Latest Steel News
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Global pig iron output up 1.6 percent in January-August
Turkish metal manufacturing capacity usage up 1.5% in Sep over Aug
Japanese steel exports up 5.5 percent in August
Taiwan’s basic metal output index down 11.9 percent in August
Prices switch to uptrend in the LME billet market
Baosteel spends $11 million on buy-back of 14.89 million shares
Raspadskaya lowers coal output forecast
China’s SSEA member companies’ crude steel output down 4% in Jan-Aug
Metinvest secures a ten-year €25 million loan
Xuanhua Steel produces 191,000 mt of finished steel for export in Jan-Aug
Spain’s metal industry turnover index down 11.6 percent in Jan-Jul
Vyksa Steel Works issues production results for Jan-Aug
SAIL targets a capital expenditure of INR 120 billion for FY 2012-13
Scrap moves downwards on Orbis Steel Index
Iron ore inventory at Chinese ports sees slight increase
China’s automobile exports up 5.9 percent in August over July
Finished steel inventory in China declines for nine straight weeks
Kardemir issues planned sales volumes for October-December
Brazil slams US policies on subsidies
Essar Steel Algoma closes secured term loan
AK Steel set for possible investment downgrade
Turkey’s steel section exports up 14.8 percent in July
Japan’s HR flat steel shipments rise in July
World DRI output down 13 percent in August
Colombian ferronickel export value up 70 percent in July
BREE: Australia’s met coal export volume to rise 14% in 2012
USGS: Steel activity growth in US may decrease further in near term
Peru’s iron ore production down 10.2 percent in Jan-July
French metal industry orders down 6% in July from June
China’s coal output down 2.5 percent in Aug
Russian iron ore concentrate output increases in Jan-Aug
EU action plan for steel industry to launch in June 2013
Evraz’s rolling mill in Kazakhstan still under construction
Lingyuan Steel receives government subsidies worth RMB 480 million
Meijin Energy bids $457 million for Australia’s Western Desert
Raspadskaya registers net loss in H1
Flinders posts net loss for FY2011-12
China’s steel industry sees decline in gross profit for Jan-Jul
Iron ore imports from Jingtang Port totals 30.89 million mt in Jan-Sept
Mining resumes at Mechel’s New-Olzherassk underground mine
Taiyuan Chemical Industry estimates decrease in 2012 coke output
Evraz signs five-year supply contract with UralVagonZavod
US announces $175 million in manufacturing education funds
Reliance Steel acquires Alabama steel processor GH Metal Solutions
S. Africa’s carbon and alloy steel imports rise in July
Taiwan’s basic metal export orders down eight percent in Jan-Aug
BREE: Australia’s iron ore export volume to rise 10% in 2012
Global crude steel output falls slightly in August
Japanese crude steel output down 0.5% in Aug from July
French crude steel output down 7.2 percent in August
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