• Chinese mills arrange maintenance plans on poor demand Jan 06, 2020

  The softening of market demand for steel in winter, particularly for long products, has encouraged Chinese steelmakers to arrange intensive maintenance programmes, market sources shared on Friday, with stoppages already begun at some producers.

• North China mills delivering fewer longs to market Jul 11, 2019

  Fourteen major steelmakers in North China’s Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region which Mysteel regularly monitors plan to deliver fewer long steel products to the local physical market this month, according to the results of a study Mysteel released on Wednesday. Many among the group are still observing production restrictions or have stopped lines for normal maintenance, so they anticipate their steel output will be reduced this month.

• China’s steel mills into maintenance season starting July Jul 03, 2019

  A growing number of Chinese steelmakers have recently joined the others announcing their maintenance plans on their steelmaking or rolling facilities starting July as the country has been into the hot summer when the demand for steel usually subsides.

• More Chinese steel mills join March maintenance crowd Mar 06, 2019

  As of March 4, a total of 27 Chinese steel producers nationwide were known to have or will start their regular minor or major maintenance on their facilities in March, lasting from a week to as long as 90 days, which is expected to slow down the flow of finished steel supplies into the Chinese market this month, market sources shared on Tuesday.

• Shanxi steel producers plan intense maintenance Feb 20, 2019

  After lagging behind their counterparts in most other provinces by several weeks, steelmakers in North China’s Shanxi province have launched a maintenance blitz that will see all nine of the province’s major steel producers overhauling blast furnaces and rolling facilities from late February through until early March, company data collected by Mysteel shows.

• Mills launch annual maintenance in Dec amid weak demand Dec 17, 2018

  The cooling of steel demand now that winter has taken hold across most parts of China has led many more steelmakers to announce maintenance plans this month, Mysteel has learned from market sources.

• Feng Hsin idling plant for maintenance amid power curbs Aug 09, 2018

  Feng Hsin Steel, Taiwan’s largest rebar producer, will be idling upstream and downstream facilities at its Taichung city works in Central Taiwan over the coming few weeks to undertake annual maintenance while the usual curbs on industrial electricity use are in force over summer, a company official has confirmed.

• Japan steelmakers survive devastating weekend rains Jul 09, 2018

  The economic impact from the torrential rains which caused massive devastation to many parts of western Japan late last week and into the weekend is expected to be huge though steelmakers with plants in the affected areas seem to be escaped the worst.

• WEEKLY: China's BF utilization climbs further to 79.12% May 11, 2018

  Blast furnace (BF) capacity utilization across 247 steel mills nationwide surveyed by Mysteel moved up further by 1.33 percentage points on week to 79.12%, Mysteel's latest survey published on May 11 indicated. Mills surveyed cited the further resumption of production while they could enjoy healthy profits.

• CSC to revamp hot stove, reheating furnace at Kaohsiung May 11, 2018

  China Steel Corporation (CSC), Taiwan's top steel producer headquartered in Kaohsiung, South Taiwan, is undertaking an extensive revamp of a hot stove feeding hot air to the No.3 blast furnace, a company official confirmed on May 11.

• Rebound in China rebar prices seen continuing for now Apr 24, 2018

  Chinese domestic prices of rebar should continue tracking upward over the short term as market players envisage the robust demand for the construction steel product continuing to linger, market sources shared on April 24. But they warned that prices were unlikely to refresh last December's 74-month high anytime soon.

• Hebei's Feb steel PMI down to 47.6, contraction lingers Mar 01, 2018

  The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the steel industry in North China's Hebei province, the country's core steel production base, dropped by 2.24 basis points month on month to 47.6 in February, falling below the threshold of 50 for the fifth consecutive month, according to a March 1 release by Hebei Metallurgical Industry Association.

• CISA: China's late Jan daily steel output dips 1.3% Feb 12, 2018

  Daily crude steel output among China's major steel mills reverted down by 1.26% or 22,500 tonnes/day from January 11-20 to around 1.76 million t/d over January 21-31, according to the latest statistics released by the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) on February 12.

• Taiwan's China Steel shuts No. 3 until end-February Dec 19, 2017

  Taiwan's biggest steel producer, China Steel Corp (CSC), is in the process of relining its No.3 blast furnace since October as planned, and the maintenance will last until end of February, a company official confirmed Tuesday.

• More Chinese steel mills into annual BFs maintenance Nov 24, 2017

  China's blast furnace capacity utilization rate may refresh new lows in the coming weeks as many more steel mills will join in the blast furnace annual maintenance on the weekend of November 25-26, Mysteel understands from the market.