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• Vietnam's steel imports decreased by 42.6 percent in February 2026 compared to January In February of this year, steel imports from Vietnam totaled 873,107 tons, down 42.6 percent from January, while scrap metal imports were recorded at 432,882 tons, down 14.7 percent from the same month, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs of Vietnam In the first two... 17.03.2026  14:00

• India's Tata Steel and China's University Low Carbon Steel R&D Pact India's Tata Steel limited and Beijing University of Science and Technology (USTB) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance research and development in low-carbon steel technologies, the company said in a statement on Tuesday, March 17.The collaboration brings together industrial... 17.03.2026  13:00

• Car sales in Turkey increased by 2.6 percent in January-February 2026 In February of this year, car sales in Turkey totaled 91,053 units, up 17.3 percent from January and down three percent year-on-year, according to monthly statistics released by the Association of Automobile Manufacturers of Turkey (OSD). In the same month, passenger car sales in Turkey totaled... 17.03.2026  13:00

• SMS Group will supply flowering castor to the Chinese company Xiangtan Iron & Steel According to German manufacturer SMS Group, Chinese steel manufacturer Xiangtan Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. entered into a contract with the company to supply new four-strand castor for flowering SMS Concast for its existing converter shop in Xiangtan. Commissioning of the new bloom caster is... 17.03.2026  12:00

• Danieli will supply a welder for cylindrical ingots to the Turkish company Ekinciler Italian manufacturer Danieli Technologies has announced that Turkish steel manufacturer Ekinciler Demir Celik has signed a contract with the company for the supply of a horizontal welding machine for a sixth-generation rolling mill in Turkey, which is scheduled to be launched in the second quarter... 17.03.2026  12:00

• Kametstal has launched a technology for self-recovery of critical equipment The Kametstal plant of the Metinvest Mining and Metallurgical Group, established at the facilities of the Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (Kamenskoye, Dnipropetrovsk region), has mastered the technology of restoring cast-iron buckets for metallurgical enterprises.According to the press release, a new... 17.03.2026  12:00

• Fitch raises iron ore and coking coal price forecasts to 2026 amid cost support International credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings has announced updates to its near-term price assumptions for both iron ore and coking coal, reflecting stronger-than-expected market conditions and cost support into early 2026.Iron ore outlook upgraded on cost supportFitch upgrades iron ore price... 17.03.2026  11:00

• EUROFER: EU steel exports decreased by 12 percent in 2025, trade deficit widens According to the report Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2026-2027/Q1 2025 by the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), the total exports of EU steel products to foreign markets decreased by 12 percent year-on-year for the whole of 2025. Exports of finished and flat... 17.03.2026  11:00

• Industrial output in China's steel sector rose 2.2 percent in January-February 2026 In January-February this year, the value-added industrial output of the ferrous metal smelting and rolling sector in China increased by 2.2 percent year-on-year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on March 16.In the first two months, China's total value-added industrial... 17.03.2026  10:00

• Pig iron imports to Turkey increased by 42.6 percent in January 2026 In January of this year, Turkey's pig iron imports increased by 28.2 percent month-on-month and 42.6 percent year-on-year to 226,166 metric tons, according to data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The value of these imports amounted to $78.55 million, an increase of 29.9%... 17.03.2026  10:00