Belgian steel wire maker NV Bekaert said Thursday that it intends to close its steel fiber plant in Belgium, cutting 281 jobs as part of a...
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Norsk Hydro continues to rebuild after a series of cyber attacks
The attack used a virus known as LockerGoga, a relatively new type of so-called ransomware that encrypts computer files and requires a fee to...
UK car production plummets 18 percent in January
UK car production fell 18.2 percent in January for the eighth straight month this year, mainly due to model changes and weaker demand in both the UK...
Swiss trader IMR buys steel mill in India
The Swiss commodity trading group IMR Metallurgical Resources AG recently bought the Tata Steel mines in South Africa and is now planning to acquire...
Agricultural "workers" made of steel
In February 2019, robotic berry pickers were tested at G&D Farms in Duette in Florida, America's largest strawberry supplier....
Recyclex turnover decreased in 2018
European non-ferrous scrap recycling firm Recyclex experienced a 19% decline in sales in 2018, to € 365 million....
EU launches anti-dumping investigation into Chinese imports of steel wheels
The European Commission has launched an investigation into whether Chinese manufacturers are dumping steel rims to Europe at prohibitively low...
Germany needs 260,000 skilled migrants every year
By 2060, the need for professional personnel from abroad will reach 260,000 people a year in Germany, the Bertelsmann Foundation predicts....
The Science Against Carbon Emissions: Large-Scale Research in the UK
The UK is committing £ 35 million to a seven-year research program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from steel production....
German industrial production falls, raising risk of recession
German industrial production fell sharply for the fourth straight month in December 2018, statistics released Thursday showed, further signaling...
British metallurgy will lose about 5 percent of revenues annually due to Brexit
British steelmakers exported 2.6 million tonnes of steel products to the EU in 2017, accounting for about a third of total production....
Eurofer warns of slowdown in European steel market
At the end of 2018, the European economy began to decline and this served as a decrease in trade in the metal sales market....
British company seeks permission to deactivate uranium mine in Salamanca
Berkeley also recalled the rise in world uranium prices in the final trimester of 2018 by 4% at once (up to $ 28.50 per ounce)....
In America, they again started talking about customs duties on cars from Europe
$ 23 billion in tax duties the European Union is ready to impose in response to the intention of the United States...
