Brussels, 28/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - High officials from major steel-producing economies (37 countries plus the European Community) met at the OECD headquarters in Paris last week, to push forward negotiations in subsidies to the steel sector.
Those taking part first of all welcomed the increase in steel consumption. This was reported to have "grown by 4% thus far in 2003, and, if sustained, this will reach a record level of over 800 million tonnes of finished products". Closures in...