Record-Low Rhine Levels Disrupt Raw Material Flows To Europe's Largest Steelmaking Plant

Record-Low Rhine Levels Disrupt Raw Material Flows To Europe's Largest Steelmaking Plant Thyssenkrupp's steelmaking plant in Duisburg, Germany, is facing disruptions to raw material supplies as a "persistent and worsening low-water situation" restricts barge traffic on the Rhine River. Navigable depths along parts of this critical waterway have fallen to record lows, threatening to curb German economic growth just as the country begins to show signs of recovery. Bloomberg cited ...

By Tyler Durden