Düsseldorf – North Star BlueScope Steel has selected SMS group as the supplier for its new single-strand thin-slab continuous caster. The new casting machine will have a thickness range of 95 to 110 millimeters and a width range of 900 to 1,595 millimeters.

Brussels – World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 151.5million tonnes (Mt) in September2019, a 0.3% decrease compared to September2018.

Ahrensburg/Berlin/Duisburg – Klöckner & Co Deutschland has expanded its online shop’s offerings. The edding company in cooperation with logistics partner H. Bottenberg GmbH, now makes more than 200 items from its range of products  available on the platform.

Moscow - DMS SkinPass 4Hi, a new skin-pass mill from Fives, is designed to improve performance and surface quality of a continuous galvanizing line.

Stockholm - Award for developing a new harvesting feeder solution for soybean farming that lasts longer.

Pfalzgrafenweiler - Gutekunst Formfedern GmbH will present technical possibilities, further developments and innovations.

Stockholm - SSAB’s operating profit for the third quarter of 2019 was SEK 300 million, down SEK 1,300 million compared with the third quarter of 2018.

Frankfurt -Miner's strike in the world's largest copper mine Escondida in Chile could effect the copper market.

Lucerne – SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH (“Company”), a global leader in special long steel, has informed yesterday about its plans for a capital increase. The transaction is subject to the approval of an Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") to be held on December 2, 2019.

Brussels – The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has issued a joint release alongside eighteen other regional and national steel associations calling for the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity to be extended. At the same time, the crisis in the European steel industry continues to intensify.

Sheffield – Purchasing activity is subdued, in the northern European steel market. Supply chain participants are beginning to reduce their inventories. Market trends are not expected to change unless consumption increases, or production capacity is reduced.