Azerbaijan has launched local production of hot-rolled flat bars for the first time and successfully completed its first-ever export of merchant bar products to the United Kingdom and Ireland, including

Construction of the world’s biggest hydropower megadam has begun, China’s premier has said, calling it the “project of the century”.

The Ministry stated in a statement that the agreement includes “the supply of additional equipment, the completion of engineering works, and the installation and commissioning of a new rolling mill

World crude steel production for the 70 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 151.4 million tonnes (Mt) in June 2025, a 5.8% decrease compared to June 2024.

The situation is similar in the Italian wire rod segment, where prices have remained stable week on week but “the market response is very slow”, a source said. Local wire

German Stahl-Holding-Saar Group and its subsidiaries German steel plate producer Dillinger, long steel producer Saarstahl, and its subsidiary ROGESA have obtained federal permits for constructing a direct reduction plant and