Production & Shipments
Developments that could increase or decrease steel production and shipments around the world.
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Chilean Steelmaker Blames Chinese Imports for Production Stop
07 August 2024 - Compañía Siderúrgica Huachipato, Chile's largest steel plant, is "indefinitely suspending" production, saying that it is impossible to compete with dumped Chinese steel, according the AFP news service.
Great Lakes' Soo Locks Open Next Week
11 March 2024 - It’s an unmistakable sign of spring – iron ore shipping resumes on the Great Lakes. And this year, the season is beginning early. According the (Minneapolis, Minn.) Star-Tribune, the Soo Locks, a gateway between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes, will open on 22 March, three days ahead of schedule.
Citing ITC Decision, Cleveland-Cliffs to Idle Weirton Tin Mill
15 February 2024 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is indefinitely idling its Weirton, W.Va., USA, tin mill, laying the blame with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) for its refusal to impose duties on imported tinplate.
EVRAZ North America Runs First Order on Rail Welding Line
01 February 2024 - EVRAZ North America’s Pueblo, Colo., USA, rail mill has completed its first production order on a new rail weld line, producing and shipping 1,600-foot lengths of continuously welded rail.
SDI Prepares to Start New Processing Lines
25 January 2024 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) has completed construction of its four new paint and galvanizing lines and expects to commission them sometime before the end of March, the company’s chief executive officer has said.
Doubts Arise Over China’s Latest Steel Production Numbers
22 January 2024 - Skepticism is again rising over China’s official economic activity measures, with steel being a prime case in point, report the (London) Financial Times.
One of the World’s Largest Steelmakers Lays Plans for the World’s Largest Mill
11 January 2024 - ArcelorMittal intends to build its Hazira, India, plant into the world’s single-largest steelmaking complex, company founder Lakshmi Mittal has announced, according to The (India) Economic Times.
Report: China Steel Output Set to Increase in 2023
12 December 2023 - Chinese steel production is on track to rise slightly this year, this first year in the last three it will have done so, according to the Reuters news service.
H2 Green Steel, Porsche Sign Supply Agreement
31 October 2023 - Steel startup H2 Green Steel has signed an agreement with Porsche AG to supply the automaker with CO2-reduced steel.
Auto Strikes Begin to Dent Steel Demand
02 October 2023 - The United Auto Workers strike is beginning to impact the steel market, which has already been dealing with softening prices for flat-rolled products, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Nippon Steel Works Shuttered After 70 Years of Operation
02 October 2023 - Nippon Steel Corp. has closed its historic Kure plant, bringing to an end seven decades of production.
Tata Steel to Expand Hot Blast Systems at Three BFs
24 August 2023 - Tata Steel has contracted Danieli Corus to add stoves to the hot blast systems serving three of its furnaces in India.
BlueScope to Proceed With Australian BF Reline
22 August 2023 - Australia’s BlueScope Steel Ltd. will invest AU$1.15 billion to reline a blast furnace at its Port Kembla Steelworks, a move that it says will “secure our immediate future while enabling a transition to lower-emissions steelmaking as soon as it is commercially feasible.”
Grupo Simec Idles Republic Steel Operations in Ohio, New York
14 August 2023 - According to reports, Republic Steel announced it will “indefinitely idle” steelmaking operations in Canton, Ohio, and Lackawanna, N.Y., USA.
Badische Stahl-Engineering Partners With Texas Mill
28 July 2023 - German steel mill consulting and engineering group Badische Stahl-Engineering has signed a three-year contract with Gerdau Long Steel North America’s Midlothian, Texas, USA, mill, the company reports.
Report: Some China Mills Receive Order to Contain Output
27 July 2023 - Some Chinese mills have been told to keep steel production to 2022 levels, reports the Reuters news service.
POSCO Unveils Revenue, Capacity Growth Target
13 July 2023 - POSCO will move to increase its global capacity to 52 million metric tons and plans to add non-oriented electrical steel capacity in Korea and North America, The Korea Times reports.
New Commercial Metals Mill Enters Start-Up Phase
06 July 2023 - Commercial Metals Company (CMC) has started up its new Arizona micro-mill, which has produced its first rebar bundle.
Nucor to Shutter Texas Heavy Plate Facility
24 May 2023 - Nucor will close its Longview, Texas, USA, heavy plate mill later this year amid a reorganization of its plate mill group, the steelmaker said on Wednesday.
U. S. Steel Returns Idled Blast Furnace to Service
20 March 2023 - Improving demand and rising prices have prompted United States Steel Corporation to restart an idled blast furnace.
