Steel News

Report: Proposed Merger of China's Baosteel, Wuhan Iron and Steel Wins Regulatory Approval

19 September 2016 - A plan to merge two of China’s largest steelmakers into a single entity with more than 60 million tons of capacity has received regulatory approval, reports Caixin magazine.

Union Workers at Republic Steel Ratify Labor Agreement

19 September 2016 - Members of the United Steelworkers have ratified a new, three-year labor agreement with Republic Steel, the union has announced.

Nucor Signs Deal to Acquire HSS Manufacturer

19 September 2016 - Nucor Corp. is acquiring structural tube manufacturer Independence Tube Corp. for US$435 million, a move that strengthens its grip on the non-residential construction market.

Steel Dynamics Subsidiary Plans Long Products Galvanizing Facility

16 September 2016 - Steel Dynamics Inc. is expanding its coatings capabilities, establishing a contract galvanizing shop in Kentucky that can treat long products and fabricated steel components.

Coil Exports Begin Shipping From New Tata Steel Works

16 September 2016 - Tata Steel’s new Kalinganagar works has reached another milestone as ramps up operations, shipping its first hot-rolled coils for the export market.

Nucor Forecasts Rising Third-Quarter Earnings

15 September 2016 - Nucor Corp. said it expects to report third-quarter net earnings of between US$0.85 and US$0.90 per diluted share partly on account of improved profitability at its sheet mills and lessening pressure from imported products.

Amid Recession, Long Products Maker Gerdau Sending More Flat Steel Overseas

15 September 2016 - With the Brazilian economy in a deep recession, Gerdau SA is looking to sell flat steel into foreign markets, and is finding success.

Tyasa Puts New Cold-Rolling Mill on Order

13 September 2016 - Mexico’s Talleres y Aceros S.A. de C.V. has awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for a new reversing cold rolling mill at its Ixtaczoquitlan, Veracruz, mini-mill.

Johnstown Wire Names New Chief Executive

12 September 2016 - A manufacturing executive with more than 30 years of experience has taken the helm of Johnstown Wire Technologies Inc.

Tata Steel Records First-Quarter Loss

12 September 2016 - Tata Steel lost US$475 million in the first quarter of its fiscal year, weighed down by a steep loss on its discontinued European long products business, which it sold earlier this year, the (London) Financial Times.

U.S. Announces Preliminary Duties on Stainless Sheet, Strip

12 September 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department has set has set preliminary anti-dumping duties of 63.9 and 76.6 percent on stainless sheet and strip from China.

SAIL Records Fifth Straight Quarterly Loss, Forecasts Increasing Steel Demand

09 September 2016 - India’s largest steelmaker lost US$81 million in the first quarter of its fiscal year, but is forecasting increasing demand and is advancing plans to boost capacity, reports the Bloomberg news service.

Commerce Department Proposes Big Countervailing Duty on Chinese-Made Plate

08 September 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department has set preliminary countervailing duties of 210.5 percent on Chinese-made cut to length plate, ruling that producers there have been benefitting from unfair government subsidies.

voestalpine Looks for Additional Operational Savings

08 September 2016 - voestalpine chief executive Wolfgang Eder said the company is planning to undertake additional measures aimed at improving operational efficiencies, reports the Reuters news service.

AK Steel Finishing Up Work on New R&D Center

02 September 2016 - AK Steel Corp. is nearing completion on its US$36 million research center in Ohio and expects to begin moving in employees this fall, reports the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News.

thyssenkrupp Engages Labor on European Steel Restructuring

01 September 2016 - thyssenkrupp and labor representatives have agreed to establish a task force that is to discuss, among other things, whether the company needs to merge steelmaking operations with others, according to the Reuters.

For Dongkuk Steel, The Technology Race Comes to a Photo Finish

31 August 2016 - South Korea’s Dongkuk Steel said it has developed inkjet printing technology designed specifically for printing on steel sheets, reports BusinessKorea.

Workers Protest Potential Merger of thyssenkrupp, Tata European Operations

31 August 2016 - Steel workers at Germany’s thyssenkrupp staged a rally on Wednesday to protest the potential merger of the company’s European steel division with Tata Steel’s European unit, reports the Reuters news service.

Hebei Iron & Steel Begins Boosting Sales, Production at Serbian Mill

30 August 2016 - Nearly two months after acquiring Serbia’s ailing Železara Smederevo steel works, Hebei Iron & Steel has managed to lift the facility’s monthly sales and is targeting 1.7 million tons of production in 2017, reports Xinhua, China’s official news agency.

Vietnamese Steelmaker Announces Plans for Mammoth US$10.6B Works

30 August 2016 - Vietnam’s Hoa Sen Group plans to build a giant US$10.6 billion steel works whose targeted capacity would exceed the country’s total production in 2015, reports the online VN Express News.