Herewith, a letter sent to the President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen, regarding the Covid-19 emergency, signed today by the President of ASSOFERMET, Riccardo Benso, and the President of […]

Comunicato Stampa ASSOFERMET  “Riapertura delle Attività economiche a fronte dell’emergenza Coronavirus”  in data odierna a firma del Presidente […]

Turkey’s largest automotive steel producers have continued to announce output suspensions one after another in recent days, due to disruptions in the procurement, sales and delivery processes […]

The European antitrust authority has given the green light to long steel producer Feralpi buying a 50% stake in Caleotto, a special wire rod re-roller producer based in Lecco, Italy, from Duferco […]

Spain’s main tube suppliers, Tubos Reunidos (TR) and Tubacex, have partially resumed operations, Kallanish notes. Both companies meet the criteria of essential economic […]

Suppliers have reduced offer prices in a bid to secure import deals for long products in East Asia, market participants say. Buying interest has about evaporated as regional economic […]

Celsa, the Spanish-headquartered long products supplier, is preparing to reduce output at its flagship electric arc furnace-based mill by -50%, Kallanish understands from sources close to […]

Italian-headquartered long products supplier Feralpi has received clearance from anti-trust authorities to complete the acquisition of Duferco Italia Holding’s stake in the Caleotto wire rod […]

Unions at ArcelorMittal’s integrated flat steelmaking site of Fos-sur-Mer, southern France, report that the company is planning to further reduce output in the short term. Earlier in March the […]

Eurofer has written to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, calling for a number of measures to support the steel sector in the current Covid-19 crisis. The European steelmakers […]

Lost vehicle production across the European Union due to plant closures as a result of the coronavirus pandemic already exceeds 1.2 million units, the European auto manufacturers’ association, […]

UK manufacturing activity moved firmly downwards in March as Covid-19 began to take its toll, Kallanish learns from the latest sectoral survey by IHS Markit and the Chartered Institute of […]

Production volumes during the shutdown of Ferriera Valsider and Metinvest Trametal, both part of the Metinvest group, are forecast to decrease to 40,000 tonnes, Kallanish learns from a […]

Southern European coil import activity has ceased during the last ten days due to the coronavirus outbreak, despite the fact that prices from exporters have decreased […]

Demand for steel products in Russia fell by -20% on-month in March, says Russian distributor BVB Alliance, Kallanish notes. This was caused by the uncertainty surrounding the spread of […]