Finished Steel Selling Figures Rise In Emerging Steel Markets

Brazilian steelmakers remain optimistic about the growth prospects for domestic steel consumption. Service centres and traders are however concerned regarding the upturn in the pricing positions being adopted by their domestic suppliers. The majority assert that the latest initiative is unsustainable and does not reflect real demand. Meanwhile, the Instituto Aço Brasil and the Ministry […]

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Further Stainless-Steel Price Rises Imminent In The US After Section 232 Announcement

In February, US stainless steel prices increased for both flat and long products. Rising mill input costs resulted in moderate gains in stainless steel transaction values worldwide. The price hikes recorded in North America were however more substantial than those in other regions. No doubt, the upward trajectory witnessed over recent months can be attributed, […]

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New World Order Is Reshaping Stainless Steel Market

Global stainless-steel production reflects the shift in relative size and influence between the world’s established and developing economies. China’s crude stainless-steel output has grown almost five-fold, since 2006, to represent close to 55 percent of the worldwide total, in 2016. In that year, India overtook Japan, to become the world’s second largest stainless-steel producer. Indian […]

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Mobile Canning Concept Developed By Tata Steel To Cut Food Losses

Tata Steel has developed a mobile canning line concept which, it claims, will allow farmers, anywhere in the world, to process and preserve their produce on-site, helping them to reduce food loss at source while generating additional revenues for farmers. A third food production worldwide is lost or wasted before it even reaches consumers including […]

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