Steel Times International News
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Weighty consequences of miscalculated Brazilian costs
Due to severe financial difficulties, Germany's largest steel producer, ThyssenKrupp Steel (TKS), is offering its new plants in Rio de Janeiro and Alabama for sale.
31 October 2012 -
Wusteel takes over ThyssenKrupp subsidiary
Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation (Wusteel) signed an agreement on September 28 with ThyssenKrupp AG to buy its subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks
31 October 2012 -
WTO rejects China’s appeal in US steel dispute
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Appellate Body rejected China’s appeal against a panel rulings in a dispute over China’s import duties on US grain oriented flat-rolled electrical steel (GO) and upheld the panel’s findings on Oct. 18.
31 October 2012 -
Steel Statistical Yearbook 2012 online
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has published the 2012 Steel Statistical Yearbook, now available as a download from its website.
31 October 2012 -
Steel prices rising in China
With the slowdown in China’s economic growth, the country’s steel prices have been under huge downwards pressure for nearly five months.
31 October 2012 -
MEPS predict another record high for steel in 2012
Despite the economic slowdown, Sheffield UK based market analysts, MEPS expects world steel production to reach 1550Mt this year ? a 1.9% increase on 2011. Further gains are anticipated in 2013.
31 October 2012
