In the period, over 4 million tonnes of its products were sold, representing a year-on-year decrease of 22%.

In the period, over 4 million tonnes of its products were sold, representing a year-on-year decrease of 22%.

A comparison of shipments year-to-date in 2023 to the first seven months of 2022 shows the following changes: hot rolled sheet, up 4 percent, cold rolled sheet, down 1 percent and corrosion resistant sheet, down 2 percent.

Finished Import Market Share Estimated at 21 Percent in August.

Normalized plate pricing also fell by $40/st to $1,730/st.

Liberty Steel is closing one of the three ovens at its Ostrava site in Czechia and there is a growing expectation that the company may idle its last two operational blast furnaces in Europe in the coming months.

The company has started the production of final product, hot-rolled coils, from the Nagarnar plant in Chhattisgarh.

Turkey-based Kaptan Demir Çelik (Kaptan lron & Steel), part of Kaptan Group, has started wire rod production at its new mill supplied by UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies.