Metallurgy news

• Japan's scrap steel exports increased by 20.8 percent in January-November 2025 Japan's ferrous scrap exports totaled 590,249 tons in November this year, up 2.1 percent from 577,955 tons in the same month the previous year, according to customs statistics. Between January and November this year, the country exported 7.01 million tons of scrap, up 20.8 percent from last... 25.12.2025  17:00

• Canada imposes Preliminary AD duties on OCTG from five countries The Canadian Border Protection Agency (CBSA) has announced a preliminary decision on its anti-dumping Investigation (AD) into certain oil country pipe products (OCTG) from Mexico, the Philippines, Turkey, South Korea and the United States.The investigation was launched on August 11, 2025 in... 25.12.2025  17:00

• CBAM could cost UK industry £800m annually as the EU rules out tax relief. The European Union will not grant Britain an exemption from its Carbon Border Management Mechanism (CBAM) unless the two sides formally link their emissions trading systems, according to media reports. The decision means UK manufacturers will face a significant increase in administrative... 25.12.2025  16:00

• The production of base metals in Taiwan in November 2025 decreased by 4.05 percent compared to October Taiwan's industrial production index rose 3.97 percent in November this year from the previous month and 16.42 percent year-on-year, according to the country's Ministry of Economy (MOEA). Meanwhile, Taiwan's seasonally adjusted industrial production index increased by 4.84 percent month-on-month... 25.12.2025  16:00

• ArcelorMittal resumes steel production in Fos-sur-Mer after October fire Following the October 8 fire at its Fos-sur-Mer plant in France, Luxembourg steelmaker ArcelorMittal announced that it had resumed steel production at its facility. The fire seriously damaged the steelmaking plant and led to an almost complete shutdown of production.The first steel plate after the... 25.12.2025  14:00

• China launches its first near-zero million-ton carbon steel production line On December 23, China completed its first near-zero carbon steel production line in Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province with a capacity of one million tons, marking the end of China's reliance on traditional fossil fuels, which is a major breakthrough in the green and low-carbon transformation of... 25.12.2025  14:00

• AHMSA sells US pellet plant for $5 million According to the court-appointed trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of Mexican steel mill Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA), the responsible court has authorized the outright sale of an iron ore pellet plant located in Indiana, United States, for $5 million.The ruling applies to all equipment and ... 25.12.2025  13:00

• TCUD: Fractures in global crude steel production deepen According to the Turkish Steel Producers Association (TCUD), data released by the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) for November shows that despite the continued decline in global crude steel production, production trends are clearly diverging across countries and regions. The figures show that... 25.12.2025  13:00

• The DrMZ Corum plant will produce 110-ton metal structures for the energy sector Corum Druzhkovsky Machine-Building Plant (Corum DrMZ), part of the Corum group (DTEK Energo), plans to ship a skip with a lifting capacity of 23 tons for the DTEK Energo mine at the end of 2025 - early 2026, the plant says on Facebook.“In the history of Corum DrMZ, it is not the largest skip, but i... 25.12.2025  13:00

• 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