EUROFER: ‘Steel demand expected to climb in 2018’
EU apparent steel consumption is forecast to increase 2.3% over whole year 2017, according to the European Steel Association’s (EUROFER) latest report, adding that steel demand is expected to continue its gradual recovery in 2018. Import pressure in Q2 2017 has signalled that foreign supply remains a critical issue for the EU steel sector, while strengthening […]
Graphite electrode shortage ‘strangling’ EU steel production
Tight supply conditions for carbon graphite electrodes are threatening to stall EU steel production, according to EUROFER, the European Steel Association. The Association said the graphite rods are indispensable in Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) ‘secondary’ steelmaking and in the Ladle Furnace (LF) metallurgy stages of both the EAF and ‘primary’ Blast Furnace-Basic Oxygen Furnace (BF-BOF) […]