Latest news on China Electrical Steel markets

Shagang produces 0.1mm high-grade NGO

Shagang Group (Shagang), China's leading privately-owned steel company and its largest electric-arc-furnace steelmaker, has successfully rolled its first coil of ultra-thin high-grade non-grain-oriented (NGO) electrical steel, marking the East China company’s entry into the leading tier of domestic

US launches second AD/CVD sunset reviews on NOES

The US Department of Commerce (Commerce) were initiating the second sunset reviews of the anti-dumping (AD) orders on non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) imported from China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, and the Taiwan region of China, as well as the second countervailing duty (CVD) sunset

CSM: China's electrical steel output tops 16 million t in '24

China's total production of electrical steel reached 16.1 million tonnes in 2024, higher by 5.4% on year, according to new data released by the Chinese Society for Metals (CSM).

Baosteel to invest in FeSi maker for electrical steel development

To control costs and to improve its competitiveness in electrical steel, Baoshan Iron & Steel Co (Baosteel) plans to invest in Hubei Sentai Metallurgical Co, a subsidiary of Wuhan Iron and Steel Group (Wugang), aiming to secure ferrosilicon supplies, the Shanghai-based steel giant has announced. Bao

Baosteel launches 4 new GOES grades for power transformers

Baoshan Iron & Steel Co (Baosteel), the listed arm of the world's largest steelmaker China Baowu Steel Group, began offering four new grades of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) on June 25, according to the company's latest release.

Ansteel to lift silicon steel output by buying new reversing cold mill

Angang Steel Company Limited (Ansteel), the Shenzhen-listed arm of China's second-largest steelmaker Ansteel Iron & Steel Group, has recently purchased a reversing cold mill from Primetals Technologies, a London-based engineering and plant construction company, as per Primetals' official release.

Shougang starts up new GO electrical steel production line

Beijing Shougang, a subsidiary of China's sixth-largest integrated steelmaker Shougang Group, has announced the operation of a new grain-oriented (GO) electrical steel production line which is also the world's first specialized production line of 100% thin gauge and high magnetic induction GO electr

Nippon Steel starts trials on new EAF at Hirohata

Nippon Steel, Japan's largest integrated mill, has started hot-run trials on the new electric-arc-furnace (EAF) in the Hirohata Area of its Setouchi Works in western Japan, and plans to start commercial production by March 2023, a company official said on Monday.

JISF: EU's renewed AD GOES duties 'regrettable'

Japan Iron & Steel Federation (JISF) chairman Eiji Hashimoto expressed his regret on January 18 over the European Commission's decision to continue applying anti-dumping (AD) duties on Japanese grain-oriented flat-rolled products of silicon-electrical steel (GOES).

Nippon Steel lifts spending further for electrical sheet

Nippon Steel, Japan's largest integrated mill, will invest an additional Yen 19 billion ($166.6 million) as part of its ongoing drive to expand electrical sheet production capacity and quality at its Setouchi works in western Japan, the company announced on November 2. This will be third expansion f