Metallurgy news

• India's VSSL invests $53 million in new steel plant for automotive components India's Vardhaman Special Steel limited (VSSL) will invest $53 million to set up a new manufacturing facility in Ludhiana in the northern state of Punjab, the company said in a statement on Thursday, December 25.The company will set up a steel forging and processing plant in Ludhiana, which will... 25.12.2025  12:00

• Australia predicts that PHCC prices will remain at $190/ton in 2026 The Australian Ministry of Industry, Science and Resources has announced that prices for premium hard coking coal (PHCC) are projected to remain relatively unchanged from the current level of about $190/ton in 2026, before rising slightly.The price of CFR-based metallurgical coal in China continued... 25.12.2025  12:00

• U. S. pipe exports decreased by 8.5% in August 2025 compared to July According to the export data of the US Department of Commerce, exports from the United States of structural pipes amounted to 5,819 tons in August this year, which is 8.5% less than in July and 47.5% less than in August last year. In value terms, exports of structural pipes totaled $15.1 million in... 25.12.2025  11:00

• Imports of American plates in rolls increased by 6.8 percent in August 2025 compared to July According to preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Commerce census, imports of rolled plates to the United States amounted to 67,523 tons in August 2025, which is 6.8 percent more than in July and 14.5 percent less than in August 2024. In value terms, imports of rolled slabs amounted to... 25.12.2025  11:00

• Stocks of basic finished steel products in China decreased by 5.9 percent in mid-December 2025 On December 20 of this year, the total domestic stocks of the five main finished steel products in 21 major Chinese cities totaled 7.48 million tons, down 470,000 tons or 5.9 percent from December 10, as announced by the Chinese Association of Ferrous Metallurgy (CISA).In particular, as of December... 25.12.2025  10:00

• Indian company NMDC Limited has signed an ink pact with the Colorado School of Mines Indian state-owned iron ore mining company NMDC Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Colorado School of Mining, USA, to establish a framework for research cooperation in mining, mineral processing, metallurgy, artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) in mining and... 25.12.2025  10:00

• Daily steel production at CISA plants fell 1.3% in mid-December 2025, inventories rose The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in mid-December (December 11-20) this year, the average cumulative daily output of crude steel by large and medium-sized steel mills in China - all CISA members - was 1.845 million tons, down 1.3 percent from early December (December 1-10)... 25.12.2025  09:00

• Shagang Group has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding The Jiangsu Province-based Shagang Group, China's largest private steel producer, recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding, part of the Chinese state-owned Shipbuilding Corporation. Accordingly, both sides will focus on comprehensive cooperation in... 25.12.2025  09:00

• The Australian Fenix in the latest study describes the expansion of iron ore production in the Weld Range According to the Australian mining company Fenix Resources, the company has completed a preliminary study describing the way to expand its Weld Range iron ore project in the Midwest region of Western Australia to 10 million tons per year.Fenix stated that the research was conducted in accordance... 24.12.2025  18:00

• German exports to the United States declined in January-November 2025 amid rising tariffs The close transatlantic trade relations are under significant strain due to the tariff policy of US President Trump. This is already reflected in the export figures of the German industry for the first three quarters of 2025. The German Economic Institute (IW) has published a report on German... 24.12.2025  18:00