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Indian Steelmaker to Commission New Ladle Furnace in 2018

14 November 2016 - SMS group has won an order for a 130-ton twin ladle furnace of the Steel Authority of India Ltd., the mill equipment maker has announced.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

MMK Awards Contract for Sinter Plant Equipment

02 November 2016 - China’s Sinosteel Equipment & Engineering Co. Ltd. has won a RUB6.7 billion contract to equip a new sinter plant in Russia.

China OKs Baosteel, Wuhan Merger

31 October 2016 - China has given the go-ahead to the merger of two of its largest steelmakers, naming the top executives who will run the combined business, reports the Bloomberg news service.

Tata Steel Continues to Negotiate Joint Venture Partnership for U.K. Strip Business

28 October 2016 - The ouster of Cyrus Mistry as chairman of Tata Group's holding company has renewed questions over the fate of Tata Steel's European arm. Nevertheless, the company is continuing to pursue a merger of its U.K strip business and a separate sale of its specialty steel business there, the company said on Friday.

SMS to Build Continuous Mill For Omanese Steelmaker

28 October 2016 - SMS group has won a contract to build a continuous rebar mill in Oman, the company has announced.

Alacero Forecasts Sees Steel Consumption on the Rise in 2017

27 October 2016 - Latin America’s steel consumption is expected to drop 6.5% this year, but is forecast to partially rebound in 2017 on growth in its major markets, according to the Latin American Steel Association.

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