European domestic hot-rolled coil prices were unchanged day on day March 30, with distributors avoiding booking significant volumes, market sources said. That approach by buyers has been driven by an uncertain outlook for demand and prices in the third quarter. Platts assessed domestic HRC prices in Northwest Europe at Eur860/mt ex-works Ruhr March 30, stable
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Georgsmarienhütte and nearby carmaking plant Volkswagen Osnabrück will be strengthening their cooperation in the recycling of steel, Kallanish hears from the German long products maker. Volkswagen has a pressing plant in Osnabrück, where strip steel is processed into body components for on-site production at other group locations. For some years, unused metal from the manufacturing
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ArcelorMittal Poland (AMP) is carrying out a PLN 165 million ($38.5m) modernisation of its Zdzieszowice coke plant, including adding three flue gas denitrification installations that will significantly reduce nitrogen oxide emissions, the firm says. The coke oven gas fires a cogeneration plant (CHP) that supplies heat to around 7,000 people in the neighbouring town. “We
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Ukrainian steelmakers plan to increase production after a difficult fourth quarter in 2022, which followed 40% of steel capacities being seized or destroyed in Mariupol, according to Ukraine-based GMK Center. In 2022, Ukraine’s average annual steel capacity utilisation was 30%, while in Q4 it was only 15-20%. As electricity supply stabilises, monthly production dynamics in
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Steel plate prices were stable in Northern Europe, but slightly down in a quiet Italian market in the week to Wednesday March 29, with producers in Southern Europe giving discounts for bigger volumes, sources told Fastmarkets.ItalyItalian re-rollers were offering May delivery plate at around €900-910 ($974-985) per tonne EXW, with transactions for small tonnages reported
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