Fortescue Seeks Deeper China Cooperation to Accelerate Steel Decarbonization Australian iron ore producer *Fortescue Metals Group* has confirmed that construction of its *Christmas Creek green metal project* in Western Australia’s Pilbara region is progressing as planned, with...
Emirates NBD Extends Green Financing to Support AGSI’s Low-Carbon Steel Expansion *Emirates NBD* has provided *green financing* to UAE-based *Arabian Gulf Steel Industries* (AGSI), reinforcing the steelmaker’s expansion in *low-carbon steel production*, the bank announced on *Febru...
US Hot Rolled Coil Exports Decline Sharply in December 2025 *US exports of hot rolled coil (HRC fell by 21.8% month on month in December 2025*, totaling *36,183 metric tons*, according to data released by the *US Department of Commerce*. The December volume w...
US Steel Receives Approval for $100 Million Slag Recycling Project *United States Steel Corporation* has received the *final permit to begin construction of its $100 million slag recycling facility* at the *Edgar Thomson plant in Braddock, Pennsylvania*, the company ...
Australia Confirms Continued Antidumping Duties on Chinese Rebar Australia’s *Antidumping Commission* has concluded its review of antidumping duties on *rebar imports from China*, covering the period from *April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025*. The commission found th...
US Issues Preliminary Dumping Margins on Mexican Rectangular Pipe The *US Department of Commerce* has released the *preliminary results* of its administrative review of the *antidumping duty order on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT) from Mexico*, cover...
Welsh Government Urges Urgent UK Policy Action to Protect Steel Industry Wales First Minister *Eluned Morgan* has called on the UK government to take *immediate policy action to safeguard the steel sector*, following talks with Prime Minister *Keir Starmer*. Morgan emphas...
Global Crude Steel Production Falls 6.5% in January 2026 *Global crude steel output declined by 6.5 percent year on year to 147.3 million metric tons in January 2026*, according to data released by the *World Steel Association*. Asia accounted for *107.6 m...
South Korea Moves Toward Final AD Measures on HRC from Japan and China South Korea’s *Korea Trade Commission (KTC)* has recommended *antidumping (AD) measures on hot rolled coil (HRC) imports from Japan and China*, citing material injury to the domestic steel industry ca...
Trump Enforces Temporary 10% Global Tariff Following Supreme Court Ruling US President *Donald Trump* has begun enforcing a *temporary 10% tariff on all imported goods*, effective *February 24*, following a ruling by the *US Supreme Court* that invalidated his earlier tarif...
US Sets Final Subsidy Rates on South Korean Cut-to-Length Plate Imports The *US Department of Commerce* has announced the *final results of its administrative review* of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on *cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from South Korea*, co...
Blastr Green Steel in Talks to Acquire UK’s Speciality Steel UK Assets Norwegian green steel developer *Blastr Green Steel* is reported to be in discussions to acquire *Speciality Steel UK (SSUK)*, a subsidiary of *Liberty Steel Group*, according to media sources. Blast...
