Mill announcements, trade measures, statistics and market moves across the Middle East and the global steel trade.
Middle East crude steel production declined 4.6 pct YoY to 3.7 mln tons in August 2026, according to World Steel Association data, with the pace of decline easing from 13.4 pct in July. During the…
Saudi Arabia’s imports of Chinese HR steel totaled 1.49 mln tons in January-August 2026, down 4.7 pct YoY, despite significant disruptions to shipping routes and vessel availability during the…
Turkish steelmaker Ekinciler Demir ve Celik Sanayi has signed a turnkey contract with Aldo Enerji Sanayi for the installation of two ground-mounted solar power plants with a combined capacity of 42…
Pakistan’s Agha Steel Industries reported a loss after taxation of PKR 4.74 bln (USD 17.1 mln) for the financial year ended June 30, 2026, compared with a loss of PKR 7.21 bln (USD 25.9 mln) a year…
Egyptian rebar prices are set to rise in October, with local media and market sources reporting that Ezz Steel and other major producers plan to increase domestic prices from October 1, following…
UAE steel exports to the US fell 38.3pct YoY to 129,626 tons in Jan-Jul 2026, with shipments dropping sharply from April as disruptions to Gulf shipping affected cargo movements and raised freight…
Egyptian steel re-roller Metad Helwan for Metal Rolling plans to list a 15-30pct stake on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) in the second half of 2027, with the company targeting proceeds of around EGP 1…
Chinese manufacturer Windus Enterprises Inc. has secured an order to supply super duplex stainless steel seamless pipes for the desalination and industrial water system supporting Saudi Aramco’s…
China National Offshore Oil Engineering Co. (COOEC) has broken ground on the Bul Hanine EPIC project in Qatar, its largest international offshore project, with a total contract value of USD 4 bln…
UAE’s Emirates Steel, part of EMSTEEL Group, has kept its rebar prices unchanged for October production, marking the third consecutive month of price rollover. The company maintained its price for…
Chinese steel exports to GCC countries declined to approximately 817,300 tons in August 2026, down 7.6 pct YoY and 19.2 pct from July, as prolonged logistics disruptions continued to weigh on…
Turkish steelmaker Ekinciler Demir ve Celik Sanayi plans to establish a facility at its Iskenderun, Hatay plant to recover zinc from electric arc furnace (EAF) dust and produce commercial zinc oxide…
EMSTEEL has supplied low-carbon steel sheet piles for a UK highway expansion project, with more than 1,100 tons of its GreenSheetPile ESZ section sheet piles installed as permanent retaining walls…
Zamil Steel Egypt, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Advanced Building Industries Company (SENAAT), has supplied and erected more than 10,000 tons of structural steel and pre-engineered buildings for a…
The UAE coated steel market remains firm, supported by good domestic demand, while logistics disruptions continue to affect material availability and local production. Major UAE coated steel producer…
Ezz Steel has selected Danieli Automation to supply a new extended Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for its Ezz Flat Steel plant in Ain Sokhna, Egypt, as part of the company’s digital…
The US Department of Commerce has issued anti-dumping duty orders on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Egypt, Bulgaria and Vietnam, following affirmative final determinations by Commerce…
East Pipes Integrated Company for Industry has signed a contract with Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco) for the manufacturing and supply of steel pipes, with a value exceeding SAR 771 mln (USD 205.6…
Group Five Pipe Saudi Co. has signed a SAR 270.6 mln (USD 72 mln) contract, including VAT, with Saudi Aramco for the manufacture and supply of spiral welded steel pipes. The contract was signed on…
The European Commission has introduced provisional safeguard measures on imports of steel laminations and cores (SLCs), with specific tariff-rate quotas allocated to Turkey and the UAE. The measure…
China’s iron ore futures were largely unchanged on Thursday as expectations of tighter Brazilian supply and high freight rates were offset by weakening steel demand and high iron ore inventories at…
Hoa Phat Group has completed nearly 70pct of construction of its Dung Quat rail and special steel production plant in Vietnam, with work now focused on completing the factory structure and installing…
Vale has agreed to acquire a 30pct minority stake in Ligga S.A., which operates the Ferro Sul iron ore mine in northern Brazil, for around USD 190 mln. The transaction also includes an exclusive…
Mesabi Metallics has started up its new iron ore mine and pellet plant in Nashwauk, Minnesota, marking the first new iron ore mine and pellet plant to start up in the US in 50 years. The company…
Italian special steelmaker ABS Acciaierie Bertoli Safau, part of the Danieli Group, has opened a new service center in Varnamo, Sweden, strengthening its presence in the Nordic market. The facility…
China’s iron ore futures edged higher on Wednesday as concerns over Brazilian supply provided support, although weakening steel mill profitability and expectations of lower steel output limited the…
Tata Steel has issued the Final Acceptance Certificate for a coke-oven gas purification and hydrogen production system supplied by Canada’s PyroGenesis through its subsidiary Pyro Green-Gas at the…
Vow ASA’s wholly owned subsidiary Scanship AS has entered into an exclusive collaboration agreement with Danieli Corus B.V. to develop and market solutions for using biocarbon in integrated steel…
Italian industrial technology company Polytec has acquired a 51pct stake in Green Project Marking & Reading Systems, strengthening its offering of automation, identification and traceability…
China’s iron ore futures declined on Tuesday as ample supply and rising port inventories weighed on sentiment, although pre-holiday restocking by steel mills and high freight costs continued to…
India’s largest iron ore producer NMDC is targeting production of 60 mln tons this fiscal year to meet growing demand from domestic steelmakers, Chairman Amitava Mukherjee said. NMDC produced 53.15…
Voestalpine has received the core equipment for a new electric arc furnace (EAF) at its Linz steelworks, with the facility scheduled to start operation in the first half of 2027. The equipment…
Huttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM) has permanently decommissioned Blast Furnace A at its Duisburg site after more than 53 years of operation, as part of Salzgitter AG’s transition toward lower-carbon…
B5Plus Group has selected Danieli to supply equipment for a new rebar and wire rod mill in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), with production capacity of 50 tons per hour, or around 300,000 tons…
Severstal has completed development and started production of Forcera weather-resistant steel in thin-sheet form, targeting long-life protective structures for road and civil infrastructure. The…
China’s iron ore futures traded rangebound on Monday as pre-holiday restocking by steel mills provided support, while high inventories and weak mill profitability limited upward momentum. Analysts…
China Baowu and BHP have renewed their steel decarbonization partnership through a new five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), extending collaboration that began in 2020. The partners will…
Indonesia’s Anti-Dumping Committee (KADI) has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into imports of galvanized steel (BJLS) from China, following an application submitted by PT Tata Metal Lestari…
Vallourec has been selected by EnEarth, a subsidiary of Energean, to supply approximately 3,000 tons of casing pipes and accessories for the first phase of the Prinos CO2 carbon storage project in…
The European Commission has imposed a provisional safeguard measure on imports of certain grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES), citing a sharp increase in imports and serious injury to EU…
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