German Steel Federation welcomes support for steel industry from the federal states

Düsseldorf – The  Conference of German Prime Ministers last week also dealt with the prospects for the steel industry in Germany. In a joint resolution, the federal states committed themselves to steel production in Germany.

29 Oct 2019

Schmolz + Bickenbach receives request from Liwet to replace the Board of Directors

Lucerne – Schmolz + Bickenbach informs that its major shareholder Liwet Holding AG has requested the convocation of an Extraordinary General Meeting. Liwet intends to propose to the EGM that the Board of Directors will be reappointed.

29 Oct 2019

SMS group to supply a new single-strand continuous caster for North Star BlueScope

Düsseldorf – North Star BlueScope Steel has selected SMS group as the supplier for its new single-strand thin-slab continuous caster. The new casting machine will have a thickness range of 95 to 110 millimeters and a width range of 900 to 1,595 millimeters.

29 Oct 2019

September2019 crude steel production

Brussels – World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 151.5million tonnes (Mt) in September2019, a 0.3% decrease compared to September2018.

29 Oct 2019

Klöckner & Co Deutschland brings edding into its digital marketplace

Ahrensburg/Berlin/Duisburg – Klöckner & Co Deutschland has expanded its online shop’s offerings. The edding company in cooperation with logistics partner H. Bottenberg GmbH, now makes more than 200 items from its range of products  available on the platform.

29 Oct 2019

Engineered solutions with a new skin-pass mill ordered from Fives

Moscow - DMS SkinPass 4Hi, a new skin-pass mill from Fives, is designed to improve performance and surface quality of a continuous galvanizing line.

29 Oct 2019

Kampag named Swedish Steel Prize 2019 finalist

Stockholm - Award for developing a new harvesting feeder solution for soybean farming that lasts longer.

28 Oct 2019

RWI: German steel industry in the wake of industrial recession

Essen -The weak economy in German industry has reduced the total steel use by almost 5 percent or around 1.8 million tonnes this year.

25 Oct 2019

Gutekunst shaped springs at the Blechexpo 2019

Pfalzgrafenweiler - Gutekunst Formfedern GmbH will present technical possibilities, further developments and innovations.

25 Oct 2019

Weak market impacted SSAB Europe, while SSAB Americas held up well

Stockholm - SSAB’s operating profit for the third quarter of 2019 was SEK 300 million, down SEK 1,300 million compared with the third quarter of 2018.

24 Oct 2019

Smelters are likely to charge higher fees for copper

Frankfurt -Miner's strike in the world's largest copper mine Escondida in Chile could effect the copper market.

24 Oct 2019

SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH plans capital increase

Lucerne – SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH (“Company”), a global leader in special long steel, has informed yesterday about its plans for a capital increase. The transaction is subject to the approval of an Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") to be held on December 2, 2019.

24 Oct 2019