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.
Evraz invests in new railway facilities at KGOK
POSCO picks Turkey for new stainless investment
New coke plant to be built in Latvia by 2013
Putin advises Russian pipemakers to set competitive prices
Jiangsu Yonggang to supply 260,000 mt of wire rod to S. Korea in 2011
Benxi Steel further reduces energy consumption per ton of steel in November
Hebei Province exceeds backward capacity elimination targets for 2010
Maanshan Steel increases auto steel supplies to Chery Automobile
China’s electricity consumption totals 346 billion kWh in November
Imports of steel products up 50 percent at Port of Milwaukee
US housing starts increase significantly in November
Boiler explodes at ArcelorMittal mill in Brazil
Shipments from US steel mills down 7.2 percent in October
November shipments from US service centers up 22 percent year-over-year
US-based Namasco Corp. acquires Lake Steel Ltd.
Gerdau S.A. to acquire two Brazil-based steel and construction companies
Still no green light for Baosteel’s plans for Guangzhou Steel and Shaoguan Steel
Large vanadium ore deposit discovered in China’s Henan Province
MMK looks to improve sales and operations planning process
Russia’s Minpromtorg seeks five-year AD duties on stainless flats from four countries
Ukrainian rolled steel imports double in January-November
Belarus issues January-November steel production results
NLMK denies it is in talks to acquire Sibuglemet
SMS Meer to modernize Malaysia-based Amsteel’s wire rod mill
Konecranes to supply handling equipment to Kuwaiti ports
Raspadskaya recommissions first after the May accident coal face
India’s Tata Steel receives National Energy Conservation Award
KOSA: South Korea will produce 70 million mt of steel in 2011
French crude steel output drops by 1.6 percent in November from October
Russia’s Revyakino Metal-Rolling Plant to increase capacity from January 2011
Macarthur revises guidance after declaration of force majeure due to heavy rains
Russia issues January-November output results
Baosteel increases bearing steel supplies to Wafangdian Bearing Group
Construction work starts on Wushan Taohua iron ore project in Chongqing
Handan Steel’s sales revenues reach RMB 50 billion in January-October
Vale to sell coking coal to Indian steelmakers
Steel tonnages handled at Port of Houston up 128 percent year-over-year
Canadian factory sales up 1.7 percent in October
Cargos on US Great Lakes slip in November
US-based steel manufacturer unveils new rolling capabilities
US-based Schnitzer Steel acquires Canadian recycling firm
Baosteel reports strong performance of high-strength CR steel production line
NLMK completes construction of eight new annealing furnaces at VIZ-Stal
US DOC issues preliminary AD decision on certain non-alloy pipe from Mexico
Puda Coal gets go-ahead for new project in Shanxi, China
Russian pipe producers’ deliveries to Transneft to exceed 1 million mt in 2010
Mechel expects its coking coal output to rise by 15 percent in 2011
Fitch foresees global metals and mining sector will improve earnings in 2011
Employment in EU-27 remains stable in Q3 2010
Coal transshipments at Russian seaports up 4.7 percent in Jan-Nov
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