Brazilian flat and long steel producer Gerdau was carrying out a maintenance stoppage late this month at its integrated steel unit in Ouro Branco city, in the country’s southeastern Minas Gerais state.
26 February 2021
Felipe Peroni
Pakistan's government has said that Fastmarkets' import index for ferrous scrap will be used for customs valuations of ferrous scrap, according to an official ruling published on February 25.
26 February 2021
Carrie Bone
The European Commission has started an investigation on the possible extension of existing safeguard measures into 26 steel product categories imported into the European Union, the EC said on Friday February 26.
26 February 2021
Maria Tanatar
Consumers of graphite electrodes have been concerned by a European Commission (EC) anti-dumping investigation into materials produced in China, although the producers have downplayed the potential consequences and have launched a counter-claim, sources told Fastmarkets.
26 February 2021
Jon Stibbs, Sybil Pan, Julia Bolotova
Equipment supplier SMS Group will modernize Turkish steel producer Kardemir’s wire rod mill to produce compact coil specifically for transport and container shipping, SMS Group said on Thursday February 25.
26 February 2021
Serife Durmus
Global crude steel output increased by 4.8% year on year to 162.9 million tonnes in January 2021, the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) said on February 26, marking the third monthly consecutive increase.
26 February 2021
Alice Li
Steelmaker ArcelorMittal has increased its official spot offer prices for downstream coil products across Europe by €20 ($24) per tonne with immediate effect, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday February 26.
26 February 2021
Maria Tanatar
Pipe producer Tenaris expects the market for energy tubular products to improve this year, with an increase in oil prices stimulating investments in the sector.
25 February 2021
Felipe Peroni
North Star BlueScope’s expansion of its electric-arc furnace (EAF) operations in Delta, Ohio, are proceeding as scheduled and should come online by the end of the first half of 2022, parent company BlueScope Steel said.
25 February 2021
Mark Shenk
Dubai's Conares Steel has cut its rebar price to 2,530 dirhams ($689) per tonne ex-works, down from the previous 2,590 dirhams per tonne ex-works, chief executive Bharat Bhatia told Fastmarkets on Thursday, February 25.
25 February 2021
Serife Durmus