Brazilian pig iron market: offer prices decrease
Pig Iron / Brazil
Offer prices are falling in the Brazilian pig iron market at the end of July due to a lack of demand for finished products ...

Europe: pig iron suppliers drive prices up despite weak buying interest
Pig Iron / South Europe
The EU pig iron market is seeing no buying activity in late July. Among the main reasons for that are low demand for finished steel and holiday season ...

Cosipar (Brazil) sets August target at 45,000-50,000 t of pig iron
Pig Iron / Brazil
One of the world’s largest pig iron producers Cosipar (Companhia Siderurgica do Para SA) plans to produce about ...

Far East: demand for pig iron still low
Pig Iron / South East Asia
Demand in the Far Eastern pig iron market remains sluggish at the end of July due to a seasonal slowdown in the finished product segment ...

Tulachermet (Russia) plans to restart BF No.1 in 2012
Pig Iron / CIS
Russia's Tulachermet plans to re-launch its blast furnace No.1 with 1.2 mtpy capacity in 2012. After the restart, the company's pig iron capacity will reach

DMZ (Ukraine) re-schedules BF No.1 repairs
Pig Iron / CIS
Ukraine's Donetsk Steel Works (DMZ) has put off repairs of BF No.1 with a capacity 90,000 tpm of pig iron ...

Demand for pig iron low in USA
Pig Iron / USA
USA pig iron market is facing low demand amid seasonal reduction in finished product output...

Svobodny Sokol (Russia) raises pig iron production
Pig Iron / CIS
Russia’s Svobodny Sokol plans to increase pig iron production rates in July. Metal Expert estimates, the output will amount to ...

Pig iron prices fall slightly in India
Pig Iron / India
Prices for pig iron in India have dropped again in the second half of July mainly because of sluggish steel product segment amid ...

ArcelorMittal Dunkirk (France) stops blast furnace
Pig Iron / Western Europe
French steelmaker ArcelorMittal Dunkirk will stop BF No.2 at the end of this week...

EU: pig iron consumers await lower prices
Pig Iron / South Europe
Business activity in the EU pig iron market stays low. Demand from customers in southern Europe (mainly Spain and Italy) is practically absent...

Salzgitter (Germany) re-commissions BF
Pig Iron / Central Europe
German steelmaker Salzgitter AG re-launched blast furnace "C" at Flachstahl division on July 12...

ArcelorMittal Krakow (Poland) to halt pig iron production
Pig Iron / Central Europe
ArcelorMittal Poland plans to stop blast furnace No.5 at its plant in Krakow at the end of this month. The furnace has an inner volume of ...

ArcelorMittal Florange (France) halts BF
Pig Iron / Western Europe
French steelmaker ArcelorMittal Florange stopped P6 blast furnace last week on seasonal factors ...

US Steel Serbia stops BF
Pig Iron / Balkans
US Steel Serbia plans to halt its blast furnace No.2 with designed capacity of 1.4 mtpy in late July due to lower finished steel production ...

Far Eastern pig iron market: no deals amid non-existent demand
Pig Iron / Far East
Buying activity is virtually absent in the Far Eastern pig iron market. The market is weak as many market participants have left for summer holidays ...

Lucchini (Italy) to stop BF
Pig Iron / South Europe
Italy's Lucchini Group plans to put out of operation a blast furnace in its plant in Piombino. The 2.2 mtpy unit will be halted preliminary for a month ...

Rogesa (Germany) shuts down BF
Pig Iron / Central Europe
Germany's Roheisengesellschaft Saar mbH (Rogesa) stopped blast furnace No.5 for a scheduled repair in early July...

EU pig iron market enters holiday season
Pig Iron / South Europe
The pig iron market is almost completely quiet in Europe and buyers are uninterested in purchases. The main reason for such a dormancy is the holiday season at most plants ...

US pig iron market: some suppliers manage to make deals
Pig Iron / USA
The US pig iron market is seeing moderate business activity in the middle of July. Although demand from most steelmakers is low...

Eastern Europe: pig iron still in low demand
Pig Iron / Central Europe
Pig iron market in Eastern Europe is quiet in the middle of July. Deals for the material are rare in the absence of demand ...

Brazilian pig iron market on holidays
Pig Iron / Brazil
In the middle of July, the Brazilian export market for pig iron is completely quiet. Demand for the material is minimal since acceptable prices for Brazilian producers are too high ...

Mexico: new pig iron contracts are possible in early August
Pig Iron / North America
Metal Expert estimates major pig iron importers in Mexico will return to the market to re-stock in late July-early August ...

JFE Steel (Japan) plans to upgrade BF No.3 at Fukuyama
Pig Iron / Far East
Japanese steelmaker JFE Steel plans to modernize BF No.3 at Fukuyama plant. The upgrade will begin in January 2011 and is expected to be over in ...

Kosogorsky SW (Russia) revises pig iron production target
Pig Iron / CIS
Kosogorsky SW has slightly increased July production target for pig iron to 40,000 t...

Far East: pig iron consumers consider prices too high
Pig Iron / South East Asia
Consumers in the Far Eastern pig iron market are still not interested in purchases in view of high prices for the material...

EU pig iron market sees summer slowdown
Pig Iron / South Europe
The EU pig iron market is showing all signs of the summer lull in early July: steelmakers are uninterested in purchases and suppliers are almost inactive...