[Ferro-Alloys.com]Tata Steel is weighing up a move into merchant mining to harness its expertise in iron-ore and coal mining.

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[Ferro-Alloys.com]The fate of another 2,000 workers and 930 employees, including executives and non-executives of the plant, hangs in balance.

Iranian export prices for steel billet and slab slipped in the week ended Wednesday August 28.

China’s plate exporters lowered their prices in the past week to boost trading.

The four countries are China, Mexico, South Korea and Turkey.