Latest Steel News
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India increases import duty on flat alloy steel products to 7.5%
Chongqing Steel eyes annual sales revenue of over RMB 100 billion by 2015
New motor vehicle registrations in Turkey up 17.5% in May over Apr
French crude steel output down two percent in June
Rio Tinto’s second quarter iron ore production remains flat
Evraz sees reduced crude steel output in Q2
Dry bulk cargo on US Great Lakes drops 1.3 percent in June
TMS International secures worldwide contracts worth over $91 million
EU finished steel imports up 18.59 percent in May over April
Fixed asset investment in Chinese railways down 36.1 percent in H1
Xuanhua Steel develops production of H08AB grade steel billet
Spain’s industrial turnover index down 2.6 percent in May
Fitch: European steel outlook remains negative
EU-27 steel exports increase in May
Nucor Steel to increase strip width at CSP plant in Berkeley
Tonghua Steel produces 479,525 mt of high-speed wire rod in H1
Valin Group posts net loss for first six months
BMZ suspends construction of steel project
Scrap picks up on Orbis Steel Index
Ukrainian crude steel output forecast to decrease in August
Euro area annual inflation at 2.4 percent in June
Xuanhua Steel sells 175,000 mt of welding quality wire rod in H1
Mechel resumes work at V.I. Lenina Underground coal mine
S. African iron ore mining output index up 23.4% in May
Chengde Steel supplies quake-resistant rebar for Inner Mongolian project
S. Korea’s exports of cast and forged steel rise in Jan-May
Turkish consumer confidence down 0.4 percent in June from May
Turkish motor vehicle sales down 19.4% in H1
LME billet market prices mostly remain stable
Japan’s coking coal imports up 20 percent in May over April
US rig count drops while Canada records major gain
CITT finds injury of welded pipe from seven countries
US steel exports rise nearly 15 percent year-to-date in May
OECD employment rate at 64.9 percent in Q1
Turkish crude steel output up 9.3 percent in H1
Turkey’s chrome ore exports up 13 percent in May over Apr
China sees GDP growth of 7.8 percent in H1
Bengang Steel Plates sees 70-80 percent fall in net profit in H1
China’s crude steel output totals 60.21 million mt in June
S. African iron and steel output down 6.1% in May from Apr
Turkey's motor vehicle output down eight percent in H1
Pangang develops production of 29 kg/m U-beam
Hebei Steel Group’s net profit declines by 60-90 percent in H1
France’s iron ore import price index down 1.2% in June from May
Japanese HR flat steel exports up 22% in May over Apr
Turkey’s flat steel imports fall 8.6 percent in Jan-May
Taiwan’s steel export value down 3.8 percent in H1
Alfa Acciai Group achieves net profit for third straight year in 2011
Sesa Goa to shut down two plants due to iron ore shortage
Euro area industrial output up 0.6% in May from Apr
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