Metallurgy news

• Kazakhstan's Karmet will expand its capacity for applying HDG and polymer coatings using a new complex Kazakh steel company Qarmet announced the start of construction of a new hot-dip galvanizing and polymer coating complex today, October 10, marking a key stage in the company's modernization and capacity expansion strategy.Advanced technologies from Belgian John CockerillFollowing an international... 10.10.2025  17:00

• Turkish OYAK gets full control over ISKEN Turkish mining and Metallurgical group OYAK has taken a strategic step in the energy sector. OYAK has completed the acquisition of a 51 percent stake in the German company Steag Power GmbH, according to a report in the Turkish daily Dunya. This gives OYAK full control over ISKEN Energy, which... 10.10.2025  17:00

• Vietnam's Hoa Phat reports increased steel production and sales in January-September 2025 Vietnamese steelmaker Hoa Phat Group announced production and sales results for the third quarter and first nine months of this year.The company produced 2.8 million tons of crude steel in the third quarter, up 35 percent year-on-year, and steel sales increased 21 percent year-on-year to reach 2.5... 10.10.2025  16:00

• New car registrations in South Korea Increased by 15.7 percent in January-September 2025 In September of this year, new car registrations in South Korea increased by 20.3 percent month-on-month and by 32.2 percent year-on-year to 32,834 units, according to data released by the Korean Automobile Importers and Distributors Association (KAIDA).Meanwhile, in the first nine months of this... 10.10.2025  16:00

• German steel associations welcome new EU protective measures with partial relief On Tuesday 7 October, the European Commission presented in Strasbourg a legislative proposal to protect the EU steel industry from the negative impact of global overcapacity.In a statement published on 9 October, the German recycling associations bvse – Recycling Germany, BDSV and VDM, in line with ... 10.10.2025  15:00

• ArcelorMittal Hunedoara to resume rolling mill operation in November with supplies of Ukrainian steel Romanian steel producer ArcelorMittal Hunedoara, which suspended production in early September, announced plans to resume operations on November 1, 2025. The suspension of production was caused by high electricity costs and increased pressure from low-cost imports in the EU market. Despite the fact... 10.10.2025  15:00

• Thailand has found a way to bypass the Chinese steel pipe Tianjin Tianyingtai Thailand has closed a loophole and expanded its responsibilities to prevent Chinese steel pipe makers, especially Youfa Group, from avoiding current anti-dumping tariffs. The Anti-Dumping and Subsidiary Committee of the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand ruled that the import of iron and steel pipes... 10.10.2025  14:00

• ArcelorMittal closes Fos-sur-Mer blast furnace after major fire In the early morning of October 8, a large-scale fire broke out at the ArcelorMittal plant in Fos-sur-Mer, one of France's largest steel mills. The fire started on two conveyor lines delivering raw materials to the steelmaking plant and quickly spread to surrounding structures, according to local... 10.10.2025  14:00

• Import of slabs to Turkey increased by 11.5% in January-August 2025 In August of this year, the import of slabs to Turkey amounted to 411,473 metric tons, which is 40.3 percent more than in July and 35.9 percent year-on-year, according to preliminary data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Meanwhile, revenue from these imports amounted to $193.62... 10.10.2025  13:00

• SMS Group to supply fully automated line of extruded stainless steel pipes in Maruichi, Japan The German plant manufacturer SMS Group has received a major contract from the Japanese company Maruichi Stainless Tube Co. Ltd., one of the leading manufacturers of stainless steel pipes in the country. The company will supply a fully automated production line for extruded stainless steel pipes as... 10.10.2025  13:00