Asia Pacific Steel Industry News.

Primetals Press Release
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Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT
Chinese Steel Producer Orders 6-Strand Bloom Casting Machine from Primetals Technologies


Chinas steel sector is softening, but with resilience
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Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT
There are two ways of looking at the 1.7% decline in Chinas steel output last year. The first is that it confirms that the worlds largest producer of the key industrial metal is now in an established downtrend, and further weakness is likely this year. The second is that the steel industry is actually remarkably resilient in the face of major economic challenges, and that output has been essentially flat at extremely strong levels for the past five years. Both are essentially factual, and


Rio Tinto provides Iron Ore update following Tropical Cyclone ...
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Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT
PERTH, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tropical Cyclone Sean delivered record rain along parts of the Pilbara coastline of Western Australia, impacting Rio Tinto rail and port operations. A railcar dumper at the East Intercourse Island (EII) port facility, which shipped 45 million tonnes of total Rio Tinto Iron Ore shipments in 2024, was flooded after the weather event passed the coast,


Primetals Press Release
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Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT
PLTCM Modernization by Primetals Technologies Future-Proofs Baosteels Operations


Dalian iron at more than one-month high on Trump tariff reprieve
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Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT
Dalian iron ore futures rose for a ninth straight session on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump did not immediately impose tariffs on trading partners, but kept investors on edge with his tariff plans, which capped the gains. The most-traded May iron ore contract on Chinas Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) ended daytime trade 0.56% higher at 804.5 yuan ($110.57) a metric ton. Earlier in the session, it touched the highest since Dec. 12, 2024, at 808 yuan. The benchmark February iron ore


Australia Shuts Down Port Hedland Amid Cyclone Threat, Iron Ore ...
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Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:59:00 GMT
Australia’s largest iron ore export hub, Port Hedland, was closed on January 18, 2025, as authorities took precautionary measures


New Danieli high-speed roughing mill for Nippon Steel
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Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:01:56 GMT
The new, tailor-made roughing mill featuring shiftable stands operating now at Kamaishi plant in Japan, is designed for twist-free rolling of 130- to 168-mm billets at 130


BlueScope, BHP and Rio Tinto select WA for ironmaking ESF pilot ...
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Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT
BlueScope, BHP and Rio Tinto have selected the Kwinana Industrial Area, south of Perth, as the location to develop Australias largest ironmaking electric smelting


Rio Tinto sends a China warning amid property crisis
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Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT
Mining giant Rio Tinto has warned Chinas crisis-stricken property market poses an ongoing threat to Australias most valuable export, iron


Rio Tinto, Glencore in M&A talks: Bloomberg
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Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT
Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) and Glencore (LSE GLEN) have been discussing combining their businesses, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported. The Australian mining giant


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