Access to competitively-priced stainless raw materials a major challenge: Marcegaglia CEO

Access to competitively priced raw materials is a major challenge for the European stainless steel industry, Antonio Marcegaglia, CEO of Italian steelmaker Marcegaglia, told delegates at the SMR Stainless Steel conference in Rome on Sept. 17. “We still face tight scrap availability, while nickel pig iron is gaining momentum as a competitive input because of the tight availability and high…Access to competitively priced raw materials is a major challenge for the European stainless steel industry, Antonio Marcegaglia, CEO of Italian steelmaker Marcegaglia, told delegates at the SMR Stainless Steel conference in Rome on Sept. 17. “We still face tight scrap availability, while nickel pig iron is gaining momentum as a competitive input because of the tight availability and high…Read More