Executive Vice-President Stephane Sejourne said on Tuesday that the European Commission would look into ways to extend measures to limit steel imports as part of an overall plan to protect the sector with the intention of decarbonizing. Reuters reported that Sejourne, the French commissioner responsible for the European Union’s industrial policy, told reporters during a […]
ArcelorMittal, the world’s second-largest steelmaker, announced on Friday that it is postponing planned green investments, due to uncertainties surrounding European Union regulatory directives. Earlier this year, the company secured €850 million ($885 million) in subsidies from the French government to support its €1.7 billion decarbonization investment program, scheduled to run through 2030 at its Dunkirk […]
Plans are in progress to construct an electric arc furnace aimed at producing green steel for Europe on Thailand’s eastern coast. This will benefit Europe from contentious new rules that will force buyers to pay tariffs on high-carbon imports. In 2023, the EU imported 16 million tons of finished steel products from Asia, with mills […]