EUROMETAL organized yesterday its first webinar on the subject of “After Covid-19: survival strategies for Steel Distribution, SSC and Steel Trade”. This online event got 92 registrations […]

The third quarter could be the worst in 2020 for long products, but raw materials should perform strongly thanks to markets rebuilding and government stimuli adding a push, says the International […]

Shipments of steel, one of the main products handled at the port of Antwerp, saw a noticeable drop in the first half of the year, according to statistics issued by the port this week. In […]

Two more reviews of the safeguard measures in place in Europe for steel imports are expected to take place by July 2021, Yuriy Rudyuk from the law firm Van Bael & Bellis explained during a […]

Germany’s mechanical engineering industry continues to suffer from a slump in orders, with only a slight recovery expected in 2021, industry association VDMA said July 9. According to a VDMA […]

Suite à la réunion du 7 juillet entre la direction de PSA et les organisations syndicales, il a été décidé de tester le dispositif de […]

Spanish long steelmaker Megasa has made official a revised offer for the acquisition of Spanish steelmaker Gallardo Balboa, Kallanish notes.  In a note to state-owned […]

Throughput of iron and steel at the key Northwest European port of Antwerp had its best month of the year in June but was still down 33.1% for the first six months of 2020, the port said July 8. […]

Eurofer has welcomed the launch by the European Commission this week of its hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe. The Commission set out a plan to integrate a hydrogen energy network by […]

Most European integrated steelmakers are likely to record negative Ebitda this year for the first time in ten years, according to Joerg Leib of the Steel Hub consultancy firm. Speaking during a […]

The sheet industry fair Euroblech will be postponed to March 9-12, 2021, after major exhibitors pulled out of the event initially planned for October 2020, the event’s organizer Mac Brooks […]

Italian stainless steel scrap prices are flat month-on-month in new July contracts depending on grade. Some grades are less sought after and therefore decreasing in price, merchants in the country […]

The UK’s new car market began a “tentative restart” in June, with electric vehicles continuing to increase market share, but total registrations were still down by over a third from […]

Production at Tata Steel’s IJmuiden plant in the Netherlands was back to normal on July 6 after a three-week strike ended on July 3, the company confirmed to S&P Global Platts. The strike […]

Ex-Thyssenkrupp CEO Guido Kerkhoff will become head of German steel distributor Kloeckner in 2021, Kloeckner said July 6. Kerkhoff will replace current CEO Gisbert Ruehl who will take over the […]