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09 January 2009

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9 Jan | ArcelorMittal restarts capacity in EU and US

9 Jan | Panzhihua commissions desulphursing unit

9 Jan | Shaanxi eliminates outdated ironmaking capacity

8 Jan | Former BlueScope CEO replaces Varin at Corus

8 Jan | Steel imports into US fell 5% in 2008, says AISI

8 Jan | ThyssenKrupp Steel chief to head Eurofer

8 Jan | CEE steelmakers forced to cut production in gas dispute

8 Jan | Tiantie achieves higher output despite shrinking demand

8 Jan | Tangshan Guofeng ignites heating furnaces

8 Jan | Shougang to set up shipping JV

8 Jan | Tata Steel Q3 sales dip 14%

8 Jan | Echeng’s output falls in 2008

7 Jan | Spain’s Gallardo expands ports to handle Balboa steel

7 Jan | China’s Delong issues profit warning

7 Jan | DoC sets duties of almost 160% on Chinese graphite electrodes

7 Jan | BFs dismantled at southwest China private mills

7 Jan | Shougang to boost technology innovation

7 Jan | Baosteel to work more closely with shipbuilder

7 Jan | Posco mulls further output cut

7 Jan | Dongkuk continues study into Brazilian BF

Flat products

9 Jan | Record production at Wuyang

9 Jan | Shougang delays start-up of Caofeidian plant

9 Jan | AK Steel starts to lay off staff

8 Jan | Rautaruukki merges steel operations into one unit

8 Jan | Europeans favour nearby sources for hot rolled coil imports

8 Jan | Usiminas presses ahead with slab mill, but delays expansion

8 Jan | Xinyu ignites reheating furnace

7 Jan | CSN to set H1 production and manning levels next week

7 Jan | Essar wins extension for US project loan

7 Jan | Coating company to close down Pennsylvania plant

7 Jan | Benxi plans bond issue to raise Yuan 3bn

6 Jan | European mills end dumping case against Chinese galv

5 Jan | AK Steel hikes surcharge on electrical steel

5 Jan | BMZ awaits government approval for hot strip mill

5 Jan | Tangshan Plate nears caster completion

5 Jan | Carbon steel prices increase at Taiyuan

2 Jan | China Precision adds to fund-raising options

2 Jan | China says EC has dropped dumping probe into galv imports

2 Jan | Jakarta maintains Krakatau on IPO list

2 Jan | Valin Steel to obtain credit line for new plants

Long products

9 Jan | Long product prices rise in East Asia

9 Jan | Changzhi Steel raises prices

9 Jan | Turkish mills cautiously hiking longs prices

8 Jan | Jiujiang completes convertor upgrade

8 Jan | Hyundai Steel to cut output by 480,000t

7 Jan | Bar capacity trebled at southwest China plant

6 Jan | EC ‘imposes temporary dumping duty on Chinese wire rod’

6 Jan | Hot run at Chongli’s ladle furnace

5 Jan | ITC lifts AD duties on Turkish rebar

5 Jan | Hanzhong Steel starts to build 600,000t/y bar mill

5 Jan | Caster trial run completed at MCC’s Yingkou mill

5 Jan | India ends duty-free imports of TMT bars and structural steel

2 Jan | US bar mill sees Q4 loss after record annual sales

31 Dec | Jiujiang starts up wire rod mill

30 Dec | Jiyuan Steel adds sizing mill

Pipes and tubes

9 Jan | Baosteel’s pipe exports hit record

6 Jan | US Steel exits a tube business segment

31 Dec | Shengli Pipes commissions 200,000t/y mill

31 Dec | Tata Metaliks to test ductile iron pipe plant

30 Dec | Canada rules out further inquiry into Chinese pipe imports

29 Dec | Canberra launches probe into imports of HSS

29 Dec | Canada keeps AD duties on tubing imports

29 Dec | Xinxing Pipes mulls Yuan 165m of upgrades

Stainless and specialty

9 Jan | Japanese mills expected to achieve hike in STS export prices

9 Jan | Xingcheng Special Steel to start BF

8 Jan | New STS line set up in east China

8 Jan | Indian AD probe into STS imports dismissed as 'political'

8 Jan | JSL puts projects on hold due to slowdown

8 Jan | NSSC to partially halt operations for six months

7 Jan | Specialty metals group issues profit warning

7 Jan | Taiyuan to cut 2009 output target – sources

7 Jan | China’s STS crude steel output to reach 7.1mt in 2008

6 Jan | Stemcor expands engineering steels distribution

6 Jan | Taiyuan’s stainless steel output falls 10.9%

2 Jan | Yusco cuts STS prices

31 Dec | Sandvik cuts time lag for alloy surcharge

31 Dec | Anshan supplies Steckel mill to Tsingshan

30 Dec | Xining Special Steel postpones issuing bonds

Steelmaking raw materials

9 Jan | Tight supply keeps EU scrap prices stable

9 Jan | Coking coal miners trim output

9 Jan | Prices firm in latest scrap sales to Turkey

9 Jan | Australian miner upbeat after lift in spot price

9 Jan | China lowers first batch of coke export quota by 40%

9 Jan | Schnitzer reports loss after $52m scrap write down

8 Jan | MSP Steel gains iron ore prospecting licence

8 Jan | China’s iron ore market to stabilise – sources

8 Jan | Shanxi to continue coke output restrictions till June

7 Jan | Miner extends Brazilian port agreement with ArcelorMittal

7 Jan | US iron ore prices back to 2004 level, says miner

7 Jan | Iron ore and coal prices must drop, says JFE

6 Jan | Corus signs up for 6mt of Norwegian iron ore

6 Jan | Rio Tinto resumes Pilbara operations

6 Jan | China to firm up iron ore import control – sources

6 Jan | China drives increase in Japanese scrap exports

6 Jan | Coke plant commissioned in east China

5 Jan | MMX renegotiates mine purchase repayments

5 Jan | Development begins at Chinese iron ore mine

2 Jan | Grange-ABM merge, with Chinese mill as main shareholder

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