Special Report: Saving European steel

In the spring of 2016 policymakers were struggling to find the way forward to preserve a future for the European steel industry, once a bedrock of the bloc’s industrial economy, which was facing the most serious crisis in its history.

A lethal cocktail of low prices and demand, overcapacity and national, international and EU policies threatened to overwhelm the once proud industry that still employed 360,000 people across Europe.

This Special Report looked into the root causes of the steel crisis and explored solutions being envisaged to save European steelmaking from bankruptcy.

Articles:
+ 18.04.16: Can this son of steel save the industry in Europe?
+ 19.04.16: China blames terrorism, economic slowdown for the steel crisis
+ 20.04.16: Jude Kirton-Darling MEP: Steel crisis has already cost lives in England
+ 21.04.16: Steelmakers fear extra costs from ETS reform
+ 22.04.16: Steel industry worried it will be ‘collateral damage’ of EU’s China policy

ESO: Background information: Steel industry: Commission takes action to preserve sustainable jobs and growth in Europe http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-steel-industry-commission-takes-action-to-preserve-sustainable-jobs-and-growth-in-europe/

ESO: Background information: Steel protesters call for EU help http://www.europeansources.info/record/steel-protesters-call-for-eu-help/

ESO: Background information: High-Level Symposium on Excess Capacity and Structural Adjustment in the Steel Sector, Brussels, 18 April 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/high-level-symposium-on-excess-capacity-and-structural-adjustment-in-the-steel-sector-brussels-18-april-2016/

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