Metallurgy news

• The production of base metals in Taiwan in November 2025 decreased by 4.05 percent compared to October Taiwan's industrial production index rose 3.97 percent in November this year from the previous month and 16.42 percent year-on-year, according to the country's Ministry of Economy (MOEA). Meanwhile, Taiwan's seasonally adjusted industrial production index increased by 4.84 percent month-on-month... 25.12.2025  16:00

• ArcelorMittal resumes steel production in Fos-sur-Mer after October fire Following the October 8 fire at its Fos-sur-Mer plant in France, Luxembourg steelmaker ArcelorMittal announced that it had resumed steel production at its facility. The fire seriously damaged the steelmaking plant and led to an almost complete shutdown of production.The first steel plate after the... 25.12.2025  14:00

• China launches its first near-zero million-ton carbon steel production line On December 23, China completed its first near-zero carbon steel production line in Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province with a capacity of one million tons, marking the end of China's reliance on traditional fossil fuels, which is a major breakthrough in the green and low-carbon transformation of... 25.12.2025  14:00

• AHMSA sells US pellet plant for $5 million According to the court-appointed trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of Mexican steel mill Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA), the responsible court has authorized the outright sale of an iron ore pellet plant located in Indiana, United States, for $5 million.The ruling applies to all equipment and ... 25.12.2025  13:00

• TCUD: Fractures in global crude steel production deepen According to the Turkish Steel Producers Association (TCUD), data released by the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) for November shows that despite the continued decline in global crude steel production, production trends are clearly diverging across countries and regions. The figures show that... 25.12.2025  13:00

• The DrMZ Corum plant will produce 110-ton metal structures for the energy sector Corum Druzhkovsky Machine-Building Plant (Corum DrMZ), part of the Corum group (DTEK Energo), plans to ship a skip with a lifting capacity of 23 tons for the DTEK Energo mine at the end of 2025 - early 2026, the plant says on Facebook.“In the history of Corum DrMZ, it is not the largest skip, but i... 25.12.2025  13:00

• India's VSSL invests $53 million in new steel plant for automotive components India's Vardhaman Special Steel limited (VSSL) will invest $53 million to set up a new manufacturing facility in Ludhiana in the northern state of Punjab, the company said in a statement on Thursday, December 25.The company will set up a steel forging and processing plant in Ludhiana, which will... 25.12.2025  12:00

• Australia predicts that PHCC prices will remain at $190/ton in 2026 The Australian Ministry of Industry, Science and Resources has announced that prices for premium hard coking coal (PHCC) are projected to remain relatively unchanged from the current level of about $190/ton in 2026, before rising slightly.The price of CFR-based metallurgical coal in China continued... 25.12.2025  12:00

• U. S. pipe exports decreased by 8.5% in August 2025 compared to July According to the export data of the US Department of Commerce, exports from the United States of structural pipes amounted to 5,819 tons in August this year, which is 8.5% less than in July and 47.5% less than in August last year. In value terms, exports of structural pipes totaled $15.1 million in... 25.12.2025  11:00

• Imports of American plates in rolls increased by 6.8 percent in August 2025 compared to July According to preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Commerce census, imports of rolled plates to the United States amounted to 67,523 tons in August 2025, which is 6.8 percent more than in July and 14.5 percent less than in August 2024. In value terms, imports of rolled slabs amounted to... 25.12.2025  11:00