The Bundeskartellamt has imposed fines totalling approx. 205 million euros on six special steel companies, a trade association and ten individuals for concluding price-fixing agreements and exchanging competitively sensitive information. The companies are: ArcelorMittal Commercial Long Deutschland GmbH, Cologne, Dörrenberg Edelstahl GmbH, Engelskirchen, Kind & Co. Edelstahlwerke GmbH & Co.KG, Wiehl, Saarstahl AG, Völklingen, Schmidt […]
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New ISO 45001 Changes – CARES Among The First To Be Accredited To New ISO Standard
The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has recently confirmed that CARES has become one of the first Certification Bodies in the country to successfully achieve accreditation to its new ISO 45001:2018 management system. Following a detailed assessment of CARES’ performance and capabilities by UKAS, the official announcement of migration to the new standard – regarded […]
US Steel Import Applications Down 3.7%
Steel import permit applications for the month of June reached 2.89Mt (net tons), down 3.7% from the May figure of 3.005Mt (net tons) and a 0.3% increase from the May preliminary imports total of 2.887Mt (net tons), according to figures released by the US Commerce Department based on Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data. […]