"Another resilient performance" was how Alexey Mordashov, CEO of Russian steelmaker Severstal described his company's Q4 2013 financial results, released today.

The American Institute for International Steel, Inc. (AIIS), and the Eurometal Steel Trade Study Group (STSG), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under which they will work together to advance global free trade in steel.

Figures from worldsteel show that global crude steel production for January 2014 was 130Mt, a decrease of -0.4% compared to the same period last year.

Metal Bulletin’s 11th Steel Success Strategies conference in Istanbul last month attracted some of the steel industry’s leading opinion formers from around the globe and focused strongly on China throughout.

ArcelorMittal’s Dąbrowa Górnicza long rail installation in Poland – one of three in the world capable of producing 120m rails for the railway industry – was officially opened on 24 February by Poland’s deputy prime minister, Janusz Piechociński.

Russian steel producer NLMK, a vertically integrated steelmaking company, and Russia’s leading manufacturer of steel and HVA rolled products, has passed certification audits confirming that its production of special-size slabs from high-strength and corrosion-resistant steel grades is compliant with the requirements set forth by certifying agencies Det Norske Veritas (Norway), Lloyd’s Register (Great Britain), and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (Russia).