Laid-off AK Steel Employees Attend Annual Luncheon

[www.ferro-alloys.com]Laid-off AK Steel workers were fed a hearty meal, but it didn’t satisfy their hunger to work. Some of the 633 men and women displaced after the AK Steel Ashland mill was idled last December attended the annual luncheon on Saturday at the...

Sunday, October 9, 2016

Challenges Remain for Europe’s Steel Market as it Grapples With Change

[www.ferro-alloys.com] For the past five years European flat steel prices have ebbed and flowed but always ended lower, the inevitable result of a region struggling with structural overcapacity while undergoing a sharp decline in steel demand over a sustained ...

Sunday, October 9, 2016

Tata Steel Set for Trade Union Talks in UK

[www.ferro-alloys.com] Indian steel giant Tata Steel is set for what are believed to be crunch talks with trade union representatives of its UK steelworks to settle the deadlock over a 15-billion-pound pension scheme for its workers, the main obstacle in its...

Monday, September 26, 2016

Chinese Coal Companies to Boost Thermal Coal Output to Placate Steel Mills

[www.ferro-alloys.com] The meteoric rise in coking coal prices over the last couple of months has had a painful effect on China's steel producers, who are having to pay a lot more for coking coal, a key ingredient in steel production. The cost inflation gave r...

Monday, September 26, 2016

DTI Seeks Duterte’s Endorsement for P7.2-B Rolling Steel-Mill Project

[www.ferro-alloys.com] The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is appealing to President Duterte to give the green light to the P7.2-billion rolling steel mill project in Bulacan to revive the country’s flagging iron and steel industry.

Monday, September 26, 2016

K Line, The Next Takeover Target?

[www.ferro-alloys.com] According to a FT report, analysts and investors have been baffled by the recent activities of Effissimo, Singapore-based fund had increased its stake in K Line to 37 per cent by early August from 6.2 per cent about a year ago.

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Overcoming the Second Major Steel Crisis

[www.ferro-alloys.com] At the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, some world leaders criticized China for its steel overcapacity. Before the summit, U.S. lawmakers, and trade unions and associations had urged President Barack Obama to blame China's trade practices for U.S...

Monday, September 19, 2016

Iron, Steel Economic Zone to Spur Development

[www.ferro-alloys.com]President Lungu’s declaration of Kafue as an iron and steel economic zone is aimed at creating a platform for Zambia to achieve economic development by attracting significant domestic and foreign direct investment (FDI) through a strengt...

Monday, September 19, 2016
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