German chancellor hopeful under fire for controversial take on steel industryโ€™s future

Trade union fears the โ€œend of the steel industry in Germany.โ€
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Biden blocks US Steel sale to Japanese competitor

The president has long opposed the sale to Japanโ€™s Nippon Steel.

Pressure mounts on new Commission to set up emergency EU steel summit

German S&D MEP Geier described the crisis of the industry as “10 minutes past midnight”.
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Security guarantees vital if Ukraine is to rebuild economy, says steel CEO

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Former Poland PM: โ€˜Weโ€™re living under the illusion of environmentalismโ€™

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Europeโ€™s new normal: High energy bills, fading industry and one chance to fix it

German manufacturers are being strangled. The EU is feeling the pinch. Mario Draghi on Monday warned the EU may be staring at โ€˜slow agony.โ€™

Car industry pours cold water on von der Leyenโ€™s โ€˜lead marketsโ€™ plans

Increasing demand for green steel through minimum quotas for carmakers is not the right way to decarbonise steel production, carmakers said, while environmentalists consider the car industry to be โ€œuniquely placedโ€ to work as a lead market for green st…

Green jobs set to find home away from Europe, head of largest industrial union warns

While the EU Green Deal came with the promise of new jobs in green industries offsetting job losses elsewhere, these jobs are currently being created outside Europe, warned Judith Kirton-Darling, General Secretary of trade union IndustriAll Europe.

Steelmakers want von der Leyen to force public authorities, industry to buy green steel

EU steelmakers are pinning their hopes on Ursula von der Leyenโ€™s plans to force public authorities and steel-using sectors to buy ‘clean’ as a key way to decarbonise European industries – an idea already endorsed by German politicians and seen by many …

China accelerates green steel shift as EU levies loom, researchers say

SINGAPORE, July 11 (Reuters) – China approved no new coal-based steel projects in the first half of 2024, researchers said on Thursday, accelerating its shift towards green production as it prepares for the impact of a new carbon levy on exports to Eur…

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Labourโ€™s election policy positions, tracked

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INITIATE: One project, different routes to decarbonise steel [Promoted content]

The INITIATE project proposes an innovative process to produce urea from residual gases of steel making and demonstrates the importance of industrial symbiosis between different industrial sectors (steel sector, chemical sector, agriculture).

โ€˜This factory kills everythingโ€™: the red dust of death in Italyโ€™s under-developed south

Taranto residents separated from giant steelworks by a flimsy net fence tell a story that pits livelihoods against lives lost to cancer, the economy against the environmentEvery day, Teresa Battista wipes away the thick layers of dust that coat the gra…