Steel Times International News
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Chinese growth in consumption stalls
China’s consumption of steel rose just 0.65% to 510.28Mt during the first nine months 2012, much slower than the 10.38% increase seen in the same period 2011.
27 November 2012 -
Eurofer concerned over Glencore Xstrata merger over zinc monopoly
Eurofer, the European Steel Association, has criticised the European Commission’s approval of the Glencore/Xstrata merger. Remedies addressing zinc supplies, says Eurofer, are insufficient to shield the European market from the dominant influence of one supplier.
26 November 2012 -
Tata Steel cuts 900 jobs in UK
Tata Steel’s European operations are to cut over 900 jobs in its UK operations but will create 120 posts at the hot strip mill at Llanwern, Newport, South Wales.
26 November 2012 -
Latin American Steel - A retrospective in 101 essays
'Latin American Steel: A retrospective in 101 essays' is a collection of reprints of pages from Steel Times International of articles authored by Dr Germano Mendes De Paula, Professor of Economics at the Federal University of Uberlandia (UFU), Brazil.
26 November 2012 -
Eurofer moves office
Eurofer moved to a new address in November and is now located at:
21 November 2012 -
October 2012 global crude steel production up just 1.3%
World crude steel production for the 62 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 126Mt in October 2012, an increase of 1.3% compared to October 2011.
20 November 2012
