London - Hydrogen Global was launched in 2019 by the World Energy Council as a platform to promote the deployment of clean hydrogen.

London – In late October, Chinese steel producer Beihai Chengde Stainless Steel Co. (Beihai Chengde) achieved their full reduction program on their new Power X-HI 3-stand mill on HRAPL#5, exceeding 60 %reduction on 304 grades with white coil process, 55 % on series 200 black coil process.

Düsseldorf – Xinjiang Amer Qian Golding Cable Co., Ltd. from China, a subsidiary of Amer Group, has placed an order with SMS group for a CONTIROD®* casting and rolling plant to produce copper wire.

Sao Paulo – In a market weakened by the loss of competitiveness and consumption, derived from  the  high  cost  of  the  domestic  market  and  unfair  competition,  Latin  America  saw  its  production  of  crude  steel  in  December fall by 12% compared to the same month of 2018.

Frankfurt/Main – The VDW (German Machine Tool Builders’ Association) is expecting production output to fall by 18 per cent in 2020. “This is something the sector hasn’t seen in a long time, following the boom of recent years,” to quote Dr. Heinz-Jürgen Prokop, Chairman of the VDW.