Metallurgy news

• JSW Steel to build scrap metal recycling plant in Chennai India's leading steel producer JSW Steel Limited has announced plans to establish a scrap recycling plant in Chennai, located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, as part of its strategy to increase the use of recycled materials in steel production and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.According to... 24.10.2025  19:00

• Fortescue iron ore production and supply increased in the first quarter of the 2025-2026 financial year Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group announced operating results for the first quarter ended September 30 of the 2025-26 financial year.The company's iron ore shipments fell 10.0 percent quarter-on-quarter in the quarter and rose four percent on an annualized basis to 49.7 million tons,... 24.10.2025  18:00

• Russian MMK reported a decrease in steel production and sales in the third quarter of 2025 MMK Group, a Russian steelmaker, has published its operating results for the third quarter and nine months of the current year.In this quarter, the company's steel output amounted to 2.42 million tons, a decrease of 7.5 percent quarter-on-quarter due to a slowdown in business activity in the... 24.10.2025  18:00

• Where does China spend the metal? In the trash In China, there are fields strewn with hundreds of thousands of abandoned bicycles. These are the consequences of the explosion of the bicycle sharing industry in the mid-2010s, when Ofo, Mobike, Bluegogo and others flooded cities with millions of bicycles.When some of the services... 24.10.2025  18:00

• Steel production in Germany in January-September 2025 decreased by 10.7 percent According to information provided by the German Steel Federation Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl (WV Stahl), steel production in Germany fell 0.6 percent year-on-year to 2.97 million tons in September this year. Over the nine months of this year, steel production in Germany decreased by 10.7 percent... 24.10.2025  17:00

• Australia's Cokal starts its own coal mining at the BBM mine in Indonesia Australian mining company Cokal has announced the start of in-house production at its Bumi Barito Mineral (BBM) metallurgical coal project in Kalimantan, Indonesia, resuming limited mining operations at Quarry 3, producing small tonnages of low volatile coking coal (LVHCC) to maintain continuity of... 24.10.2025  17:00

• OECD: Africa's steel sector needs $25-30 billion to reduce emissions by 85% by 2050 The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has stated that South Africa's steel industry will need investments of $25-30 billion by 2050 to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 85 percent. The largest industrial carbon emissions are responsible for 2.5 metric tons of... 24.10.2025  16:00

• China's Stellar Steel invests $450 million in new steel mill in Nigeria Stellar Steel Company Limited, a subsidiary of China's Galaxy Group and RSIN Group, will establish a $450 million steel mill in Ogun State, Nigeria, according to a statement from Adedapo Governor Oluseun Abiodun.The project highlights the growing Chinese investments in Africa's steel sector, which... 24.10.2025  16:00

• Global DRI production grew 4.9 percent in September 2025 According to data released by the World Steel Association (Worldsteel), global production of direct reduced iron (DRI) in 12 countries, which accounted for approximately 85 percent of total global DRI production in 2024, was 11.05 million metric tons in September this year, an increase of 2.8... 24.10.2025  15:00

• Rizhao Steel achieves 95% automation level in steelmaking The British company Primetals Technologies has successfully implemented advanced process automation and digital control systems at the integrated steel mill of the Chinese metallurgical company Rizhao Steel in Shandong Province. The project brings the company closer to full digital steel... 24.10.2025  15:00