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.
China’s PPI down 1.9 percent in Dec, CPI up 2.5 percent
Global iron ore trade impacted by Australian cyclone
Chinese steelmakers eye Chongqing automotive market
Chongqing Steel inks 400,000 mt shipbuilding steel supply deal
Northwest Pipe hires new VP for OCTG and line pipe sales
Building permits in Canada hit new low
Scrap, coal and vehicle shipments decline on US railroads
Swedish basic metal output up slightly in Nov over Oct
India’s passenger car and light vehicle exports up 31.6% in Dec
S. African iron and steel output rises in Nov over Oct
MOC: Average steel price in China up 0.3 percent
Germany produces 42.6 million mt of crude steel in 2012
German industrial production up slightly in Nov over Oct
France’s motor vehicle output up 7.4 percent in Nov over Oct
German metal manufacturing turnover down 1.3% in Nov from Oct
Jiangsu Baosteel Precision Steel Wire 1st Phase Project starts production
Alderon Resources completes feasibility study at Kami iron ore project
Cold rolled strip project starts production in Luohe, Henan Province
Baogang’s iron ore self-sufficiency rises to 59.01 percent in 2012
China’s steel industry to reduce CO2 emissions
Outotec to supply gas cleaning plant for LKAB iron ore pellet plant
China exports 55.73 million mt of finished steel in 2012
Coal exports from South Africa’s RBCT up 4.31 percent in 2012
Baosteel posts 40 percent rise in 2012 net profit amid divestments
ArcelorMittal to issue shares to reduce debt
ArcelorMittal submits bid for ThyssenKrupp’s Alabama rolling mill
MMFX Technologies appoints former Severstal exec to CEO
AZZ Incorporated acquires Nova Scotia-based galvanizing plant
Coal trade on US Great Lakes slumps 8.2 percent in 2012
TransCanada chosen to build British Columbia gas pipeline
Canadian housing starts fall again in December
Freight shipments in the US increase 1.7 percent in November
Brazil’s flat steel exports down 6.5 percent in Dec from Nov
Brazil’s passenger car output up 4.1 percent in 2012
Turkish wire rod exports decline in November
Turkish Steel Exporters' Association sets up Matil Corp. to provide R&D services
Turkey’s automotive sales down 10 percent in 2012
Coal exports from Australia’s Newcastle port decline
FIRB approves Angang Group HK’s purchase of shares in Gindalbie
Steel enterprises in Hebei see 50.34% fall in gross profit in Jan-Nov
ArcelorMittal considers opening blast furnace at Dunkerque, France
China’s crude steel output declines further in late Dec
JISCO to invest RMB 490 million in railway expansion project
Hebei Steel plans to issue corporate bonds worth RMB 5 billion
HEI’s CoAL share subscription granted approval by Chinese authorities
LKAB resumes operations at Gruvberget open-pit mine
Vallourec renews OCTG supply agreement with Brazil’s Petrobras
Taigang Stainless to issue short-term bonds worth RMB 9 billion
Iron ore concentrate output at Tonggang’s Banshi mine rises in 2012
Kobe Steel announces Q3 reversal of loss on write-down in H1 FY 2012-13
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