Industrial metals: Tight markets for zinc and lead

Frankfurt - The zinc price has caught up in recent days and at times recovered to over USD 3,700 per tonne.

20 May 2022

Kobe Steel to launch “Kobenable Steel” Japan’s first low CO₂ blast furnace steel

Kobe - Kobenable Steel is based on the KOBELCO Group's CO2 Reduction Solution for Blast Furnace Ironmaking.

17 May 2022

In first 3 months of 2022 shipments of EU SSC increased by 2,3% y/y

Brussels - In same period shipments of EU multi-product & proximity steel stockholding distribution were down by -8,2%.

17 May 2022

Copper temporarily below USD 9,000, iron ore faces big weekly loss

Frankfurt - Not only in China is steel demand threatening to fall, but also in Europe: Eurofer, last week revised its forecast for European steel demand this year downwards.

17 May 2022

US announces temporary suspension of 232 tariffs on Ukrainian steel

Washington - Ukraine’s steel industry is uniquely important to the country’s economic strength, employing 1 in 13 Ukrainians with good-paying jobs.

10 May 2022

Endress+Hauser Canada celebrates "green" building in Canada

Reinach - The newly opened customer and training center in Burlington/Ontario, located about 50 kilometers southwest of Toronto, is energy self-sufficient and CO2 neutral.

10 May 2022

Swiss Steel Group achieves solid profitability in first quarter of 2022

Lucerne - Revenue of EUR 1,028.8 million for the first quarter 2022 compared with EUR 751.6 million in the prior year quarter.

10 May 2022

ArcelorMittal: Succesful test to replace natural gas with green hydrogen to produce DRI

Luxembourg - 6.8% of natural gas was replaced with green hydrogen during a 24-hour period, which contributed to a measurable reduction in CO2 emissions.

04 May 2022

New 880,000-tpy, Danieli Corus compact blast furnace complex

Buttrio - BMM Ispat selects the most-modern BF technology for its new ironmaking investment.

04 May 2022

Tenova to Supply a New Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) for Tosyali Algeria

Castellanza - The new equipment, powered by a 240MVA AC transformer, will process 2.5M per year of DRI pellets to produce Hot Rolled Coil (HRC).

04 May 2022

SMS group secures order from Jindal Stainless Limited for a new blast furnace

Luxembourg - The blast furnace will have a production capacity of two million tons of hot metal per year.

30 Apr 2022

Voestalpine researching into hydrogen plasma for green steel production

Linz - Voestalpine is striving to produce carbon neutral steel by 2050, in accordance with the European climate goals.

30 Apr 2022

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