Global steel demand is projected to reach 1,735 metric tonnes (mt) in 2019, up 1.3 per cent from 2018, and 1,752 mt in 2020, according to a report by the World Steel Association (worldsteel)
Metals
EGA starts production at UAE?s first alumina refinery
Emirates Global Aluminium has announced the start-up of Al Taweelah alumina refinery, a strategic growth project that expands the industrial giant?s business upstream in the aluminium value chain
EGA?s carbon by-products as alternative fuel for UAE cement firms
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), one of the leading aluminium producers in the UAE, has announced to supply its production of carbon dust, a by-product of aluminium smelting, for use as an alternative fuel by the UAE cement industry
Tenaris acquires significant stake in Saudi Steel Pipe
Tenaris has closed its previously-announced acquisition from a private group of 47.79 per cent of the shares of Saudi Steel Pipe Company (SSP), for a total amount of US$141mn
MMEC Mannesmann and ACWA Power to boost Oman?s aluminum industry
MMEC Mannesmann, one of the leading German engineering contractors in the field of petroleum coke calcining, has partnered with ACWA Power to develop the ?Sohar Calciner? project in Oman