RWI/ISL Container Throughput Index: Strong setback for world trade

Essen - Container Throughput Index of RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) fell by 3.6 points to 117.1 in February.

30. Mar 2022

European Council agrees on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Brussels - Measure is meant to encourage partner countries to establish carbon pricing policies to fight climate change.

30. Mar 2022

ArcelorMittal and the City of Zenica inaugurate combined heat and power plant

Luxembourg - The plant has been inaugurated in Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina, cutting sulphur dioxide and dust emissions from ArcelorMittal Zenica by 80%.

30. Mar 2022

Endress+Hauser joins the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance

Reinach - The aim is to achieve CO2 neutrality by the middle of the century through the introduction of hydrogen technologies.

29. Mar 2022

Salzgitter Group with new strategy and establishing new group structure

Salzgitter - The Group's steel activities are to be recombined under the new “Steel Production” and “Steel Processing” business units.

26. Mar 2022

Primetals to convert continuous tandem to pickling tandem line at Voestalpine

London - The upgraded BETA 3 line is designed for 1.9 million tons of steel per year, further optimization for high-strength and ultra-high-strength steels and high-permeability electrical steel strip.

26. Mar 2022

Australia issues export ban on alumina and bauxite to Russia

Frankfurt - Russia, which depends on the import of alumina, has so far imported about 20% of its alumina needs from Australia.

21. Mar 2022

ArcelorMittal announces €300 million investement to produce electrical steels

Luxembourg - Investment with the support of the French government to create a new production unit for electrical steels at its Mardyck site in the north of France.

18. Mar 2022

RWI: Increased energy prices weigh on economic recovery in Germany

Essen - The RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research lowers its forecast for German economic growth in 2022 to 2.5 percent due to the effects of the Ukraine crisis.

17. Mar 2022