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• Turkey's Kardemir Çelik Sanayi receives support under green transformation program Izmir Turkish Steel Company Kardemir Çelik Sanayi A.Ş. announced that it was ranked first in receiving support under the Izmir Development Agency (IZKA) Green Transformation in Industry program. The six-month program provides participating companies with comprehensive assistance in areas such as t... 04.03.2026  12:00

• ArcelorMittal Poland prepares BF No. 3 for restart ArcelorMittal Poland, a subsidiary of Luxembourg steel giant ArcelorMittal, has announced the start of work to prepare blast furnace No. 3 at its Dąbrowa Górnicza plant for a potential restart once market conditions improve.The furnace was idle in September last year due to difficult market c... 04.03.2026  11:00

• Ukrainian Zaporizhcox reported a decrease in coke production in January-February 2026 The Ukrainian coke plant Zaporizhkoks, part of the Metinvest Group, announced production results for February and the first two months of this year.In the specified month, the company produced 69,500 tons of blast furnace coke (BF), which is 13.6 percent more than in the previous year.Meanwhile, in... 04.03.2026  11:00

• NBS: Rebar prices in China fell by 0.4 percent at the end of February 2026 At the end of February (21-28 February) this year, the average price in China of HRB 400E 20mm rebar decreased by 13.1/mt ($1.9/mt) or 0.4 percent to 3155.9 yuan/t ($457/mt) compared with the price at the beginning of February (1-10 February), as announced by the National Bureau of Statistics of... 04.03.2026  10:00

• Inventories of key finished steel products in China rose 14.2% at the end of February 2026 On February 28 this year, the total domestic inventories of five major finished steel products in 21 major cities in China totaled 10.88 million tons, an increase of 1.35 million tons or 14.2 percent from February 20, as announced by the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA).In particular, as of... 04.03.2026  10:00

• China's steel sector PMI fell to 46.7 percent in February 2026 In February this year, the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for China's steel industry was 46.7 percent, down 3.2 percentage points from January this year, as announced by the China Steel Logistics Committee (CSLC), which is part of the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP). the new... 04.03.2026  09:00

• Indian BCCL reported a 1.6% decrease in coking coal production in February 2026 According to the company's statement on Wednesday, March 4, the Indian company Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), a subsidiary of the state-owned Coal India Limited, reached a coking coal production level of 3.26 million tons in February 2026, which is 1.6 percent less than last year.The production... 04.03.2026  09:00

• The annual performance of the Chilean economy fell 0.1 percent in January. Chile's central bank reported that the country's economy contracted 0.1 percent in January 2026 compared with January 2025, according to Chile's monthly index of economic activity, the IMACEC index.Goods production fell 1.5 percent, mining activity fell 1 percent, manufacturing fell 1.7 percent and... 04.03.2026  02:00

• Turkish company Kocaer Çelik increased net profit despite difficulties in 2025 Turkish steel manufacturer Kocaer Çelik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Kocaer Çelik) announced its financial and operating results for 2025.For the full year 2025, Kocaer Çelik achieved a net profit of TRY 473.48 million (USD 10.77 million), compared to a net profit of TRY 108.51 million in the previous ye... 03.03.2026  21:00

• Brazilian sheet steel distributors' sales rose nearly 18.4 percent in January Sales of flat products by Brazilian distributors reached 293,900 metric tons (t) in January 2026 from 248,300 t in December 2025, an increase of 18.36 percent, according to INDA, the Brazilian institute of steel distributors.On the same comparative basis, purchases by INDA-affiliated distributors... 03.03.2026  20:00