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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said his government is ready to make ‘all or part of the investments necessary’ to maintain steel production at an ArcelorMittal plant in eastern France that is threatened with closure.
‘Either we succeed in convincing (ArcelorMittal CEO) Lakshmi Mittal and we invest with him, or we find a buyer and invest with [...]

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Growth in the manufacturing sector slowed almost to a standstill in January as export orders fell, but high oil prices drove companies’ costs to a three year high, a survey showed on Friday.
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and NTC, the research group, said their index of manufacturing activity fell from 52.4 in December [...]

 Mumbai: JSW Steel Ltd has raised prices of galvanised steel and hot-rolled coil by 7-8 per cent, with effect from Feb.1, a senior company official said on Monday.
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Effecting its first top level change at the Corus here, Tata Steel on Friday appointed Uday Kumar Chaturvedi, Vice President, Coke, Sinter & Iron, Jamshedpur, as the new Managing Director of Corus Strip Products UK with effect from April 1. Along with Chaturvedi, two other changes have also been made. Theo J [...]

The Indian government has asked the steel industry to rein in prices, adding that a failure to do so could attract a price regulatory mechanism. This comes a day after domestic steel makers raised prices of their products by Rs 1,500-2,500 per tonne citing rise in input costs.
“We have taken it (rise in steel prices) [...]