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Nippon Steel braces for 36% fall in FY20 seamless sales

Nippon Steel, Japan’s largest integrated mill, expects to sell only about 620,000 tonnes of carbon and special steel seamless pipes during the current fiscal (April 2020-March 2021), down 36.1% on year, as the COVID-19 pandemic has brought oil and gas development projects in many countries to a halt

China’s seamless pipe producers feel eco-checks pressure

Seamless pipe producers in Linyi of East China’s Shandong province have been commanded to idle the majority of their extrusion capacities amid the intensified environmental protection checks in the city since mid-July, market sources shared on July 24.

China raises AD duties on certain US, EU pipes, tubes

China decided to massively raise the anti-dumping duties presently applied on certain alloy-steel seamless tubes and pipes imported from the United States and European Union since June 14, according to an announcement from China’s Ministry of Commerce (MoC) on the same day.

GCC ends antidumping investigation into China’s pipes

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has ended its one-and-a-half-year long antidumping investigation into Chinese seamless pipe imports and decided not to impose dumping duties, a decision which has reassured many Chinese exporters of these products, according to market sources Tuesday.

Chinese firms unfazed by Malaysia's mega project halts

Chinese companies including steel suppliers and contractors involved in Malaysia's three mega projects that just have affected little with the latest development by far, company officials confirmed.

WEEKLY: China's steel products pricing indices by CISA

Table-1Table-2Note: 1. Long products refer to high-speed wire rod, rebar, high-quality carbon-structure round steel, angle, and H-beam; flat products refer to plate, HR coil/sheet, hot-rolled strip, CR coil/sheet, and galvanized steel sheet.2. Global composite steel price index stood at 206.3 at the

China steel mills' domestic sales by channel (Jan-May)

China's steel domestic sales and exports by region (Jan-May)

WEEKLY: China's steel products pricing indices by CISA

Table-1Table-2Note: 1. Long products refer to high-speed wire rod, rebar, high-quality carbon-structure round steel, angle, and H-beam; flat products refer to plate, HR coil/sheet, hot-rolled strip, CR coil/sheet, and galvanized steel sheet.2. Global composite steel price index stood at 206.3 at the

Angang's HRC prices up by $16/t for July sales

Anshan Iron and Steel Group (Angang), China's fourth largest steelmaker and a key flat steel producer headquartered in Anshan city, Northeast China's Liaoning province, has followed Shanghai-based Baoshan Steel and decided to lift its list prices of hot rolled coils by Yuan 100/tonne ($15.6/t) for s