Metallurgy news

• Chinese company Jinxi Steel orders two new slab machines from Primetals Chinese steel manufacturer Jinxi Steel has placed an order for two continuous slab casting machines from British manufacturer Primetals Technologies, which will be installed at its Tangshan plant, each with a production capacity of 2.5 million tons per year. Primetals plans to launch the MNLZ at... 19.11.2025  15:00

• The German company Feralpi Stahl is joining Juwi to develop regional wind farms for environmentally friendly steel production. German steel producer Feralpi Stahl has announced that it is accelerating the transition to low-carbon steel production through a new collaboration with German renewable energy developer Juwi. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly explore the possibility of developing... 19.11.2025  14:00

• Alacero Summit 2025: Colombia's steel crisis continues amid import price pressures Speaking at the Alacero Summit 2025 conference, Daniel Ray Suarez, Director of the Chamber of Steel Manufacturers of the National Association of Entrepreneurs of Colombia (ANDI), outlined the recent difficulties faced by Colombian manufacturers.According to Suarez, Colombia's steel industry is... 19.11.2025  14:00

• Tenova ENERGIRON plant achieves first DRI production in Bolivia Italy's Tenova, a Techint Group company specializing in innovative solutions for the metals and mining industries, announced the successful launch of its ENERGIRON Zero-Reformer (ZR) direct reduced iron micromodule at the Bolivian company Empresa Siderúrgica del Mutún (ESM) in Santa Cruz, where the ... 19.11.2025  13:00

• Fortescue is promoting a green iron production project using hydrogen-based DRI Metso and an electric melting furnace Finnish company Metso Outotec Corporation, a global leader in engineering and technology, has announced that it has supplied the core process design and technology for the Australian iron ore mining company Fortescue as part of the Christmas Creek Green Metal project in the Pilbara region of... 19.11.2025  13:00

• EU accepts final TRQ guarantee on ferroalloy imports The European Commission has announced that it has introduced definitive safeguard measures on the import of certain ferroalloys (namely ferromanganese, ferrosilicon, ferrosilicomanganese and ferrosiliconmagnesium), a significant step to protect the EU industry, which employs around 1,800 workers.... 19.11.2025  12:00

• Tata Steel will make Kalinganagar its largest steel plant with a capacity of 16 million tons India's Tata Steel limited has unveiled plans to transform its Kalinganagar steel plant in Odisha into the largest facility under its control, with a target capacity of 16 million tonnes per annum, a company official said on Wednesday while marking the plant's 10th anniversary.Tata Steel has... 19.11.2025  11:00

• Goa has successfully auctioned off idle iron ore dumps The government of the western Indian coastal state of Goa has successfully auctioned off 748,000 tons of iron ore, landfills, spent ore and tailings lying in idle landfills in the region, a government official said on Wednesday, November 19.The official said that almost the entire volume of 750,000... 19.11.2025  11:00

• Indonesia plans to limit coal production to below 700 million tons in 2026 to stabilize global prices. For comparison, in 2024 Indonesia produced 836 million tons of coal, which is about 9% of the global supply. The restriction for 2026 implies a reduction in production by about 5% and 16% compared to the levels of 2025 (the planned volume is about 740 million tons) and 2024, respectively.In our... 19.11.2025  11:00

• China's HRP production increased 5.3 percent in January-October 2025 In January-October this year, China's hot-rolled coil (HRC) production was 187.496 million tons, up 5.3 percent year-on-year, according to China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).During the same period, China's cold-rolled coil (CRC) production was 40.346 million tons, up 7.9 percent... 19.11.2025  10:00