Norway’s Blastr Green Steel to supply ultra-low carbon steel to Interfer Edelstahl Group
Norwegian decarbonized steel developer Blastr Green Steel has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Germany-based steel distributor INTERFER Edelstahl Group for the annual supply of 150,000 mt of ultra-low carbon HRC grade steel products.
Deliveries of the given products are scheduled to start by the end of 2029. The companies plan to start discussions on a binding agreement at the beginning of 2025.
This is the second offtake agreement in just over a month, covering a combined 10 percent of the planned capacity at Blastr’s green steel plant under development at Inkoo, Finland. Last month, the company signed an agreement to annually supply 100,000 mt of ultra-low carbon steel to European steel processing and distribution company Knauf Interfer.
Cogne expands German distribution network
Cogne Edelstahl says it is expanding its distribution network in Germany, along defined chapters – North, West, South – plus a new area, East, Kallanish learns from the speciality steelmaker’s German unit.
Cogne Edelstahl operates sites in Neuss in western Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia), Rudersberg in the south (Baden-Württemberg) and Stuhr in the northern city state of Bremen. They supply customers with products made in Italy, Taiwan and Sweden.
In addition, the company is establishing in July representatives in Leipzig to serve the East chapter. It total, Cogne Edelstahl will have 37 representatives in the country.
”The nationwide expansion will facilitate the availability of bar and bright bar at locations close to customers, including processing services, cutting, and certification,” says managing director Bernd Grotenburg. He notes the company has perceived rising demand from the east in recent years, and that it plans to establish a new warehouse there.
Christian Koehl Germany
