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Lead: Ecobat suspends production from Oct. 1, 2022
Ecobat, a world leader in battery recycling, has announced that it will suspend lead production at its Paderno and Marcianise plants in Italy as of October 1, 2022. These plants have a combined capacity of 80,000 tons of lead per year. The decision to suspend lead...
UK will maintain existing anti-dumping measures on CRC steel from Russia and China
The British government has approved the Trade Remedies Authority's recommendation to maintain existing anti-dumping measures on cold-rolled flat steel from Russia and China for another five years. The TRA's recommendation to maintain existing measures to protect the...
Crude steel: Italian production collapses
Italian crude steel production fell significantly again in July, following a series of declines since the beginning of the year. Last month, crude steel production fell 27.1 percent year-on-year to 1.6 million tons and 7.3 percent year-on-year in the first seven...
Pittini’s Ferriere Nord suspends work at Osoppo plant in Italy due to high energy costs
Ferriere Nord of Pittini Group, a producer of long steel products, have suspended work at its Osoppo plant in Italy until Oct. 2 due to high energy costs. The company told unions that it would suspend work for 751 workers at the plant from Aug. 29 to Oct. 2, said a...