By Maytaal Angel LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The European Union’s anti-fraud office (OLAF) said it has found Chinese steel was shipped through Vietnam to evade the bloc’s tariffs.

By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) - The global steel sector’s recovery from a glut-fuelled slump, driven by Chinese capacity cuts, is being put at risk by surplus capacity being built in the Middle East and Asia, sources and experts say.

By Maytaal Angel and Christoph Steitz LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Plagued by poor earnings, Britain’s biggest steel plant, located in Port Talbot, is likely to be first in line for job and output cuts after the planned European merger of Thyssenkrupp (TKAG.DE) and Tata Steel (TISC.NS), industry sources told Reuters.

By Maytaal Angel and David Lawder LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is still expected to impose steel import tariffs on national security grounds despite the delay of a probe into the matter and pursuit of multilateral talks to reduce excess capacity, industry players and trade experts say.

By Maytaal Angel, Edward Taylor and Carolyn Cohn LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Thyssenkrupp’s (TKAG.DE) chief executive is pushing for a deal to fold its steel operations into a joint venture with India’s Tata Steel (TISC.NS) as early as September, after two years of talks, sources told Reuters.

By Maytaal Angel and Tom Miles LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to impose steel import tariffs for national security reasons would likely trigger a swift “safeguard” action by the European Union, political and industry sources said.

Tom Miles, Maytaal Angel GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - G20 leaders will discuss steel overcapacity at this week’s summit in Germany, European officials said, as tensions rise over U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to use a Cold War-era law to restrict steel imports for national security reasons.

By Maytaal Angel and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - Germany’s Thyssenkrupp (TKAG.DE) is optimistic about progress made by Tata Steel (TISC.NS) to restructure its UK pensions liabilities, investors and analysts say, but there are still issues to overcome before the two can merge their European steel assets.

By Maytaal Angel and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - India’s Tata Steel (TISC.NS) has agreed the main terms of a deal to cut benefits for its British pension scheme in a move that will see the firm back a new plan that will pose less risk to the company.

By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) - In late 2015, the steel industry - a gauge of the world’s economic health - was on the ropes. Record Chinese exports, excess global capacity and shrinking demand had pushed prices to decade lows, forcing closures, lay-offs and bankruptcies. The picture couldn't look more different today. Thanks to China's decision to dramatically cut capacity while boosting infrastructure spending, added to the improved outlook for global growth and increased protectionism, prices have surged

By Clara Denina and Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) - Liberty House, the industrial and commodities group that is buying up steel assets around the world, is considering investing in the troubled Italian Piombino mill as the global market picks up from a slump, two sources close to the matter said.

By Massimiliano Di Giorgio and Maytaal Angel ROME/LONDON (Reuters) - ArcelorMittal ISPA.AS, the world’s top steelmaker, and Italian processor Marcegaglia have offered 1.6 billion euros ($1.72 billion) to buy Italy’s troubled Ilva steel plant, outbidding a rival consortium, three sources said on Friday.

Reporting by Bassam Khabieh, writing by Maytaal Angel DOUMA, SYRIA (Reuters) Ziad, a paralysed 14-year-old boy, often stays alone in his room as bombs fall on Douma, the main rebel-stronghold in eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus.

By Carolyn Cohn and Maytaal Angel LONDON, Feb 10 (Reuters), - Investors expecting a deal this year in Tata Steel's (TISC.NS) talks to merge its European assets with Germany's Thyssenkrupp (TKAG.DE) risk disappointment, given complications associated with the Indian-owned firm's British pension scheme.

By Maytaal Angel and Georgina Prodhan | LONDON/FRANKFURT Tata Steel and Thyssenkrupp are looking at reducing the size of Britain's largest steel plant in Port Talbot, Wales, industry sources said, as the two firms press ahead with plans to merge their European steel operations and deal with the overcapacity afflicting the industry.

By Maytaal Angel and Nick Carey | LONDON/CHICAGO The top U.S. steelmakers' association said it has been in contact with President-elect Donald Trump's transition team since his election on Nov. 8, as the industry seeks tougher trade defenses under his incoming administration.

By Maytaal Angel and Amanda Cooper | LONDON Nov 2 Chile is sticking to its policy of limiting the exploitation of its vast lithium reserves, the country's mining minister told Reuters on Wednesday, despite a surge in prices for the battery and electronics ingredient.

By Maytaal Angel Nov 1 Severstal, one of Russia's largest steelmakers, said it was exporting Chinese cold rolled steel to the European Union, instead of Russian steel, because EU anti-dumping duties on the Chinese product are much lower.

By Maytaal Angel and Barbara Lewis PORT TALBOT, Wales, Oct 25 - Port Talbot's loss-making steelworks is enjoying a windfall from a weaker pound, higher steel prices and stringent cost-cutting, but the benefit could be short-lived and not enough to persuade its Indian owners Tata Steel they want to keep it.

LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Industrial and commodity group Liberty House's bid for Tata Steel UK's speciality steel and pipe businesses is worth nearly 100 million pounds ($130 million), an industry source told Reuters on Wednesday.