Latest Steel News
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EU commercial vehicle registrations down 13.3% in 2012
German iron ore import prices down 22.6 percent in 2012
CISA: ASEAN countries account for 25% of China’s steel exports in 2012
China reportedly to reintroduce VAT refunds for scrap processing firms
POSCO’s net profit declines by 35.8 percent in 2012
Severstal’s crude steel output declines slightly in 2012
Ukrainian steel product exports down seven percent in 2012
WISCO wins tender to supply steel for Kajiwa Hydropower Station
Ukrainian pig iron exports rise by 11 percent in 2012
Severstal’s Cherepovets mill decreases rolled steel shipments to ChTPZ in 2012
Volvo inks strategic agreement with China’s DFG
Private sector contributes 41.7% of China’s new crude steel capacity in 2012
Sandvik sees 38 percent rise in 2012 net profit
JISCO Hongxing Steel raises RMB 8.058 billion from share issue
Xinyu Steel estimates net loss of RMB 950-1,050 million for 2012
Chongqing Steel turns net profit in 2012 on back of subsidies
Turkey’s Borusan Mannesmann shuts down Kocaeli pipe facilities
Pangang Mining eyes 127% rise in iron ore concentrate output in 2013
Changjiang Steel commissions its converter No. 2
Anglo American to post $4 billion write-down on Minas Rio iron ore project
Earnings more than double for SDI in Q4, but full-year income drops
US raw steel production falls 1 percent
NMA: Demand for US coal exports likely to improve in 2013
Apparent steel consumption in Mexico rises year-on-year
Turkish home appliance output un eight percent in 2012
Japanese HR flat steel exports up 9.9 percent in Jan-Nov
Turkey’s ferroalloy imports from Georgia and China surge in Nov
Brazilian distributors’ flat steel sales up 1.5 percent in 2012
Alacero: Latin American steel output menaced by Chinese imports
Mexico’s car exports up 3.3 percent in 2012
Falling prices in LME billet market
Chinese industrial enterprises’ gross profits up 5.3 percent in 2012
Admiralty Resources doubles iron ore resources at Chilean project
JSW Steel sees reduced profit in December quarter amid lower capacity usage
WISCO establishes trading office in Moscow
China’s finished steel inventory rises for sixth straight week
CISA: China’s daily crude steel output down 1.53 percent in mid-Jan
Tonggang Group produces 3.82 million mt of crude steel in Jan-Nov
Iron ore inventory at Chinese ports declines further
Scrap continues to decline on Orbis Steel Index
NWR’s coking coal prices up three percent for Q1 from Q4 levels
Coal of Africa shareholders approve investment by Chinese coal producer
Allegheny Technologies reports lower Q4 and full year 2012 earnings
US and Canada report increased rig counts
Unions call strike in protest at ArcelorMittal Liège closures
Turkish metal manufacturing capacity usage declines in January
Georgia’s scrap exports to Turkey down 70.2% in 2012
S. Africa’s carbon and alloy steel imports up 10.6% in Nov over Oct
Turkish construction sector confidence up 12.2% in Jan over Dec
New orders in German construction industry down 8.3% in Nov
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