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Aluminium: Speira doubles recycling capacity
German company Speira has more than doubled its aluminium recycling capacity to 650,000 tonnes with the completion of its acquisition of Real Alloy Europe. Speira, which owns the world's largest rolled aluminium finishing plant in Germany, said the increase in...
Steel: ArcelorMittal suspends another blast furnace in Europe due to fire
According to local media reports, the operations of blast furnace No. 4 at ArcelorMittal's Luxembourg-based French plant in Dunkirk were suspended due to a fire that broke out on Thursday, 30 March. Plant employees were evacuated during the fire and no one was...
Steel: European market expects a disruption in coil supplies in April
Major supply chain disruptions are expected across the European coil complex in April and May due to the fires at ArcelorMittal in Spain and France and Tata Steel's force majeure at Ijmuiden in late February. This, combined with a significant reduction in coil...
Outokumpu will transfer long product units in Sweden to Cogne Acciai Speciali
Finnish stainless steel producer Outokumpu has announced that it will sell its Long Product's AB units located in the Swedish cities of Degerfors and Storfors to Italian stainless long product manufacturer Cogne Acciai Speciali for €12 million in order to focus on its...