Nov 20 Austrian steelmaker Voestalpine VOES

Dec 25 - Japan's JFE Steel Co, the world's third-largeststeel maker, and a unit of JFE Holdings (5411.T), said it wouldcut its steel output by 26 percent in the Oct-Mar second halffrom the first half. Halt will lead to total production outputof 11.5 million tonnes in H2 from 15 million tonnes in H1. Dec 23 - Thainox Stainless PCL INOX.BK, Thailand's largeststainless steel producer, says planning to stop its productionfor one month due to weak global demand. Dec 19 - ThyssenKrupp (TKAG.DE) may slash crude steel outputfrom February if demand remains weak. A decision on cuttingproduction from typically 30,000 to 40,000 tonnes per day wouldcome in January.

Dec 18 - Russian steelmaker Mechel (MTL.N) said it plans tocut steel product output by 20-25 percent in 2009. Dec 18 - POSCO said it would cut steel production by 200,000tonnes in December and 370,000 tonnes in January. Dec 9 - Steelmaker Nucor Corp (NUE.N) said it has had"dramatically lower production rates" in the fourth quarter,while average steel mill utilization is expected to be onlyslightly above 50 percent. Dec 5 - Ukraine's Dneprovsky steel plant cut crude steeloutput by 13 percent to 2.993 million tonnes in January-November2008 compared with 3.437 million in the same period in 2007. Dec 3 - Mexico's third-largest steel producer Altos Hornosde Mexico, AHMSA, is cutting 12,000 jobs and slashingproduction. Dec 3 - Ukrainian steel maker Azovstal, which has suspendedpig iron production in one of its five blast furnaces due to afall in steel demand, said it cut steel output inJanuary-November by 7.9 percent against 2007. Nov 25 - The world's second largest long-rolled steelproducer, Brazil's Gerdau (GGBR4.SA)(GGB.N), expects output tofall by a quarter in the last three months of 2008 amid coolingdemand and maintenance at its plants.

Nov 25 - Taiwan's biggest steel maker China Steel (2002.TW)said it planned to reduce output by about 10 percent next yearon scheduled maintenance. Nov 25 - ThyssenKrupp, one of the world's leading producersof stainless steel, will extend the Christmas holiday break atits largest stainless cold-rolled unit, Germany's Nirosta. Nov 20 - Austrian steelmaker Voestalpine (VOES.VI) said dueto a slowdown in demand from the auto industry, it expects tocut steel output by between 3-5 percent by March 2009. Nov 20 - JFE Steel Corp, the world's third-biggeststeelmaker, said it plans to cut output by 9.6 percent, or 1.5million tonnes, in the October-March second half from the firsthalf to cope with a decline in demand from automakers and othercustomers. Nov 14 - Russia's Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) (NLMKq.L)(NLMK.MM) said that it was idling two blast furnaces andreducing its planned investment programme in the wake of theglobal financial crisis Nov 11 - U.S. Nov 10 - Swedish specialty steel maker SSAB (SSABa.ST) hascut output at a top strip product site in Sweden and isconsidering other cuts as it grapples with a downturn in demand.

Nov 7 - Corus, Europe's second largest steelmaker, decided toextend the production cuts it announced last month beyondDecember. The company, owned by India's Tata Steel (TISC.BO), inOctober announced plans to cut crude steel production by up to 20percent or 1 million tonnes over the next three months due toslowing demand. Nov 7 - JSW Steel Ltd (JSTL.BO), India's third biggestproducer, said it would cut total steel production by 20 percentfrom November. Nov 6 - Salzgitter AG (SZGG.DE) to cut output in flat steeland construction section by 30 percent in December and January.