Essen - Index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose significantly in July.
Brussels – World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association was 152.7 million Mt in July 2020, a 2.5% decrease compared to July 2019.
Salzgitter – Sunfire has successfully delivered the world’s most powerful High-Temperature Electrolyzer (HTE) for highly energy-efficient hydrogen production to Salzgitter Flachstahl.
Düsseldorf – In the first six months of 2020, the machinery and plant manufacturers in North Rhine-Westphalia recorded a significant nominal decline in sales of minus 11.9 percent compared to the same period last year.
Frankfurt/Main – Machinery exports from Germany were hit hard by the corona pandemic in the second quarter. Between April and June 2020, exports fell by 22.9 percent year-on-year to 35.2 billion euros.
Höhr-Grenzhausen - The 63rd International Colloquium on Refractories (ICR®) on September 16/17, 2020 offers more than 40 top-class expert sessions - this year completely in a virtual setting.
Missouri - New steel production system is meant to combine a hydrogen-reduction reactor for ironmaking (H2DR) with electric furnace melting for steelmaking.
London – AMAG rolling GmbH has awarded Primetals an order to install new converter equipment for the main drive on the two-high hot stand at its Ranshofen plant.