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1. voda 28 januari 2021 11:13

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   Marcegaglia Buys Tube Mill Assets of Rudolf Flender Rohr
   
   Eurometal reported that Italian re-roller Marcegaglia has purchased the production assets of German company Rudolf Flender Rohr GmbH. Four tube mills are installed at the Flender plant in North Rhine-Westphalia, producing round and shaped tubes in carbon and stainless steel for mechanical engineering, oil and gas and power generation. Their total capacity is up to 150 thousand tons per year. Marcegaglia intends to relocate them to its headquarters in Gazoldo degli Ippoliti in northern Italy, in order to widen its product range.
   
   Over the coming six months Marcegaglia will dismantle and revamp the five lines and re install them at the Gazoldo degli Ippoliti site, completing and boosting product range. Works will be completed by 2022.
   
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   Nucor verslaat eigen verwachtingen
   
   (ABM FN) Nucor heeft in de laatste maanden van 2020 sterker gepresteerd dan verwacht. Dit bleek donderdag uit de cijfers van de Amerikaanse staalreus.
   
   In het vierde kwartaal boekte Nucor 399 miljoen dollar winst, ofwel 1,30 dollar per aandeel. Dit is beter dan verwacht. Nucor rekende zelf op een winst van 1,15 tot 1,20 dollar per aandeel.
   
   Een kwartaal eerder kwam de winst per aandeel op 0,63 dollar uit. Een jaar eerder was dit nog maar 0,35 dollar.
   
   In heel 2020 wist Nucor 721,5 miljoen dollar aan winst te boeken. Per aandeel komt dit op 2,36 dollar per aandeel. Dit is wel fors minder dan in 2019. Toen kwam de winst uit op 4,14 dollar per aandeel. De omzet daalde dan ook van 22.6 miljard naar 20,1 miljard dollar. In het vierde kwartaal steeg de omzet echter weer op jaarbasis.
   
   Voor 2021 verwacht Nucor dat in het eerste kwartaal de winst "aanzienlijk" hoger uitvalt dan in het vierde kwartaal van 2020.
   
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3. voda 29 januari 2021 07:57

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   Zweden zien af van overname hoogovencomplex Tata Steel IJmuiden
   
   Gepubliceerd op 29 januari 2021 07:49 | Views: 78
   
   STOCKHOLM (ANP) - Het hoogovencomplex van Tata Steel in IJmuiden gaat toch niet over in Zweedse handen. Staalbedrijf SSAB heeft zich teruggetrokken uit de overnamegesprekken. Volgens de Zweden wogen de te behalen voordelen van de deal uiteindelijk toch niet op tegen de kosten en investeringen die nodig zouden zijn geweest.
   
   Onlangs waren er al geruchten dat de gesprekken tussen Tata Steel en SSAB niet echt wilden vlotten. Twee grote aandeelhouders van SSAB zouden zich tegen de overnameplannen hebben gekeerd.
   
   Tata Steel Nederland telt in totaal 13.000 tot 14.000 medewerkers. Die werken niet allemaal in IJmuiden. Elders in het land heeft het bedrijf ook nog vestigingen. Ook andere Tata-locaties op het Europese vasteland horen bij de Nederlandse tak, waarin SSAB geïnteresseerd was.
4. voda 29 januari 2021 11:32

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   'Personeel Tata Steel IJmuiden teleurgesteld over afhaken Zweden'
   
   Gepubliceerd op 29 januari 2021 10:37 | Views: 517
   
   IJMUIDEN (ANP) - Het personeel van Tata Steel IJmuiden is teleurgesteld dat een overname van het hoogovencomplex door het Zweedse bedrijf SSAB niet doorgaat. Dat laat vakbond FNV weten. Volgens SSAB wogen de te behalen voordelen van een deal uiteindelijk toch niet op tegen de kosten en investeringen, die nodig zouden zijn geweest om te verduurzamen.
   
   De Nederlandse vakbonden vinden het jammer dat de partijen niet tot een akkoord zijn gekomen. "We dachten dat het een kansrijke situatie was, omdat zij behoorlijk op de vergroening zitten", zegt FNV-bestuurder Roel Berghuis. Dat het duur en ingewikkeld is om de staalfabrieken te verduurzamen snappen de bonden. "Mede daarom hebben we vorig jaar ook gestaakt. We wilden dat Tata Steel met een plan kwam voor de toekomst", aldus Berghuis.
   
   Nu de partijen er niet zijn uitgekomen zorgt dat voor de vestiging in IJmuiden voor nieuwe onzekerheid. De overname door SSAB zou de Nederlandse staalactiviteiten eindelijk voorgoed verlossen van het zwaar verlieslatende Britse deel van Tata Steel. Voormalig minister Eric Wiebes van Economische Zaken stelde eerder ook dat de deal hem wel aantrekkelijk leek.
   
   CNV-bestuurder Peter Böeseken wil van Tata Steel snel weten of er een "plan B" is nu de overname is afgeketst. De vakbonden hopen in ieder geval dat het loskoppelen van het Britse deel van het bedrijf gewoon doorgaat. "Dan wordt het Nederlandse deel van het bedrijf slagvaardiger", aldus FNV.
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   Nippon Steel Withdraws from Guangzhou Pacific Tinplate Co in China
   
   Nippon Steel Corporation has transferred our 25% equity investment in Guangzhou Pacific Tinplate Co Ltd PATIN to the Guangzhou Hi-tech Investment Group Co Ltd, business partner of PATIN as of the end of December 2020 and have withdrawn from the business.Since starting operations in 1997, PATIN has continued to contribute towards development of the top-grade tinplate market and its demand markets for over 20 years. Recently, the Huangpu District of Guangzhou, in which PATIN operates, has been going through dramatic economic development, and the region is expected to undergo major changes due to upcoming urban development plans. This time’s decision was based on factors such as this.
   
   Nippon Steel will continue to participate in China’s tinplate industry through WISCO-NIPPON STEEL Tinplate Co Ltd.
   
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   POSCO Reports 38% Dip in Profit in 2020
   
   South Korea's top steelmaker POSCO’s has reported an operating profit of KWR 2.4 trillion (USD 2.15 billion) in 2020 down by 37.9% YoY and a net profit of KWR1.7 trillion for 2020 down by 9.8% YoY as sales dropped by 10.2% YoY to KWR 57.7 trillion. POSCO attributed decline in margins & sales declined because the coronavirus pandemic cut steel demand while raw material prices rose and due to delayed reflection of rising raw material price on product prices
   
   On a consolidated basis, POSCO's operating profit stood at
   
   KWR 167.7 billion in the second quarter
   
   KWR 666.7 billion in the third quarter
   
   KWR 863.4 billion in the fourth quarter
   
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7. voda 29 januari 2021 11:49

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   British Steel Unveils Enhanced Zinoco Coated Rail
   
   British Steel has unveiled 2 world firsts with major upgrades to its Zinoco coated rail. The new long-length Zinoco, which was developed at British Steel’s Scunthorpe headquarters, has all the benefits of its shorter counterparts, offering exceptional corrosion protection with a typical life extension of 5 to 10 times. It achieves the highest levels of durability through excellent impact and abrasion resistance, and also provides sacrificial cathodic protection, an electro chemical reaction which occurs when the anode sacrifices itself in favour of the cathode. The resulting flow of electrons prevents a corrosive chemical reaction.
   
   With Zinoco coated rail, the zinc rich (anode) coating corrodes in preference to the steel (cathode), therefore preventing the steel from corroding. The zinc oxide creates a strong barrier to further corrosion in this way the protection of the metal is guaranteed, even when the zinc layer is damaged.
   
   Another benefit of British Steel’s long-length Zinoco is the need for fewer welds which makes installation quicker and gives the rails greater integrity. Suitable for any track environment, including third (live current) and fourth (negative) rail areas, Zinoco is available on any grade and any profile. And it has become the only rail corrosion protection system approved for use across all Network Rail infrastructures.
   
   When the company launched the Zinoco rail corrosion protection system in 2016 it was a revolutionary product that could withstand some of the harshest corrosive environments such as coastal lines, level crossings and wet tunnels. Rail in these areas can become contaminated with salt, water, minerals and biological matter so need a tough, durable solution, which Zinoco provides.
   
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   Bashundhara Group Orders Danieli Mida Green Steel Minimill Plant
   
   Bangladesh’s Bashundhara Group ordered from Danieli a MIDA endless-casting rolling minimill to produce 1 million tonne per annum of rebar and wire rod for the local market. To be installed at Bashundhara industrial park in Mirsarai, nearby Chittagiong in Bangladesh, it will be most productive single strand minimill for long products in the world. Danieli MIDA endless casting rolling minimills are the most energy-efficient, green and competitive plants to produce long products thanks to patented Digimelter and QLP-DUE Danieli Universal Endless technologies. Scrap will be continuously melted by a 100 tonne Digimelter, which will operate at a productivity of 150 tonnes per hour. Featuring a Q-One power unit, Q-Melt intelligent controller and ECS continuous scrap charging, Digimelter runs the melting processes automatically, in a stable and adaptive way, with minimal impact on the electric network. The single strand FastCastPlus machine equipped with high performance FCC oscillator and the newly patented Octocaster mould will deliver endless billets to the mill at casting speeds exceeding 7 meters per minute.
   
   The rolling mill consisting of 20 AC-driven housing less stands in H and V configuration feeds two lines for bars in bundles and wire rod, which include two 6-pass pre-finishing plus one 4 pass finishing blocks, QTB and QTR quenching lines.
   
   Danieli Automation equipment and process control systems will guarantee a continuous and reliable production of the technology areas together.
   
   The start up of the new Green Steel MIDA minimill is expected by early 2023.
   
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   JSPL Unveils 25 Million Tonne Vision for Angul Steel Plant
   
   Jindal Steel and Power Ltd has unveiled a vision statement with ambitious plans to inject INR 120,000 crore for four fold increase of the capacity of its Angul plant in Odisha to 25.2 million tonnes per annum by 2030 and creating more than 60,000 direct job opportunities. JSPL Angul will see an expansion of substantial green steel manufacturing capacity through Hydrogen based DRI and EAF route. The complex will also house a 12.5 million tonnes per annum cement plant to utilize the blast furnace slag and fly ash to produce environment friendly, green cement.
   
   JSPL''s Vision 2030 for 25.2 million tonnes per annum steel making capacity at Angul also entails substantial investments to develop the iron ore and coal mineral industry and build logistics infrastructure. The company also plans to invest in Port and a dedicated Railway Line to connect the Port, the Angul facility, the Barbil Pellet Plant and its Raigarh plant in Chhattisgarh. The company is focussing on the robust supply chain mechanism and raw material transportation.
   
   JSPL Angul integrated steel plant present capacity is 6 million tonnes per annum.
   
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    Belarusian Steel Mill BMZ Increases Export to 13 EU Countries
    
    Belarusian steel mill BMZ exported more than 925 thousand tonnes of steel products to the European Union market in 2020. An increase in shipments is observed across 13 EU countries compared to 2019. The greatest growth in consumption last year was demonstrated by Spain, Slovenia and France, where the volume of shipments doubled or more. Countries such as Austria, Ireland, Romania, Poland and Finland provided more than 30% of export growth. The enterprise sold virtually the entire line of manufactured steel products in the EU. Wire rod, bronzed bead wire, steel wire and structural steel intended for the automotive industry were in great demand.
    
    In total, in 2020, BMZ exported 2 million tonnes of steel products to 53 countries. The market share of the European Union in the total volume of BMZ exports in 2020 exceeded 45%.
    
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    Executives Urge to Merge NINL with PSU
    
    The Pioneer reported that the Neelachal Executive Association has urged for merger of the Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited under a Central PSU. Reiterating its demand for merger of all assets of Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited rather than divestment of the plant, Neelachal Executive Association General Secretary Mr Ajit Pradhan said “Since all the present shareholders of Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited are from State and Cental PSUs, the Government should find out a mechanism to merge the unit with a steel PSU like SAIL, RINL or NMDC who are in the business of mines and steel making. In such an event MMTC shares can be taken over by a steel PSU.”
    
    After the decision of strategic disinvestment of 100% shares in Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited, major promoter MMTC as well as other promoters have stopped funding for running of the plant leading to suspension of production of all units since March 2020 and the employees have not been their salary for past ten months.
    
    Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited is in the process of disinvestment being carried out by DIPAM under Ministry of Finance. Expression of Interest was floated on January 25.https://ninl.in/web/portals/0/banner33.jpg
    
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    Stelco Commissions Pig Iron Caster at Lake Erie Works
    
    Canadian steel maker Stelco Inc has successfully commissioned the new pig iron caster at its Lake Erie Works in Nanticoke in Ontario in Canada, which has the capability of casting up to one million tons of pig iron per year. The addition of the pig iron caster to Stelco's operations further supports the Company's tactical flexibility strategy and will allow the Company to fully capitalize on increased capacity resulting from the recently completed blast furnace upgrade project.
    
    With the expansion of electric arc furnace production in North America, the demand for iron units is placing increased pressure on the existing supply of scrap steel, making pig iron an increasingly highly valued commodity in the production of EAF steel. Stelco's new pig iron caster enables it to access this market and enhances its complete suite of products ranging from pig iron, to semi-finished steel, to hot rolled sheet, to high value added cold rolled and coated products, as well as advanced high strength steels. This optionality will allow the Company to maximize production and pursue markets that yield the highest rate of return for its stakeholders.
    
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    LaserShield Protective Coating by Tenaris for Sucker RodsCouplings
    
    After extensive R&D and selection of special coatings and base materials, the new LaserShield coating for sucker rods couplings by Tenaris offers extreme resistance and improved performance in challenging artificial lift operations. This new addition to the company’s sucker rods portfolio has been exclusively designed to enhance efficiency in beam pumping and progressive cavity pumping wells.
    
    Tenaris’s new sucker rods technology delivers artificial lift customers a variety of benefits. LaserShield technology extends tubing and coupling lifespan, reduces energy consumption, increases production levels and fatigue resistance which brings an overall operational cost-savings benefits.
    
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    CSP Certified to Serve Oil & Natural Gas Industry in Brazil
    
    Brazilian Companhia Siderurgica do Pecem has received the Local Content Certification from ANP, which qualifies the Ceara plant to supply steel plates for the Oil and Natural Gas industry in Brazil. The document attests the conformity of CSP’s product to Resolution no 19/2013 of the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels, proving that CSP steel plates are products with 100% local content. This condition is necessary so that concessionaires in the sector, like Petrobras, are sure that the equipment, materials and services contracted by them are in accordance with the percentages of national goods and services required by the Federal Government.
    
    CSP was audited on January 13 by a company accredited by ANP as a certification body. Now, CSP is qualified to supply steel to this market, which has a major consumption potential for high technology steel. In 2020, CSP developed 30 more HTS steels, reaching 117 in total.
    
    CSP exports to about 25 countries. It exported 812,592 tonnes of steel plates to United States in 2020, China 447,087 tonnes, Mexico 234,651 tonnes, Turkey 208,495 tonnes and Canada 202,091 tonnes. It also sold 409,554 tonnes plates in Brazil.
    
    Founded in 2008, Companhia Siderurgica do Pecem is a joint venture between Brazilian Vale 50%, Dongkuk 30% and Posco 20%. First stage of the project has an installed capacity of 3 million tons of steel slabs per year.
    
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    ArcelorMittal Investing in its Saint Chely d’Apcher Plant
    
    ArcelorMittal is investing 13 million euro in its Saint Chely d’Apcher plant in France, which specializes in iCARe electrical steels for the automotive sector. The investment means the plant will be able to produce cutting edge non grain oriented iCARe electrical steel grades, through production upgrades and new production capabilities, to meet the requirements of the booming electromobility market.
    
    Since 2013, with the construction of a new continuous annealing line, ArcelorMittal Saint Chely d’Apcher has been undergoing a series of transformations to become a leading supplier for the electromobility market, with its iCARe range of electrical steels for automotive e-traction motors. With this investment, ArcelorMittal will be at the forefront of developing new generations of electrical steel solutions for full electric and hybrid vehicles.
    
    iCARe is the brand name of ArcelorMittal’s range of electrical steels for e-mobility. Their high energy efficiency and performance offer the best trade-off between high strength, low losses, and high polarization. ArcelorMittal’s iCARe offer enables OEMs to design compact, lightweight, efficient, and power-dense traction motors with unmatched range. The second generation of iCARe steels made improved power density possible, compared with the first generation. This is reflected in less weight for the same motor performance, which in turn results in increased driving range. This also applies to the many small motors on board the car, because an improved energy balance saves electricity and thereby extends the range. There are currently four steel types included in ArcelorMittal’s iCARe offering: Save, 420 Save, Torque and Speed. Each has been specifically designed for a typical electric automotive application.
    
    ArcelorMittal’s existing NO electrical steels customers, such as the power generation sector, will also benefit from this upgrade.
    
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    Sidenor Investing in Basauri Plant in Spain
    
    European leader in Special Steel Long Products Sidenor is finalising investments in its Basauri plant in Spain, where it has carried out a technological renovation of the installations. For this purpose, the company has invested a total amount of 131 million euros, in two phases. The first one, amounting to 41 million euros, took place in 2017, and the second one, which is about to be finalised, has meant an investment of 90 million euros. Specifically, the second investment phase included the renovation of the Basauri rolling mill, in addition to building a new storage area for semi-products, a new bar straightening, control and wrapping line, two new thermal treatment furnaces and to extending the metallurgy lab. All these new elements were added together with the corresponding auxiliary installations such as overhead cranes, transport platforms, water, air and gas infrastructure, as well as training centres, among others.
    
    The new rolling mill thus shows an increased capacity, up to 500,000 tonnes per year, while the bar manufacturing range is extended. This major investment will also improve product and process quality, which will lead to an increased competitiveness and efficiency.
    
    Sidenor thus confirms its leadership in the production of special steel bars that meet the highest internal and dimensional surface quality requirements, which will enable the company to access markets where it had not been present so far.
    
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    Canada Terminates AD Probe on Steel Plates from Turkey
    
    Canada Border Services Agency has terminated the dumping investigation in respect of certain hot rolled carbon steel heavy plate and high strength low alloy heavy plate exported to Canada from the Republic of Turkey by Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS. Canada Border Services Agency also made a final determination of dumping of certain hot rolled carbon steel heavy plate and high strength low-alloy heavy steel plate from the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei) and the Federal Republic of Germany. The provisional period began on October 9, 2020, and will end on the date the CITT issues its finding. The CITT is expected to issue its decision by February 5, 2021.
    
    The Period of Investigation for the dumping investigation is March 1, 2019 to February 29, 2020.
    
    Subject goods are defined as Hot-rolled carbon steel plate and high-strength low-alloy steel plate not further manufactured than hot-rolled, heat-treated or not, in cut lengths, in widths greater than 72 inches (+/- 1829 mm) to 152 inches (+/- 3,860 mm) inclusive, and thicknesses from 0.375 inches (+/- 9.525 mm) up to and including 4.5 inches (+/- 114.3 mm) (with all dimensions being plus or minus allowable tolerances contained in the applicable standards), but excluding
    
    Plate in coil form
    
    Plate having a rolled, raised figure at regular intervals on the surface (also known as floor plate) and
    
    Plate originating in or exported from the Republic of Korea which is covered by the Tribunal’s Finding in NQ-2013-005.
    
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    ArcelorMittal South Africa to Incraese Vaal Melt Shop Output
    
    South African media reported that ArcelorMittal South Africa will increase output from its Vaal Meltshop electric arc furnace in the short term to help address prevailing steel shortages, with the possibility of maintaining these levels based on future demand. ArcelorMittal South Africa CEO Mr Kobus Verster said "With the Vaal Meltshop fully operational and supplementing our three blast furnaces in Newcastle and Vanderbijlpark, we expect that we will be more than able to meet the steel requirements in South Africa and neighbouring countries in the coming months.
    
    The steel demand had hit a slump in 2020, with Covid-19 lockdowns contributing to the low domestic demand. ArcelorMittal responded to the downward trend in July last year by temporarily idling furnaces at Vanderbijlpark and Vereeniging until demand for steel had recovered.
    
    The producer said placing the Vaal Meltshop under care and maintenance would have potentially led to some 85 job losses, while keeping the plant running could add jobs.
    
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    China Closing Small Ferrochrome Furnaces
    
    Leading commodity research company Roskill Information Services Ltd announced that under the guidance of China’s 14th five year plan of 2021-2025, officials in Inner Mongolia have started to impose several measures to develop a greener Chinese ferroalloy and steel industry. To ensure that the energy consumption per unit of GDP will decrease by 3.4% in 2021, an electricity policy to cut supply was issued by Wulanchabu Industrial and Information Technology bureau on 10 January, followed by the Fengzhen government issuing an updated notice for its ferrochrome industry on 23 January to control energy consumption.
    
    The resultant furnace regulations include
    
    All furnaces below 25MVA must be shut down. Producers who produce noble alloys, will have their product reviewed by end-February and be allowed to operate if the required qualifications are met
    
    Only one open or semi-closed furnace above 25MVA can be put into operation by operators, while the rest of the furnaces must be shut down. All open and semi-closed furnaces are required to complete the technological upgrading to closed furnaces, and only qualified furnaces can come back online after they are examined by the government before the end of February
    
    All furnaces, regardless of size, will be examined according to the energy consumption indicators from Bureau of Statistics at the end of February. Those not meeting the required qualifications will be forced to shut down
    
    Fengzhen is one of the core areas in Ulanqab in Inner Mongolia for producing high carbon ferrochrome (HC FeCr) in China, with the total capacity accounting for around 30% of Inner Mongolia and 15% of the country. However, nearly half of the area’s furnaces are below 25MVA.
    
    At this point, it is not clear if and when this regulation will filter through into the other key ferroalloy producing regions, but for now it is in line with China’s 14th five-year plan (2021-2025) which outlines:
    
    Replacing high-speed growth with high-quality growth
    
    Rebalancing its economy with supply-side structural reform
    
    Driving modernization through innovation and technological advancements
    
    Promoting high-end, intelligent, and green production
    
    Structural reforms of smelting furnaces in China have generally moved in tandem with the development of larger, cleaner furnaces. These furnaces also operate at higher efficiency rates and therefore inevitably lead to a net increase in operational capacity.
    
    The closure of small and non-closed ferrochrome furnaces in China has already been ongoing, but the decision to close all furnaces up to 25MVA has caught many in the industry off-guard, as the expected closures were thought to coincide with the development of new capacity. All furnaces below 25MVA across China account for about two-thirds of total installed capacity, although this is significantly lower when comparing operational capacity. Nevertheless, available furnaces larger than 25MVA are theoretically capable of accounting for the equivalent volume of China’s total 2019 output level. Therefore, any growth in FeCr supply in China will be underpinned by expansion projects of larger furnaces.
    
    Source - Strategic Research Institute
20. voda 29 januari 2021 16:03

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