【Embarques ferroviários de carvão para exportação da Rússia caem 4,97% em agosto na comparação mensal, com queda nos fluxos dos portos do sul】

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.

A siderúrgica ucraniana Kametstal interrompeu completamente todos os processos de produção após um ataque direto com míssil balístico russo na noite de 5 de setembro de 2026. O ataque danificou gravemente as operações de sinterização, os altos-fornos e a infraestrutura elétrica crítica da instalação. A empresa controladora Metinvest indicou que o prazo para a retomada da produção de ferro-gusa e aço da planta permanece desconhecido enquanto os engenheiros avaliam a destruição estrutural.