Canadian steel products producer Algoma Steel Group is experiencing an unplanned outage at its Lake Superior Power generating facility, which has led to suspended production at its electric arc furnace (EAF).

The Industrial Open Auction Trading Floor of the Iran Mercantile Exchange hosted the offering of five types of products from the mining and steel value chain today, Sunday, August 16, 2026. The offering, featuring a significant volume of iron ore products ranging from pellets and concentrate to lump and sized iron ore, highlighted the continued role of the exchange in supplying raw materials to the country's mining and steel industries.

Crude steel production rose by 8.1% in the first half of 2026 in Türkiye. This increase in production has reached 19.77 million tonnes, according to the Turkish Steel Producers’ Association (TÇÜD).

China's steel sector presents something of a dilemma in trying to work out if it is soft and likely to continue to weaken, or whether it is actually performing quite strongly given the subdued state of the world's second-biggest economy.

Ghadir Neyriz Steel Company, a subsidiary of the International Development of Ghadir Industries and Mines Company, has successfully set a record for billet sales in domestic and foreign markets during the 9-month fiscal period ending June 21, 2026. The company, achieving a 549% growth in domestic sales, entry into export markets, and a focus on completing the value chain, increased its total sales revenue by 130% compared to the same period last year.

Chinese steel mills have put management and optimization strategies for production volume on their agenda in order to align their operations with new market conditions and changes in profit margins; a trend that reflects producers' intelligent approach in facing seasonal fluctuations in demand and raw material costs.

The project for localization of water spray nozzles for the continuous casting machine at Hormozgan Steel Company was successfully implemented relying on the knowledge of domestic experts and through the efforts of the Localization Unit of the Technical Office and Maintenance Planning, yielding valuable technical and economic results for the company.

Panther Metals has agreed an extension amendment with Broken Rock Resources over the Obonga copper/zinc/lead/nickel/platinum group metals project, in Ontario.

Delays to green steel projects are growing and government support is far short of what is needed, jeopardising the industry's drive to cut emissions, steel associations warned at an annual meeting in Singapore this week.

Brazilian miner Vale said on Thursday it will invest 67-billion reais ($12.36-billion) in its mining operations in Minas Gerais state by 2030, as it held a ceremony to mark the reopening of a key mine in the city of Ouro Preto.