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The United Arab Emirates and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will implement their Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on October 6, 2026, following the completion of ratification procedures. The agreement is expected to boost…
Turkey's Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change has approved the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for Kocaer Celik's planned integrated steelmaking and rolling mill investment in Aliaga, Izmir…
Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Foreign Trade (GAFT) has imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on ductile iron pipe imports from India, concluding an investigation launched in July 2025 following a complaint by…
Japan has decided to impose provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of hot-dipped galvanized steel coil, sheet and strip from China and South Korea following a preliminary investigation that found evidence of dumping…
The Pakistani government has introduced a new mechanism for collecting sales tax from electricity-based steel melters, re-rollers and composite units, linking tax payments directly to electricity consumed during…
An official investigation into the fatal explosion at Baogang United Steel's plate plant in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, found that long-term corrosion damage to a pressure tank and inadequate action after a leak was…
ArcelorMittal reported improved second-quarter earnings and said it expects stronger steel shipments in Europe during the second half of 2026, supported by the European Union's revised tariff rate quota (TRQ) system and…
Egypt is in the final stages of issuing new licences for steel production with a combined annual capacity of approximately 2.8 mln tons, as part of a broader strategy to expand domestic steelmaking capacity and reduce…
Morocco has imposed definitive anti-dumping duties for five years on imports of galvanized steel wire originating from Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, following the conclusion of an anti-dumping investigation by the…
Pakistan's Pakistan Association of Large Steel Producers (PALSP) has urged the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to introduce a lower sales tax rate for digitally compliant steel mills while clearing outstanding tax…
India's Ministry of Finance has imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of low ash metallurgical coke from Australia, China, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan and Russia, following an investigation that found the…
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has launched preliminary antidumping (AD) investigations into imports of welded stainless steel line and pressure pipe from Turkey, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and…
Japan has preliminarily determined that imports of hot-dip galvanized steel sheet and strip from China and South Korea were dumped and caused material injury to the domestic steel industry, moving the anti-dumping…
Low-carbon iron producer GravitHy has submitted permit applications for its planned hot briquetted iron (HBI) plant in Fos-sur-Mer, marking a key milestone in the development of one of Europe's flagship hydrogen-based…
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) has maintained anti-dumping and countervailing measures on imports of corrosion-resistant flat-rolled steel from Turkey and Vietnam, concluding that removing the duties…
China's Jingye Group has demanded compensation following the nationalization of British Steel, saying it has initiated consultations under the China-UK bilateral investment treaty and reserved the right to pursue…
Bangladesh's largest steelmaker BSRM plans to invest around BDT 100 bln (USD 810 mln) to build the country's first integrated hot-rolled flat steel plant at the Mirsarai Economic Zone, according to local media reports…
Indian steel exporters will be able to ship more than 1.1 mln tons of steel annually to the UK duty-free under the India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which came into force on July 15. The…
Govt nationalizes British Steel to safeguard domestic steel production The UK government has taken British Steel into public ownership after the Steel Industry (Nationalization) Act received Royal Assent, saying the…
Leading Turkish steel producers have warned that aggressive price competition, rising imports and tightening export restrictions are putting increasing pressure on the country's steel industry, according to local media…
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