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Unfair Chinese competition: EU plans anti-subsidy steel probe

In a joint effort with Washington, the European Union is planning anti-subsidy investigations against Chinese steelmakers.

10/10/2023

Europe News

Swedish mining company to use green hydrogen to lower CO2 emissions

Hydrogen is used to reduce iron ore while it is in a solid state.

20/01/2023

Green News

What is the world’s most sustainable company?

The annual Global 100 ranking reveals the world's greenest companies.

18/01/2023

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The green steel revolution is coming. Is the EU ready to embrace it?

Partner content presented by EUROFER

The European Steel Association (EUROFER), which represents almost all of the steel industry in Europe is calling for the EU’s support to put 60 major low-carbon projects in place across the continent by 2030.

30/05/2022

Tech News

Supply chain snag: Europe’s wooden pallets hit by Ukraine war

The war and Western sanctions are making it harder for businesses to find the pallets they need to move their goods around - and the Russian army may be feeling the squeeze too.

17/04/2022

World News

US and Japan reach a deal on steel tariffs

US government officials have reached a deal to lift a 25% tariff that former President Donald Trump imposed on imported Japanese steel.

08/02/2022

Europe News

EU suspends tariffs on US steel & aluminium in bid to reboot relations

The trade dispute dates back to the administration of Donald Trump.

17/05/2021

Italy

Steel plant accused of thousands of deaths related to toxic emissions

The Tamburi site is at the centre of a huge legal case. Experts cited by prosecutors have said some 7,500 people were killed in the area over seven years by diseases linked to toxic emissions.

14/11/2019

Next Series

The acid test: New way to recover resources from industrial waste

In partnership with The European Commission

The galvanizing business involves hot and arduous work, turning corroding steel into protected metal using baths of hydrochloric acid and molten zinc. It's also a business which EU researchers believe they can make cleaner and greener. Their tech is now facing, quite literally, the acid test.

10/06/2019

Business

British Steel liquidation threatens 5,000 jobs in England

Britain’s second-largest steelmaker has been forced into liquidation as attempts continue to secure £75m (€85m) to help mitigate Brexit-related issues.

22/05/2019

United Kingdom

Huge explosion injures two at steelworks

A huge explosion and fire rocked one of Europe's biggest steel plants early Friday, injuring two workers.

26/04/2019

USA

BMW jobs at risk in the US

The largest BMW factory in the world, in Spartanburg in South Carolina, makes a whole region live, but since Donald Trump threatens to tax imports in the sector, subcontractors fear to be the first victims

26/07/2018

Europe News

How more US-bound steel is leaving key EU port despite trade dispute

Euronews' Bryan Carter has been to Antwerp in Belgium to see how the port has been affected by the US' decision to impose a 25% tariff on steel imports.

26/07/2018

Economy

Antwerp port steels for trade tariff blowback

Antwerp port steels for trade tariff blowback

26/07/2018

United Kingdom

Tata and Thyssenkrupp join forces to shake up Europe's steel industry

Germany's Thyssenkrupp and India's Tata Steel signed a final agreement on Saturday to establish a steel joint venture. it is the European steel industry's biggest shake-up in more than a decade.

30/06/2018

Europe News

EU retaliates against Trump trade tariffs

European countries throw unanimous support behind plans to slap duties on US products

14/06/2018

Germany

Europe 'will counter US tariffs on steel and aluminium'

Speaking on German television, German Chancellor, Angela Merkel expressed regret about President Donald Trump's surprise decision to withdraw his endorsement of the recent G7 summit's final communique

11/06/2018

Economy

Macron brands Trump tariffs move ‘illegal’ and vows EU response

The French president slams US ‘economic nationalism’ as EU leaders weigh up retaliation, as US tariffs on steel and aluminium imports come into effect.

01/06/2018

Europe News

Trump tariffs could 'destroy' EU's steel industry

US president's move takes Europe closer to a possible trade war

31/05/2018

USA

US extends negotiations on steel tariffs

US extends negotiations on steel and aluminium tariffs for EU, Canada and Mexico

01/05/2018