【Les expéditions ferroviaires de charbon destinées à l'exportation de la Russie chutent de 4,97 % en août par rapport au mois précédent, les flux vers les ports du Sud s'effondrant】

South Korea's Hyundai Steel held a ceremonial launch on September 5, 2026, for a new $5.8 billion electric arc furnace (EAF) integrated steel mill in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Operated by a joint venture including POSCO and Hyundai Motor, the greenfield facility aims to reach commercial production by 2029 with an annual capacity of 2.7 million metric tons of hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel sheets. The plant leverages direct reduction processes to supply low-carbon automotive steel and targets $4 billion in annual revenue at full production.

The Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMZ), operated by the DCH Steel industrial group, suffered structural damage to its industrial and administrative facilities following a Russian missile strike on September 5, 2026. No worker casualties were reported, as personnel successfully evacuated to shelters during the attack. The Ukrainian steelworks, which recently produced 5,500 tonnes of steel products during its July rolling campaign, is currently evaluating impacts ahead of its next scheduled rolling operations.

Le sidérurgiste ukrainien Kametstal a totalement interrompu l'ensemble de ses processus de production à la suite d'une frappe directe de missile balistique russe dans la nuit du 5 septembre 2026. L'attaque a gravement endommagé les installations de frittage, les hauts fourneaux et les infrastructures électriques critiques de l'usine. La maison mère Metinvest a indiqué que le calendrier de reprise de la production de fonte et d'acier de l'usine reste inconnu, les ingénieurs évaluant l'ampleur des destructions structurelles.