Pig Iron News

Moret: No steel mill decision until 2010 (The Advocate)
Fri 20 Nov 2009 8:19pm
Published: Nov 20, 2009 - UPDATED: 2:02 p.m. to pull the trigger on a more than $2 billion pig iron mill that could come to St. James Parish, a state official said....


Panel to decide BF-sponge mix for steel making (Business Standard India)
Fri 20 Nov 2009 6:48pm
The Orissa government has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of the Development Commissioner (DC) to determine the mix between the blast furnace and the sponge iron route......


JSW capacity overtakes Tata Steel's (Business Standard India)
Thu 19 Nov 2009 7:45pm
Sajjan Jindal-controlled JSW Steel has overtaken Tata Steel in terms of steelmaking capacity in India and will continue to be ahead even as the two companies go into their next phase......


Fortescue Says Asia, Europe Ore Demand Climbing Off Bottom (Bloomberg)
Thu 19 Nov 2009 10:14am
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. , Australias third-biggest iron ore producer, said demand for the steelmaking ingredient is increasing in Asia and Europe as the g......


China Doesnt Plan Coke Export Tax Cut, Group Says (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Thu 19 Nov 2009 9:21am
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- China, the worlds largest producer of coke, doesnt plan to cut a 40 percent export tax on the steelmaking ingredient, continuing to constrain exports next ye......


Tata Metaliks sparkles on expansion plans (Business Standard India)
Thu 19 Nov 2009 5:31am
Tata Metaliks is trading at the day's high of Rs 119, stronger by Rs 14 or 15%, on the BSE. The pig iron producer is eyeing a 3-5 million tonne steel plant in Karnataka, depending on......


Essar Steel lights up darkness (The Sault Star)
Wed 18 Nov 2009 3:16pm
Gawkers gathered to watch the sky around Essar Steel Algoma light up Monday night, as a power outage forced the company to burn off gas from its coke oven for several hours. "Cars we......


STATES (The Hindu)
Tue 17 Nov 2009 7:37pm
KARNATAKA: Karnataka emerges a steelmaking hub Industry explores markets in Japan, S Korea, Pakistan, UAE. Bangalore, Nov. 17 With iron ore prices on the decline since May 2008, a nu......