(BFW) EU Steel Industry Sees Up to EU100b Extra CO2 Cost: Handelsblatt


EU Steel Industry Sees Up to EU100b Extra CO2 Cost: Handelsblatt
2014-10-13 15:45:05.301 GMT


By Tino Andresen
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- European steel business warns
against additional cost for decade from 2020 if EU Commission
cuts free carbon allowances for industry, Handelsblatt reports,
citing interview w/ Eurofer President Robrecht Himpe.
* Industry would need to buy as much as 50% of allowances if
that happened, pushing most cos. out of market: Himpe
* NOTE: Oct. 7, ThyssenKrupp may abandon steelmaking in CEO’s
second term


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