It is not just a matter for Halsnæs Municipality that Duferco Danish Steel is closing its steel production in Frederiksværk and laying off almost all its employees. It is a matter that extends far beyond the municipal borders, and is significant for both Denmark and the EU. This is reported by SN.dk.
This is the opinion of the mayor of the North Zealand municipality, Steffen Jensen (S), who has a letter on the way to Minister of Industry and Trade Morten Bødskov (S) on the matter.
- I would like to draw the minister's attention to what is happening here right now. We have large, good industrial sites that will lie idle because it is more favorable to run production and industry in China or elsewhere. This is unsustainable, says Steffen Jensen and asks several of the questions that will soon fall to the Minister of Industry and Trade.
- Can we live with the fact that we are being outcompeted by foreign steel mills and that production moves away from Europe. Is that really what we want? If the answer is no, then we should look at what is needed for the production companies to stay running here.
The Danish Steel Rolling Mill went bankrupt in 2002 and was subsequently divided into three plants. Since 2006, Duferco Group has operated Duferco Danish Steel, one of them - the old continuous steel mill - but 19 years of production of bar steel will now be discontinued.
There is already no production in the old electroworks, and this leaves the rolling mill, operated by NLMK DanSteel, as the only functioning steel mill in Denmark. If you look beyond the European continent, the trend is the same, according to the mayor. This is one problem for many of the important agendas that Denmark and the EU are focusing on.
- If Denmark and Europe are to step on the pedal to green transition, then we need wind turbines. They will be made of steel. If the defense industry in Denmark and other European countries is to be developed and scaled up, then we need production companies that can produce steel, says Steffen Jensen and continues:
- The steel industry is having a very difficult time - both in Denmark and Europe. But we can't just outsource it to China or Russia, because they are the reason we are in this situation in the first place. We have to stand together in Europe, says the mayor.
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