Metallurgy news

• Ternium will take full control of Usiminas Ternium announced that its subsidiary Ternium Investments will buy the remaining stakes in the group that controls Brazilian steel and iron ore producer Usiminas from Nippon Steel and Mitsubishi Corporation.Ternium will pay the equivalent of US$315.2 million for 153.1 million shares, increasing its... 06.11.2025  03:00

• Assofermet: JRC data refutes the idea of ​​a potential shortage of scrap in the EU The Italian association representing companies involved in the trading, distribution and processing of steel and metals, Assofermet, has welcomed the findings of the latest research published by the European Commission's Joint Research Center (JRC) on the EU steel supply chain. The findings show... 05.11.2025  18:00

• Canada extends the pre-decision period for the AD investigation into OCTG from five countries The Canadian Border Protection Agency (CBSA) has announced the extension of the preliminary stage of the anti-dumping investigation into imports of pipe products from the oil country (OCTG) from Mexico, the Philippines, Turkey, South Korea and the United States.Under normal circumstances, the... 05.11.2025  18:00

• Germany will introduce a price for industrial electricity from 2026 At the 8th Ministerial Meeting of the Friends of Industry, held in Berlin on November 3, 2025, German Economy Minister Katerina Reiche announced that Germany will introduce an industrial electricity price from January 1, 2026, with retroactive budgetary support to 2027.High energy costs have become... 05.11.2025  17:00

• IREPAS: The global long-range rental market is struggling with weak demand, oversupply and intense competition The global long products market remains under pressure due to weak demand, new capacity and low plant utilization, according to IREPAS, the global association of long products exporters and manufacturers. Demand is stagnating, supply continues to grow, and trading opportunities are dwindling in the... 05.11.2025  17:00

• Car production in Japan increased by 4.2% in January-August 2025 According to data provided by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), in August of this year, car production in Japan (including cars, trucks and buses) It amounted to 543,212 units, an increase of 0.4 percent compared to the same month in 2024. Meanwhile, in January-August 2025, car... 05.11.2025  16:00

• Nippon Steel reported a net loss in the first half of 2025-26. Nippon Steel Corporation of Japan has announced consolidated financial and operating results for the first half of the year ended September 30, 2025-26 fiscal year.For the period, the company recorded a net loss of 98.91 billion yen (643.73 million US dollars) compared to a net profit of 259.07... 05.11.2025  15:00

• Colombia's ferrous metallurgy exports Decreased by 0.2 percent in January-September 2025 In the first nine months of this year, Colombia exported 104,479 tons of ferronickel, down 9.2 percent, worth $346.55 million, down 16.3 percent from last year, as announced by the Colombian National Administrative Statistics Department (DANE). In September alone, Colombian ferronickel exports... 05.11.2025  15:00

• US Steel Adds Premium Thread line to Alabama Pipeline Plant to Meet Growing Energy Demand United States Steel Corporation (US Steel) announced a $75 million capital investment to build new premium filament at its Fairfield Tubular Operations facility in Alabama.The project, approved by the company's board of directors, is part of a broader capital deployment plan developed in... 05.11.2025  14:00

• ADMIB: Turkish steel industry is resistant to global fluctuations The Turkish ferrous and non-ferrous metals sector continued to increase exports in September this year, demonstrating resilience to global fluctuations. According to the Turkish-based Mediterranean Association of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metal Exporters (ADMIB), in September this year, exports of... 05.11.2025  14:00