Mill announcements, trade measures, statistics and market moves across the Middle East and the global steel trade.
Got a story for the Middle East steel market? Submit news
1,350 news items in Flat. Show all
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…
Kazakhstan's integrated steelmaker Qarmet plans to begin producing automotive-grade steel sheet in 2028, with serial production of automotive body panels scheduled to start in 2029, as part of efforts to develop a…
Iron ore futures posted gains on Thursday as expectations of additional Chinese policy support ahead of next week's Politburo meeting lifted market sentiment, while higher freight costs increased the delivered cost of…
Romania's Liberty Galati has begun a partial restart of operations after securing tolling agreements with commodities trader Glencore and Turkish steel service center Kaiseri Metal Center (KMC), marking the first…
Iron ore futures weakened on Wednesday as expectations of rising global supply continued to pressure the market, while increased blast furnace maintenance at Chinese steel mills added to concerns over near-term demand…
Germany-based steel processor Wuppermann Group and Swedish green steel producer Stegra have signed a long-term tolling agreement under which Wuppermann will galvanize Stegra's near-zero emission steel products to serve…
Iron ore futures declined on Tuesday as subdued steel demand and cautious purchasing by Chinese mills continued to pressure the market, while expectations of rising global supply kept sentiment weak. Market insiders…
China's Wuhan Iron and Steel Co. (WISCO), a subsidiary of Baowu Steel Group, has awarded Primetals Technologies a contract to convert its compact strip production (CSP) line into a conventional hot strip mill (HSM)…
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…
Iron ore futures edged lower on Monday as weak steel demand continued to weigh on market sentiment, offsetting support from weather-related disruptions to iron ore arrivals in China. Market insiders said heavy rainfall…
U.S. Steel's Big River Steel mill in Arkansas will supply more than 142,000 tons of steel coils for the first two phases of the Steel River Energy Center, one of the largest solar and battery storage projects under…
Iron ore futures edged higher on Friday as tighter port supplies and continued inventory drawdowns in China lent support to the market, although weak downstream steel demand continued to cap gains. Market insiders said…
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…
Iron ore futures were little changed on Thursday as resilient Chinese steel production and a weekly drawdown in port-side inventories helped offset concerns over the medium-term demand outlook. According to the China…
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…
Turkey exported 1.1 mln tons of HRC during the first five months of 2026, down more than 15pct year-on-year, according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Italy remained the largest export…
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…
Iron ore futures extended gains on Wednesday despite mixed steel market signals, while weak steel demand and slowing economic growth continued to cloud the medium-term outlook. China's crude steel production increased…
Uzbekistan has commissioned its first hot rolled steel sheet production complex following the inauguration of a new casting and rolling facility at the Uzbek Metallurgical Plant (Uzmetkombinat) in Bekabad. President…
UAE's CIM Steel Industry LLC has completed the first commercial dispatch of cold rolled full hard (CRFH) coils from its new manufacturing facility in Umm Al Quwain, marking another milestone in the commissioning of its…
“Premium Content” marks a news item that needs a subscription to read in full.
