Even in a volatile environment, transformation is possible, if you stay focused on the fundamentals.<\/p>\n
At Stahl Gerlafingen, the relief over confirmed public support was quickly followed by renewed turbulence in energy markets. Electricity and gas prices, both essential for steelmaking, rose by up to 50%, adding around CHF\u202f2 million in additional costs in March alone.<\/p>\n
In an interview published in the Solothurner Zeitung<\/a>, CEO Alain Creteur<\/a> and CFO Patrick Puddu<\/a> explained how the company is navigating these challenges while staying on course. As Alain Creteur puts it: \u201cWe have done our homework and we are on track.\u201d That operational discipline is also reflected in the financial results. Patrick Puddu notes: \u201cThe annual result is even slightly better than forecast.\u201d Energy prices remain a decisive factor, but resilience, efficiency and a growing market demand for CO\u2082-reduced materials, especially in public construction, can turn today\u2019s uncertainty into tomorrow\u2019s competitive advantage.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Even in a volatile environment, transformation is possible, if you stay focused on the fundamentals. At Stahl Gerlafingen, the relief over confirmed public support was quickly followed by renewed turbulence in energy markets. Electricity and gas prices, both essential for steelmaking, rose by up to 50%, adding around CHF\u202f2 million in additional costs in March […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":38512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[84,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38513,"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38511\/revisions\/38513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruppobeltrame.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBeyond short-term pressure from energy prices, the long-term outlook remains solid. Planned projects could reduce CO\u2082 emissions by up to 12,000 tonnes per year, while green steel from Gerlafingen would cost end users only a marginal additional cost.<\/p>\n