Metallurgy news

• Turkey's MMK Metalurji stops production due to wage dispute According to local media, production at the Turkish enterprise MMK Metalurji, a subsidiary of the Russian sheet metal manufacturer MMK, has been stopped due to problems related to the payment of wages.Workers at the company's plants in Kocaeli and Iskenderun went on strike and stopped production... 08.04.2026  13:00

• CPCA: China retail passenger car sales down 15% in March 2026 According to the automobile market analysis conducted by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), retail sales of passenger cars in China were 1.657 million units in March this year, down 15.0 percent year on year and up 60.0 percent month on month.Retail sales of passenger cars in China were... 08.04.2026  10:00

• Jiangxi Province Announces 600 Key Projects with Investment of RMB 436.38 Billion The Jiangxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission, together with the Provincial Department of Commerce and the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, has compiled the Jiangxi Provincial Key Investment Projects Catalog for 2026 for the entire province.Accordingly, there... 08.04.2026  10:00

• EU publishes price of first CBAM certificate for first quarter of 2026 The European Commission has published the first official price of a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) certificate, setting the level at €75.36 for the first quarter of 2026.The pricing methodology ensures that the price of a CBAM certificate corresponds to the average price of allowances u... 07.04.2026  18:00

• The US has set a zero dumping margin for wire rod from South Korea's POSCO The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the final results of its administrative review of the anti-dumping duty order on carbon and alloy steel wire rods of South Korean companies POSCO and POSCO International Corporation for the period from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2024.During the review... 07.04.2026  17:00

• Egypt imposes final safeguard duties on imports of certain flat products The Egyptian Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade has announced the introduction of final protective measures on the import of certain types of flat steel products, namely HRC, CRC, HDG and PPGI, with effect from 1 April 2026 for a period of three years.Periods of the measures: First year: 2... 07.04.2026  17:00

• Tata Steel forecasts steel production in India to grow by 8% in fiscal 2025-26, reaching a record level Indian steelmaker Tata Steel limited achieved crude steel production of 23.48 million mt from its Indian operations in the fiscal year 2025-26, its highest-ever annual output with a rise of eight percent year on year, according to a company statement on Tuesday, April 7.During the fourth quarter... 07.04.2026  16:00

• Thailand's steel industry seeks protection as prices rise 10-15% in April Thailand's steel industry said prices across all product categories are expected to rise 10-15 percent in April as producers respond to rising price pressures linked to global market volatility, according to Thai media reports.Industry officials said a second round of price hikes could follow in... 07.04.2026  16:00

• French metallurgical production output in February 2026 remained unchanged from January According to statistics published by the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Research (INSEE), industrial production in France fell 0.6 percent month-on-month in February this year, after falling 0.7 percent in January this year. In December-February, French industrial output... 07.04.2026  15:00

• Meranti HBI project in Oman progresses as planned despite regional tensions The development timeline for Singapore steel company Meranti Green Steel's low-carbon hot briquetted iron (HBI) project in Oman is not expected to be affected by ongoing regional geopolitical tensions, according to company officials who spoke to the Oman Observer. The plant is designed to produce... 07.04.2026  15:00