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ThyssenKrupp

German heavy industry giant ThyssenKrupp has been suffering from a sharp deterioration of the materials businesses, pushing it into the red in the first quarter of its October-September fiscal year in 2015.

Steel is historically ThyssenKrupp's core business, but it also makes elevators, submarines and car parts. This page collates recent DW content on the company.

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Germany fines steel producers millions over price fixing 12.12.2019

Three manufacturers are counting the cost of rigging price supplements and surcharges for plate steel. One company escaped a penalty by being the first to cooperate with the cartel office.
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Thyssenkrupp steel workers protest for investment and against job cuts 04.12.2019

Thyssenkrupp workers have massed outside the ailing steel hub in Duisburg, Germany, demanding job safeguards and increased investment. The conglomerate has a new head after a failed merger bid with India's Tata.
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DW Business – International 22.11.2019

Steel giant ThyssenKrupp drops deeper into crisis, UN: Food insecurity looms in southern Africa, US Beaujolais Nouveau sales under tariff cloud

DW Business – Europe 21.11.2019

ThyssenKrupp: A steel giant fights for its future - EU-Singapore free trade deal comes into effect
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Thyssenkrupp: A steel giant fights for its future 21.11.2019

Thyssenkrupp is in the biggest crisis in its history. The board of the industrial conglomerate is undergoing a shakeup and its steel business is suffering from the cheap Chinese competition.

DW Business – Europe & Asia 21.11.2019

EU-Singapore free trade deal comes into effect - ThyssenKrupp: A steel giant fights for its future - Wind turbines draw mixed response in Germany
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Thyssenkrupp: German steel giant's board wants to sack CEO 25.09.2019

Thyssenkrupp has been struggling through a failed merger bid, falling profits and difficult restructuring. Now the conglomerate's board wants CEO Guido Kerkhoff out.

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ThyssenKrupp sues EU for blocking Tata merger 22.08.2019

German steel giant ThyssenKrupp has said the European Commission was "too far-reaching and wrong" in blocking a merger with Tata Steel. ThyssenKrupp has filed a complaint against the Commission's decision.
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The long road to 'greener' steel 29.07.2019

Everyone is talking about the dangers of man-made carbon. Yet getting businesses to get it out of the environment is a Herculean task. Still new CO2 mitigating production ideas may be around the corner for steelmakers.

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Opinion: Are the good years over for German firms? 10.07.2019

When BASF, the world's largest chemical company, drastically slashes its earnings forecast, it's an alarm signal for the German economy as a whole, say DW's Henrik Böhme.
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DW Business Europe & America 10.05.2019

Uber IPO runs into roadbumps, Thyssenkrupp and Tata dump their steel merger, China-US trade conflict hurts US lobster fleet

The merger between Thyssen-Krupp and Tata has been called off 10.05.2019

Things looked very different nine months ago. Back then, ThyssenKrupp and Indian rival TataSteel wanted to merge and create Europe's second biggest steel company Now it's final: the marriage is off the table.

DW Business Asia 10.05.2019

US-China trade talks 'tense' after tariff hikes, Thyssenkrupp and Tata merger blocked, Uber IPO raises questions about profitability
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Thyssenkrupp expects EU to 'block' Tata merger plan 10.05.2019

Neither Thyssenkrupp nor Tata were prepared to make the concessions necessary to get their planned merger passed by the European Commission, fearing a negative effect on synergy. Thyssenkrupp then announced job cuts.
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German prosecutors to probe Israeli submarine deal 26.03.2019

Prosecutors have launched an investigation into a submarine deal between German firm ThyssenKrupp and the Israeli military. Persistent bribery accusations linked to the sale have dogged Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
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EU probes controversial thyssenkrupp-Tata steel merger 30.10.2018

The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation into the planned creation of a joint venture between Tata Steel of India and Germany's thyssenkrupp. It voiced concerns over reduced competition.
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