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20 Nov | Voestalpine optimistic on outlook after record H1

20 Nov | AGM confirms new officers of UK steel trade body

20 Nov | North American service centre shipments decline sharply

20 Nov | Posco subsidiary to appoint new CEO

20 Nov | Japan’s steel exports fell, imports rose in October

20 Nov | JFE to cut crude steel output again

20 Nov | US lobby groups urge government to 'stand up to China'

20 Nov | China’s steel prices depend on confidence recovering – Cisa

19 Nov | North American plants set to push Severstal into red in Q4

19 Nov | Corus tries again to sell aluminium smelters

19 Nov | Japan’s October steel output down as EAFs cut back

19 Nov | Minmetals approves mill contract with Mechel

19 Nov | Jinan to step up cooperation with pipe makers

19 Nov | Posco lifts shareholding in Murchison

19 Nov | India imposes 5% import duty on steel products

18 Nov | Stability may not return to steel before 2010 – Macquarie

18 Nov | Thai authorities discuss plans for four steel projects

18 Nov | JSW creates JV with UK’s Severfield

18 Nov | Evraz seeks government loan for short-term cover

18 Nov | Trial run at Tangshan Steel’s green project

Flat products

20 Nov | SSAB revises shipment forecast downwards

20 Nov | Weak prices put G Steel in red

20 Nov | Krakatau strip mill running at 70%

20 Nov | Wuyang raises Yuan 600m for expansion

20 Nov | Chinese HRC prices damaging and unsustainable – traders

19 Nov | Usiminas closes blast furnace

19 Nov | Wuhan nears completion of CSP plant

18 Nov | Ispat Industries announces second production cut

18 Nov | Wuhan’s silicon steel production breaks record

18 Nov | Hanbao starts new 4.6mt/y integrated steel works

17 Nov | NLMK shuts two BFs until at least end-March

17 Nov | Erdemir posts record profit despite Q3 cutbacks

17 Nov | Sutor’s Q1 profit surges

14 Nov | Activity subdued in East Asian sheet market

14 Nov | US company to merge with owner of Chinese CR mill

13 Nov | Bluescope reviews Port Kembla cogen project

13 Nov | Suspended FerroChina mills may restart

13 Nov | Indonesia to investigate imported plates from three countries

13 Nov | Trial run starts at Hanbao’s steelmaking plant

13 Nov | Drive to capture SE Asia’s high-end market by Posco

Long products

20 Nov | Changzhi Steel to commission wire rod mill

19 Nov | MMZ slashes crude production by one-third

19 Nov | Celsa buys another UK rebar fabricator

19 Nov | Dneprovsky commissions billet caster

18 Nov | Sidenor of Greece reports higher profit

18 Nov | Outlook tough in Australia, warns OneSteel

18 Nov | Tokyo Steel reduces prices and production

17 Nov | EU anti-dumping tariff imposed on Chinese wire

14 Nov | Timken starts up SBQ bar mill

14 Nov | Russian billet starts to climb after hitting rock bottom

14 Nov | Scrap price spike fails to end gloom in EU longs market

13 Nov | Alfonso Gallardo to cut German sections production by 25%

12 Nov | ArcelorMittal to halt production at Hunedoara

12 Nov | Initial heating at Changzhi Steel’s BF

12 Nov | Nippon formally launches Chinese fastener plant

Pipes and tubes

18 Nov | Firm demand and pripe prices lift WSP’s Q3 results

18 Nov | WSP reports better Q3 results

17 Nov | NLMK abandons JMC acquisition

17 Nov | Belarus, Turkey and Ukraine face EU pipe dumping inquiry

14 Nov | Downturn fails to dent Vallourec’s optimism about Q4

13 Nov | Newly expanded TMK struggles against worsening sentiment

12 Nov | Baosteel exceeds pipe production target

7 Nov | Tubes shine for Tenaris in Q3 as other mills face meltdown

7 Nov | Early signs of profit squeeze at TMK

7 Nov | Vallourec orders steelmaking plant for Brazilian pipe mill

6 Nov | US targets Chinese and South Korean pipe

5 Nov | Rautaruukki closes pipe mill and cuts production

5 Nov | Pipe plant commissioned in north China

Stainless and specialty

19 Nov | Outokumpu opens Dubai sales company

19 Nov | Chinese mining company to buy Xining’s shares

18 Nov | Manslaughter charges for ThyssenKrupp executives in Italy

17 Nov | Taiyuan tests stainless cold rolling mill

13 Nov | Austria’s Boehler-Uddeholm expands in US

12 Nov | Clash in India on call for higher STS import duties

11 Nov | Universal Stainless lowers earnings forecast

11 Nov | NSSC slashes November’s STS prices

11 Nov | Posco denies talk of Thainox takeover

10 Nov | Outokumpu plans lay offs as order levels dwindle

Steelmaking raw materials

20 Nov | Asian coke producers cutback as stocks pile up

20 Nov | Price collapse halts Russia’s A3 exports

20 Nov | Noble sells Portman stake

19 Nov | US scrap users urge action against trade restrictions

19 Nov | Defaulting customers put pressure on Mount Gibson

19 Nov | Wuhan builds 500,000t/y iron ore plant in Hubei

19 Nov | Modest rises for iron ore prices in China show domestic market has stabilised – Mofcom

18 Nov | Cliffs pulls out of Alpha takeover

17 Nov | Malaysian government lifts scrap export ban

17 Nov | Baosteel in deals with shipping and port groups

14 Nov | Half of Shanxi coke producers halt operations

14 Nov | Citic comes to rescue of troubled affiliate

14 Nov | Baosteel inaugurates shipping JV

13 Nov | Korean and Japanese mills pay more for Indian iron ore

13 Nov | Germany’s Scholz buys into Australian scrap group

13 Nov | ENRC cuts production and revises capex plans

13 Nov | Call for further Chinese foreign iron ore investments

13 Nov | Posco issues Yen 20bn of bonds to fund Namisa purchase

13 Nov | China to eliminate 37mt of outdated coke capacity

13 Nov | Tubacex posts fall in nine-month profit

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