The Vizcaya Federation of Metal Companies (FVEM) calls for action to "protect the heart of European industry" to "unfair" practices of "dumping" that takes China in the steel sector. FVEM president, José Luis López Gil, taking advantage of the presentation of the 'Economic Outlook Report...
While all major European companies face increasing pressure to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases, the German steel and technology group ThyssenKrupp, gets creative to tackle CO2 emissions. Along with other major national companies, ThyssenKrupp is looking for a way to convert the gases into...
Last September, Mexico announced an increase in tariffs for six months to protect its steel industry. It is an adjunct measure to those already imposed on imports from China and other countries. According to the statement of the Ministry of Economy, increased 15% tariff...
Sidor, the largest steel complex in Venezuela is paralyzed for several weeks. There are several production lines that are currently inactive due to a shortage of supplies and spare parts, but the most affected, certainly, it is the aforementioned. The direction of Siderurgica del Orinico...
The Steel Apple of Aviles (Spain), on which we reported earlier, will include pilot plants that will test new materials and steel-related processes. According to Iñigo Felgueroso, the director of the ITMA Foundation, the activity will be launched next 2016 in a new building,...
World Steel Association met last week in Madrid. The meeting of the Economic Committee took place from Tuesday 8 to Friday 11 and was conducted in collaboration with Unesid, the Union of Steel Companies. The appointment brought together more than 40 experts from around the world...
According to the Latin American Steel Association (Alacero) there has been an increase in steel production and consumption during the first two quarters of 2015 compared with the previous year. Also we can see that crude steel production grew by 3% while finished steel 4%. Apparently this...
The Spanish industry recycled in 2014, 10.6 million tons of metal, making Spain one of the main protagonists of this immortal recycling material, together with Germany and Italy, and highlighting in first position as volume over all others materials recycled. In Spain, more steel than the...