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• Indian Steel Ministry likely to relax steel import monitoring system India's Steel Ministry is likely to update the country's Steel Import Monitoring System (SIMS) by eliminating the requirement for consignment declarations, government sources said on Thursday, November 20.The relaxation is aimed at easing the compliance burden for steel consumers in micro, small... 20.11.2025  11:00

• Recycling Europe rejects claims of scrap metal leakage, urges evidence-based EU policy Recycling Europe, formerly known as the European Confederation of the Recycling Industry (EuRIC), has opposed the European Union's proposals for a "scrap leak," saying existing EU monitoring data shows no evidence to support such claims. The response came after Commission Vice President Maros... 20.11.2025  11:00

• When choosing a contractor, you choose the consequences. One contractor performs the work reliably and strengthens your reputation.The other one brings deadlines, fines, or accidents.The main thing is that these risks can be predicted and managed, rather than dealt with afterwards.In the book "A Safe Contractor is a Choice," we share experiences that... 20.11.2025  09:00

• South Korea has announced that it plans to close all its coal-fired power plants. At the same time, a closure schedule has already been approved for 40 facilities, providing for decommissioning by 2040. The closing dates of the remaining 21 will be determined "based on economic and environmental feasibility," and a specific plan is planned to be prepared next year."In the long... 20.11.2025  09:00

• Production capacity utilization, in the third quarter. in general, the economy continues to fall, and frontally. "In the economy as a whole" problems of overload There is no longer any capacity: - in mining, against the backdrop of sanctions, the utilization rate has dropped to its lowest level since the beginning of at least 2019; - in the manufacturing industry, the load level has already dropped to 70% (seasonality has been eliminated), which can be... 20.11.2025  08:00

• Transshipment of Kazakh coal through Russian ports increased by 34% in January-October 2025 Transshipment of Kazakh coal through Russian ports in January-October 2025 increased to 9.6 million tons (2.5 million tons or 34% YoY).The main growth occurred in the ports of the Azov-Black Sea basin, where 3.4 million tons (1.5 million tons, or 83%) were handled. Transit through the Baltic ports... 20.11.2025  07:00

• In January-September 2025, the European Union reduced imports of direct reduction iron (DRI) by 26.2% compared to the same period in 2024, to 1.54 million tons. The main importers of direct recovery iron among the EU countries following the results of the specified period were Italy, Spain and Austria, in particular:Italy – 683.6 thousand tons (33.1% YoY);Austria – 276.81 thousand tons (32.4% YoY);Spain – 205.49 thousand tons (6.4% YoY).A significant decre... 20.11.2025  07:00

• Europe: the continent that invented industry — and managed to lose it in one generation The European economy today resembles a luxurious old mansion, where the facade is still standing, but the plaster has long crumbled inside. Once you dig into the numbers, it becomes clear that deindustrialization has ceased to be a trend and has become the norm.Let's start with steel, a symbol of... 20.11.2025  07:00