Thyssenkrupp ends force majeure on rising Rhine water levels

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Thyssenkrupp <TKAG.DE> on Friday said a force majeure event that had impacted steel output over the last two weeks had come to an end following rising water levels of the Rhine river.

"The company is in close contact with its customers to ensure a normalisation of supply following the lifting of the force majeure situation," a spokesman for Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe said in an emailed statement.

(Reporting by Christoph Steitz, editing by Riham Alkousaa)