13/ 07/ 2019

China plans to tighten emissions controls at steel mills

New measures by Chinese officials could affect more than 60 percent of the world's largest steelmaker's steel capacity.

13/ 07/ 2019

KFC Indonesia Launches Steel Drinking Straw

Stainless steel drinking straws are marketed as an environmentally friendly substitute for plastic counterparts, but can be very dangerous to users.

12/ 07/ 2019

Protectionism fails to balance the steel market

The steel market can be characterized as generally unstable, since there is still a lot of uncertainty, and any event that is insignificant in a stable period can turn many things upside down. Metallurgy is going through a difficult period, especially for blast furnace steelmakers due to the rising cost of raw materials.

12/ 07/ 2019

Chinese imports of iron ore fell to three-year low

Data from China's General Customs Administration show that ore supplies to the PRC, disrupted at the beginning of the year after the disaster in Brazil, have not yet recovered, which means that the preconditions for a rise in raw material prices remain.

11/ 07/ 2019

IDRO Signs Memorandum of Understanding to Increase Steel Production in Iran

Iranian steel production in 2018 was about 25 million tons and will grow to 45 million tons by 2022.

10/ 07/ 2019

Indian KIOCL will sell iron ore pellets to Europe

The state-controlled Indian iron ore mining company KIOCL has signed initial agreements with international trading companies Glencore and Steel Mont to sell their products to the European market, including the UK.

10/ 07/ 2019

Chinese steelmakers will fail to reduce ore prices

Iron ore stocks in Chinese ports will remain low as Australian, Brazilian and inland Chinese miners are unlikely to increase production.

10/ 07/ 2019

Global stainless steel production fell 2.5 percent in the first quarter

The USA showed the largest growth in stainless steel smelting, while in other regions of the planet there was a slight decline.

09/ 07/ 2019

US imposed new duties on steel from Mexico and China

Officials from the US Department of Commerce claim that the governments of China, Canada and Mexico are subsidizing the export of certain types of rolled metal.

09/ 07/ 2019

In both India and China, the steel industry is growing thanks to government support

Government stimulation of economic growth provides significant support to metallurgists in India and China.

08/ 07/ 2019

China's Hebei province decides to expedite the elimination of steel facilities

Earlier in Hebei, it was planned to abandon the production of steel with a capacity of 14 million tons, coal with a capacity of 10 million tons, coke with a capacity of 3 million tons and coal-fired power generation with a capacity of 500 megawatts by the end of 2019.

08/ 07/ 2019

South Korean President urges Japan to remove restrictions on metal exports

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has called on Japan to lift export controls on high-tech materials bound for South Korea as a forced military labor dispute threatens to disrupt global shipments of South Korean memory chips and smartphones.