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Germany, thyssenkrupp Discuss Rescue Plan
10 November 2020 - thyssenkrupp is negotiating a rescue package with the German government said to be worth EUR5 billion, according to the Bloomberg news service.
Mexico Promises to Watch U.S. Electrical Steel Exports
05 November 2020 - Mexico will begin to closely monitor exports of electrical transformer laminations and cores under an agreement with the U.S.
SMA, EUROFER and Others Urge Steel Capacity Forum to Expand Efforts
22 October 2020 - Steel industry associations throughout the world are reiterating a call for the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity (GFSEC) to step up its work on the persistent problem.
Report: EU Drafting Carbon Tax on Steel Imports
13 October 2020 - The European Commission is working on a plan to impose a carbon tax on imported steel, cement and electricity, reports the Reuters news service.
EUROFER: Climate Goals Are Important, But So Is a Plan for Meeting Them
17 September 2020 - If the European Union hopes to achieve a newly proposed carbon emissions goal, it will have to quickly adopt a set of enabling measures that support the effort, the European Steel Association (EUROFER) said Thursday.
Chinese Steel Production Sets August Record
15 September 2020 - Healthy steel demand lifted China’s August crude steel output to a record 95 million metric tons, reports commodities news and pricing service Argus.
Trump Tightens Up Restrictions on Brazilian Steel Imports
02 September 2020 - U.S. President Donald Trump is lowering the limits on Brazilian steel imports, reports the Reuters news service.
EU Looks to Build Hydrogen Electrolysis Capacity
09 July 2020 - The European Union’s Clean Hydrogen Alliance held its inaugural meeting Wednesday and backed a goal to install at least 6 GW of renewable hydrogen electrolysis capacity by 2024.
EU Steel Producers Disappointed by Decision on Safeguard Measure Revisions
01 July 2020 - The European Steel Association and the IndustriAll European trade union have called for an emergency meeting with EU policy makers after the bloc’s governing body declined to lower limits on steel imports.
Supreme Court Passes on Section 232 Challenge
23 June 2020 - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to President Donald Trump’s Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, an action that leaves the controversial tariffs in place.
Germany Lays Big Bet on Hydrogen
11 June 2020 - Germany plans to invest EUR9 billion in efforts that promote hydrogen production and use under a national hydrogen strategy adopted Wednesday.
GOES Transformer Components Focus of New Section 232 Investigation
06 May 2020 - The U.S. Commerce Department will investigate whether imports of transformer laminations and wound cores pose a national security risk to the U.S.
AISI Confident Infrastructure Funding to be Part of COVID-19 Relief
01 May 2020 - Infrastructure funding should be a part of a COVID-19 relief, and will likely be so, American Iron and Steel Institute chief executive Tom Gibson tell S&P Global Platts.
Coronavirus Intensifies Debate Over EU Steel Import Limits
01 May 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic has changed the backdrop of the debate over the EU’s steel import safeguard measures and will raise the stakes in a review of the measure’s import limits, reports the Bloomberg news service.
EUROFER Seeks More Stringent Import Measures
06 April 2020 - The European Steel Association (EUROFER) is calling on the European Commission to tighten steel import safeguard measures as the new coronavirus wipes out demand, reports Kallanish Commodities.
Citing Section 232 Tariffs, ATI Joint Venture Idles Finishing Mill
01 April 2020 - With no relief from the Section 232 tariffs in sight, Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) will idle its Direct Roll Anneal and Pickle plant in Midland, Pa., USA, by the end of June.
Infrastructure Ought to Be Part of COVID-19 Relief, Steel Groups Say
01 April 2020 - Five U.S. steel trade organizations have urged Congress to provide for public infrastructure investments in the next phase of COVID-19 economic stimulus.
Cleveland-Cliffs Pauses Work on Toledo HBI Plant
20 March 2020 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is temporarily halting construction at its hot-briquetted iron (HBI) plant in Toledo, Ohio, USA, the company said late Thursday.
Mills, Service Centers Must Be Allowed to Remain Open, Steel Trade Groups Say
20 March 2020 - Steel mills and steel service centers are essential infrastructure and should be uniformly excluded from shelter-in-place policies, leaders at the American Iron and Steel Institute and the Metals Service Center Institute have said.
USMCA Clears Canadian Parliament, U.S. Targets June Implementation
18 March 2020 - Canada’s parliament has ratified the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement, officially bringing all of North America into the replacement NAFTA deal.
