According to preliminary statistics provided by the Brazilian ministry of development, industry and foreign trade, in December 2012 Brazil's flat steel exports totaled 208,581 tonne rising by 15.8% YoY and down 6.5% from November 2012. Brazilian flat

Forbes reported that the Chinese economy is improving the nations leading steel companies reported profits in November for the first time in 4 months. Statistics from the China Iron and Steel Association showed that the biggest steel firms there have

Indias minister of steel Mr Beni Prasad Verma congratulated the Indian steel industry on being the number one in terms of growth rate in steel production amongst the top ten steel producing countries. Congratulating the Steel Industry he said, I take

The Express Tribune reported that gas shortages have pushed a number of steel mills in sectors I - 9 and I - 10 to using coal, increasing the level of pollution in the city. Mr Asif Shuja director general of Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency s

Bloomberg, citing 3 three people familiar with the matter, reported that Indias biggest steel producers are in talks to buy coking coal at the lowest price since 2010. The people said that they expect to contract the steelmaking ingredient at as low