Steel Industry Health and Safety News

BHP in first iron ore export fall this century
Tue, 16 Jul 2019 16:22:00 GMT
Exports from BHP's flagship iron ore division have fallen for the first time since the ... further exceptional items in its August financial results relating to the 2015 Samarco dam disaster. BHP


United States Steel - Press Release
Fri, 12 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT
U. S. Steel Reaches Agreement with Allegheny County Health Department to Resolve Enforcement Orders at Clairton Plant


Debt talks to resume over BHP, Vales Samarco mine
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 19:59:00 GMT
Operations at Samarco, one of the worlds largest iron ore mining companies, have been idled since the Fundo dam holding mining waste burst in 2015, flooding a village with toxic liquid and causing


Iron Ore Sinks as Chinas Top Steel Group Urges Probe Into Rally
Fri, 05 Jul 2019 19:33:00 GMT
Iron ore, which had surged above $120 a ton after a dam disaster in Brazil and bad weather in Australia curtailed shipments just as Chinas mills ramped up steel output, is in freefall as the


China cracks down with probe into iron ore price increase
Fri, 05 Jul 2019 02:51:00 GMT
Steel prices in China have rallied this month following government-ordered cuts to production in the steel making hub of Tangshan in an attempt to reduce air pollution.


EU steel sector braces amid onslaught
Thu, 04 Jul 2019 16:00:00 GMT
Paired with supply volatility for iron-ore in the wake of the Vale/Brumadinho dam disaster in Brazil, alongside high and volatile scrap and coking coal prices, the European steel industry is


Iron ore surges past $US120 but softer China demand looms
Tue, 02 Jul 2019 15:06:00 GMT
Demand in China is also affected by controls aimed at addressing air pollution created by emissions from steel smelters. We've seen curtailments, or capacity cuts coming from Tangshan, which is your


Iron ore price hits five-year high of $126 a tonne
Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:22:00 GMT
It has risen by over 70 per cent this year. Steel prices in China have rallied this month following government-ordered cuts to production in the city of Tangshan in a bid to reduce pollution. At the


Chinas industrial profits rise on improving sales, good margins
Thu, 27 Jun 2019 04:03:00 GMT
Steel demand from downstream sectors in China has turned ... The countrys top steelmaking city of Tangshan last week summoned 48 companies and ordered them to trim output to reduce smog. Profits at


The Commodities Feed: Oil cuts and the crop report
Tue, 25 Jun 2019 04:44:00 GMT
Meanwhile, the Chinese city of Tangshan has ordered steel mills in the city to extend capacity cuts to the end of July due to pollution remaining above desired levels. The news has been supportive


EU steel safeguard may move to country-by-country HRC
Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT
The EUs definitive steel safeguard review is increasingly expected to lead to a country-by-country quota for product category one, hot-rolled coil (HRC), according to sources close to the European Commission. European steel association Eurofer has been a major proponent of switching HRC to a country-by-country quota, but there could also be a lobby of


Vale set to resume operations at Brucutu iron ore mine in Brazil
Thu, 20 Jun 2019 05:04:00 GMT
Brazilian iron ore miner Vale is set to resume complete operations at Brucutu ... The companys operations have been under scrutiny since the tailings dam disaster. In 2015, a dam failure at Samarco,


AM Italia: Managing ex-Ilva impossible with new decree
Thu, 20 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT
ArcelorMittal Italia, Italys largest steelmaker, is calling on the Italian government to change the current text of the Crescita law decree that will cancel the steelmakers criminal immunity as regards pollution. Without the change it is impossible to manage the former Ilva, ArcelorMittal stated. According to the Crescita law, as also announced by Minister


Brazilian dam disaster a turning point for environmental awareness
Wed, 19 Jun 2019 10:51:00 GMT
The Brumadinho disaster, which occurred when a tailings dam failed at Crrego de Feijo iron ore mine in Minas Gerais ... same region that occurred at the Bento Rodrigues mine owned by Samarco, a


Dalian iron ore rebounds; Tangshan move stokes demand worries
Tue, 18 Jun 2019 14:10:00 GMT
The Tangshan government said on Monday it had summoned executives from 48 regional companies with high pollution emissions to a meeting and ordered to trim output to reduce the smog. The companies in


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