US stainless steel prices forecast to reach 9-year high

Sheffield - Many industrial sectors witnessed a rise in new orders during the final few months of 2020.

04 Mar 2021

Swiss Steel Group: Revenue for full-year 2020 fell by 23.2 % year on year

Lucerne - Adjusted EBITDA in 2020 of EUR – 68.9 million versus EUR 51.2 million in 2019; with slight improvement in Q4 2020.

03 Mar 2021

Primetals and Midrex sign contract for world´s largest HBI plant

Dubai - Plant will produce 2.08 million metric tons of hot briquetted iron (HBI) per year. Latest design features reduce energy consumption and environmental impact.

 

02 Mar 2021

Global metals & mining industry cross border deals total $7.7bn in Q4 2020

London - Nova Resources’ $2.39bn acquisition of KAZ Minerals was the metals & mining industry’s biggest cross border deal.

02 Mar 2021

Container Throughput Index: World trade returns to growth path

Essen - Index of RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) has risen slightly to now 120.8.

27 Feb 2021

Kardemir awards SMS contract to modernize wire rod mill

Dusseldorf - Turkish steel producer aims to modernize its wire rod mill for the production of wire rod coils that are optimized for shipping.

27 Feb 2021

Next step towards the smart factory:

Duisburg – thyssenkrupp Hohenlimburg (tk) is considered a perfect example of digitization of the rolling mill process.

26 Feb 2021

High demand in China for cold-pilgered seamless tubes

Düsseldorf – Western Energy Material Technologies Co., Ltd. (WEM) has placed an order with SMS group for the supply of a cold pilger mill type KPW 25 LC+.

25 Feb 2021

Networking and digitalization of the supply chain is the key to success

Ilse Henne
Chief Transformation Officer
thyssenkrupp Materials Services

25 Feb 2021

German machine tool industry sees light at end of tunnel

Frankfurt am Main – The VDW  expects production in the German machine tool industry to grow by 6 per cent to around 12.6 billion euros in 2021.

24 Feb 2021

Liberty, Paul Wurth and SHS to develop hydrogen-based steel making plant

London - Pan-European partnership will assess the development of a 1 GW hydrogen plant and 2 million tonne DRI plant next to the ALVANCE Aluminium Dunkerque site.

23 Feb 2021

Asia-Pacific metals & mining industry cross border M&A deals total $1.01bn in Q4

London - The value marked an increase of 110.8% over the previous quarter and a drop of 33.6% when compared with the last four-quarter average.

23 Feb 2021

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