Metallurgy news

• Indian company INOX Air Products has won a contract to build two ASUs at Tata Steel's Meramandali plant. India's INOX Air Products (INOXAP) has awarded a contract to build two air separation units (ASUs) at Tata Steel limited's Meramandali plant in the eastern state of Odisha, INOXAP said in a statement on Monday, January 19.The project will be the first collaboration between Tata Steel limited and... 19.01.2026  18:00

• China's crude steel production decreased by 44 million tons in 2025, the lowest monthly volume in December. In 2025, China's production of pig iron, crude steel, and finished steel totaled 836.04 million tons, 960.81 million tons, and 1.44612 billion tons, down 3.0 percent, down 4.4 percent, and up 3.1 percent year-on-year, respectively. This means that the production of unrefined steel in 2025 decreased... 19.01.2026  18:00

• An explosion at a plant in Baotou in China led to a halt in production January 18, 2026 at 15:05 there was a strong explosion at the sheet steel plant of the Chinese steel company Baotou Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. in Jiuyuan District, Baotou City. The accident killed two people, left eight missing and sent 84 to hospital.The explosion occurred at Baotou Steel's rare earth... 19.01.2026  17:00

• EU Parliament signals suspension of EU-US trade agreement after Trump's tariff threat EU lawmakers are moving to suspend or block the ratification of the EU-US trade agreement after new tariff threats from US President Donald Trump, according to media reports.As previously reported by SteelOrbis, Trump announced via social media that the United States will impose additional 10... 19.01.2026  17:00

• Japan's domestic steel consumption fell by one percent in January-November 2025 Japan's domestic consumption of steel products was 3.59 million metric tons in November 2025, down 3.7 percent month-on-month and up 0.8 percent year-on-year, according to data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Industry Association (JISF). Meanwhile, in the first 11 months of 2025, the country's... 19.01.2026  16:00

• Total steel exports to Ukraine decreased by 1.1 percent in 2025 According to the Association of Steel Producers of Ukraine Ukrmetallurgprom, for the whole of 2025, the total steel production in Ukraine amounted to 6.52 million tons against 6.22 million tons in 2024. 4.12 million tons, or 63.2% of total steel production, were exported, while 2.40 million tons,... 19.01.2026  16:00

• Ukrainian Kametstal will master seven types of new products in 2025 The Ukrainian metallurgical plant "Kametstal", a subsidiary of the Ukrainian mining and metallurgical group "Metinvest", reports that of the 11 new types of metal products launched by Metinvest during 2025, seven were developed and implemented by the team at the enterprise, confirming its leading... 19.01.2026  15:00

• The trade agreement between the EU and MERCOSUR is aimed at deepening economic ties According to a statement from the European Commission, the European Union and four MERCOSUR countries, namely Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, have reached a partnership trade agreement aimed at strengthening and expanding economic relations.The EU is MERCOSUR's second largest trading... 19.01.2026  15:00

• Shipments of CR steel strips in Japan fell by five percent in November 2025 compared to October Last November, shipments of cold-rolled sheet and strip to Japan were down five percent month-on-month and down 4.6 percent year-on-year to 357,935 metric tons. 52.8 percent of shipments were made to the domestic market and the remaining 47.2 percent to export markets, according to data from the ... 19.01.2026  14:00

• ArcelorMittal Spain launches the FRICHATEAF project to modernize scrap for the production of steel from EDP ArcelorMittal Spain has announced that its research group is developing an advanced system for improving scrap quality through friction machining as part of a project called FRICATEAF. The initiative is funded as part of Spain's Strategic Economic Recovery and Transformation Project (PERTE) and is... 19.01.2026  14:00