Data overview: Steel as an Economic Factor
Steel secures millions of jobs and generates billions in value creation – and is a key pillar of the energy transition. Here is a look at facts that make the economic dimension more tangible. And on a surprising connection between the world of art and German craftsmanship involving steel.
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Data Overview: Steel writes history
Steel sounds out, is on the move, and good for surprises – as it has been for centuries. Let’s take a look at musical milestones, automotive premieres, and a steel monument from Upper Austria. And respond to the question as to why some types of steel don't stick to a magnet.
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Close-up: My house made of steel
Going for a walk, seeing a model home, making a decision: How an employee of Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH is building his own home out of low CO₂ steel.
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EU Introduces New Safeguard Measure for the Steel Industry
Quotas down, tariffs up, curbing imports? What the new safeguard measure means for the European steel industry. Our expert Helge Langheim summarizes the key facts.
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Data Overview: Decarbonization of the Steel Industry
Steel is one of the most recycled materials in the world—and continues to set records as a building material. A look at some surprising statistics. And at a medieval hardening method that still fascinates scientists today.
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Data Overview: Steel and Infrastructure
Steel supports our roads, railways, and wind turbines—and packs a surprising amount of weight. Here are some figures that set the standard. And a look at a microstructure that looks like snow.
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Data Overview: Steel in the Construction Sector
Steel is one of the most recycled materials in the world—and continues to set records as a building material. A look at some surprising statistics. And at a medieval hardening method that still fascinates scientists today.
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Employment, training, future – how Salzgitter AG is strengthening the region
Salzgitter AG is creating perspectives and opportunities – for a sustainable steel industry as well as for skilled and junior employees. How the Group attracts young people through targeted promotion, regional roots and transformation.
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The invisible grid of the energy transition
A significant share of Germany's ongoing industrial transformation is taking place underground: The conversion, expansion and new construction of the pipeline networks for thermal energy, water and hydrogen is the largest and probably most diffuse construction site in the entire country. A Herculean task in which steel pipes are putting down the technological foundation.
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CO₂ border adjustment – Driving green change in the steel industry
Since the beginning of 2026, CO₂ taxes have been levied on steel imports into the EU for the first time. Helge Langheim, Head of Foreign Trade Policy, Markets, and Statistics at Salzgitter AG, considers the CBAM to be necessary in creating climate protection incentives, not only for domestic producers but also for international competitors – despite criticism voiced concerning bureaucracy and potential loopholes.
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Built to last: Pioneering bridges made of steel
The oldest steel bridges in the world were built for horse-drawn carriages, yet they are so sturdy that they are still suitable for modern road and rail traffic.
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CBAM: Green steel needs fair rules
Too bureaucratic, too expensive, too protectionist opine the opponents – not consistent enough counter the advocates: Criticism of the CO₂ compensation mechanism CBAM, which has been in place since the beginning of 2026, continues unabated. Find out here why the instrument nevertheless remains indispensable for preventing carbon leakage and driving the decarbonization of industry forward.
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