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The EU has added the GREGY interconnector to its draft list of projects of mutual interest or PMIs.

Gambia, Banjul: The European Union has announced it will provide a grant for the acceleration of “Gambia Renewable Energy” project implementation.

Liberia, Monrovia: The Government of Liberia and the European Union (EU) have commissioned the new Congo Town electricity substation.

Liberia and the EU have launched the construction of a new electricity substation, control and switchgears rooms for the enhancement of electricity supply.

United Kingdom, London: Tata Steel has temporarily halted the sale of its U.K. assets, after at least four of the seven shortlisted bidders pulled out due to uncertainty following the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union.

Belgium, Brussels: As job losses caused by dumped Chinese steel mount, the European steel industry urged EU ministers who met last week to work on an emergency plan of action for the sector.

As of 29 October 2015 the European Union imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain grain-oriented flat-rolled products of silicon-electrical steel originating in the People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the United States of America, the EU Official Journal states.

London/Brussels: The European Union will set a minimum price for imports of a grade of electrical steel from China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States, while retaining the right to impose tariffs, reports Reuters.

Russia, Lipetsk: Russia’s steelmaker NLMK may redirect a portion of transformer steel volumes from the European Union to India following the duties introduced by the European Union on supplies of Russian products.

European Union: European Transformer manufacturers have been expressing concerns over announced imposition of anti-dumping duties against imports of grain oriented electrical steel (GOES) into the EU, believing this would be disastrous for the entire EU transformer industry.