Moscow - Furnace №2, symbolically named “Spark” following a tender within Severstal Russian Steel, is the first of three slab-heating furnaces of upgrade program.

Linz - Steel and technology Group has started operating Europe’s most advanced 3D sand printer for heavy steel castings at its site in Traisen, Lower Austria.

Helsinki - Company has signed another 10-year power supply agreement for renewable wind power with Gasum.

Reinach - By bundling its expertise in the field of laser-based measurement technology, the group of companies is strengthening its focus on laboratory and process analysis.

Essen - Contract to supply a more than two-gigawatt (2 GW) electrolysis plant for one of the world’s largest green hydrogen projects at NEOM in Saudi Arabia.

Moscow - Metalloinvest has launched a pilot plant at Mikhailovsky GOK, to model iron ore beneficiation processes and develop new high-quality products.

Luxembourg - World-leading stainless steel and superalloy recycling company becomes basis for new corporate segment.

Essen - Index of RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose by 1.4 points to 125.3 in November.

Lucerne - With Jürgen Alex, Florian Geiger and Patrick Lamarque d'Arrouzat, CEO Frank Koch is supplementing his management team with CFO Markus Böning.