Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that its South African unit ArcelorMittal South Africa is supplying China's Sinohydro Corporation with reinforcing steel from its Newcastle plant for a number of hydroelectric projects across ...
Tags: rebar, longs, Zambia, Africa, ArcelorMittal, steelmaking, Istanbul
In 2012, world stainless crude steel output stood at 35.4 million mt, up 5.2 percent year on year, hitting a new record for a single year, according to the preliminary report released by the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF). ...
Tags: raw mat, stainless, China, Europe, production, steelmaking, Istanbul
Police in the southern Italian city of Taranto have confiscated €8.1 billion worth of property and goods belonging to the Riva family, owners of the Riva Fire holding company which controls the troubled Ilva steel plant, as widespread ...
Tags: Italy, production, steelmaking, European Union, Brescia
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Tuesday that US raw steel production fell 2.8 percent in the week ending May 25, following a 1.2 percent increase a week ago. Total raw steel production in the United States was ...
According to the preliminary data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global direct reduced iron (DRI) production in the 12 countries accounting for approximately 83 percent of total world DRI production in 2012 totaled ...
Tags: raw mat, India, Iran, Mexico, Europe, production, steelmaking, Istanbul
It is learned that two new steel companies in Ghana is expected to start operations by the end of next month. The new mills are Jordanian-owned Rider Steel and Lebanese-owned United Steel Limited, their production capacity are 5,000 tons ...
Tags: Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Pakistan-based Tuwairqi Steel Mills Limited (TSML) has recorded the highest-ever production rate of an iron making plant in Pakistan during the plant demonstration test conducted under the expert supervision of the US-based plantmaker ...
Tags: raw mat, Pakistan, Middle East, production, steelmaking, Istanbul
Late Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed legislation to expedite the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline by a vote of 241-175. The House vote came despite insufficient support in the Senate, in addition to a threatened veto ...
Tags: pipe, tubular, USA, North America, opinion, steelmaking, San Diego
According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first quarter of the current year, Turkey's coking coal imports totaled 6.3 million metric tons, decreasing 4.1 percent compared to the same period of 2012. ...
Tags: coking coal, raw mat, Turkey, Europe, imp/exp statistics, steelmaking
Taiwan's industrial production index in April this year fell by 0.9 percent as compared to April 2012 after falling by a revised three percent year on year in March, and was down 1.4 percent month on month, according to the country's ...
Tags: Taiwan, production, automotive, construction, steelmaking
Jiangsu Province-based Shagang Group has announced that by May 24 it will have shipped a further 70,000 mt of X80M grade line pipes to Russia, completing deliveries of a total of 250,000 mt for the contract in question. On May 10, a ...
Tags: China, Southeast Asia, production, steelmaking, Shanghai
Shandong Province-based Chinese steelmaker Rizhao Steel Holding Group Co. has announced that on May 23 its high-speed wire rod project No. 3 in Yingkou in Liaoning Province successfully underwent a hot run test and produced its first batch ...
Tags: longs, China, Southeast Asia, production, steelmaking, Shanghai
Mika Seitorvita, CEO of Finnish steelmaker Outokumpu, has stated that the bids received so far for its Italian asset Acciai Speciali Terni (AST) do not meet the expectations of the Finnish company. "The bids Outokumpu has received so far ...
Tags: Italy, steelmaking, Outokumpu, European Union, Brescia
On May 23, Hong Kong-based Novo Group, a global steel trading, distribution, processing and manufacturing company, announced that its new joint venture with Tianjin Bohai Light Industrial Co. named Novo Steel Development (Tianjin) Co. has ...
Tags: China, Southeast Asia, investments, steelmaking, Shanghai
Speaking at the SteelOrbis Market Talks Meeting held in Istanbul, Mehmet Zeren, general secretary of Turkey's Steel Pipe Manufacturers Association (CEBID), informed participants about upcoming steel pipeline projects in Turkey. These ...
Tags: pipe, tubular, Turkey, Europe, opinion, conferences, steelmaking