Steel News

Commerce Secretary Dan DiMicco? Perhaps, According to This List

10 November 2016 - Retired Nucor Corp. chief executive Dan DiMicco, who had been advising now President-elect Donald Trump on trade matters during the campaign, might be in line for a permanent role in the Trump cabinet.

New Export Mill Planned for Brazil

10 November 2016 - Algerian billionaire Issad Rebrab announced that he plans to build a steel mill in northeastern Brazil, according to the Brazil-Arab News Agency.

Canadian, Mexican Officials Say They're Open to Discussing NAFTA with U.S.

10 November 2016 - Canadian officials have extended a hand to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, telling him that the country will work very closely with the new administration and that it is willing to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, reports The (Toronto) Globe and Mail newspaper.

Texas HBI Plant to Ramp Up to Full Production By Year's End, voestalpine Says

09 November 2016 - voestalpine's new direct reduction plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, is expected to be at full production by the end of the year and will begin regular shipments to customers, the company has said.

Schaeffler Announces Additional Job Cuts, Plant Consolidations

09 November 2016 - German roller bearings manufacturer Schaeffler said it plans to lay off 500 people and consolidate plants in Europe and the Americas as part of an expanded cost-cutting effort.

SMS group Wins Caster Maintenance Contract

09 November 2016 - Gerdau Ouro Branco has awarded SMS group a three-year contract for maintenance services, the mill equipment maker has announced.

EU Looks to Strengthen Trade Measures

08 November 2016 - Some leaders in the European Union are hoping to push ahead with an effort to stiffen the union’s anti-dumping tariffs, revising them to be more in line with those imposed by the United States, reports The (London) Financial Times.

ArcelorMittal Rolls Out New Automotive Steels

08 November 2016 - ArcelorMittal is expanding its catalog of advanced automotive steels, with some already being offered up for OEM qualification, the company said on Tuesday.

Capacity Boost May Be in Store for Indonesian Steel Complex

08 November 2016 - Indonesia’s Krakatau Steel and South Korea’s POSCO are thinking about expanding their steelmaking assets in the Indonesian province of Banten, possibly adding 3 million to 4 million tons of capacity, reports the The Jakarta Post.

Paul Wurth Secures Contracts to Outfit New Blast Furnace

08 November 2016 - EVRAZ has awarded contracts to blast furnace engineering firm Paul Wurth for equipment associated with the new blast furnace at the steelmaker’s Nizhny Tagil plant in Russia.

U.S. Trade Officials to Pursue Duty Evasion Investigation

07 November 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department will proceed with investigations into whether Chinese steel producers are circumventing anti-dumping duties by exporting to Vietnam for processing and then exporting it into the U.S., reports The Wall Street Journal.

Commerce Department Sets Anti-Dumping Duties on Steel Plate

07 November 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department has set preliminary anti-dumping duties on carbon and alloy cut-to-length plate from China and eight other Asian and European nations.

Rally in Coal, Coke Prices Forces Chinese Mills to Slow Production

07 November 2016 - Some Chinese mills are throtling back production and taking early maintenance outages on account of a rally in coal and coke prices, reports the Reuters news service.

UAE Switches on Carbon Capture Plant

07 November 2016 - Abu Dhabi has launched what is being described as the world’s first commercial carbon-capture facility tied to a steel mill.

Baosteel Promises to Cut 11 Million Tons of Capacity

04 November 2016 - The China Iron & Steel Association said it will have eliminated 45 million tons of steel capacity, and likely more, by year’s end, according to the Reuters news service.

Report: Tata Might Retain U.K. Steel Business

04 November 2016 - The Tata Group is to decide the fate of its U.K. steel business within the next four weeks, but is leaning toward retaining the operation, reports The Guardian newspaper.

Danieli Tapped for Upgrades to SDI Galvanizing Line

04 November 2016 - Danieli Fata Hunter has won two contracts for upgrades to the No. 1 galvanizing line at Steel Dynamics Inc.’s Butler, Ind., sheet mill.

U.S. Producers Materially Injured by Dumped Rebar , Says Trade Commission

03 November 2016 - U.S. producers appear to have been harmed by dumped rebar from Japan, Taiwan and Turkey, the U.S. International Trade Commission said in a preliminary ruling on Thursday.

Filter Maker, Baghouse Contractors Enter Strategic Alliance

03 November 2016 - The maker of GORE-TEX fabric and two leading baghouse services contractors have formed a strategic alliance around a new filter bag designed specifically for the steel and metals industries, the companies have announced.

India Sets Anti-Dumping Duties on Certain Chinese Steel Products

03 November 2016 - India’s finance ministry is imposing provisional anti-dumping duties on hot-rolled bar and rod from China, according to reports.