The conference will provide an opportunity to understand the Chinese market and communicate with its key players On October 30-November 1, 2025, the China Steel Industry Summit for 2026 Market, organized by SteelHome, will be held in Nanjing, China. The event is expected to attract around 1,000 participants, including representatives of the government, industry associations, more than 150 steel mills, mines, traders, research institutes, the media, and delegates from more than 20 countries. The conference will provide a unique opportunity to understand the Chinese market and interact with its key players. The event will address a wide range of issues related to the dynamics and challenges of the steel, iron ore, coal, and coke markets. It will serve as a platform for in-depth discussion of new trends, market forces, technological advances, sustainable development initi...

The duties will be imposed for a period of four months starting September 1   South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance has imposed temporary anti-dumping duties on hot-rolled coils (HRC) made of carbon and alloy steel from China and Japan. This was reported by Mysteel Global. The temporary duties will be imposed for a period of four months, starting September 1. The temporary anti-dumping duty rates range from 31.58% to 33.57% for Japanese companies and from 28.16% to 33.1% for Chinese companies. The investigation was launched in March this year based on a petition filed by Hyundai Steel. The latter claimed that HRC from China and Japan was sold at dumping prices, which caused damage to the local industry. In July, the South Korean Trade Commission (KTC) recommended that the Ministry of Economy and Finance impose prelimi...

Between January and July, French steelmakers reduced production by 7.8% y/y In July 2025, French steel enterprises reduced steel production by 20.8% compared to July 2024, to 800 thousand tons. Thus, the country ranks 18th in the WorldSteel Association’s global ranking of steel-producing countries (70). Compared to the previous month, smelting volumes increased by 12.5%. During January-July, the industry produced 5.79 million tons of steel, which is 7.8% less than in January-July last year. Average monthly steel production fell to 827,860 tons compared to 897,860 tons a year earlier. Overall, EU steelmakers reduced steel production by 7% year-on-year in July 2025 – to 10.2 million tons, and by 3.8% year-on-year in January-July – to 75.6 million tons. In 2024, French steel companies increased steel production by 7.6% compare...

In January-July, production volumes increased by 6.6% year-on-year Polish steel companies reduced steel production by 14.7% month-on-month in July 2025, while year-on-year production increased by 1.9% to 639,000 tons. This puts the country in 20th place in the WorldSteel global ranking of steel producers. In January-July, Polish steelmakers produced 4.51 million tons of steel, which is 6.6% more than in the same period of 2024. The recovery of Poland’s metallurgical complex is facilitated by the restart of an important enterprise, Huta Częstochowa. Since February 3, the plant has been operating at full capacity after more than a year of downtime. At the same time, ArcelorMittal Poland, the country’s largest steel producer, announced a temporary shutdown of blast furnace No. 3 at its plant in Dąbrowa Górnicza. The manufact...

Total steel imports for the month fell by 0.6% m/m According to data from the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), US steelmakers increased their imports of rolled steel by 1.3% month-on-month – to 1.68 million tonnes in July 2025. Total steel imports (rolled products and semi-finished products) for the month fell by 0.6% m/m – to 2.24 million tons. The largest volume of imports was accounted for by products for the oil industry – 172,150 tons (+16.6% month-on-month), hot-dip galvanized rolled products – 154,480 tons (+5.6% month-on-month), tinplate – 136.38 thousand tons (+25.2% m/m), cold-rolled coil – 135.13 thousand tons (+10.7% m/m). Finished products accounted for 75.3% of total imports for the month. In January-July, the US reduced its imports of rolled products by 8.9% compared to the same period in 2024, to ...

Steel production in 70 producing countries amounted to 150.1 million tons for the month Global steel production in July 2025 fell by 1.3% compared to the same month in 2024, to 150.1 million tons. Compared to the previous month, the figure decreased by 0.8%. This is evidenced by the global ranking of steel-producing countries (70) by the World Steel Association. Total steel production in the CIS countries + Ukraine decreased by 5.1% y/y for the month and remained at the June level of 6.7 million tons, in particular in Ukraine, it decreased by 18.1% y/y and 6.6% m/m, to 580.5 thousand tons. According to World Steel, the top ten steel-producing countries in July were: China – 79.7 million tons (-4% y/y); India – 14 million tons (+14%); USA – 7.1 million tons (+4.8%); Japan – 6.9 million tons (-2.5%); Russia – 5.7 million tons (-2...