Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (2nd L) takes part in the press conference after the "Steel Summit" alongside Lars Klingbeil (2nd ...

After US President Donald Trump announced last week that he would double steel and aluminium tariffs from 25 to 50%, the European Commission said it was prepared to impose retaliatory measures.

Steel is the backbone of German industry — but it's also a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for nearly 7% of Germany's CO2 emissions. As Germany has pledged to become ...

On Tuesday, April 30, around 10,000 steelworkers from Thyssenkrupp and HKM in Duisburg, Bochum, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Hagen and the Siegerland and Sauerland regions are expected to gather at the ...

Hammered by surging energy costs and a flood of cut-price Chinese imports, Germany’s steel industry has been mired in deep crisis. Germany's steel industry employs ...

Germany’s largest steel company, Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe (TKSE), and Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM) are threatening mass layoffs. This will force the restructuring of the steel industry into a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz takes part in the press conference after the "Steel Summit" at the German Chancellery in Berlin.

Thyssenkrupp's plans to produce green steel at its historic site in the western city of Duisburg were originally scheduled for 2027 but they are now hanging in the balance. Indian group Jindal, which ...