Metallurgy news

• SMS Group has completed the modernization of CSP at the Tata Steel plant in Jamshedpur According to German manufacturer SMS Group, Indian steel company Tata Steel Ltd has successfully rolled the first coils at its Compact strip manufacturing plant (CSP) in Jamshedpur after completing an extensive modernization project conducted by SMS Group.The CSP plant was originally supplied and... 18.01.2026  16:00

• ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog increased pig iron production by 16.9% in 2025 Pig iron smelting at ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog in 2025 increased by 16.9% and reached 2 million 534.6 thousand tons. This is the largest increase among all the main types of production of the enterprise.Despite this, General Director Mauro Longobardo noted that it was planned to constantly operate... 18.01.2026  16:00

• Coke production at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih increased by 16.4% in 2025 In 2025, the Kryvyi Rih Combine increased the production of coke with a moisture content of 6% by 16.4% to 1 million 460.3 thousand tons. This allows you to meet your own basic production needs.At the same time, the mining department, whose work depends on stable electricity supply, showed a... 18.01.2026  16:00

• Worthington Steel signs agreement to buy Germany's Klöckner & Co According to US steel producer Worthington Steel, the company has entered into a business combination agreement with Klöckner & Co, under which Worthington Steel plans to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the German steel distributor through a voluntary public tender offer.Worthington Steel ... 18.01.2026  15:00

• Export of iron ore via Port Hedland grew by 6.7 percent in December 2025 compared to November Last December, shipments of iron ore from the Australian Port Hedland increased by 6.7 percent month-on-month and 6.9 percent year-on-year, totaling 50,900,012 tons.According to information published by the Port Authority Port Hedland, iron ore shipments from Port Hedland shipments to China totaled ... 18.01.2026  15:00

• In 2025, KAMETSTAL expanded its product range for the Ukrainian and European markets The Kametstal plant of the Metinvest mining and metallurgical group (Kamenskoye, Dnepropetrovsk region) in 2025 took into account the demands of the Ukrainian and European markets, expanding the line of continuous cast billets (CC) by four positions and the range of popular long products by... 18.01.2026  15:00

• The Zaporizhstal plant continues the reconstruction of living quarters for workers Zaporizhia Metallurgical Plant "Zaporizhstal" continued to implement the Workplace program in 2025, allocating more than UAH 13 million for the repair of living quarters for employees.According to the plant's press release, in 2025, the company carried out major repairs of sanitary facilities in... 18.01.2026  15:00

• HRP and HRS shipments in Japan fell 1.1 percent in November 2025 compared to October Last November, hot-rolled sheet shipments to Japan fell 1.1 percent from the previous month and rose 6.4 percent from 598,863 tons recorded in the same month in 2024 to 641,634 metric tons, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF). In the said month, 73.3 percent of shipments came... 18.01.2026  14:00

• CSN announces Asset sale to reduce financial leverage Brazilian steel and iron ore producer CSN has announced its intention to sell assets not directly related to its core steel and mining operations. The main goal of this initiative is to reduce financial leverage from the current estimate of 3.14 times EBITDA to the target of 1.83 times.At the... 18.01.2026  14:00

• Canada's iron and steel imports fell by 20.1 in January-October 2025 According to Statistics Canada, the country's iron and steel imports totaled 1.15 million tonnes in October 2025, down 70.0 percent from last year. In value terms, iron and steel imports totaled $913.16 million in October 2025, up from $1.01 billion in the same month in 2024.Canada imported the... 14.01.2026  16:00