Metallurgy news

• India's LMEL has commissioned a second pellet production plant in Maharashtra. The Indian company Lloyds Metal and Energy Limited (LMEL) has commissioned its second plant for the production of iron ore pellets with a capacity of four million tons per year in Consari in the western state of Maharashtra, the company announced in a regulatory document on Monday, May 4.The... 04.05.2026  17:00

• Consumption of metal structures in Ukraine increased by 19% in 2025% According to the experts of the Ukrainian Steel Construction Center, the market of building metal structures in 2025 reached 108 thousand tons.The volume of imports of metal structures increased 2.4 times, while the domestic market showed an increase of 3%.Metal structures construction of... 04.05.2026  17:00

• The Indian company MOIL has reduced prices for all grades of manganese ore by 4% India's state-owned MOIL limited has immediately reduced prices for all grades of manganese ore for all shipments, the company said in a statement on Monday, May 4.The company said prices were reduced by four percent for manganese ore with a Mn content of 44 percent, as well as for ore with a Mn... 04.05.2026  16:00

• India's AMNS has commissioned a new automotive steel production line at its Hazira plant. Indian company ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel Limited (AMNS) has launched a new production line at its Hazira plant in Gujarat to produce advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) to meet the demand of the automotive industry, the company said in a statement on Monday, May 4.The company said that the new... 04.05.2026  16:00

• Minres announces iron ore production of 10.3 million tons in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026 According to the activity report published by the Australian mining company Mineral Resources Limited (MinRes), the total volume of iron ore production by the company at the Onslow Iron and Pilbara Hub enterprises amounted to 10.3 million weight tons (wet metric tons) in the third quarter of the... 04.05.2026  15:00

• Japan's industrial production in March 2026 decreased by 0.5 percent compared to February In March of this year, Japan's industrial production decreased by 0.5 percent month-on-month and grew by 2.3 percent compared to the same month in 2025, according to preliminary indexes of the industrial production report published by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI).On... 04.05.2026  15:00

• Turkey's Çemtaş reports higher net losses and lower revenues in first quarter of 2026 Turkish steel mill Çemtaş Çelik Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş (Çemtaş) from Bursa announced financial and operating results for the first quarter of this year.Accordingly, in this quarter the company recorded a net loss of 270.38 million Turkish lira (5.98 million US dollars) compared to the net loss... 04.05.2026  14:00

• Scrap imports to Turkey increased by 0.9 percent in January-March 2026 on the back of support from secondary sources In March of this year, the volume of scrap imports to Turkey increased by 15.6 percent month-on-month and decreased by 2.4 percent year-on-year to 1.62 million metric tons, according to data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). The value of these imports amounted to 619.21 million... 04.05.2026  14:00

• WTO revises safeguards with focus on steel products The World Trade Organization (WTO) Safeguards Committee announced that it considered a total of 38 safeguards during its meeting on April 27, with much of the discussion focused on steel and metal products. Of the total, 12 measures were related to steel and metal products, highlighting ongoing... 04.05.2026  13:00

• BMI raises coking coal price forecast for 2026 above $200/ton, despite weak demand forecast BMI's Country Risk and Industry Research division Fitch Solutions has announced that it has increased its price forecast for premium Australian low-volatile solid coking coal for 2026 to $210/ton from $190/ton previously. The revision reflects ongoing supply-side pressures on value, even as demand... 04.05.2026  13:00