In January-June of this year, Ukrainian enterprises increased their consumption of rolled metal by 11.65% compared to the same period last year, to 1...
Ferrous metallurgy
China's coal imports fall to two-year low-Bloomberg
China's coal imports fell to their lowest level in more than two years due to weak demand and rising domestic production. This is reported by...
European Parliament Podcast: Special review of "Green Steel"
Thrifty steel buyers will not overpay for environmentally friendly, low-emission steel at a time when many industries are still in decline, according...
pig iron smelting in Ukraine increased by 6% in the first half of the year
In January–June 2025, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises increased pig iron production by 5.8% compared to the same period last year, to 3.669...
Mining companies are asking the Parliament to reject a number of amendments to the Tax Code
The National Association of the Extractive Industry of Ukraine has appealed to Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs...
The USA remains the main export market for Ukrainian pig iron
The United States continues to occupy a leading position among buyers of Ukrainian recycled pig iron: in the first half of 2025, the American market...
Scrap metal harvesting in Ukraine dropped 6 times-analysts
The volume of ferrous scrap harvesting in Ukraine has decreased by 6 times over the years of independence, to the lowest levels during the...
The European Union has left duties on pipe fittings from three countries, including the Russian Federation
The European Commission (EC) has decided to permanently extend anti-dumping duties on imports of selected steel fittings for pipelines from South...
Ukrainian metallurgists have reduced the output of steel and rolled products in the first half of the year
In January–June 2025, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises reduced the production of general rolled products by 2.2% compared to the same period last...
Ukrainian metallurgists have reduced the output of steel and rolled products in the first half of the year
In January–June 2025, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises reduced the production of general rolled products by 2.2% compared to the same period last...
Iron ore prices rebound to two-month high
Iron ore quotes in early July 2025 were notable for their recovery to two-month highs. In particular, during the week of June 30 – July 4, September...
This has not happened for more than 50 years: copper prices in the United States are breaking records
Copper prices in the United States soared to record levels. This happened after President Donald Trump announced that Washington would impose 50%...
Hydrogen for millions: Austria expands one of Europe's main hydrogen projects
Voestalpine Metallurgical company and VERBUND, Austria's largest electricity supply company, have announced a large-scale expansion of the...
Global conflicts and US tariffs jeopardize API steel demand
European Parliament respondents remain cautiously optimistic about the medium-term prospects for demand for API line pipes, despite growing global...
Ferrexpo reduced the production of pellets by 34% due to VAT issues
Ferrexpo plc, a mining company with major assets in Ukraine, produced 2 million 169,631 thousand tons of pellets in January-June of this year, which...
The EU is massively exhausting steel quotas: Turkey, China and Vietnam are ahead
Since the beginning of the new quota period (from July 1 to September 30), some EU import quotas allocated for certain countries and products have...
Imports of flat rolled products to Ukraine have increased, with Turkey, Poland and Slovakia as supply leaders.
During January-May 2025, 454.68 thousand tons of flat metal were sent to the Ukrainian market, which exceeds the figure for the same period in 2024...
The decline in steel prices in Europe "scares" stockbrokers
The latest MEPS International podcast, "The Market in Minutes," examines the reasons why steel prices in Southern Europe continued to...
Steel imports quickly fill EU protective quotas in the third quarter
Some of the protective import quotas set by the European Commission have already been filled, just four days before the start of the customs...
The United States increased steel shipments: 37.3 million tons in five months
In May 2025, US steel mills shipped 7.51 million net tons of steel, which is 1% more than in the same period of 2024, when the volume was 7.43...
The EU is ready to postpone the carbon tax for Ukraine-it is waiting for an official request
The European Commission is ready to postpone the introduction of the carbon adjustment mechanism at the EU border (CBAM) for Ukraine, which is due to...
emissions down by 90% by 2040: The European Commission has submitted a plan for the green transformation of Europe
On July 2, the European Commission (EC) introduced amendments to the EU climate law, proposing that the bloc reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by...
Nippon Steel prepares multibillion-dollar financing to complete purchase of U.</p><p>S. Steel
Nippon Steel, a Japanese steel company, announced that it has raised 800 billion yen (about $5.6 billion) through two subordinated loans to partially...
Polish trade unions threaten protests over weak support for metallurgy
Polish metallurgists' trade unions announced their intentions to escalate protest actions in the fall due to the lack of real government support...
pig iron exports from Ukraine increased by 45% in 5 months
In January-May of this year, Ukraine increased exports of processed pig iron in physical terms by 45.2% compared to the same period last year, to...
China extends anti-dumping duties on stainless steel imports
Starting from July 1, China extended the effect of anti-dumping customs tariffs on a number of stainless steel products imported from certain...
Review of global steel production and production capacities conducted by MEPs
The decarbonization of Nippon Steel in Japan, the start of production at the new Hybar rebar plant in Arkansas, and the growth of stainless steel...
Abramovich faces loss of up to 96% of investments in American steel
The Evraz Group, owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, has received permission from the British Financial Sanctions Enforcement Authority...
ArcelorMittal reduces emissions by 50% thanks to hydrogen
ArcelorMittal Poland has officially commissioned hydrogen furnaces in the cold rolling annealing workshop at its Krakow facility. The event was...
The United States has purchased more than half a million tons of Ukrainian pig iron since the beginning of the year.
According to the results of May 2025, metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine exported 162.36 thousand tons of commercial pig iron, which is 35.1% more...
