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.
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
Masteel completes tests on steel wheels for high-power locomotives
SAIL installs new rail profile equipment at its Bhilai steel plant
Metinvest invests UAH 2.6 billion in its Mining Division enterprises in 2012
Rizhao Steel becomes Honglu Group’s largest HRC supplier
Ozkan Steel USA to build steel plant in Louisiana
Sesa Goa reports zero iron ore production during December quarter
Chinese steelmaker orders wire rod outlet for special steel rolling mill
Shijiazhuang Steel produces 1.7268 million mt of crude steel in 2012
Moldavian Steel Works’ crude steel output falls slightly in 2012
Tangshan Steel’s mill No. 2 produces 25 mm HRB 500 high-strength rebar
Vallourec subsidiary wins contracts to supply tubes to nuclear power plants
TMK runs premium pipes at Novatek’s Yurkharovskoye gas field
Anglo American sees decline in Sishen mine iron ore output in Q4
Russia posts increased production results for 2012
Atlas Iron registers record iron ore shipments for December quarter
Timken anticipates lower 2013 sales as Q4 income falters
Mechel to resume activity in West Virginia coal mines
US trade representative Ron Kirk to step down
S. African iron ore mining output up 38.5% in Nov over Oct
Spain’s new commercial vehicle registrations down 23.1% in 2012
Turkey’s coking coal imports hit year-to-date peak in Nov
Pakistan’s scrap imports up two percent in H2 2012
Japanese steel exports up 3.1 percent in 2012
Global pig iron output up 1.7 percent in 2012
Confidence in French manufacturing sector weakens again in Jan
Production starts in first phase of Huahong Special Steel
HSBC’s China flash manufacturing PMI rises to two-year high in Jan
Shanghai Baoye delivers steel structures to Vale dock project in Malaysia
WISCO to create largest steel logistics center in central China
Italian long steel output down 9.5 percent in January-November
Russia’s Koks sees improved coking coal output in 2012
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