World crude steel production for the 71 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 144.8 million tonnes (Mt) in August 2024, a 6.5% decrease compared to August 2023.

The Pakistani government has announced that it has agreed with Russian government representatives to form working groups to establish a new steel mill in Karachi

India's Tata Steel Limited has commissioned a new blast furnace (BF) at its Kalinganagar steel mill in Odisha

Indian steel producer has announced that it has commissioned the largest blast furnace in the country

The industry proposes to reduce tariffs by 15-20% while maintaining the profitability of Ukrainian Railways Ukrainian Railways (UZ) has returned to the idea of increasing the cost of rail freight transportation

Australia-based miner Hancock Prospecting has announced that the federal government has approved its McPhee iron ore project in the Pilbara region

ASX-listed Hawthorn Resources has exercised its right to convert its participating interest in the Mt Bevan magnetite project joint venture (JV) with Legacy Iron Ore and Hancock Magnetite to a royalty.

In northwest China's Gobi Desert, two neighboring power plants testify to an ongoing clean energy transition in the country's west-to-east power transmission system.