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1. voda 30 januari 2020 16:40

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   Odisha Restarts Talks with ArcelorMittal for Steel Plant in Paradip
   
   Business Line reported that the Odisha government has begun talks with ArcelorMittal, asking the company to set up a 3 million tonnes per annum steel plant in the State. The INR 12,000 crore project was originally meant to be set up by Essar Steel. Now, with ArcelorMittal taking over Essar Steel under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, the Odisha government wants the new promoter to honour the commitment and revive the project. Government of Odisha Principal Secretary Industry Mr Hemant Sharma told BusinessLine. “MoU signed in 2005 signed with the Odisha government in 2005. Now, we have started talks with ArcelorMittal to set this project up in Paradip. The talks are preliminary but we have got a positive response.”
   
   The state gave Essar Steel 676.61 acres of land to build a 3 million tonne greenfield steel mill for INR 116.27 crore. Instead of a steel plant, Essar developed the pellet plant, utilising 200 acres of the allotted land. Essar Steel had earlier set up a 6 million tonne per annum pellet complex in Paradip. The pellet plant is backed by a 12 million tonne per annum beneficiation plant at Dabuna inKeonjhar, the two facilities are connected by a slurry pipeline.
   
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   Mr Trump Signs US Mexico Canada Agreement
   
   US President Mr Donald Trump has formally signed US Mexico Canada Agreement with Mexico and Canada, to replace the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement. The three countries announced they had reached a deal in 2018 after more than a year of negotiation. The accord has been working its way through the legislatures of the three countries ever since. Canada has yet to ratify the pact but is expected to do so. Many of the original Nafta provisions will continue under the new accord, which governs more than $1tr in annual trade between the three countries. It also sets new terms for digital trade and increases US access to Canada's dairy market. At a White House signing ceremony Mr Trump said “We’re finally ending the NAFTA nightmare and signing into law the brand new US Mexico Canada Agreement. The USMCA is the largest, fairest, most balanced, and modern trade agreement ever achieved. There’s never been anything like it. Other countries are now looking at it, but there can’t be a border like that because, believe it or not, that is by far the biggest border anywhere in the world, in terms of economy, in terms of people. There’s nothing even close.”
   
   He said “The USMCA is also a massive win for American manufacturers and autoworkers. Under NAFTA, companies were given huge incentives to produce cars in foreign countries and ship them to America tax-free. No tax, no nothing. We lost our jobs, we closed our factories, and other countries built our cars. But we’ve changed that. And we’re now setting records.”
   
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   JSW Steel (Netherlands) Sells 39% Stake in Geo Steel LLC to Georgian Steel Group
   
   JSW Steel announced that its wholly owned subsidiary JSW Steel (Netherlands) BV has acomplted the agreement for selling 39% out of its 49% stake held in Geo Steel LLC, a Joint Venture based in Georgia, to its JV partner Georgian Steel Group Holdings Limited. It said We now hereby inform you that JSW Steel (Netherlands) BV has completed the sale of the aforesaid 39% stake held in Geo Steel LLC to Georgian Steel Group Holdings Limited.”
   
   Post the completion of the aforesaid sale, JSW Steel (Netherlands) BV continues to hold 10% stake in Geo Steel LLC.
   
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4. voda 30 januari 2020 16:42

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   Danieli DSD Drawer in full operation at SIMEC plant in Mexico
   
   The new Draw Sizing Danieli technological package has been installed as part of the 600,000 tonnes per year greenfield SBQ steel mill of SIMEC in the city of Apizaco in Mexico. The 4-roll stand technology DSD mill combines free-sizing process capability, fast stand-changing system, and a robotized workshop. All these features are essential for bar rolling to perfect shape tolerances, up to 1/8 DIN. The Danieli Automation Q-Shape system maintains continuous automatic control of the machine, setting parameters through the measurement of the rolled bar sizes detected by the Hi-Profile gauge installed downstream.
   
   This is certainly one of the most modern and technologically advanced mills in the world for producing high-quality steels.
   
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5. voda 30 januari 2020 16:44

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   MMK’s Plate Mill 5000 Sets Annual Production Record in2019
   
   1.168 million tonnes of hot-rolled steel were produced at the thick-sheet Mill 5000 of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works In 2019. This is the highest annual production rate since the unit was launched. The previous record was set at the mill in 2010, when it produced 1.160 million tonnes of rolled products. MMK's thick-sheet Mill 5000 was commissioned in 2009. The mill, whose products primarily meet the needs of the Russian oil and gas industry, has become the most productive among similar units in Europe. The mill equipment complex includes a unique rolling cage that is the most powerful in the world and has a maximum rolling force of approximately 12 thousand tonnes.
   
   With a production capacity of 1.5 million tonnes of metal products per year, Mill 5000 is a key unit of the MMK complex for the production of thick-sheet products, in addition to the mill, the complex includes an out-of-furnace processing complex and caster number 6. The mill is designed to produce high-margin thick-sheet rolled products up to 4,850 mm wide and with a strength category of up to X120.
   
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   AISI Hails USMCA Signing at White House
   
   American Iron and Steel Institute president and CEO Mr Thomas J Gibson attended the signing of legislation implementing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement at the White House. He said “USMCA will help create jobs and foster investment in manufacturing, including strengthening our steel industry supply chains with key customers by incentivizing the use of North American steel in manufactured goods. In addition, USMCA promotes increased cooperation and information sharing among the North American government to address circumvention and evasion of trade remedy orders. This will enhance the ability of our three countries to continue to work together to address the surges of dumped and subsidized steel imports that have plagued the North American steel market. These are all tremendous positive developments for the steel industry, and I am honored to be part of this historic signing today.”
   
   Mr Gibson noted that nearly 90 percent of US steel mill product exports go to Canada and Mexico.
   
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7. voda 30 januari 2020 17:11

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   Nucor Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Year Ended 2019
   
   Nucor Corporation announced consolidated net earnings of USD 107.8 million. For the full year 2019, Nucor reported consolidated net earnings of USD 1.27 billion as compared to USD 2.36 billion in 2018. Nucor's President and Chief Executive Officer Mr Leon Topalian said ""Stronger than expected steel mill segment performance in December was the primary driver for higher actual fourth quarter earnings than we indicated in our mid-December quantitative guidance. We believe that the inventory destocking that occurred throughout most of 2019 concluded in the fourth quarter, when customers resumed more normal buying patterns. Additionally, general business conditions improved in the fourth quarter due to a number of factors, including a rate cut by the Federal Reserve, the new labor agreement between the United Automobile Workers and GM, and definitive progress on the trade front. For the full year, strong performance in many of our steel products businesses partially offset the impact of destocking on our steelmaking operations. In particular, our Vulcraft/Verco and Building Systems groups both achieved record profitability in 2019, reflecting both strong execution by our teammates and favorable nonresidential construction market conditions. We are encouraged by recent economic trends and confident that our positive momentum will continue in 2020.”
   
   Business and Operational Enhancements
   On December 11, 2019, Nucor acquired TrueCore, LLC (TrueCore), an insulated metal panel manufacturing company with a facility in Laurens, South Carolina. TrueCore produces insulated metal panels that service the cold storage market, with future plans for additional commercial and industrial applications.
   On December 18, 2019, Nucor announced that its board of directors approved an expansion project which will add a coil paint line at the company's sheet mill in Mississippi County, Arkansas. The new coil paint line will have a capacity of approximately 250,000 tons per year and is expected to start up in the first half of 2022, pending permit and regulatory approval.
   
   First Quarter of 2020 Outlook “We expect Nucor's earnings in the first quarter of 2020 to increase as compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. We expect earnings in the steel mills segment to increase in the first quarter of 2020 as compared to the fourth quarter of 2019 (excluding the fourth quarter of 2019 impairment charge), due to the previously mentioned price increases and expected higher volumes. We expect a more stable pricing environment in 2020 after the severe inventory destocking that occurred in 2019. We expect the profitability of the steel products segment in the first quarter of 2020 to decrease as compared to the fourth quarter of 2019 (excluding the fourth quarter of 2019 impairment charges) due to normal seasonality. We expect the performance of the raw materials segment to increase in the first quarter of 2020 as compared to the fourth quarter of 2019, due to an improvement in pricing for raw materials, the absence of the impairment charge related to our proved producing natural gas well assets and no planned nonroutine outages at our Louisiana DRI plant.”
   
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8. voda 30 januari 2020 17:12

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   PT Krakatau Steel Restructures USD 2 Billion Loans
   
   Indonesian state owned steelmaker PT Krakatau Steel has received approval from its creditors to restructure its loans totaling USD 2 billion by, among other changes, rescheduling repayment to 2027 in order to be able to revive its business. Krakatau Steel president director Silmy Karim said that the debt restructuring would cut interest payments to USD 466 million from USD 847 million and cut costs by around USD 685 until 2027. He said “We have delivered on one of the minister’s key performance indicators.”
   
   The debt restructuring agreements with 10 local and foreign banks were signed in stages from September 30, 2019 to January12. The creditors are Bank Mandiri with total loans of USD 618.29 million, Bank Negara Indonesia with USD 425.92 million, Bank Rakyat Indonesia with USD 337.39 million, ICBC Indonesia with USD 44.27 million, Exim Bank LPEI with USD 79.83 million, Bank Central Asia with USD 48.69 million, Bank DBS Indonesia with USD 48.62 million, Bank OCBC NISP with USD 138.66 million, Standard Chartered Bank with USD 25.62 million and CIMB Niaga with loans USD $238.34 million.
   
   The reorganization could save the country’s largest steelmaker from bankruptcy.
   
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   Hyundai Steel Reports Q4 and 2019 Results
   
   South Korean Hyundai Steel Co has reported its fourth-quarter net loss of KRW 73.7 billion (USD 62.7 million), swinging from a profit of KRW 79.1 billion a year earlier. It posted an operating loss of KRW 147.9 billion for the October-December period, compared with a profit of KRW 254.9 billion won a year ago. Meanwhile, standalone net loss for the fourth quarter was KRW 54.50 billion.
   Sales fell 9.2 percent to KRW 4.82 trillion.
   
   For the whole of 2019, revenue fell 1.3% to KRW 20.513 trillion, while operating profit slumped 68% to KRW 331.30 billion.
   
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10. voda 30 januari 2020 17:13

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    Canadian Steel Producers Call for a Quick Ratification of CUSMA
    
    Canadian Steel Producers Association President Ms Catherine Cobden said “The CSPA is urging all members of the House of Commons and the Senate of Canada to support this Bill and swiftly ratify the Canada United States Mexico Agreement. Implementation of the CUSMA is critical to strengthening the competitiveness of Canadian and North American steel industries and ensuring market access in the face of persistent global trade challenges and uncertainty.”
    
    She said “The CUSMA builds on the success of NAFTA by incentivizing the use of North American steel through strengthened rules of origin and enhanced regional value content requirements. The CUSMA also includes important provisions that will promote increased cooperation and information sharing among the North American governments to address the repeated surges of dumped and subsidized steel imports that continue to injure domestic steelmakers.”
    
    She added “CSPA members are important suppliers to the integrated North American marketplace including the automotive, construction, energy, transportation and other sectors. We believe this deal to be a critical step forward for our future and are counting on all Parliamentarians to come together and ratify the agreement without delay.”
    
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12. voda 30 januari 2020 18:36

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    Beursblik: flinke winstdaling ArcelorMittal voorzien
    
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    ArcelorMittal
    13,604 -0,412 -2,94 % Euronext Amsterdam
    
    (ABM FN-Dow Jones) ArcelorMittal heeft in het vierde kwartaal van 2019 vermoedelijk flink minder winst gemaakt. Dit blijkt uit de analistenconsensus die het staalbedrijf donderdagavond publiceerde.
    
    Analisten rekenen voor het vierde kwartaal op een EBITDA van 858 miljoen dollar.
    
    In het derde kwartaal lag het bedrijfsresultaat nog op 1.063 miljoen dollar en in het vierde kwartaal van 2018 was dit zelfs 1.951 miljoen dollar.
    
    De publicatie van de kwartaalcijfers staat voor 6 februari gepland.
    
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    HKU Professor Secures Funding for Developing Steel Alloys for Low Temperatures and Nuclear Power Plants
    
    University of Hong Kong Department of Mechanical Engineering Professor Huang Mingxin has recently secured CNY 1.07 million funding in the second round of the National Key Research & Development Programmesof the PRC’s Ministry of Science and Technology that is open for researchers in Hong Kong and Macau. Professor Huang will lead a team of researchers from HKU, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian University of Technology and Xi’an Jiaotong University with expertise in areas such as metallurgy, mechanics, nuclear technology and ab-initio calculation to develop new nanostructural high entropy alloys that have the potential for application in extremely low temperatures or in nuclear power plants.
    
    Professor Huang has both industrial and academic experience in working with metals and alloys. He has led a Beijing-Hong Kong-Taiwan mechanical engineering team to develop a Super Steel (also called D&P Steel) which addressed the strength-ductility trade-off, and with the material costing just one-fifth of the steel currently being used in aerospace and defence applications. This research breakthrough was published in the prestigious journal Science in 2017 and brought him the Global Innovation Award at TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo in 2018.
    
    To encourage cross-region innovation and technology collaboration, since 2019, scholars from Hong Kong and Macau can apply directly to the Ministry’s National Research & Development Program for funds to support research conducted in Hong Kong. This scheme offers substantial funding for key and strategic research technologies.
    
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    Severstal Reconstructs Suction Units of Cherepovets Steel Plant Sinter Plant
    
    Russian steel giant Severstal is carrying out a targeted program at the Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant to replace gas-cleaning equipment and aspiration systems. Phased replacement of equipment will improve the condition of jobs and reduce dust emissions into the air.
    
    In particular, in 2019, the electrostatic precipitator No 1 of the suction air purification system was reconstructed in sintering shop No 3. The event involved the replacement of the electrostatic precipitator with a new one, with parameters corresponding to the best available technologies. For this, the electrostatic precipitator, which has developed its standard resource, has been dismantled. In its place, an electrostatic precipitator with a smoke exhauster with a capacity of at least 245 thousand m3 / h was mounted; the residual dust content after the electrostatic precipitator would be no more than 30 mg / m3.
    
    In addition, in 2019 CherMK began reconstruction of aspiration of reloading unit No 3 in sinter production. Aspiration consists of three systems ATU-3, ATU-4, ATU-5, which clean the dusty air of the working area of conveyors, and are equipped with scrubbers. Within the framework of the project, a single aspiration system with a cleaning apparatus will be installed - a bag filter with a residual dust concentration of less than 10 mg / m3.
    
    The target program also envisages the construction of an aspiration unit by 2021, which allows removing dusty air from bunkers and weight batchers of the bunker housing of sintering plant No 3. At present, dusty air is removed to the collector of the existing ATU-1 and 2 suction units. Under the project, it is planned to install a separate system, which will reduce the concentration of dust in the air of the working area.
    
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    WTO DSB Adopts Report Regarding Moroccan Measures on Hot-Rolled Steel Imports from Turkey
    
    At a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body on 8 January, WTO members formally adopted the panel and Appellate Body reports in a case brought by Turkey regarding anti-dumping measures imposed by Morocco on imports of certain hot-rolled steel products from Turkey. The panel report, circulated to WTO members on 31 October 2018, found that Moroccan authorities had violated several provisions of the WTO's Anti-Dumping Agreement in their investigation on the targeted Turkish imports. On 20 November 2018 Morocco notified its decision to appeal certain panel findings.
    
    On 4 December 2019, the Chair of the Appellate Body informed the DSB that it had received a letter from Morocco indicating the withdrawal of its appeal. The Appellate Body issued its report on 10 December stating that, in view of Morocco's withdrawal of the appeal, it had completed its work and that the 30-day period for the DSB's formal adoption of the ruling began from the circulation of the Appellate Body report.
    
    The DSB adopted the panel report and Appellate Body report. Morocco will now have 30 days to inform the DSB of its intentions in regards to the implementation of the ruling.
    
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    US Steel Outlines Strategic Upgrades to Mon Valley Plants
    
    Tribune Live reported that planning has started and permitting is underway for USD 1.2 billion worth of projects planned for US Steel’s Mon Valley Works facilities in Braddock, Clairton and West Mifflin. The projects include a new endless casting and rolling facility at the Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock and a new cogeneration facility at the Clairton Coke Works in Clairton. Equipment upgrades will also be made at the Irvin Works facility in West Mifflin. The endless casting and rolling facility is planned to be operational by September 2022, with the cogeneration facility coming online a few months after that
    
    US Steel’s Mon Valley Works General Manager Mr Kurt Barshick said “We’re already making reductions, we’ve hit reductions in SO2, PM2.5, PM10 in the things we’re currently doing. The next level, these strategic projects, it’s a game changer. We get to the next level of environmental improvement.”
    
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    Government of Canada Invests in Tracing Steel Supply Chain
    
    The Government of Canada is committed to improving the traceability of steel in the Canadian supply chain to increase firm efficiency, ensure responsible sourcing of materials, and verify domestic content requirements when needed. Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Mr Navdeep Bains announced that two Canadian companies will develop a proof of concept for a digital tracing system enabled by blockchain and artificial intelligence for the Canadian, and possibly North American, steel supply chain. This digital tool seeks to capture activities across the steel supply chain to provide government and industry users with better information on supply and demand, origin, and the quality of inputs and outputs.
    
    Peer Ledger Inc based in Halifax in Nova Scotia and Mavennet Systems Inc based in Toronto in Ontario, will each receive an investment of up to CAD 150,000 through Innovative Solutions Canada, a program that invites Canadian small businesses to develop innovative solutions to address government challenges. The funding will support research and development activities to build a prototype specific to the steel supply chain. If selected to continue to the program's next stage, one of the two companies could receive up to CAD 1 million over two years to refine its prototype.
    
    Innovative Solutions Canada is a key component of the government's Innovation and Skills Plan, a multi-year strategy to create good middle-class jobs.
    
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    Self-Accelerated Corrosion of Nuclear Waste Forms at Material Interfaces
    
    A new study by researchers at Ohio State University suggests that stainless steel may not be the best choice for containing high-level nuclear waste. By simulating long-term storage conditions, the team found that the storage materials interact with each other more than previously thought, causing them to degrade faster. In a research paper published in NatureMaterial, they said “The US plan for high-level nuclear waste includes the immobilization of long-lived radionuclides in glass or ceramic waste forms in stainless-steel canisters for disposal in deep geological repositories. Here we report that, under simulated repository conditions, corrosion could be significantly accelerated at the interfaces of different barrier materials, which has not been considered in the current safety and performance assessment models. Severe localized corrosion was found at the interfaces between stainless steel and a model nuclear waste glass and between stainless steel and a ceramic waste form. The accelerated corrosion can be attributed to changes of solution chemistry and local acidity/alkalinity within a confined space, which significantly alter the corrosion of both the waste-form materials and the metallic canisters. The corrosion that is accelerated by the interface interaction between dissimilar materials could profoundly impact the service life of the nuclear waste packages, which, therefore, should be carefully considered when evaluating the performance of waste forms and their packages. Moreover, compatible barriers should be selected to further optimize the performance of the geological repository system.
    
    The storage of nuclear waste is more than a perennial political football, it is an existential problem. Whatever one's opinions about nuclear power or weapons, there are thousands of tons of nuclear waste temporarily stored around the world, meaning that a way must be found to store it all safely in the long term. The most important type of nuclear waste is the high-level waste left over from reprocessing nuclear fuel or from nuclear weapon production. Such waste is made up of a complex mixture of radioactive isotopes with half-lives ranging from years to millennia. Though reactors have been operating all over the world for over 75 years, only Finland has started to build a permanent storage facility for such very dangerous waste.
    
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    Fortescue Ships 46 Million Tonnes Iron Ore in December Quarter
    
    Fortescue has released its December 2019 quarterly production results, reporting shipments of 46.4 million tonnes and cash production costs C1 of USD 12.54 per wet metric tonne for the quarter.
    
    Quarterly highlights
    
    Shipments of 46.4 million tonnes, nine per cent higher than Q2 FY19 bringing first half shipments to a record 88.6 million tonnes
    
    C1 costs of USD 12.54/wmt, four per cent lower than Q2 FY19
    
    Average revenue received of USD 76 per dry metric tonne (dmt), 58 per cent higher than Q2 FY19 of USD 48/dmt
    
    Fortescue Chief Executive Officer Ms Elizabeth Gaines said “Once again, the Fortescue team has achieved outstanding results demonstrated by multiple records across the operations, including record shipments of 88.6mt during the first half of FY20, while maintaining our industry leading cost position below US$13/wmt. The key highlight for the quarter was our improved safety performance resulting in a TRIFR of 2.5 on a rolling 12-month basis. “Excellent operational performance across all mines, rail and port was maintained during the quarter to deliver shipments of 46.4mt, a nine per cent improvement on the corresponding period last year, with C1 cost reducing to US$12.54/wmt. Customer demand across all products resulted in Fortescue’s price realisation averaging 86 per cent of the benchmark 62% CFR Index price during the quarter. “Based on Fortescue’s strong performance in the first half, we expect shipments to be at the upper end of our guided range of 170 - 175mt and C1 cost guidance is lowered to a range of US$12.75 -US$13.25/wmt.”
    
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20. voda 31 januari 2020 11:05

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    U.S. Steel voorziet verbetering
    
    (ABM FN-Dow Jones) U.S. Steel draaide in het vierde kwartaal van 2019 een groter verlies, maar verwacht in 2020 wel een verbetering. Dit meldde de Amerikaanse staalmaker donderdag nabeurs.
    
    CEO David Burritt sprak van beter dan verwachte resultaten om het boekjaar te eindigen en rekent op een ommekeer in 2020. Het eerste kwartaal zal nog wel moeizaam verlopen vanwege seizoensinvloeden en lagere verschepingen, aldus het bedrijf.
    
    In het vierde kwartaal liep het verlies op van 592 miljoen naar 680 miljoen dollar. De omzet daalde van 3,7 miljard tot 2,8 miljard dollar, gelijk aan de analistenverwachting.
    
    Het aandeel U.S. Steel steeg in de nabeurshandel ruim 6 procent.
    
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    Thyssenkrupp heeft miljarden van liftdivisie hard nodig
    
    Gepubliceerd op 31 januari 2020 11:15 | Views: 208
    
    BOCHUM (AFN/BLOOMBERG) - De verkoop van zijn liftentak levert het Duitse conglomeraat Thyssenkrupp zeker 15 miljard euro op. Dat geld heeft de onderneming volgens topvrouw Martina Merz hard nodig omdat het bedrijf staat voor de nodige uitdagingen.
    
    Thyssenkrupp, dat ooit symbool stond voor technische Duitse bekwaamheid, kampt met de algehele neergang in de industrie. Zo staan de marges van de staaldivisie al tijden onder druk en de balans van de onderneming blijft volgens Merz ronduit zwak. Thyssenkrupp legt al zijn divisies momenteel langs de meetlat.
    
    Eind februari wordt er een beslissing verwacht over de liftendivisie. Die tak was bij de afgelopen cijferpresentatie andermaal het best presterende onderdeel, maar ondanks die goede prestaties verslechterde de kas- en de schuldpositie van het moederbedrijf.
    
    Na de verkoop van de liftentak zal Thyssenkrupp de toekomst van de andere onderdelen uitstippelen. Merz benadrukte dat voor vooruitgang bij de staalactiviteiten fusies of overnames nodig zijn. De fusiedeal met de staaltak van Tata Steel Europe stuitte eerder op mededingingsbezwaren. Naar verluidt wordt nu aan een krachtenbundeling met Salzgitter gewerkt.