Metallurgy news

• S. Korea can apply on a Chinese steel plate AD South Korea delays measures to protect trade in the steel industry. The South Korean Trade Commission (KTC) recommended that the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy accepts an offer from nine Chinese steel companies, according to which they will increase export prices for hot frostbitten and... 04.09.2025  17:00

• Prices for industrial producers in the euro area increased by 0.4 percent in July 2025 from June According to a report published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in July this year, industrial producer prices rose by 0.4 percent in the euro area and by 0.6 percent in the member states of the European Union (EU), a month. On an annualized basis, prices for... 04.09.2025  17:00

• Car production in Japan increased by 7.1 percent in the first half of 2025 According to data provided by the Japanese Association of Automobile Producers (JAMA), in June of this year, Japanese production of cars (including cars, trucks and buses) amounted to 726,072 units, increasing by five percent compared to the same month of 2024. Meanwhile, in the period from... 04.09.2025  16:00

• Australian Mineral Resources has completed the first explosion at the Iron Valley quarry Mineral Resources Limited (MinRes), a leading Australian mining and processing company, has completed the first blast at the Northern Iron Valley Quarry at its hub in the Central Pilbara. Work is currently underway to prepare the site for crushing and processing the first ore at the central Iron... 04.09.2025  16:00

• Wood Mackenzie: The demand for steel in China will fall as India and Southeast Asia are gaining momentum According to the Scottish energy research and consulting company Wood Mackenzie, China - the world's largest consumer with 49 percent of world demand in 2024 - will see a decrease in steel consumption by 5-7 million tons per year over the next decade. This structural decline changes the balance of... 04.09.2025  15:00

• European manufacturers urge CBAM to include solar products to ensure fair competition The European Solar Energy Production Council (ESMC) has called on the European Commission to expand the Carbon Boundary Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to cover solar photovoltaic modules, mounting structures and solar trackers. According to the ESMC, the exclusion of off-the-shelf solar products... 04.09.2025  15:00

• RusHydro will receive at the prices included in the tariffs It will supply coal for RusHydro's Far Eastern thermal power plants (MOEX: HYDR) at prices included in electricity and heat tariffs. This was announced by the company at the WEF-2025. Colestar guarantees stable sales, and RusHydro guarantees a reduction in losses from the purchase of coal at prices... 04.09.2025  15:00

• WV Stahl: short -term subsidizing the energy system for the German steel industry is not enough The German steel federation (WV Stahl) warned that the subsidizing the energy system planned by the federal government would only provide limited relief for energy -intensive industries. The bill, which is expected, will be approved at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, introduces a subsidy... 04.09.2025  14:00

• Polish JSW company expands coking coal reserves with new long face at Budryk mine Polish coking coal producer Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa SA (JSW) has announced that it has started work on a new large long wall at its Budryk mine. The extended wall of Bw-1, located in reservoir 405/2, contains reserves of type 35.1 coking coal in the amount of more than 1.6 million tons, which... 04.09.2025  14:00

• Arcelormittal Mexico resumes DRI operations after the incident with Lasaro Cardenas Arcelormittal Mexico announced a significant progress in restoring operations at its factory in Lasaro Cardenas after the incident on August 18, which influenced the production of Iron of direct recovery (DRI) at HYL plants. Two of the four HYL reactors have currently returned to fully power,... 04.09.2025  13:00