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...appears to deserve serious scrutiny in terms of its potential impact on national security and supply chain reliability”....
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...UK Steel wants the government to ensure the industry has enough scrap steel supplies in preparation for what it predicts will be a “surge in demand” in Britain and worldwide....
...IG Metall, Germany’s biggest industrial union, is considering arguing for a four-day week for steel workers in its upcoming collective bargaining process this November....
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...Some experts are sceptical that Port Talbot’s EAFs will be able to match the plant’s steel output today — and say that in a geopolitical crisis or a supply squeeze their production could not be ramped up...
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