General chat.& Random stuff

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I guess that someone has to try and take the lead in raising prices - I’m assuming that others will (attempt to) follow.

Domestic steel making in Europe is difficult given the cost of labour and lack of locally mined of raw materials.

I fear for the industry’s long term future

 

Thanks for the reply

 

https://www.business-standard.com/c...7-mn-euros-over-emissions-124122001411_1.html

 

https://www.miragenews.com/tata-steelport-talbot-transition-board-1384058/

 

No wonder the UK Manufacturing Sector is under so much competitive pressure.

Lucky that Port Talbot’s Blast Furnaces are going so that we can have so-called Green Steel, produced by an Electric Arc Furnace ….

 

Ahh, the "modern world"....

 

So many folks laid low this Christmas with this damn virus.
My brother and family down with it.Doctor told him last Friday that if it had been labelled COVID we would've been in lockdown again!!

 

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What virus is it? We've caught two here since the summer, one of which was probably the new variant.