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Venezuela's iron ore output up 21 percent in 2011

Turkey’s steel exports to UAE fall 37 percent in 2011

LME trades 14.25 million mt of steel billet in 2011

EU-27 industrial output down 0.1 percent in Nov from Oct

Japan’s galvanized sheet shipments down 13% in Nov from Oct

OMK’s Trubodetal increases steel product output in 2011

Ruukki installs second laser cutting line

Xinyu Steel’s EQ70 structural steel approved by three classification societies

Chengde Steel plant produces 4.7688 million mt of crude steel in 2011

Baosteel’s SVh40C high-strength steel approved by Dongfeng-Nissan

Germany’s 2012 crude steel output to remain stable at 2011 level

Italy’s industrial output rises 0.3 percent in Nov from Oct

Steel plate exports of Wuyang Steel rise to 180,000 mt in 2011

Bulk iron ore cargo from Vale still unsold at Dalian port in China

Benxi Steel’s 2,300 mm HR strip mill produces 4.5 million mt in 2011

Siemens VAI to modernize section mill equipment for Italian steelmaker

Ferrexpo’s pellet output declines in 2011

Beiman Special Steel sees increased steel output in 2011

Xuanhua Steel delivers 30,000 mt of earthquake-resistant steel bars

China’s CPI growth slows to 4.1 percent in December

Nickel Asia sees 51 percent rise in nickel shipments in 2011

Mechel completes laying tracks between Ulak and Elga coal complex

Vale announces force majeure on iron ore shipments

Esmark appoints new President of Ohio operations

US Senator calls for all-American steel in military contracts

Olympic Steel to open second facility in Kentucky

Japan’s HR plate and sheet shipments down 11% in Nov from Oct

France’s industrial output up 1.3 percent in Nov from Oct

Indian domestic passenger car sales up 8.45 percent in Dec

Taiwan’s basic metal export value up 16.6 percent in 2011

Canadian housing starts rise in December

US wholesale trade increases in November

Heavy rain halts some of Vale’s iron ore production

Canada’s Lakeside Steel issues update for the transaction proposal

Severstal North America to conduct DRI feasibility study in Trinidad and Tobago

South Korea surpasses China for shipbuilding orders in 2011

IMX Resources locates new iron ore target in S. Australia

Mincor Resources increases nickel tenements in W. Australia

ArcelorMittal Temirtau to increase steel product shipments in Jan

Turkey’s seamless pipe imports down 25 percent in Nov 2011

Gerdau to upgrade flat bar mill in Mogi das Cruzes

ThyssenKrupp to modernize blast furnace in Duisburg-Hamborn

Iron ore ports shut down as cyclone threatens Pilbara coast

Byelorussian Steel Works establishes new company

Chinese coal output capacity expected to increase in 2012

Yili Steel eyes finished steel output capacity of 3-5 million mt by 2015

NLMK’s slab casting capacity improves after revamp

China’s steel import and export volumes fall in Dec from Nov

South Korean heavy plate exports to rise further in 2012

Shangang Group shuts down its last 350 cubic meter blast furnace


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