World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 137 million tonnes (Mt) in June 2014, an increase of 3.1% compared to June 2013.

China’s announcement that rare earths export quotas for the second half of 2014 are the same as 2013, show the country’s reluctance to comply with WTO’s ruling. However, the moderate increase in quotas compared to H1 2014 suggests a slowly reviving demand i...

The International Trade Administration (ITA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) said Jul 11th that it has issued a final decision to impose anti-dumping duties on oil pipe exporters from Taiwan and other countries in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

China will start levying tariffs on some imported steel products, which are re-exported after processing, from July 31 as part of efforts to tackle overcapacity in the country's bloated steel industry, the finance ministry said on Jul 11th.

It is reported that ArcelorMittal is mulling to make an offer for Italy's second largest steel producer Lucchini, according to Italian union CGIL FIOM.

A report by Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources says testimony before the group stressed “Canada has an opportunity to turn its rare earth deposits into a competitive advantage, and at the same time, secure its own supply of thi...

An Australia-based environmental activist faces the possibility of a two-year prison sentence, in Malaysia, after being arrested while protesting against the world’s largest rare earth refinery.

On a trade forum in China recently, experts disclosed dry & bulk cargo seaborne demand was still strong and it would maintain annual growth of 6% in the next five years.