Europe steel market faces slow recover: Alff

Oct 01, 2012 | 04:05 PM |

Tags  Stemcor Europe, Wilhelm Alff, International Rebar Exporters and Producers Association, Irepas, steel demand

MUNICH — European economies and steel demand will need another five years to recover, according to Wilhelm Alff, director of Zug, Switzerland-based Stemcor Europe AG.

"We will need five years to see better economies in Europe and a return of demand for steel. There is still a lot of uncertainty in the market," he said Monday at the International Rebar Exporters and Producers Association meeting and Steel Orbis conference in Munich.....





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