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Puede cancelar su suscripción a estas actualizaciones en cualquier momento. Argus gestiona la información personal de acuerdo con nuestra Política de privacidad.Canadian integrated steelmaker ArcelorMittal Dofasco raised its flat steel prices late last week.
The company increased prices by C$70/short ton (st) ($51/st) for all new orders, according to an announcement from 16 December.
The mill joined its US compatriot AM/NS Calvert mill and competitors Cleveland-Cliffs and NLMK USA in increasing prices last week, with those US mills in the $50/st range.
Cleveland-Cliffs raised its minimum hot rolled coil (HRC) price to $750/st.
Sydney, 21 May (Argus) — Australian environmentalists have launched court action to block Glencore's planned expansion of its Hail Creek open-cut coal mine in Queensland, citing concerns over methane emissions and native habitat destruction. The Mackay Conservation Group (MCG) lodged an objection against the proposed expansion in the Queensland Land Court on 20 May. The project would extend Hail Creek's mine life by three years, to 2038, and increase total run of mine (ROM) coal production by 24mn t. The mine is currently approved to produce 20mn t/yr of ROM coal. The project is inconsistent with domestic and international climate commitments, MCG said, estimating it would release over 70mn t of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and destroy around 600 hectares (ha) of high-quality koala habitat. The Hail Creek coal mine is regulated under Australia's Safeguard Mechanism, which imposes legislated emissions limits on large facilities, a Glencore spokesperson told Argus . The proposed expansion also includes a GHG emissions abatement plan and detailed mitigation measures for koala habitat, the spokesperson said. Glencore's draft emissions plan outlines the use of existing and emerging technologies to reduce fugitive emissions, including pre-drainage of methane from open-cut operations. Further studies are required to assess the viability of methane pre-drainage, which would be completed within two years of any project approval, the company said. Previous academic studies have indicated that methane emissions from Hail Creek may be four to five times higher than reported. By Emma Partis Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Brussels, 19 May (Argus) — The European Parliament today adopted the new steel import measure, paving the way for its entry into force by 1 July, subject to final approval by EU member states and publication in the official journal. The regulation , adopted by a large majority, will set tariff-rate quotas of 18.3mn t/yr for steel with an out-of-quota duty set at 50pc for 30 categories of steel products imported to the EU. The European Commission aims to adopt an implementing act by 1 July setting out specific country quotas. EU commissioner Costas Kadis said "intense" discussions are under way in Geneva with more than 20 trading partners. Around 80pc of EU steel imports come from countries with which it has free-trade agreements (FTAs), he said. The commission says safeguards must apply equally to all third countries, including candidate countries such as Ukraine and countries with FTAs. Kadis expects global overcapacity to reach 721mn t by next year, more than five times EU annual steel consumption. Swedish liberal rapporteur Karin Karlsbro criticised the provisions covering Ukrainian steel imports during the parliamentary debate. The commission should help, not punish, Ukraine through the steel safeguards, she said, citing Russian attacks on steelworkers in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro and Kamianske. "Trade policy should be a tool to keep the Ukrainian economy alive while they are defending us," Karlsbro said. Kadis said the decision on Ukraine had not been taken "lightly". Ukraine will receive a country-specific quota that ensures continued steel exports to the EU at levels "lower than before the war". But officials will take account of the country's immediate security situation when setting the quota, he said. French liberal MEP Yvan Verougstraete welcomed the deal for halving import quotas and doubling duties outside tariff-rate quotas. But he called for customs duties on imported cars, saying the use of "cheap, polluting" steel saves Chinese manufacturers €500/car. Polish far-right Patriots member Anna Brylka blamed the commission for the industry's problems, citing high energy costs, climate policy, decarbonisation and the emissions trading system. Dafydd ab Iago Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
Singapore, 18 May (Argus) — Malaysia's national grid operation Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) launched the country's first grid-connected battery energy storage system (BESS) today. TNB installed the 100MW/400MWh BESS at its 132/33kV Santong main input substation, located in Dungun, Terengganu. The facility is part of Malaysia's national energy transition roadmap. The new BESS will strengthen the national grid system's stability and reliability, provides faster response to supply-demand imbalances, support peak load management, and enables greater solar energy integration, TNB said. The global BESS market has grown far above expectations in the past few years, with annual deployments rising by 63pc last year to above 300GWh. The roll out of variable renewable energy such as solar energy is a major driver behind the growth in BESS capacity. Global BESS additions are expected to exceed 400GWh this year, according to forecasts by Argus Consulting. Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
London, 13 May (Argus) — Domestic and Paris Agreement-aligned international carbon credits used to pay for emissions in non-EU countries could be counted towards a carbon price already paid on an import's emissions under the bloc's carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), under proposals published by the European Commission today. Under the CBAM regulation, declarants can claim a reduction in the CBAM certificates they must surrender for emissions embedded in imported goods if a carbon price has already been paid in the country of origin. In a draft implementing act published for consultation today, the commission proposed including all forms of compliance options allowed in the relevant country in the calculation, including carbon credits. Claiming this reduction should be allowed "irrespective of whether the mitigation activities linked to the carbon credit takes place domestically or outside the domestic jurisdiction", according to the draft implementing regulation. But while domestic credits could be counted with no additional criteria, only international credits issued under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement should be counted, the commission proposed. "This criterion should promote the development of Article 6 credits and provide the quality assurance necessary to ensure the environmental integrity of CBAM," it said. Counting international credits as a carbon price already paid on CBAM goods should also be limited to 10pc of the reported emissions to incentivise domestic emissions cuts, the commission said. Any rebates or compensation received by installations covered by carbon pricing should also be factored in, the commission proposed, including free allowances or other exemptions. The carbon price could have been paid on direct, indirect or precursor emissions, under the draft. The commission may publish default carbon prices for relevant countries, it said. And it proposed publishing a yearly reference price for CBAM certificates to be used in the calculation of the deduction. The price paid in the non-EU country would be based on either a yearly average primary or secondary market price or individual records of payment, converted to euros based on yearly average exchange rates. The regulation would apply from 1 January this year. The consultation closes on 10 June. By Victoria Hatherick Send comments and request more information at feedback@argusmedia.com Copyright © 2026. Argus Media group . All rights reserved.
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