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Swedish steel industry on a high

In a special section on the Swedish steel industry, DI wrote that the industry earned just over 11 billion crowns last year and statistics reveal that Swedish steel exports reached record heights in 2004, increasing by 18 per cent to almost 45 billion crowns.

Published: 2 February 2005 12:54 CET

DI also reported that engineering giants Atlas Copco and Sandvik look set to benefit from the success of the steel industry.

During the third quarter of 2004 the inflow of orders at Atlas Copco’s unit for mining technology increased by 47 per cent compared to the same period in 2003. Sandvik’s increase was 33 per cent.

Sources: Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Dagens Industri

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'We agree to disagree': Still no progress in marathon SAS strike talks

“We agree that we disagree,” Roger Klokset, from the Norwegian pilots’ union, said at lunchtime outside the headquarters of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise in Stockholm, where talks are taking place. “We are still working to find a solution, and so long as there is still some point in continuing negotiations, we will do that.”

Mats Ruland, a mediator for the Norwegian government, said that there were “still several difficult issues which need to be solved”.

At 1pm on Friday, the two sides took a short break from the talks for lunch, after starting at 9am. On Thursday, they negotiated for 15 hours, breaking off at 1am on Friday morning.

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Marianne Hernæs, SAS’s negotiator on Friday told journalists she was tired after sitting at the negotiating table long into the night.

“We need to find a model where we can meet in the middle and which can ensure that we pull in the income that we are dependent on,” she said.

Klokset said that there was “a good atmosphere” in the talks, and that the unions were sticking together to represent their members.

“I think we’ve been extremely flexible so far. It’s ‘out of this world’,’ said Henrik Thyregod, with the Danish pilots’ union.

“This could have been solved back in December if SAS had not made unreasonable demands on the pilots,” Klokset added.

The strike, which is now in its 12th day, has cost SAS up to 130m kronor a day, with 2,550 flights cancelled by Thursday, affecting 270,000 passengers.

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