China's Yanshan Iron & Steel has signed an agreement to build a new lithium carbonate plant in China's Nanbao National Economic...
Yanshan Iron & Steel will build a new lithium processing plant
New 3-D printing material outperforms high speed steel
A staff member at the Australian Government Research University (RMIT) has developed a high-strength material for 3D printing tools....
China cuts VAT to 13 percent
Reducing the value added tax will increase the revenues of the PRC manufacturing sector....
US military can get 3-D printers to print steel parts
Researchers plan to equip the US Army with mobile devices that will print a broken steel part right on the battlefield....
Indian metallurgists move to 100% quality control of steel
Indian metallurgists are going to implement one hundred percent quality control of their products....
End of the trade war? China and the US are close to a deal
In the near future, the parties may sign a new document that will end the confrontation over tariff disputes. According to insiders, all or most of...
Chinese metallurgists hope to save on iron ore
Celestial steel mills delay replenishment of iron ore, considering cheaper alternatives...
Chinese steelmaking equipment passed "field " test
The CCM2 continuous production machine was successfully upgraded in 2015 by Primetals Technologies and has been operating smoothly ever since....
Chinese steel mills face layoffs
China's steel mills miscalculated in their efforts to increase capacity. The demand for metal in this country has significantly decreased due...
Rio Tinto was looking for copper, but found gold
An Australian-British concern accidentally discovered a new gold deposit in the west of the country....
The study of defects of 3D-printing metals using X-rays has begun
X-rays help researchers determine the cause of 3D printing defects on metal....
World steel production slightly increased in January 2019
Global steel production in January 2019 showed a modest 1 percent increase over the previous year. According to the World Steel Association...
Technology Metals Raises Over $ 4.5 Million for Gabanintha Vanadium Project Shares
Technology Metals Australia Ltd has raised over $ 4.5 million, excluding the placement costs of 17,510,833 shares at 26 cents per share....
Emirates Steel expects a slowdown in construction activity in the Middle East this year
Emirates Steel, the largest steel producer in the United Arab Emirates, expects a slowdown in regional construction in 2019 and higher iron ore...
Australia to restore railways ore delivery line to Port Townsville
Australia's Queensland Rail is set to complete repairs to the flooded railroad tracks by the end of April....
Steel prices will rise, but not much
Seasonal activity and rising raw material costs due to the Brazilian disaster will help steel mills prove to steel consumers the need for higher...
Mackenzie: iron ore supply could be significantly reduced
Wood Mackenzie reports that the supply of 2 million tons of iron ore from Brazil is in jeopardy....
Indonesia Wants to Become a Global Electric Vehicle Hub
Indonesia plans to begin processing its rich reserves of nickel-containing laterite ore used in lithium batteries to become a global hub for the...
CSN To Sell Usiminas Shares To Cut Debt
Cia Siderúrgica Nacional SA, the second largest producer of flat products in Brazil, said on Thursday that it is considering selling its preferred...
Sibanye Raises Its Loss Estimate By $ 100 Million
South Africa's Sibanye-Stillwater expects its full-year loss to be more than $ 100 million higher than forecast in its trade report last week,...
Swiss trader IMR buys steel mill in India
The Swiss commodity trading group IMR Metallurgical Resources AG recently bought the Tata Steel mines in South Africa and is now planning to acquire...
February 12-13, 2019 the 3rd International Industrial Conference "Elektrostal: Technology, Equipment, Materials"
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Moody's upgrades Tata Steel's corporate rating to Ba2
In April-December 2018-19. Tata Steel's Indian operations generated EBITDA /tonne of Rs 17,270, more than three times the profitability of...
China Steel Corporation in Kaohsiung Adopts Advanced Rolled Steel Production System
China Steel Corporation in Kaohsiung has started production of S6 continuous steel with new technology using a plant modernized by Primetals...
Japan to help China use blast furnace gas correctly
The global community is demanding that China reduce carbon emissions in the metallurgical industry, and Japanese gas turbine power plants solve this...
Top 10 digital trends in the global steel industry
Alistair Ragg, Communications Specialist for Worldsteel, has provided an overview of digital trends that need to be understood by steel producers...
Dry cargo market prospects deteriorate after Brazil dam disaster
The outlook for bulk carriers transporting iron ore from mines to smelters has been weakened by the accident at the Vale Brumadinho dam in Brazil,...
Chongqing alumina refinery in China reopens
China produced 72.53 million tonnes of alumina in 2018, up 9.9 percent from a year earlier, and is the world's largest aluminum producer,...
How South African mines deal with power outages
Miners including Impala Platinum, Harmony, Sibanye-Stillwater and others are working to reduce their dependence on Eskom by building their own power...
China may make concessions in trade war with US
China is unlikely to radically revise the principles of its economic development strategy due to the trade war with the United States, but it may...

