The company’s transformation involves the commissioning of a 2 million metric tonnes electric arc furnace from 2029 The German steel producer Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM), which is now a subsidiary of Salzgitter, has announced the decommissioning of coke oven battery No. 2 at its plant in Duisburg. This was reported by SteelOrbis. The shutdown, which took place on 16 September 2026, forms part of the company’s strategy to transition to climate-neutral production. Coke battery No. 2 was commissioned in 1984. Its annual capacity was approximately 1.1 million tonnes of coke. Over the course of 42 years, the facility supplied raw materials to HKM’s blast furnaces, producing nearly 45 million tonnes of coke over its entire service life, which significantly exceeded the originally estimated operational lifespan. The shutdown of th...

The unit, with a capacity of 1.6 million tonnes per year, is expected to come on stream in 2030 Slovakia’s largest steel producer — US Steel Košice (USSK) — has approved a large-scale investment programme worth around €900 million. The funds will be channelled into the construction of a new electric arc furnace (EAF) and an air separation unit. This was reported by SteelOrbis. A new electric arc furnace with a capacity of around 1.6 million tonnes per year is expected to come on stream in 2030. It will operate alongside the plant’s existing blast furnaces. This will enable USSK to maintain the reliability of its high-quality steel supplies whilst significantly reducing carbon emissions. The newly commissioned air separation unit will ensure the plant’s stable operation, improve energy efficiency and contribute t...

For its part, India had been counting on a 29–35% increase in quotas India has agreed an individual annual quota for steel exports with the European Union. According to the agreed text of the free trade agreement (FTA), the total quota will amount to 1.64 million tonnes per year. Shipments exceeding this limit will be subject to a 50% EU duty.  This is reported by SteelRadar. The total volume of duty-free exports consists of two parts: 946.6 thousand tonnes — the current quota under the Most-Favoured-Nation (WTO) regime; 694.9 thousand tonnes — an additional preferential quota granted under the free trade agreement. The new aggregate quota will cover approximately 68.4% of the total volume of Indian steel exports to the EU, which stood at around 2.4 million tonnes in 2025 (by way of comparison, the WTO base quota covered only ...

Over the past 8 months, this figure has fallen by 3% y/y In August this year, China increased its steel exports by 0.3% compared with the previous month, to 10.15 million tonnes. This was reported by the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA). Compared with the same period in 2025, the figure rose by 6.8%. The average price of these exports in August was 722.2 per tonne, which was 0.9% higher than in the previous month. Between January and August, Chinese steelmakers exported 75.15 million tonnes of steel products, down 3% year-on-year. Steel imports into China in August totalled 434,000 tonnes (-2.5% month-on-month and -13.2% year-on-year). Over the first eight months, the figure stood at 3.57 million tonnes (-10.5% year-on-year). Meanwhile, in August, China imported 108.54 million tonnes of iron ore, which was 0.4% more than the previous month and ...