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• Masteel Completes Hot Load Testing of HDG Project No. 6 On December 22, China's Ma'anshan Iron and Steel, a subsidiary of Baowu Group, successfully completed the hot load test of its No. 6 cold-rolled hot-dip galvanized production line, signaling the start of production operations, according to China Baowu Group.Construction work on the project began on... 23.12.2025  11:00

• India and New Zealand are completing the FTA, the agreement will be signed next year. India and New Zealand have reached an agreement on a free trade agreement (FTA), which will be officially signed in the first quarter of next year, the government said in a statement released on Tuesday, December 23.Under the terms of the agreement, India will receive duty-free access to export all... 23.12.2025  11:00

• Borusan Berg Pipe has a large order for pipes in the USA, production planned for 2027 Turkish steel pipe manufacturer Borusan Birleşik Boru Fabrikaları Ticaret A.Ş. (Borusan Boru) announced that its US subsidiary Borusan Berg Pipe has received a new pipe supply order valued at $553 million following extensive commercial negotiations in the US.Production planned at the Alabama pl... 23.12.2025  10:00

• The United States preliminarily finds dumping on fittings from Algeria The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the preliminary results of an investigation into fittings from Algeria. The investigation period is from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025.The DOC has previously determined that fittings from Algeria are being sold or are likely to be sold in the... 23.12.2025  10:00

• US and Canada drilling rig count declines - Week 52 of 2025 Baker Hughes reported that the number of rotary drilling rigs in the United States fell by 6 to 542 for the week ended December 19, 2025.The number of gas production rigs remained unchanged at 127, and the number of oil drilling rigs decreased by 6 to 415. The total number of drilling rigs in the... 23.12.2025  02:00

• Production of untreated steel in the United States decreased by 1.6 percent - 52nd week of 2025 According to the American Institute of Iron and Steel (AISI), for the week ended December 20, 2025, domestic production of raw steel in the United States amounted to 1.725 million net tons, and the capacity utilization rate was 76.3 percent.Production for the week ended December 20, 2025 decreased... 23.12.2025  02:00

• Brazil's finished steel trade deficit narrows in November According to SECEX, Brazil's foreign trade body, Brazil exported 209,929 tons of finished carbon steel products in November, valued at $152,867 million, and imported 323,843 tons, valued at $220,651 million.By comparison, Brazil exported 159,592 tons of finished carbon steel products at a price of... 22.12.2025  23:00

• Exports of reinforcement from the United States in August 2025 decreased by 44.2 percent According to export data from the US Department of Commerce, rebar exports to the US totaled 4,800 tons in August this year, down 44.2 percent month-on-month and down 74.8 percent year-on-year. In value terms, rebar exports totaled $4.2 million in August, up from $7.4 million the previous month and... 22.12.2025  17:00

• Imports of linear pipes to the United States increased by 1.3 percent in August 2025 According to the final census data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, imports of linear pipes to the United States totaled 44,105 tons in August this year, up 1.3 percent from July and down 30.0 percent year-on-year. In value terms, imports of linear pipes amounted to $58.9 million in August... 22.12.2025  17:00

• Import of steel bars to Georgia from Turkey to increase in January-November 2025 In January-November of this year, Georgia's total foreign trade turnover with Turkey, which is the country's largest trading partner, amounted to $2.79 billion, including imports of $2.49 billion, down 0.7%, and exports of $306.43 million, down 30.1% year-on-year, according to preliminary data... 22.12.2025  16:00