Metallurgy news

• The United States has released the final results of the NOES completion reviews in six countries. The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the final results of the review of anti-dumping duties on non-oriented silicon steel from Sweden, Germany, China, Korea, Taiwan and Japan, as well as orders on countervailing duties on the same products from China and Taiwan.The Ministry of... 17.04.2026  13:00

• Alcoa reduced revenue and profit in the first quarter Alcoa, an American aluminum company, reduced revenue and adjusted profit in the first quarter, and both indicators were weaker than market forecasts. the same period last year. Alcoa's revenue decreased to $3.19 billion last quarter from $3.37 billion a year earlier.Experts surveyed by FactSet, on... 17.04.2026  13:00

• EU approves €3.8 billion German aid scheme for energy-intensive industries The European Commission has announced that it has approved a €3.8 billion German government aid scheme aimed at supporting energy-intensive industries by temporarily lowering electricity prices.The measures fall under the Clean Industrial Deal government aid framework and are designed to address r... 17.04.2026  12:00

• Suez Steel DRI production has reached a new minimum of energy consumption Egyptian steel company Suez Steel has set a new benchmark in energy-efficient DRI production at its direct reduction plant based on ENERGIRON zero-reforming technology developed by Italian manufacturer Danieli Technologies and Tenova, which is the first large-scale industrial application of the... 17.04.2026  12:00

• Why blast furnaces and coal are likely to dominate the global steel industry beyond 2050 - BigMint analysis The urgent steps needed to decarbonize the steel sector, which accounts for 7 percent of global CO2 emissions and about 9 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, largely focus on phasing out coal, which remains the backbone of primary steel production. Globally, 70 percent of steel is new, virgin... 17.04.2026  11:00

• Outokumpu supports EU steel protection measures Finnish stainless steel manufacturer Outokumpu has welcomed the agreement reached by the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council on new EU steel safeguards, saying the revised framework will provide greater protection for the European steel industry from global overcapacity,... 17.04.2026  11:00

• Zaporizhstal provides Romanian Metinvest plant with a roll Since the beginning of this year, the Zaporizhia Metallurgical Plant Zaporizhstal has shipped 28 thousand tons of rolled products to the Metinvest pipe plant in Romania, Metinvest Tubular Iasi, which joined the group at the end of 2025.According to the company on Thursday, four months have passed... 17.04.2026  11:00

• China's real estate investment fell 11.2 percent in January-March 2026 Between January and March this year, total real estate investment in China totaled 1.7720 trillion yuan ($258.3 billion), down 11.2% year on year, 0.1 percentage point faster than the decline recorded between January and February, China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced.During the... 17.04.2026  10:00

• China's GDP grew by five percent in the first quarter of 2026, exceeding expectations On April 16, the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) announced that China's GDP grew 5.0 percent year-on-year from January to March this year, 0.5 percentage points faster than the year-on-year growth recorded from October to December last year, exceeding expectations and marking a solid a... 17.04.2026  10:00

• From April 1, quotas for steel imports from Brazil will increase to 50 percent. Between February 24 and June 23, 2026, the Brazilian foreign trade agency Siscomex plans to allow the import of 445,469 metric tons (mt) of finished steel products into the country at regular tax rates, the same volume that was allowed during the previous round of quotas.As of April 1, the average... 16.04.2026  19:00