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2022-01-19 11:17
Our 2022 steel market outlook for global steel prices has just been published. This document describes our views on the expected price of steel in world markets for 2002-2023, in the context… Read More
2021-07-19 14:36
There is much talk at present of the marked increases in world iron ore prices, in the last 12 months.However, we notice that blast furnace coke prices have also increased very dramatically… Read More
2020-11-17 14:21
Launch of Metal Expert Witness Litigation Support Service: MCI announces launch of expert witness litigation support service for clients involved in metal and mining sector legal disputes.Th… Read More
2020-11-05 13:30
We have launched a new newsfeed listing the latest hydrogen steelmaking news.Learn all about the first steps toward fossil-free iron production, read about the latest developments with Hybri… Read More
2020-04-02 11:06
London, U.K. – April 2nd, 2020 Metals Consulting International Limited (MCI), the independent iron and steel sector management consulting firm, today announces the merger of its… Read More
2020-04-02 10:47
London, U.K. – April 2nd, 2020 Metals Consulting International Limited (MCI), the independent iron and steel sector management consulting firm, today announces the merger of its advis… Read More
2020-01-28 11:20
We have prepared historical profiles for ~25 leading steelmakers including ArcelorMittal, Baowu, British Steel, Evraz, Gerdau, IMIDRO, JFE Steel and Liberty House Group. This list also inclu… Read More
2019-01-12 19:03
Working with a group of mathematicians from ExMetrix, we have combined efforts to produce long-term steel price and raw material cost forecasts through to the year 2030. The projection… Read More
2018-08-08 10:12
Have you visited our website recently? Why not check out our steel industry news and information portal at https://www.steelonthenet.com for steel news, steel prices, steel cost models, free… Read More
2018-05-28 07:28
Our analysts have put together a steel industry suppliers page. This identifies steel associations, consultants, distributors, electrode suppliers, equipment supply firms etc.Under equipment… Read More
2018-03-20 16:49
Do site visitors consider that now may be the time to impose another D'Avignon steel plan in Europe? Closure of a significant proportion of EU steel capacity with better capacity utilisation… Read More
2018-01-22 23:25
The Steelonthenet.com team have just launched a sister website, called Steelexpertwitness.com.The new service (operated by Metals Consulting International Limited) offers clients technical a… Read More
2017-12-29 13:45
Have you tried out our new ChatBot? Our ChatBot [called SteelBot] is a new automated service that can answer a lot of questions about the products and services that we offer.Why not give S… Read More
2017-12-23 11:39
Ever since the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991, the three largest steel producers have been China, Japan and the US. Before China secured the top slot in 1996, the largest producer… Read More
2017-12-06 09:46
So far this year, Chinese crude steel production has been racing upwards and if the 6% growth seen so far continues to the end of the year, the country will have produced more than 851 mi… Read More
2017-11-20 16:52
The web team at Steelonthenet.com have launched a steel industry message board at http://forum.steelonthenet.com. Site visitors may post news, event information, recruitment info, classifi… Read More
2017-09-19 08:06
When compared to its larger Asian neighbours, Vietnam is a relative minnow in terms of its steel market but it is also the fastest growing in the region. In the five years to 2016, appare… Read More
2017-08-29 11:32
We are often asked: what is the price of steel?For historic world prices, visit us at http://www.steelonthenet.com/[email protected] Read More
2017-08-03 08:04
Global crude steel production mid-way through 2017 was 4.5% higher than in the first 6 months of the previous year. Despite much talk about cuts in Chinese capacity, Chinese crude steel p… Read More
2017-07-06 11:32
Much has been made of the meteoric rise of Chinese steelmaking over the past decade but as we have discussed before this peaked in 2014. There is another major Asian steel producer… Read More
2017-06-10 17:35
At just under 18 million tonnes last year, Iran accounted for more than half of all the steel produced in the Middle East and is becoming an important player on the world stage. It is a… Read More
2017-02-08 16:56
Did you know that we shown monthly tinplate prices on our website?For the latest world tinplate prices, visit us at http://www.steelonthenet.com/steel-prices.html.Better still why not subsc… Read More
2017-02-07 17:18
Looking for aerospace steel news – or other high strength metal sector news?Visit us at http://www.steelonthenet.com/feeds/aerospace.php. Andrzej M KotasWebsite: www.steelonthenet.co… Read More
2016-12-29 17:51
We now show historic steel prices on our website including rebar prices as well as HRC, CRC and other price data.The historic data goes back to year 2001 and is shown monthly.blogger@steel… Read More
2016-12-28 10:34
We now show world steel prices for the period 2001- 2016 on our website. Visit us at http://www.steelonthenet.com/steel-prices.html. [email protected] Read More
2016-12-12 12:23
If you are watching steelmaking input costs, you will have noticed the marked increases in input costs of recent months. For example,- Thermal coal has moved from $78/tonne in September to… Read More
2016-09-08 12:52
The following extract is from an ISSB discussion about future threats to European producers of steel rebar.Deformed Rebar is a very important product for certain European long product prod… Read More
2016-08-30 08:06
The international iron ore price is set to collapse later this year. According to a new analysts’ report, the price of the raw material will drop to a year-end low of $US37 a tonne… Read More
2016-07-01 08:38
The following extract is from an ISSB discussion about the probable impact of Brexit on the UK steel sector.There has been much conjecture over both the short-term and long-term effects o… Read More
2016-06-14 12:24
Böllinghaus Steel is well known as a specialist for stainless steel longs. Daily customers from all over the world are visiting the website of the company, which is on the market… Read More
2016-06-09 12:05
Sanjeev Gupta, Executive Chairman of the Liberty House Group, has just posted a video calling for radical change to make the struggling UK steel industry competitive again. The script belo… Read More
2016-05-31 15:30
Gupta Family Group Alliance companies, Liberty House and SIMEC, have unveiled major plans to turn their adjacent Newport sites into a two million tonne a year steel super-plant, powered by… Read More
2016-05-16 10:43
Liberty House will re-open yet another steelworks next month (June 2016) as it steps up its drive to transform the UK steel industry.As part of its GREENSTEEL strategy, Liberty is set to r… Read More
2016-05-11 11:43
We have previously discussed in this blog some of the issues surrounding the future of Port Talbot in south Wales. Below, I outline our own views of the way ahead for steelmaking in south… Read More
2016-05-09 16:26
Rockford, IL, May 2, 2016 – Centro-Metalcut, a world-class manufacturer of Abrasive Cutoff Saws and Conditioning Grinders for the steel industry is gearing up for production on a la… Read More
2016-04-29 14:32
The Iron & Steel Statistics Bureau today comment as follows on Chinese steel production levels in March 2016.“The decline in Chinese domestic demand for steel has been well docu… Read More
2016-04-28 17:13
Statement from Liberty House regarding the steel plate works at Dalzell and Clydebridge Liberty House has completed its acquisition of the former Tata Steel plate making facilities at Dalz… Read More
2016-04-16 16:59
A number of press reports are commenting on the lack of interest of the UK banking sector in the future financing of British steelmaking assets. For example see http://uk.reuters.com/arti… Read More
2016-04-15 07:36
Some press reports are suggesting that Liberty Commodities’ plan for Port Talbot is to use electric arc furnaces (rather than blast furnace steelmaking), with the electric power comi… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
To alleviate oversupply in the blown up steel sector, China has decided to ban new steel sector projects for the next 4 years. Overcapacity has been a cause of concern for China’s… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
POSCO Group is to replace CEOs at five of its six business units as part of the newly-named chairman Kwon Oh-joon’s reform plan to overhaul the world’s fifth-largest steel mak… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
As ArcelorMittal report improving profits [see http://uk.news.yahoo.com/arcelormittal-cautiously-optimistic-2014-prospects-062335547--finance.html#tJMPAt2], should we assume that European s… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Did you know that we help a lot of clients with steel industry competitor appraisal? Whether you are interested in supply shares for production of a given steel product, competitor materia… Read More
2016-01-20 11:26
Gupta family recruits Jay Hambro to its Strategic BoardThe Gupta family, which controls commodities, energy and industrial interests worldwide has today (20th January) appointed Jay Hambr… Read More
2015-11-07 16:25
We now offer a free trial to our steel industry news pages. To register, visit http://www.steelonthenet.com/register.html or contact us for further information.Andrzej M KotasChief Executi… Read More
2015-07-27 13:43
Are you interested in steel market trends, steelmaking technology trends and / or cost price trends in the world steel sector?If so, check out our pages on steel demand trends, steel proces… Read More
2015-05-26 10:23
We now publish world steel export prices online. For recent monthly fob prices in $ per metric tonne for hot rolled steel coil, cold rolled coil, hot dip galvanised steel (GI), organic coa… Read More
2015-02-13 13:14
ArcelorMittal, the world's largest producer of steel, warned on Friday of lower profits this year but surprised the market by managing to cut its debt to the lowest level since the company… Read More
2015-01-29 16:31
Well - here is a shocking news report. It would seem that Al-Tuwairqi of Saudi Arabia and POSCO of South Korea, who together invested in the TSML DRI plant in Pakistan, have been unable to… Read More
2014-12-22 12:25
We have re-launched our mobile website, which now works on mobiles, smart phones, tablets as well as PCs.For free 24/7 steel industry news and information, visit us at http://www.steelonth… Read More
2014-11-08 12:18
We have launched a free steel industry message board for visitors to http://www.steelonthenet.com/. Site visitors can post their company classified ads for FREE to an international steel i… Read More
2014-09-18 13:11
Gas consumers in the USA will be watching US spot prices for natural gas with interest. These gas prices have been dropping month by month, with each of the last six monthly price movemen… Read More
2014-07-06 07:59
Greenfield steel industry projects are not viable, says Lakshmi Mittal.Given the glut of steel production capacity around the world, ArcelorMittal will not be pursuing greenfield projects… Read More
2014-07-01 13:04
In case it is of interest, you can see my LinkedIn profile (including some of the previous roles I have had in the steel sector) at http://uk.linkedin.com/in/kotas Regards.Andrzej M Kotas… Read More
2014-06-25 08:30
We have a new crossword puzzle on our website, to test your skills.26 different clues, all relating to iron and steel.Visit http://www.steelonthenet.com/crossword.html to try our latest puz… Read More
2014-04-26 20:16
Our consultants have just been looking at the economics of iron and steelmaking in Africa. This is an interesting topic because of the various raw material export bans and import tariffs… Read More
2013-12-19 13:03
In a fascinating article, the European Green Party today suggests that European steelmakers are wrong in their attitude to adaptation to climate change.Europe's steel industry – say th… Read More
2013-12-15 09:35
Steel bar is often painted at the ends. This is to colour code the bar, generally by steel quality (i.e. grade).However, different suppliers tend to follow different colour codings. What one… Read More
2013-12-02 21:26
We often get asked – what is a steel industry due diligence study?I would answer as follows. A steel due diligence is a review of a steel business, that reports on certain key techno… Read More
2013-11-30 17:51
Read our steel industry twitters and tweets. Visit us at https://twitter.com/[email protected] Read More
2013-10-20 09:24
One of the biggest raw material costs for integrated steelmakers is the cost of metallurgical (or blast furnace) coke. We report European met coke prices on our website. Prices for blast f… Read More
2013-09-29 15:26
Here is a good film clip about the hot rolling of steel.This is a Dalarna / SSAB training clip which provides a video overview of the main processes in a hot rolling mill.Reheating furnace… Read More
2013-09-13 09:59
The Steelonthenet.com editorial team today launched a new weekly online publication – the Steel News Digest.The Steel News Digest will be published weekly, every Sunday. Readers may… Read More
2013-08-20 10:31
We now show PPGI price charts on our website. PPGI is otherwise also know as prepainted galvanised iron, organic coated sheet or prepainted steel sheet.To view the charts, visit our steel… Read More
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