro area annual inflation expected at 2.7 percent in September
General Steel expects operating revenue of $1.4 billion for H1
Kobe Steel revises down earnings forecasts for FY 2012-13
Ruukki plans to cut 250 jobs
ThyssenKrupp sells its tailored blanks business to WISCO
Government rules Brazil’s industry unharmed by flat rolled steel imports
Indiana castings company upgrades facility with new equipment
Olympic Steel to expand Pennsylvania processing plant
CME announces new Chinese rebar futures trading
Turkish August home appliance sales hit highest level of 2012
African Eagle upgrades resource estimate for Dutwa nickel project
UK imported metal prices down 13.8 percent in Jan-Aug
Weak iron ore demand hits freight index
Japan’s coking coal imports from Indonesia up 59.6% in August
German iron ore import prices up 3.3% in Aug over July
Confidence index for Italian manufacturing rises in September
Danieli posts slight fall in revenues for FY 2011-12
Ukrainian pig iron exports increase in Jan-Aug, scrap exports down
Ukraine’s coke exports rise by 29 percent in January-August
Ukrainian steel product exports down 5.3 percent in Jan-Aug
India’s ship breaking industry sees supply growth
Large nickel reserves discovered in China’s Xinjiang region
Baosteel suspends production at Luojing plant
S&P foresees modest decline in Hyundai Steel’s profitability for 2012
Judge says no to continuation of minimum production at Italy’s Ilva
Confidence index for Italian construction rises in September
CISA: China’s average daily crude steel output declines in mid-Sept
Century Iron completes formation of JV with WISCO International
Ruukki lowers its net sales estimate for 2012
US DOC begins review of multiple steel products
Worthington’s earnings rise in fiscal Q1 despite lower steel prices
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