India's primary steelmakers have increased their share of exports in Q4 amid rising international steel prices.

The sale of construction steel hit 855,000 tonnes, a year-on-year surge of 17 percent. Exports of the item topped 147,000 tonnes, up 10 percent.

“This will remove a major bottleneck in transportation of LMO to states. As on date, 1172 tankers are available for LMO, with the capacity 15900 MT,” the statement said.

The U.S. imported a total of 2,292,000 net tons (NT) of steel in March 2021.

Broken down by districts, here’s production for the week ending April 17, 2021 in thousands of net tons: North East: 164; Great Lakes: 603; Midwest: 183; Southern: 747 and Western: 73 for a total of 1770.

The overseas market is becoming a big engine for the performance growth of many domestic power battery manufacturers.

Sandvik and beamIt group announced on April 20, 2021 the introduction of super duplex stainless steel (Osprey 2507 metal powder, an alloy with both mechanical strength and high corrosion resistance).

Vietnam made a final decision on the mid-term anti-dumping review of China related color coated steel plates.