Linz - Dr. Wolfgang Eder: 41 years at voestalpine, 24 years on the management board, 15 years as chairman. Now he hands over to his successor Herbert Eibensteiner and has recorded some grateful words. Watch video at Twitter!

Paris - Latest available data suggest global steelmaking capacity declined slightly to 2,233.7 million metric tonnes in 2018.

London – One of China's largest steel producers recently awarded Primetals an order to optimize the processes of one of its continuous casters. This is Primetals´ 150th order in the last ten years alone for process automation systems (Level 2) in continuous casting.

Oslo - Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced that Hydro’s bauxite and alumina operations in Brazil have been successfully certified.

Frankfurt/Main – In May 2019, incoming orders in the mechanical engineering sector in Germany fell again by 7 percent in real terms. While domestic demand almost stagnated (minus 1 per cent), orders from abroad were 9 per cent below the previous year's relatively high level.