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Indian coking coal imports increase by 12% in fiscal year 2025-26India's coking coal imports through all the country's major ports in the fiscal year 2025-26 (April-March) have been provisionally estimated at 66.252 million tonnes, up 11.8% from February 2026, data received from the Indian Ports Association (IPA) showed on Tuesday, April 7.Domestic shipments in…
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Japan's JFE Steel announces restructuring of its sheet metal businessJapanese steelmaker JFE Steel Corporation has decided to restructure its sheet steel business as part of efforts to improve the sustainability and competitiveness of its domestic manufacturing operations in response to structural changes in the Japanese steel market.JFE Steel to consolidate sheet…
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Inventories of key finished steel products in China fell 1.9 percent at the end of March 2026.On March 31 this year, the total domestic inventory of five major finished steel products in 21 major cities in China was 11.42 million tons, down 1.9 percent from March 20, as announced by the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA).Specifically, as of March 31, domestic inventory of HRC, CRC…
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HRP imports to Turkey fell by 23.7 percent in January-February 2026In February this year, Turkey's hot rolled coil (HRC) imports totaled 369,822 metric tons, up 63.9 percent year-on-year and 190.8 percent year-on-year, according to preliminary data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Meanwhile, the value of these imports was $203.14 million, an…
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U.S. crude steel production up 1.6 percent – Week 14 of 2026According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), for the week ending April 4, 2026, U.S. domestic crude steel production was 1.831 million net tons, with a capacity utilization rate of 79.1 percent.Production for the week ending April 4, 2026 was up 1.6 percent from the previous week…
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ArcelorMittal invests $1.13 billion in renewable energy in BrazilArcelorMittal's Brazil announced an investment totaling $1.13 billion in wind and solar assets designed to produce one gigawatt of energy, increasing the company's self-generation capacity by 85 percent by 2030, the company said today."The completion of this investment represents an important…
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The USA has published the final results of the AD inspection of valves from TurkeyThe U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the final results of its administrative review of anti-dumping duties on rebar from Turkey.The Department of Commerce determined that certain manufacturers/exporters of rebar from Turkey were selling at below normal prices during the review period…
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The number of drilling rigs in the United States increases, and in Canada decreases - Week 14, 2026.Baker Hughes reported that for the week ended April 2, 2026, the number of rotary drilling rigs in the United States increased by five rigs each week to 548.The number of gas drilling rigs increased by three to 130 , and the number of oil drilling rigs increased by two to 411. The total number of…
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EU quotas for the second quarter were immediately exceeded for many types of steel productsDuring the first week of the new EU quota period from April 1 to June 30, some import quotas for certain steel products allocated to India, China, Vietnam, Turkey and Algeria were exceeded, while more than 70 percent of the quotas for certain steel products were used up.Looking at the quotas…
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Japanese car production fell 0.6 percent in January 2026According to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), in January this year, Japanese vehicle production (including cars, trucks and buses) was 677,460 units, down 0.6 percent from the same month in 2025.Japan's domestic auto sales in January were 367,752 vehicles, down 2.2 percent…
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