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Brazil’s Ferrous Resources appoints former Vale and CSN executive as CEO

US rig counts increase while Canadian rig counts continue to decrease

Vale now selling 80 percent of its iron ore on spot market

New Steel International proposes new steel plant in Southern Ohio

Australia’s Padbury confirms DSO potential of Peak Hill

France’s auto industry orders up 8.9 percent in Dec over Nov

Swedish crude steel output up 10.5 percent in Jan over Dec

Brazilian crude steel output rises in Jan from Dec

German rolled steel prices down 4.3 percent in January

Japanese crude steel output down 10.6 percent in January

Falling price trend dominates LME billet market

Rio Tinto to invest in automated rail operations in Pilbara

EU to investigate malleable cast iron pipe fitting imports from China

ThyssenKrupp and Siemens deny merger rumors

Russia proposes to ban scrap exports from St. Petersburg

Australia’s BlueScope reports loss for H1 FY 2011-12

Italian industry turnover up 3.4 percent in Dec over Nov

Severstal completes upgrade of BF No. 5 air heater at Cherepovets Steel Mill

Xinjiang region to step up elimination of backward coal output capacity

Masteel obtains ISO certification for auto sheet products

Hansteel supplies high-strength plate to Jinan Kogel Special Truck

Tangsteel supplies HC340LA CR products to Great Wall Motor subsidiary

Taiyuan Steel’s forged steel round bar approved by CCS

Shagang Group to upgrade sintering machine No. 8

Fangda Special Steel posts net profit of RMB 723 million for 2011

Latest freight rate indications from Banchero Costa

Turkish scrap moves upwards on Orbis Steel Index

Mechel halts smelting at two Romanian plants

Kardemir wins rail tender

AISI praises passage of new energy and infrastructure bill

Caterpillar to build new manufacturing plant in Georgia

Evraz NA and Welspun Arkansas to manufacture 75 percent of pipe for Keystone XL

US steel mill shipments climb 9.2 percent in December

EU-27 construction output down 0.4 percent in Dec from Nov

Japanese iron and steel output down 2.9 percent in 2011

Canadian manufacturing sales increase during December

Brazil’s economy expanded slowly in 2011

US residential construction activity increases during January

SAC Capital purchases funds in Reliance Steel during fourth quarter

Vale has until year-end to decide about Simandou project in Guinea

Steel Dynamics to expand Indiana SBQ steel mill

Gerdau SA posts positive gains during 2011 and announces plans to emphasize raw materials

January shows signs of continued growth for US and Canadian service centers

Chongqing Steel targets pig iron output of 5.88 million mt in 2012

Taiyuan Stainless Steel Industrial Park’s operating revenue up 296% in 2011

Construction starts on stainless steel industrial park in Changle, Fujian

Mobarakeh Steel sees 10 percent rise in slab output

Sangang Minguang produces 518,000 mt of crude steel in Jan

EU-27 flat steel exports up 33 percent in December

Shougang Jingtang’s 2,300 mm mill produces 9,077 mt of CRS in Jan


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