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Participation of Mr Gibellieri to the High-Level Conference on Energy-Intensive Industries in follow-up to the Extra-ordinary Competitiveness Council on Steel of 9 November 2015 in Brussels on 15/02/2016
Participation of Ms. van Laere to the conference - 3D printed in Europe: Additive Manufacturing and 3D-Printing challenges in the EU on 02/02/2016 in Brussels (follow-up CCMI/131 co-rapporteur)
Participation of Mr Gendre with 3 representatives of IBA on 2 February2016 at EESC to a meeting concerning the follow up of the file CCMI/132 Corruption
Participation of M Fornea to the Brussels launch of IEA Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2015 by IEA Director of Energy Markets and Security on 25 January in Brussels
Brussels launch of IEA Medium-Term Coal Market Report
After 50 years of presence in Gosselies (Charleroi), the multinational company Caterpillar has decided to close down its factory with 2 200 workers laid off as a result and probably about another 4 000 in subcontracting risking to lose their jobs. This is an unprecedented social drama for a region in regeneration.