Steel

  • PoliticsAOL

    Trump's metal tariff threat concerns car bosses

    Car bosses are "surprised and confused" by President Trump's announcement that he is planning to impose tariffs on metal imported to America. The tariffs, which could be set at 25 per cent for steel and 10 per cent for aluminium,

  • NewsAOL

    The decline of British steel

    A global supply glut caused by China's slowdown has halved steel prices this year. Can Britain's steel industry survive? Simon Wilson reports. How big is the UK steel industry? Small – and getting smaller. Annual production

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  • NewsAOL

    SSI steel firm liquidation blow for Redcar plant workers

    Workers at a giant steelworks have had more "devastating" news after the owner went into liquidation, dealing a fresh blow to hopes of saving thousands of jobs. Thai firm SSI, owner of the Redcar plant on Teesside, applied at the High

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  • BusinessAOL

    Steel industry facing first strike in 30 years

    Workers at Tata Steel have voted by almost 9-1 to go on strike in a row over pensions, threatening the first national walkout in the industry for more than 30 years. Members of the Community union backed strikes by 88% and other forms of action

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  • NewsAOL

    Johnson woos steel magnate Mittal

    Boris Johnson has waded in to the row between steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and the French government as he urged Indian businessmen to set up in the United Kingdom. He called French industry minister Arnaud Montebourg, who accused Mr Mittal of

  • ScienceAOL

    'Eco destructive' electric car motors need to change

    Carmakers and EU legislators are pushing electric cars as the future of eco-friendly, sustainable transport – yet their motors are made using rare earth metals, the mining of which is "incredibly destructive to the