Steel Times International News
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Rio Tinto fatality
Rio Tinto have confirmed that an employee from a contracting company has died following an incident at its SimFer mine site in Nzérékoré, Guinea.
26 August 2025 -
Speciality Steels UK in receivership
It might sound like familiar territory following the recent British Government's takeover of British Steel, but yes, we're back in the same territory following the announcement that the UK's third largest steelworks is now under Government control and that the future for its 1,500 workers is currently uncertain.
22 August 2025 -
British Steel to supply rail to heritage project
British Steel has supplied rail to The Rother Valley Railway, a heritage project aiming to reconnect the rail link between Bodiam and Robertsbridge.
22 August 2025 -
45% emissions reductions in Japan, Korea and Taiwan by 2040, says WSD
CO2 emissions from steelmakers in Japan, Korea and Taiwan are expected to decrease by almost 45% by 2040, according to World Steel Dynamics, marking, says WSD, 'one of the steepest regional reductions'.
21 August 2025 -
Intelligent scheduling for thyssenkrupp Steel
German steelmaker thyssenkrupp Steel, in collaboration with Smart Steel Technologies, has launched an intelligent scheduling system for its extensively modernized production network in Duisburg - Bruckhausen. The new system, it is claimed, ensures highly efficient processes to provide high-quality products to customers.
21 August 2025 -
50% steel tariff still hangs over European Union
A joint written EU-US statement broadly confirms the deal struck by Donald Trump and Ursula von der Leyen on 28 July: 15% US import tariff on most EU products but 50% on EU steel, aluminium and their derivatives with the intention to consider working towards a tariff rate quota (TRQ) for EU exports and ring-fencing against global steel and aluminium overcapacity.
21 August 2025
