Steel Market Production Increases – Ternium is moving forward with the installation of a two-strand continuous slab caster at its Argentinean subsidiary, Ternium Siderar. The installation will increase crude steel capacity by 500,000 tpy and is expected to be operational in 3Q 2013.

Steel Market Production Cuts – Turkish steelmaker Habas is planning to conduct maintenance at its Izmir region steel mill at the end of March and beginning of April with an expected duration of three weeks.

Steel Market Production Cuts – Steelworkers at ArcelorMittal’s Tubular Products Galati in Romania have gone on strike over wages and bonuses. The facility has a capacity of 50,000 tpy of longitudinal submerged arc-welded pipe.

Sources: Steel Business Briefing, American Metal Markets