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| 25 Jan | EU stainless consolidation on the way |
| It should not come as a great surprise that ThyssenKrupp and Outokumpu have been talking for some while about possibly merging their stainless steel businesses. For years the European stainless steel sector has been discussing consolidation but to no avail. This time it looks serious. |
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| 23 Jan | US stays positive |
| Nothing can embody an economic recovery more than the sight of an idled steelworks being restarted and labour being re-hired. In Cleveland, Ohio, the world’s largest steel maker, ArcelorMittal, is in the throes of restarting the west side of its steel making operations there in response to an uptick in market conditions in the US. |
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| 18 Jan | China recovering, but… |
| Don’t say it too loudly, but the Chinese steel market could be back on the road to recovery. Following price increases among many of the big domestic steel makers at the start of this year, demand recovery is possibly in the offing. |
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