The European steel industry described it as “disappointing” that there was no agreement in the EU Parliament to create a CO2 emissions rights market that would allow the industry to address investments in decarbonisation and sustaining 30,000 direct jobs. European Steel Association (Eurofer) “Not good for the climate or the green transition of the industry,” sources said, highlighting the plans the industry, including multiple investments, should make to reduce emissions. Billion Euros from ArcelorMittal in Asturias.
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee had proposed ending free CO2 emissions rights from 2036 to 2030, which would be a strong driver for the steel industry, and the Parliamentary General Assembly last Thursday failed to reach an agreement on the extension. deadlines that allow greater margins to face the industry transition. The process returns to the starting point and also delays the carbon limit adjustment decision. Two vital measures for the great Asturian industry remained out of business.
Steel bosses Eurofer said the European Parliament’s vote was “very disappointing” because many of its members initially supported the changes that supported the steel industry’s transition and retained 30,000 jobs. “We hope that negotiations between MEPs will resume soon and a solution will be found that will address our concerns, help us decarbonize sustainably and effectively prevent the carbon leakage of border regulation, including exports,” he said. Axel EggertEmphasizing that the sector has ambitious plans to reduce emissions by 55% by 2030 and achieve climate neutrality by 2050, Eurofer CEO. There are 60 projects, including green steelworks in Gijón and Avilés.
There is also unrest among Asturian employers. “At FADE we have repeatedly expressed our position in favor of the environmental tariff that protects the environmentally compliant companies and the effects of the premature termination of emission rights on the large Asturian industry. In any case, what happened in the European Parliament has an equally harmful effect on keeping the industry in the dark.” maria baldFrom Asturian employers, the head of FADE said, “We advocate a timed energy transition where the deal is valid and which does not put our economy at risk. It is an issue that needs to be resolved as soon as possible,” he said.
For his part, the Principality’s Minister of Industry, Henry Fernandezstressed that the energy transition process must be “digestible” by industry and that any “acceleration schedule” for this process needs to be “very analyzed and largely agreed upon”.
SEPE demands refund of ERTE money from Arcelor
The State Public Employment Agency (SEPE) is demanding that ArcelorMittal refund all benefits received by ERTE workers in 2020, as announced yesterday by the CC OO division of the company’s Asturian factories. The National Supreme Court has released the company’s temporary employment regulation filing for law fraud, a sentence upheld by the Supreme Court last year. From CC OO, this decision of SEPE is “to demand the execution of the sentence and reinstate the workers, i.e. to collect 100% of the salary and the days of unemployment depleted”