Brussels – John Rowe will step down as Secretary-General of the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) at the end of September 2019. On the conclusion of his contract he wrote a letter to the members of the ISSF which we hereby publish.
Sao Paulo, Brazil – Latin America registered its lowest commercial rolled steel deficit in 16 months, although there is a cumulative deficit of 2.0 Mt in rolled steel production compared to the first seven months of 2018.
Bad Neustadt - Under the umbrella of the "Digital & Innovation Lab", PIA – together with industry and research partners – is testing innovation projects in digitization.
Achern – Kasto has been around for 175 years – making the sawing and storage technology specialist one of the oldest family-owned businesses in the whole of Europe. The company’s history is closely bound up with that of its founders, the Stolzer family.
Helsinki – Outokumpu’s Shareholders’ Nomination Board consists of the representatives of the four largest shareholders registered in the shareholder register of the company following Nasdaq Helsinki’s last trading day in August.
London - Clean Steel Fund will build on existing and planned policies including the £315m Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF), the Industrial Clusters Mission and up to £170m from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF).
Sheffield – The European Commission recently completed its review of the safeguard measures, which were introduced to prevent the redirection of material previously destined for the United States. The Commission has recommended changes.
Düsseldorf – NLMK Group, Russia, has placed an order with SMS group for the delivery of two gas recovery systems for its Lipetsk site. NLMK operates two BOF steelmaking plants with three converters each.
