Steel Market Production Increases – Danish steelmaker Dansteel has begun operations at their new 4.2 mtpy heavy plate mill that will supply plates for off-shore drilling and off-shore wind platforms.

Steel Market Production Increases – Russian steelmaker Evraz has scheduled a re-start of the 950,000 tpy meltshop at its Czech unit, Evraz Vitkovice Steel. The meltshop has been idled since October and will be re-started on January 3, 2012.

Steel Market Production Increases – Chinese steel companies Xinyuantai and Shougang have completed the second phase of their OCTG joint venture after commissioning the final two pipe lines, adding 150,000 tpy of capacity and raising the total to 450,000 tpy.

Sources: Steel Business Briefing, SteelOrbis