SMR Stainless & Special Steel Conference 2022 Hamburg: Super Early Bird

Hamburg - Gathering in Hamburg, Germany, on September 20 - 22, 2022

27 May 2022

Energy: Natural gas price as low as before the Ukraine war

Frankfurt - The European natural gas price (TTF, 1-month forward) fell by 3% to EUR 84.5 per MWh yesterday.

27 May 2022

Volvo Trucks: First in the world to use fossil-free steel in its trucks

Stockholm - The steel is produced by the Swedish steel company SSAB and the heavy-duty electric Volvo trucks will be the first to include it.

24 May 2022

World Stainless Association announces winners of Stainless Steel Industry Awards

Brussels - Every year the association awards good practices and novel ideas in the areas of market development, technology, safety and sustainability.

24 May 2022

Industrial metal prices continue to recover, global aluminium production rises

Frankfurt - Copper is rising to around USD 9,500 per tonne, aluminium to just under USD 3,000 per tonne.

24 May 2022

Danieli and YongGang commission largest round section in the world

Butrrio - Two of the four strands cast 1200-mm dia blooms, while the other two strands were equipped to cast 1-m diameter rounds.

20 May 2022

Primetals launches new task force to lead transition to green steel

London - Dr. Alexander Fleischanderl appointed the head of new Green Steel organization.

20 May 2022

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

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