* Several mills launched overhauls

* 2011 steel production likely to climb higher

SHANGHAI, Jan 31 (Reuters) – China’s daily crude steel output fell 5.4 percent to 1.695 million tonnes in the second 10 days of January from the previous 10 days, the first fall since mid-October, data from the China Iron & Steel Association showed.

Average daily steel production on a 10-day basis has climbed since the middle 10 days of October, despite government-led measures to cut production in order to meet energy-efficiency targets.

Analysts suggested that slower production was mainly the result of routine annual overhauls by several steel mills.

“Several steel mills carried overhauls, which usually last 7-10 days, before the Chinese Lunar New Year, and this had some impact on production,” said Feng Gangyong, an analyst with Guangfa Securities.

China’s steel output hit a record of 627 million tonnes last year, while analysts are expecting the world’s top steel producer will continue lifting production this year.

“I expect this fall would be temporary, and steel production will recover growth after the Spring Festival and likely peak in the second quarter,” Feng said.

Feng forecast that China’s steel production will likely hit 675 million tonnes this year as demand from downstream users including housing and machinery sectors remain strong.

(Sourced from Reuters)

Date: 15-NOV-2011 to 18-NOV-2011

Venue: The All-Russia Exhibition Center, Moscow

Metal Week in Moscow, the biggest in Russia and the CIS steel industry forum will be held on November 15 – 18, 2011. The key events of the forum will become: Metal-Expo’2011, 17th International Industrial Exhibition; MetrallStroyForum’2011, 3d International Exhibition for Steel Products and Structures for Construction; MetallurgMash’2011, International Exhibition for Equipment and Technologies for Steel Industry and MetalWorking.

Major segments of the exhibition

* Ferrous industry: manufacture and products of the ferrous industry (billets, long products, flats, tubes and pipes);
* Non-ferrous industry: manufacture and products of the non-ferrous industry (raw materials, secondary metals, semi-finished products, rolled products, and profiles);
* Special steels and alloys: manufacture and products (long products, flats and tubes);
* High conversion products for construction: coated sheets, bent shapes, steel structures etc.;
* Wire mesh products, steel ropes, netting, fasteners etc.;
* Equipment and technologies for steel and mining industries;
* Raw materials for the metal and steel industry (iron ore, ferroalloys, non-ferrous metal ores, coke etc.);
* Ferrous and non-ferrous scrap collecting and recycling;
* Transportation and logistics, stocking in steel industry and metal and steel trading;
* Warehouses and stocks in steel industry and metal and steel trading;
* Equipment and technologies for warehouses and steel service centers;
* Sheet metal and long products processing: cutting, shaping, bending, and welding;
* Welding materials, equipment and technologies;
* Refractory materials, technical ceramics for the steel industry and foundry;
* Fundamental and applicable scientific researches in the ferrous and non-ferrous industries as well as nanotechnologies;
* Unions, mass media, IT technologies, online-trading, automation of industrial and business processes for the steel industry and metalworking;
* Financing, investments, insurance, leasing, ecology, labor protection and safety in the steel industry.

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Date: 10-AUG-2011 to 12-AUG-2011

Venue: China International Exhibition Center, Beijing, Beijing (munic.), China

China (Beijing) International Metallurgy Industry Exhibition is a brand exhibition which was built by Beijing Hiven Exhibition Co., Ltd and industry authoritative organizations through their 7-year’s great effort. Over the years, under organizer’s innovation and all section of society’s supports, exhibition continuously steps into perfect. Based on luxuriant marketing operation experience and matured exhibition organizing system, it has become an irreplaceable platform for enterprises to promote new products and for specialists to communicate. It gains powerful support and high recognition from numerous domestic and foreign enterprises, and plays a key role in promoting buyers and sellers enter into contracts.

With continously increasing of international iron&steel industry market competition, general metallurgy enterprises must enhance the ability of independent innovation and technology innovation, strenghthen the development of high added-value products, occupy high-end market, increase export, and reduce import to face serious challenge of domestic and international market. CIMIE2011-the 8th China (Beijing) International Metallurgy Industry Expo 2011 takes over several years’ organizing concept, views new trend of industry development, widly expands channels, fully integrates resources, continously promotes service quality, commits itself to provide cutting-edge market information and extensive trade cooperation platform, and overall builds metallurgy industry brand exhibition, in order to actively contribute to promoting the development of China iron&steel industry! We believe that this exhibition will create infinite business opportunities for general exhibitors.

Venue: Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center, 799 Nguyen Van Linh, Dist 7, HCM City, Vietnam

“METALEX Vietnam” is the most comprehensive machine tools and metalworking technology trade exhibition and conference in Vietnam. As a part of “METALEX” series, the largest event in ASEAN, METALEX Vietnam is where 500 global brands from 25 countries will launch their innovations to over 10,000 Vietnamese industrialists.

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The China Iron and Steel Association said the rise in output was partly caused by an end to restrictions imposed on steel mills in order to meet state pollution and energy efficiency targets for 2010.

It also said that an increase in prices over the period helped stimulate output.

(Sourced from Reuters)

Venue: Cairo International Conference Center, Egypt

MS is the Middle East’s largest trade show for the metal working, metal manufacturing & steel fabrication industries, the B2B Steel exhibition for the Middle East. The upcoming edition of Metal & Steel Exhibition, the international exhibition for steel, foundry & non-ferrous metals, will be one of the most important trade market for the steel and metal industry in the Middle East & Africa region, it is expected to exceed 213 participants & 10.000 visitors.

Metal & Steel 2011 has succeeded till now to gather the Arabian manufacturers with the international leading industry suppliers & players from Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Germany, Italy, Greece, Portugal, USA, Finland, Turkey, Netherlands, Spain, India, China, Lebanon, Belgium, Jordan, Plus many more from Egypt, specially the Egyptian key players will be there to tap the Middle East and North African markets.

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The 12th China(Guangzhou) Int’l Stainless Steel Industry Exhibition is a solid and reliable platform that can cater to the complete requirements of the region’s steel working industry. Steel Manufacturers, Stockholders, Merchants, Machinery & Machine Tools, Attachments will be targeting Coating Inspectors, General Managers, Procurement Managers, Estimators & Planning & Design Engineers. Check details.

China steel output keeps recovering in December based on CISA latest data release recently. In the first ten days of December, the large and medium size steel enterprises made a total of 14.05 million tonnes of crude steel with nationwide production estimated at 16.669 million tonnes and the daily figures going to 1.405 million tonnes and 1.667 million tonnes respectively. The daily outputs are 2.7% and 1.5% higher than in the previous comparable period.

Mr Hu Yanping Custeel analyst was cited by the newspaper as saying that the steel industry control of production is relaxed in December which is the main reason behind the rising outputs.

In November, the nation daily steel production was 1.6724 million tonnes up by 49,700 tonnes from October also revealing steel output check has been loosening. And another reason is the long steel products price increases since November which stimulate resumption of steel production too.

But analyst Mr Hu still believed crude steel output in December will remain at a relatively low level forecasting its daily output hardly to exceed 1.70 million tonnes. The recovering steel output is not to weigh on the market supply pressure while the social inventory has stayed low.

Major steel products inventory reported at 12.81 million tonnes off 31% from the peak level of March.

(Sourced from China Business News)

Date: 27-APR-2011 to 29-APR-2011

Venue: Intex Shanghai, Shanghai, China

16th Shanghai International Metallurgy Expo 2011 is a professional and reputed industry trade fairs in China . This is the oldest metallurgy expo in China. Shanghai International Metallurgy expo welcomed 4371 exhibitors from 57 countries and hundred thousand of professional visitors by this time.