☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to World News · 2 years agoAmmo supply chain crisis: Ukraine war tests Europe in race to re-armarchive.phexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down15cross-posted to: genzedong@lemmygrad.ml
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minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down5·2 years agoThey’re already high enough for things like steel mills to start shutting down, and once the pipeline reserves Europe filled up from Russia during the summer run down, then it’s LNG prices from there on out https://oilprice.com/Metals/Commodities/European-Stainless-Steel-Mills-Are-Closing-Due-To-Energy-Crisis.html
minus-squareflag@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down6·2 years agoyeah but Europe doesn’t need steel mills to produce ammo, no?
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down5·2 years agoEurope needs working industry to produce ammo, and steel mills are certainly important for producing all kinds of weapons and parts for the military. Steel mills aren’t the only thing shutting down. It’s a systemic problem https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-04/german-energy-reprieve-too-little-too-late-to-save-factory-jobs
They’re already high enough for things like steel mills to start shutting down, and once the pipeline reserves Europe filled up from Russia during the summer run down, then it’s LNG prices from there on out https://oilprice.com/Metals/Commodities/European-Stainless-Steel-Mills-Are-Closing-Due-To-Energy-Crisis.html
yeah but Europe doesn’t need steel mills to produce ammo, no?
Europe needs working industry to produce ammo, and steel mills are certainly important for producing all kinds of weapons and parts for the military. Steel mills aren’t the only thing shutting down. It’s a systemic problem https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-04/german-energy-reprieve-too-little-too-late-to-save-factory-jobs