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• Level II emergency response in multiple cities in Hebei Province, China The cities of Handan, Baoding, Hengshui, Cangzhou and Xingtai in China's Hebei Province have decided to launch Level II emergency response from 12:00 on December 8th to mitigate pollution.Accordingly, the use of heavy trucks meeting national IV or lower emission standards (including gas) for... 08.12.2025  10:00

• Salzgitter strengthens defense steel portfolio The German steel manufacturer Salzgitter Group has announced two major certifications for its protective steel portfolio, further positioning the group as Europe's leading supplier of armored vehicles and security systems. Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH, a subsidiary of the company, has received... 08.12.2025  10:00

• Excavator sales in China rose 16.7 percent in January-November 2025 In November this year, sales of excavators in China totaled 20,027 units, up 13.9 percent year-on-year, as announced by China's Construction Machinery and Equipment (CME).Specifically, in November, sales of excavators in China's domestic market totaled 9,842 units, an increase of 9.11 percent year... 08.12.2025  09:00

• Daily steel production at CISA plants fell by 6.4% at the end of November, and inventories also fell. The China Association of Metallurgy and Steel (CISA) announced that at the end of November (November 21-30) this year, the average combined daily crude steel production by large and medium-sized steel mills in China - by all CISA members - amounted to 1.818 million tons, which is 6.4 percent less... 08.12.2025  09:00

• Artificial intelligence has become a working infrastructure today - it speeds up analytics, simplifies the preparation of materials, and helps build stronger strategic thinking. Below are my 5 AI tools (Part 1) that I use on a regular basis to automate routine operations and focus on synthesis.1. Automatic logging of meetingsObjective: to record interviews, discussions and work sessions without manual notes.Applications:Otter.ai https://otter.ai Fireflies.ai... 07.12.2025  11:00

• US steel giant Nucor raised dividend payments by 1.8% According to a press release, one of the largest steel producers in America, Nucor Corp., raised its dividend by 1.8% to 56 cents per share from 55 cents.Payments are scheduled for February 11. The registry is scheduled to close on December 31. The report notes that the company has paid dividends... 06.12.2025  13:00

• From nuclear energy to medicine: where is zirconium used and how many of its reserves are there in Russia? The balance reserves of zirconium in Russia, contained in 19 deposits, amount to 12.33 million tons of ZrO2 (zirconium dioxide), in another three only off-balance reserves are taken into account. All zirconium deposits in the country are complex, with the exception of one small placer.Zirconium is... 06.12.2025  10:00

• Brazilian pig iron exports decline in October Brazilian pig iron exports reached 354,100 tons in November, up from 460,100 tons in October, according to the foreign trade agency SECEX.The main reason for the decline was the reduction in supplies to the United States.November destinations were the United States (289,100 tons at $384/t), Europe... 06.12.2025  00:00

• The value of exports of steel products from France in January-September 2025 decreased by 3.5 percent According to statistics published by the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, between January and September this year, France's main steel and ferroalloy exports amounted to 7.15 billion euros, down 3.5 percent year on year.During the period, France exported steel pipes and tubes worth... 05.12.2025  21:00