Amid inflation and a global economic slowdown, BHP’s outlook for the steel industry in China, the world’s largest steel producer, has become less optimistic

Trading activity for pellet feed imported into China increased in the week to Friday January 19, with more tenders from Australia. The pellet feed premium, however, continued to face downward pressure from uncertain demand outlook among market participants, sources told Fastmarkets

Fastmarkets has launched two new reduced carbon emissions steel prices for the European domestic market, starting from Thursday January 25.

The biggest steel story of the decade broke over a lazy summer Sunday in August 2023 – US Steel, the legacy steel producer that was synonymous with American steelmaking for decades, announced it had received “multiple unsolicited proposals” for the acquisition of its assets, and that the Pittsburgh-based steelmaker had started a “strategic review” of its options

Fastmarkets’ European green steel price was published earlier than scheduled due to an error.

Steel producers reinvesting in coal-based steelmaking are potentially locking in millions of tonnes more carbon dioxide emissions

Steel producers in the United States are accelerating investment in technology that will reduce their carbon footprint and help them meet climate pledges, while the race to decarbonize the industry heats up across the entire value chain

Under the European Green Deal, the European Commission proposed a new EU target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared with the levels emitted in 1990

Key talking points from the Nordics regional meeting of steel distributors’ association Eurometal, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Thursday October 5

Alloy smelters in China are actively seeking state certification for “green” ferro-alloys to improve their competitiveness among steelmakers, sources told Fastmarkets this week