ArcelorMittal South Africa is seeking duties on steel imports from China as the continent’s largest producer tries to return to profitability after posting three straight years of losses.

World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 134 million tonnes (Mt) in September 2014, a slight decrease of -0.1% compared to September 2013.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]On October,17th, 2014, The Fifth Mn, Cr, Ni & Stainless Steel International Conference was held in Garden International Hotel of Taiyuan city,Shanxi province, which was hosted by Ferro-Alloys.com and supported by TISCO and YiWang Ferroalloys.

World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 135 million tonnes (Mt) in August 2014, an increase of 1.4% compared to August 2013.

In 1986, Deng Xiaoping, launched the “863 program”, aimed to gain control of the rare earths market in the sector saying: “The Arab countries have oil, China has rare earths.” The 15 “rare elements” along with yttrium, scandium (‘15+2’), have the chara...

It is reported that the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) of Vietnam will impose a new tariff on stainless steel product imports from four Asian countries including China, Taiwan, Indonesia and Malaysia.

It's reported that Brazil's iron ore exports rose from 153 million tons to 168 million tons in the first 7 month of this year compared to the same period in 2013.

It is reported that the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) of Vietnam will impose a new tariff on stainless steel product imports from four Asian countries including China, Taiwan, Indonesia and Malaysia.