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Europe Steel Market: Stable Plant Activity Amid Swiss Referendum, Procurement Strategies Unaffected

Europe’s steel market remains stable despite broader political developments. Recent satellite data shows consistent activity across key steel plants. While Switzerland held a referendum on initiatives discussed in “Umfrage zur eidgenössischen Abstimmung: Wie hast du abgestimmt?“, “Die Schweiz stimmt ab: Reiche Erben belasten – für den Klimaschutz?“, and “Schweiz entscheidet über Service Citoyen und Erbschaftssteuer“, these internal political matters appear to have no direct impact on steel production within Europe, as no links to the presented satellite data are discernible.

Bar chart and satellite map of steel production activity in Europe

The mean steel plant activity in Europe fluctuates over the reported period, with highest activity in July and August. CMC Zawiercie in Poland saw activity rise from 58% in June to 61% in October. ArcelorMittal Méditerranée Fos sur Mer in France experienced a slight increase from 35% in June to 36% in October. Deutsche Edelstahlwerke in Germany showed a minor increase from 28% in June to 30% in October. No significant deviations from the mean are apparent, and no direct link to the provided news articles can be established.

CMC Zawiercie, a Polish steel plant operating with two EAFs and a crude steel capacity of 1.7 million tonnes per annum (ttpa), shows increasing activity levels from 58% in June to 61% in October. Despite this, with the end-user sectors being automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery and transport, there appears to be no direct link to the Swiss referendum highlighted in “Umfrage zur eidgenössischen Abstimmung: Wie hast du abgestimmt?“, “Die Schweiz stimmt ab: Reiche Erben belasten – für den Klimaschutz?“, and “Schweiz entscheidet über Service Citoyen und Erbschaftssteuer“.

ArcelorMittal Méditerranée Fos sur Mer, a French integrated steel plant with 4 million ttpa crude steel capacity utilizing BF-BOF technology, demonstrated fairly stable activity, rising slightly from 35% in June to 36% in October. This plant produces semi-finished and finished rolled products, including slabs and coils, for similar end-user sectors to CMC Zawiercie. The planned shutdown of two BOF by 2030 may impact future capacity, but there is no direct relationship with the Swiss referendum as covered in “Umfrage zur eidgenössischen Abstimmung: Wie hast du abgestimmt?“, “Die Schweiz stimmt ab: Reiche Erben belasten – für den Klimaschutz?“, and “Schweiz entscheidet über Service Citoyen und Erbschaftssteuer“.

Deutsche Edelstahlwerke, a German steel plant relying on two EAFs with a capacity of 600,000 ttpa crude steel, saw activity rise from 28% in June to 30% in October. Producing billets, squares, and forged products, its end-user sectors align with the other plants. With no explicit connections identified, the trends have no direct links to the Swiss referendum as highlighted in “Umfrage zur eidgenössischen Abstimmung: Wie hast du abgestimmt?“, “Die Schweiz stimmt ab: Reiche Erben belasten – für den Klimaschutz?“, and “Schweiz entscheidet über Service Citoyen und Erbschaftssteuer“.

Given the stability in steel plant activity and the lack of any discernible impact from the Swiss referendum discussed in “Umfrage zur eidgenössischen Abstimmung: Wie hast du abgestimmt?“, “Die Schweiz stimmt ab: Reiche Erben belasten – für den Klimaschutz?“, and “Schweiz entscheidet über Service Citoyen und Erbschaftssteuer,” there are no immediate supply disruptions anticipated. Therefore, procurement strategies should remain focused on existing contracts and market conditions.