JFE Steel and Japan Suiso Energy select land for liquefied hydrogen project Japan-based JFE Holdings, Inc. (JFE), its subsidiary JFE Steel Corporation (JFE Steel), and Japan Suiso Energy, Ltd. (JSE) have inked an agreement to lease about 21 hectares of land on Ohgishima islan...
Vietnam's HRC exports may face AD investigation by European Commission The Trade Remedies Authority under the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam has announced that the European Commission (EC) has informed them about an application they have received requesting an...
India’s steel ministry has called for an investigation into steel imports from China and Vietnam The agency made a corresponding request to the Ministry of Trade India’s steel ministry has asked the commerce ministry to investigate imports of cheaper steel from China and Vietnam. The industry a...
Tata Steel to shut down second BF at Port Talbot mill in UK by September Indian steel producer Tata Steel Limited is on schedule to shut down the second of its two blast furnaces at its Port Talbot steel mill by September this year, a company official said on Thursday, Aug...
Germany's Feralpi Stahl to begin test production at new rolling mill Italy-based steelmaker Feralpi Group has announced that the construction of the new rolling mill belonging to its German rebar subsidiary Feralpi Stahl has made great progress and that the company pla...
S. Korea to start AD probe on stainless steel from four countries South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has announced that it will initiate an antidumping duty investigation on stainless steel from China, Indonesia, Taiwan and Vietnam, after a complai...
Ternium recorded net losses of $743 million in Q2 The giant steel producer of Latin America, Ternium announced double-digit increases in sales volume and value in the second quarter of the year. However, it reported net losses of $743 million, a figu...
Russia's MMK implements largest project in its history to cut dust emissions Russian steelmaker MMK Group has announced that its group company Shlakservis LLC has invested about RUB 3 billion ($34.68 million) to build a waterless cooling system for blast furnace slag aimed at ...
German gas pipeline operators seek to join hydrogen network Germany's Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has announced that domestic long-distance gas pipeline operators have applied to join the Germany-wide hydrogen core network which is planned to be constructe...
Steel traders in China try to delay implementation of new rebar standards On June 25, China announced the mandatory standards for rebar which will replace the voluntary guidelines in place from 2018. However, industry players said they have been given too little time to red...
Vietnam launches anti-dumping investigation against HRC from China and India In particular, it will apply to hot-rolled coils with a thickness of 1.2-25.4 mm and a width of no more than 1880 mm The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam has launched an anti-dumping investi...
UK traders propose to remove hot-rolled coil from safeguard measures – Argus Tata Steel will not manufacture these products for sale in the country Cold rolled coil (CRC) is to be exempted from UK steel safeguards as Tata Steel will not produce the material for foreign sale. ...
