According to China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), the steel producers in the country experienced the worst year in 2015, with total losses in business surges 24 times from 2014 to over USD15.5 billion. Meanwhile, the country´s steel mills suffered a to...

China Steel Corp., the largest carbon steel makers in Taiwan, exported 48,713 tons of slab to Thailand in March, an increase of 1.61 times February. According to Customs figures showed CSC’s slab exports mainly to Thailand, and Vietnam, supply to Formosa ...

In last week, European medium heavy plate prices remained stable. Some of the mills are trying to continue to raise prices, mainly due to slab supply affects the delivery of medium heavy plate. Some of mills announced S235 and S355 medium heavy delivery dat...

For the week ended April 9th, US’s domestic crude steel production was 1.656 million/short tons, the capacity utilization was 70.8%. Meanwhile, US’s crude steel production output rose 0.4% year on year, and dropped by 0.4% month on month. After adjustment...

Gerdau long products producer in the United States announced its profiles list prices increase by US$$40/ton, mainly for April 16 after the delivery of resources, because of rising production costs, steel mills decided to reduce or cancel the discounts. Th...

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to the silicon metal market, depending on the advantages of the price of electricity and silicon metal plant is still producing and more plants do not operate their furnaces.

The incentive for power companies was 10 per cent for supply between 90 and 95 per cent of ACQ, on the supply of 95-100 per cent it was 20 per cent while for above 100 per cent it was 40 per cent.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]China imported 19.69 million tonnes of coal in March, up 15.6 percent on the year, the country's customs authority said on Wednesday, as power plants sought to replenish stocks ahead of the pe