March 2019 SECTION 232: A year full of legal challenges The implementation of tariffs and quotas against US steel and aluminium imports has been heralded and criticized as an unusual trade remedy, with President Donald Trump's administration applying blanket duties rather than more focused - and more typical - anti-dumping and countervailing margins. 22 March 2019 Yvonne Li SECTION 232: One year later, hits and misses As of March 23, it has been a full year since US President Donald Trump’s administration imposed tariffs against imported steel and aluminium under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which allows the president to place restrictions on imports on national security grounds. 22 March 2019 Yvonne Li Brazilian steel use up in February but still down year on year, Aço Brasil says Brazilian apparent steel consumption recovered in February 2019, but figures were still down year-on-year in the first two months of the year, national steel association Instituto Aço Brasil said on Thursday March 21. 22 March 2019 Renato Rostás China’s anti-dumping deposit for stainless steel imports unlikely to shake market China’s importers of stainless steel billet and slab, as well as stainless hot-rolled plate and coil originating from the European Union, Japan, South Korea and Indonesia have been instructed to pay a deposit to the country’s customs authorities from Saturday March 23 onward. 22 March 2019 Jessica Zong, Fiona Lam Vale warns of another 10mln-tpy disruption due to Alegria mining halt Brazil’s Vale has issued a warning over another potential iron ore production impact of as much as 10 million tonnes per year due to the suspension of operations at its Alegria mine in Minas Gerais state. 21 March 2019 July Zhang China’s Shagang raises long steel prices for late March Eastern China’s Shagang has raised the prices for its long steel products that are booked and shipped in late March. 21 March 2019 Jessica Zong Argentina's crude steel output down 24% in February Crude steel production in Argentina fell by 23.75% year-on-year in February, according to figures released by national steel association Acero Argentino on Wednesday March 20. 20 March 2019 Felipe Peroni Indian steelmakers seeking ban on Iran-origin steel imports Indian steelmakers represented by the Indian Steel Association (ISA) have urged the country’s government to take immediate action to ban imports of steel products that originate in Iran, Fastmarkets has heard. 20 March 2019 Vlada Novokreshchenova Turkish president announces official start date for Erdemir's newest HDG line Turkish steelmaker Erdemir’s second hot dipped galvanizing (HDG) line will start commercial production in April, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced this week. 20 March 2019 Serife Durmus Turkish crude steel output down 16% in January-February Turkey produced 5.203 million tonnes of crude steel in January-February 2019, a 16.07% decrease compared with 6.199 million tonnes produced in the first two months of 2018, according to the Turkish Steel Producers Association (TÇÜD). 20 March 2019 Serife Durmus « 1 2 3 4 … »
