Simandou lron Ore Commissioning + Nippon Steel Explosion + Europe & Us Price Hikes! A Review of Three Core Events in the International Steel Industry in December 2025

The last month of 2025 has been a historic month in the global steel sector. With three major events that are decentralizing the supply patterns, market moods, and price frameworks around the globe. Shandong Runhai Stainless Steel Co., Ltd. being the major professional distributor of steel with a wide portfolio is keenly examining such developments so as to negotiate the new environment and remain the reliable provider of services to our partners in the chemical, pharmaceutical, power and construction industries.

Simandou iron ore Project: A New Age of Supply

The awaited opening of the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea is one of the biggest supply-side news in the recent past. Being one of the largest and most exquisite untapped iron ore deposits in the world, the gradual increase in Simandou will change the world flows of raw materials in the next few years. This is potentially a good sign of the steel producers and distributors around the globe as it may lead to a rise of high-grade ore that may affect the long-term cost structures and production planning. Although the entire market implication may require quarters to be fully felt, the project opening shows the industry continues to seek raw materials sources that are stable and of quality which will be the guiding principle of our own procurement and inventory policy at Runhai Steel

The Accident at a Major Japanese Steelmaker: Another Lesson of Supply Chain Fragility

The announced explosion at a central plant of Nippon Steel created shock effect at once in the market of specialty steel and high-end flat products. Although it remains to be determined the full scope of the operational impact, these kinds of incidents demonstrate the extreme vulnerability of global supply chains of the critical materials. This has especially influenced the expectations of the availability of some of the high grade and coated steel products, and led to a short-term tightness and an increased market sensitivity. Here, at Runhai, we strengthen our principal operating ideology of holding a huge and diversified stock of stainless steel, carbon steel and galvanized steel products. We have an advanced Warehouse Management System (WMS) to enable us to react to sudden market dislocations in order to cushion our clients in chemical, pharmaceutical and construction sectors.

The endemic process of Price increases in Europe and North America: the Higher Demand and Cost Nexus

At the same time as these events, in Europe and North America, large mills have declared another price increase at the end of December 2025. It is a combination of forces such as the continuing high energy and logistics prices, strong demand by strategic industries and the new supply uncertainty that has brought this trend. These global price forces generate a tricky import-export relationship that affects national markets throughout the world. In our case, this environment confirms the significance of our well-established relationships in the domestic markets, and combined supply chain. Through our local experience and multi-category product (steel sheet pile,steel profiles,ductile iron pipe,aluminum,PPGI, copper, steel wire and rebar iron rod product), we are aiming to offer our partners with a consistent, reasonably priced material solutions that will shield them against the volatility of the global spot market that is highly volatile.

Dealing with the Uncertainty with a Trustworthy Partnership

All the happenings in December 2025 paint a painting of an industry at the crossroads, with new supply hopes, operations risk and inflationary pressures. At these moments, the task of a reliable, technology-based distributor becomes more important. Our mission is never compromised at Shandong Runhai Stainless Steel Co., Ltd., where we aim to apply our sophisticated CRM and WMS systems, broad product line-up, as well as, our industry knowledge base in order to provide efficient and reliable delivery. We are also determined to be a constant presence to our clients to enable them get the materials they require to drive their projects, despite the flows in the international scene.