Vietnam’s Imported Scrap Market in Early August 2026: Japanese Scrap Prices Fall on Currency Pressure, While Trading Remains Cautious

The Asian ferrous scrap market entered early August 2026 with a clear downward price trend...

Vingroup Accelerates Its VND 80 Trillion Steel Mega Project in Ha Tinh: A New Turning Point for Vietnam’s Steel Industry and the Reshaping of Southeast Asia’s Steel Production Landscape

The official approval of the 1/500 detailed zoning plan for the VinMetal Ha Tinh Steel...

Dubai Temporarily Bans Exports of Ferrous, Copper and Aluminum Scrap: Global Metals Market Faces Supply Disruptions

Dubai, UAE – Dubai Customs has issued Customs Notice No. 13/2026, officially imposing a temporary...

Global Non-Ferrous Metals Market Experiences Strong Volatility: Copper Remains the Center of Attention

The global non-ferrous metals market continued to experience high volatility this week, driven by geopolitical...

U.S. Imposes Preliminary Tariffs of Up to 130% on Vietnamese Steel: A New Challenge for the Steel Industry and Bilateral Trade

Amid an increasingly complex global trade environment, trade defense measures are becoming a common tool...

Vietnam’s Steel Industry Under Emissions Quotas: Short-Term Pressure and Long-Term Opportunities from “Green Steel”

Vietnam’s steel industry is entering a pivotal period as national climate policies begin to move...

Green Steel – The Key for Vietnam’s Steel Industry to Overcome Global Carbon Barriers.

Vietnam’s steel industry development strategy to 2030, with a vision to 2050, places the sector...

China Reinstates Steel Export Licenses After 17 Years. A New Wave of Adjustment and Multidimensional Impacts on Vietnam

After a 17-year hiatus, China’s official reinstatement of its steel export licensing mechanism is drawing...

Update of the 16th edition of “World Steel Recycling in Figures”

Rolf Willeke, BIR Ferrous Statistics Advisor, highlights below the key findings in the January-June 2025 update...

BIR Bangkok 2025: Smart Data and Circular Resilience in a Volatile World

At the BIR World Recycling Convention 2025 in Bangkok, industry leaders from across the globe...