UK Nationalises Country’s Final Functioning Blast Furnace From Chinese Company
The UK has nationalised British Steel after it was bought by a Chinese Communist Party-linked company that seemed determined to shut it down.
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India Follows Vietnam in Imposing Steel Tariffs on China
The Finance Ministry of India announced on Monday that it would be imposing a 12 percent tariff on some steel products — a move apparently intended to prevent China from “dumping” large amounts of steel into the Indian market and elbowing domestic companies out of business.
UK to Become Only G20 Country Incapable of Raw Steel Production as Top Plant Goes ‘Green’, Thousands of Jobs to Be Cut
The UK is set to become the only country in the G20 without the ability to make steel from raw materials as its largest plant goes “green”.
Exclusive — J.D. Vance: Biden’s Green Agenda to Decimate Steelworkers in the Heartland
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) is warning President Joe Biden’s latest Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules will cripple the nation’s steel industry, particularly in Ohio and Indiana, as similar measures did in the European Union last year amid an energy crisis.
Russia Sanctions War Shuts Down EU Steel Mills, Paper Mills, and Stops Fishermen Going to Sea
MILAN (AP) – Italian paper mills that make everything from pizza boxes to furniture packaging ground to a halt as Russia’s war in Ukraine has sent natural gas prices skyrocketing.
Climate Activists Push UK Govt to Kill New Mining and Oil Rig Jobs
WHITEHAVEN, England (AP) – In the patchwork of hills, lakes, and sea that makes up England’s northwest corner, most people see beauty. Dave Cradduck sees broken dreams.
Tories Call Halt on First Deep Coal Mine in Decades, ‘We Must Satisfy John Kerry’ Says Fmr Chief Science Adviser
Boris Johnson’s government has halted development of the first new deep coal mine in Britain for decades, after a former Chief Science Adviser insisted the country “must satisfy John Kerry” on its devotion to the climate change agenda.
Hands Still Tied? UK Companies Unable to Get Covid Cash Due to EU State Aid Rules
British businesses are locked out of the government’s £4.6 billion emergency coronavirus grant scheme because it has signed up to the European Commission’s “state-aid temporary framework”, according to reports.
Plutocrat Charles Koch: Trump Tariffs ‘Ridiculous,’ ‘Unfair’ to Foreigners
Billionaire plutocrat and GOP mega-donor Charles Koch says President Donald Trump’s tariffs on aluminum, steel, and thousands of Chinese-made imports are “ridiculous” and “unfair” to foreigners.
MONTEITH: Trump Is Playing a Blinder Against Sucker Juncker on EU Trade
The stench of hypocrisy and the reek of duplicity remain alive and well with the EU and its camp followers on trade tariffs, writes Global Britain’s Brian Monteith.
Brussels Prepares to Drag Britain into ‘Trade War’ with America
The European Union is poised to drag Britain into a damaging trade war with the United States, as Brussels prepares to retaliate against measures designed to protect American metalworkers.
British Manufacturers and Veterans Groups in Disbelief As Royal Navy Steel Contracts Go to EU
Steel firms and veterans groups have expressed disbelief at the decision to construct the Royal Navy’s new Type 26 frigates using steel sourced mainly from the EU.
French Presidential Hopeful Pushes EU To Raise Steel Tariffs
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – France’s economy minister on Monday sought to pressure the European Commission into raising import tariffs to similar levels as the United States to help Europe’s ailing steel industry. France, Britain and Germany are among the countries that
Brussels Accused of Selling Out British Steel Industry by Caving to Chinese Demands
Diplomats at the European Commission have been accused of caving in to Chinese demands to water down their estimates of Chinese steel overproduction, leaving the door open for the Chinese to flood world markets with cheap steel. It comes just
EU Fails To Take Action To Stop Cheap Chinese Steel Imports
BRUSSELS, Nov 9 (Reuters) – European Union ministers failed to agree on Monday on urgent measures that steelmakers are demanding to stem a flood of cheap imports from China after the loss of some 5,000 jobs in the sector in
