Metallurgy news

• Producer prices in French industry stable in October 2025 from September According to statistics published by the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Research (INSEE), French industrial producer prices remained stable month-on-month in October this year and fell by 0.8 percent year-on-year. Manufacturer prices in France fell 0.1 percent in October from... 01.12.2025  15:00

• EU study: Higher tariffs in the US are expected to lead to lower GDP and a change in global trade A new study published by Gergo Motowski, an economist at the European Commission's Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs, shows that tariffs imposed by the United States worldwide are likely to slow down the U.S. economy, reduce real incomes, and disrupt global trade patterns, with... 01.12.2025  15:00

• Alacero: Latin America needs to strengthen trade protection amid a sharp increase in steel exports from China A new report from the Latin American Steel Manufacturers Association (Alacero) warns that Latin America urgently needs to modernize and accelerate its trade protection mechanisms as steel exports from China continue to grow throughout the region. The Association compared Latin America's reaction... 01.12.2025  14:00

• The British Institute of Materials Processing is modernizing the EAF to advance next-generation low carbon steel technologies The British Materials Processing Institute Research Center has announced a £2.9 million upgrade of its seven-ton electric arc furnace (EAF), an investment aimed at accelerating the development of next-generation low-carbon steel production technologies.The expanded EDPS will support industrial ... 01.12.2025  14:00

• Japan's steel exports fell 3.8 percent in January-October 2025 In October this year, Japan's iron and steel products exports totaled 2.54 million metric tons, up 1.7 percent month-on-month and 0.9 percent year-on-year, according to customs statistics released by the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF).In January-October this year, Japan's iron and steel... 01.12.2025  13:00

• India's GDP grew by 8.2% in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025-26, the fastest in the last six quarters. India's gross domestic product (GDP) recorded 8.2 percent growth in the second quarter (July-September) of fiscal year 2025-26, compared with 5.6 percent in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal year, government data released on Monday, December 1 showed.According to the data, GDP growth... 01.12.2025  13:00

• Loading on the Russian Railways network in November 2025 decreased by 1.5% Decrease in the following sectors (YoY):- Ferrous metals – 46.3 million tons (-17.4%); coke – 9.1 million tons (-16.5%);- Ferrous scrap – 6.9 million tons (-33.2%);- Cement – 19.2 million tons (-12.6%);- Oil and petroleum products – 179.6 million tons (-5.2%)Another difficult month for metallurg... 01.12.2025  13:00

• AMKR Supervisory Board approves loan agreement with EBRD The Kryvyi Rih Mining and Metallurgical Combine of PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (AMKR, Dnipropetrovsk region) intends to attract a loan of up to $200 millionFrom the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)According to the company, on November 26, 2025, the AMKR Supervisory Board... 01.12.2025  12:00

• Scrap imports to Turkey decreased by 7.3 percent in January-October 2025 In October of this year, the volume of scrap imports to Turkey decreased by 12.2 percent year-on-year and by 24 percent month-on-month to 1.29 million metric tons, according to data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The value of these imports amounted to $464.39 million, a... 01.12.2025  11:00

• Admiralty Resources has signed the first Mariposa iron ore mining contract with Trafigura The Australian company Admiralty Resources has announced that it has taken a key step towards commercializing its Chilean Mariposa iron ore project by signing a supply contract with Singapore-based trader Trafigura Pte Ltd. The deal covers approximately 150,000 tons of Mariposa iron ore with 65%... 01.12.2025  11:00