Metallurgy news

• US initiates NOES completion reviews in six countries The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announced that the International Trade Commission (ITC) has initiated a review of the duration of the countervailing duty (CVD) on non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) from China and Taiwan, and the anti-dumping duty (AD) on NOES from China, Germany, Japan,... 01.12.2025  16:00

• The capacity utilization rate of the Indian pellet industry has fallen by 10 percent since fiscal year 21 The Indian pellet industry has seen a steady decline in capacity utilization rates between fiscal year 21 and 7 months of fiscal year 2026, with a cumulative 10 percent drop in capacity utilization, according to BigMint data.Over the past five years Capacity utilization rates were at their highest... 01.12.2025  16:00

• UBS forecast: By 2026, the price will reach $ 13,000 If you follow the commodities market, the latest note from UBS, the world's largest global asset manager, points to a "perfect storm" for copper. This forecast is of great importance; when UBS changes its "Market Vision", it often signals where institutional capital will be directed next time.The... 01.12.2025  16:00

• Producer prices in French industry stable in October 2025 from September According to statistics published by the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Research (INSEE), French industrial producer prices remained stable month-on-month in October this year and fell by 0.8 percent year-on-year. Manufacturer prices in France fell 0.1 percent in October from... 01.12.2025  15:00

• EU study: Higher tariffs in the US are expected to lead to lower GDP and a change in global trade A new study published by Gergo Motowski, an economist at the European Commission's Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs, shows that tariffs imposed by the United States worldwide are likely to slow down the U.S. economy, reduce real incomes, and disrupt global trade patterns, with... 01.12.2025  15:00

• Alacero: Latin America needs to strengthen trade protection amid a sharp increase in steel exports from China A new report from the Latin American Steel Manufacturers Association (Alacero) warns that Latin America urgently needs to modernize and accelerate its trade protection mechanisms as steel exports from China continue to grow throughout the region. The Association compared Latin America's reaction... 01.12.2025  14:00

• The British Institute of Materials Processing is modernizing the EAF to advance next-generation low carbon steel technologies The British Materials Processing Institute Research Center has announced a £2.9 million upgrade of its seven-ton electric arc furnace (EAF), an investment aimed at accelerating the development of next-generation low-carbon steel production technologies.The expanded EDPS will support industrial ... 01.12.2025  14:00

• Japan's steel exports fell 3.8 percent in January-October 2025 In October this year, Japan's iron and steel products exports totaled 2.54 million metric tons, up 1.7 percent month-on-month and 0.9 percent year-on-year, according to customs statistics released by the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF).In January-October this year, Japan's iron and steel... 01.12.2025  13:00

• India's GDP grew by 8.2% in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025-26, the fastest in the last six quarters. India's gross domestic product (GDP) recorded 8.2 percent growth in the second quarter (July-September) of fiscal year 2025-26, compared with 5.6 percent in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal year, government data released on Monday, December 1 showed.According to the data, GDP growth... 01.12.2025  13:00

• Loading on the Russian Railways network in November 2025 decreased by 1.5% Decrease in the following sectors (YoY):- Ferrous metals – 46.3 million tons (-17.4%); coke – 9.1 million tons (-16.5%);- Ferrous scrap – 6.9 million tons (-33.2%);- Cement – 19.2 million tons (-12.6%);- Oil and petroleum products – 179.6 million tons (-5.2%)Another difficult month for metallurg... 01.12.2025  13:00