Production & Shipments
Developments that could increase or decrease steel production and shipments around the world.
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Nucor Approaches 2 Million Tons of Auto Steel Shipments
21 July 2017 - Nucor Corp. is closing in on its goal to ship 2 million tons of automotive steel annually, chief executive John Ferriola has said.
Steel Dynamics Takes One to the Snout
21 July 2017 - A bad line component forced Steel Dynamics Inc.’s (SDI) new Galvalume and paint lines to go down in the second quarter, contributing to an estimated US$30 million impact on earnings, SDI chief executive Mark Millett said on Thursday.
This Is Heavy News: Mechel Casts a 50-Metric-Ton Ingot
20 July 2017 - Mechel PAO’s Chelyabinsk works in Russia has cast its first 50-metric-ton ingot, officially marking its entry into the oversized special steel market.
Planned Outage Impacts Quarterly Production At EVRAZ North America
19 July 2017 - EVRAZ North America's crude steel production fell 8.3% between the first and second quarters of 2017 on account of a project outage.
Midrex: DRI Production Remained Stable in 2016
06 July 2017 - Global production of direct reduced iron was flat in 2016, despite the industry downturn that occurred in late 2015 and early 2016, according to data maintained by Midrex Technologies Inc.
Steel Dynamics to Add Rebar Capabilities to Indiana Mill
05 July 2017 - U.S.-based Steel Dynamics Inc. plans to add a US$75 million rebar line to its structural and rail mill in Columbia City, Ind., the steelmaker announced on Wednesday.
Russian Pellet Plant Hits Its Stride
03 July 2017 - NLMK Group’s new pelletizing plant has reached a production milestone, producing its 3 millionth metric ton since its November start-up.
Global Steel Production Rose in May
21 June 2017 - The world's crude steel production rose to 143.3 million metric tons in May, an increase of 2% over the same month last year, according to World Steel Association figures.
Hot Demand From Solar Industry Prompts ArcelorMittal to Boost Production of Its Magnelis Steel
09 June 2017 - ArcelorMittal has expanded its capacity to make its Magnelis line of coated steel, adapting a hot-dipped galvanizing line in Spain to produce the product, the steelmaker has announced.
JSW Steel Plans Blast Furnace Overhaul, Closure
08 June 2017 - SMS group’s Paul Wurth division has won a contract to reline and expand the No. 3 blast furnace at JSW Steel’s Vijayanagar Works in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Kentucky Cold-Rolling Processing Plant Opens for Business
07 June 2017 - Germany’s Bilstein Group has opened its U.S. cold-rolled mill in Kentucky, with the first coils having rolled off the line in May.
India Now Is World's Second-Biggest Producer of Stainless Steel
22 May 2017 - Global stainless steel production rose 10.2% in 2016 to a record 45.8 million metric tons, according to data released by the International Stainless Steel Forum.
North American OCTG Demand Lifts TMK Profits
19 May 2017 - Russian tubemaker TMK posted a US$42 million profit in the first quarter of 2017, buoyed by an improving oil and gas market in North America.
China Reduces Its Ability to Make Steel, But Not Its Desire
16 May 2017 - China is more than halfway to achieving its goal of cutting 50 million metric tons of crude steel capacity this year, according to Xinhua, the country’s official news agency.
So Far This Year, China Is Exporting Less Steel
08 May 2017 - China’s steel exports have declined 26% through the first third of the year, according to S&P Global Platts.
U. S. Steel to Restart Idled Tube Mill
26 April 2017 - United States Steel Corp. said it is restarting an idled electric-weld tube line in Texas and has reconsidered the closing of a pipe processing line in Ohio.
March Was a Banner Month for China's Crude Steel Production
19 April 2017 - China set a new crude steel production record in March, making 72 million metric tons and besting the previous record by nearly 2%, according to the price and information service S&P Global Platts.
Forecast: Indian Steel Production Poised to Double by 2032
18 April 2017 - India’s steel output is expected to double over the next 15 years as its economy grows and its citizens move toward the cities, reports the Bloomberg news service.
TimkenSteel Gains API Quality Management Certification
13 April 2017 - TimkenSteel has been awarded the American Petroleum Institute’s Q1 quality management certification and has been granted a license to apply the institute’s registered certification mark on certain products, the steelmaker has announced.
Idled Canadian OCTG Mill to Restart This Summer
27 March 2017 - Tenaris Prudential said it will restart its idled tube mill this summer and plans to recall approximately 100 employees, the company has announced.
