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1. voda 23 december 2021 07:18

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   Global Crude Steel Production Dips in Nov’21 on Chinese Cuts
   
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   23 Dec, 2021, 4:30 am
   
   World Steel Association announced that global crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to worldsteel was 143.3 million tonnes in November 2021, a 9.9%% YoY decrease as compared to November 2020. As a result, global crude steel production growth in January-November 2021 has further slowed down to 4.5% YoY to 1751.5 million tonnes
   
   Crude Steel Production in Jan-Nov 2021 by Region
   
   Africa - 14.7 million tonne, up 31.1% YoY
   
   Asia and Oceania - 1,264.90 million tonne, up 1.3% YoY
   
   CIS - 97 million tonne, up 6.8% YoY
   
   EU (27) - 141.4 million tonne, up 17% YoY
   
   Europe, Other - 46.7 million tonne, up 12.1% YoY
   
   Middle East - 37.4 million tonne, down 0.3% YoY
   
   North America - 108.3 million tonne, up 17.8% YoY
   
   South America - 42.1 million tonne, up 20.7% YoY
   
   Source – worldsteel
   
   Top 10 Steel-Producing Countries in November 2021
   
   China - 69.3 million tonne, down 22% YoY
   
   India - 9.8 million tonne, up 2.2% YoY
   
   Japan - 8 million tonne, up 10.7% YoY
   
   United States - 7.2 million tonne, up 13.8% YoY
   
   Russia - 6.5 million tonne, up 9.4% YoY
   
   South Korea - 5.9 million tonne, up 2.7% YoY
   
   Germany - 3.4 million tonne, down 0.3% YoY
   
   Turkey - 3.4 million tonne, up 6.1% YoY
   
   Brazil - 3.1 million tonne, up 2.5% YoY
   
   Iran - 2.7 million tonne, up down 5.2% YoY
   
   Source – worldsteel

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   MMK Awards Best Suppliers
   
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   23 Dec, 2021, 4:31 am
   
   Russian steel maker Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works has recognized its most reliable supply chain partners following the results of its sixth Best Supplier competition. The companies were awarded honorary diplomas and commemorative trophies, a sculptural depiction of a handshake as a symbol of strong partnership. In total, Best Supplier 2021 awards were given in 13 categories. The winners include IMS Service (Leader in Unique Digital Solutions for Production), METALLOINVEST (Leader in Sustainable Supply Chain) and ROU Co (Leader in Economic Efficiency). This year, the organizers did not only award the prize for certain categories of material and technical resources, but also included a nomination reflecting specific achievements by companies. For example, Gazpromneft-Lubricants, the winner in the fuel and lubricants category, was recognised as the best in the "Open Pricing Leader" category.
   
   The winner in the Energy Resources category, Magnitogorsk Energy Company, received an honorary diploma in the category "Leader of Mutually Beneficial Cooperation". At the award ceremony, it was noted that the company supplies 100% of the electricity required by MMK in Magnitogorsk, and also provides the plant with a full range of services for organising electricity metering and actively works with MMK to reduce the cost of purchased electricity.
   
   An honourable mention in the category "Leader of Innovation and New Technology" went to DHM GROUP, one of the leaders in the comprehensive design, manufacture and implementation of modern equipment for the steel industry and blast furnace foundries.
   
   In the Services category, the winner in the "Leader in Scientific Solutions for Manufacturing" category was G.I. Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University. Magnitogorsk State Technical University is a fully-fledged partner of the plant in the implementation of research and development tasks. About 60% of all MMK's R&D projects have been implemented since 2016.
   
   An honorary diploma in the category "Leader of Environmental Solutions in Metallurgy" was awarded to Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH, which provides a complete set of gas cleaning technologies. MMK and Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH are currently implementing a major environmental project for the construction of converter dust and gas separators and the iron overflow department in the oxygen converter shop.
   
   KOYO (JTEKT Corporation), a supplier of bearings, was recognised in the category "Consistently High Supply Quality". An honorary diploma in the "Strategic Partnership Leader" category was awarded to TMK, which not only supplies high-quality pipes to MMK, but is also the Company's largest consumer of steel products intended for the pipe industry.
   
   The supplier of electrical equipment, Electrotechmontazh, was recognised as the winner in the "Best Online Shop Project" category. The winner in the nomination "Leader in TCO solutions (Total cost of ownership)" was WALZEN IRLE GMBH, the main supplier of MMK's high-chromium roughing rolls for hot-rolling mill 2500 in sheet rolling shop No.4. Finally, Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Plant, Russia's largest producer of ferroalloys, won in the "Import Substitution Leader" category.
3. voda 23 december 2021 07:28

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   Welspun Corp Ranked 14 in Steel Industry in DJSI CSA
   
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   23 Dec, 2021, 4:32 am
   
   Leading welded line pipe manufacturer Welspun Corp Ltd announced that the Company has been ranked 14th among the 41 companies included in its industry group in S&P Global’s DJSI Corporate Sustainability Assessment. Welspun Corp’s Social Dimension percentile is 75 and Governance & Economic Dimension percentile is 78, both in the top quartile for the steel industry.
   
   Over 10,000 companies across the globe were a part of the sustainability assessments this year. Each year S&P Global invites the largest companies to participate in the Corporate Sustainability Assessment to gain deeper insights into their ESG performance relative to peer firms while providing the transparency that investors need on their progress towards sustainability. S&P Global ESG Scores are also the key factor for selecting companies for the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices.
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   Cogne Acciai Speciali Selects Daniali’s Billet Grinding Plant
   
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   23 Dec, 2021, 4:33 am
   
   The first HGS200 EVO, a new fully electric Danieli billet grinder, has been selected by the Italian steelmaker Cogne Acciai Speciali. Featuring a design that eliminates hydraulics and oil, except for the lubricant for the HGS200 bevel gear spindle, the new grinder is powered solely by electric actuators, also on the grinding head, providing even more precision to the Danieli Hi-Grind system and the control of the depth removal. Compared to a traditional grinder design at equal level of output, the HGS200 EVO cuts electrical consumption by 25% and indirect CO2 emissions by 15%.
   
   The new design also marks a new concept of modular installation and a very easy and practical approach to all maintenance activities, including inspection of the grinding head and spindle. Along with the latest-generation automation platform provided by Danieli Automation, the HGS200 EVO offers an unparalleled range of tools and functions for accurate process control and data management.
   
   To be installed and commissioned in Aosta during Summer 2022, the new grinder of Cogne Acciai Speciali will process special steel billets up to maximum 200 mm square and 7.5 m long, and also 220x270-mm blooms with maximum length of 5 m.
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   Vesuvius Acquires Universal Refractories in US
   
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   23 Dec, 2021, 4:34 am
   
   London-based supplier of equipment and technology to scrap-fed electric arc furnace steelmakers Vesuvius plc has acquired Pennsylvania US based Universal Refractories Inc, which is focused on tundish (steel continuous casting) applications (75% of sales) as well as consumable products for the foundry industry (25% of sales). Brown Gibbons Lang & Co, which describes Universal as a specialty refractory producer, says Vesuvius acquired it for USD 57.1 million on a cash and debt-free basis in a transaction that was funded from Vesuvius’ internal resources.
   
   Founded in 1957 and based in Wampum, Pennsylvania, Universal Refractories manufactures specialty refractory performance technology for the steel and foundry industries. The company operates two facilities in Pennsylvania consisting of more than 240,000 square feet of production and warehousing space.
   
   BGL’s Metals & Metals Processing and Engineered Materials investment banking teams served as the exclusive financial advisor to Vesuvius on the acquisition.
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   Liberty Galati Invests in HSM Automation
   
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   23 Dec, 2021, 4:35 am
   
   Romania based steel producer Liberty Galati has announced that it has spent EUR 5.5 million to consolidate the hot rolled coil production line and implement automation projects at its hot strip mill in November 2021. The automation of the roughing train and propulsion furnaces will increase the productivity of the line, and the replacement of used transformers with modern equipment will improve the environmental footprint of the rolling mill.
   
   The modernization will increase the productivity of the mill and improve the mill's environmental footprint. Also, the projects will better integrate technical and operational decisions, improve the quality of coils, and will strengthen safety processes.
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   POSCO Announces Management Overhaul ahead of Steel Split
   
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   23 Dec, 2021, 4:36 am
   
   The Korea Economic Daily reported that South Korea’s steel giant POSCO has chosen stability over reform in its latest management overhaul, retaining most chief executives at group affiliates, ahead of the proposed corporate restructuring toward a holding company structure. However, it recruited outside experts as executives for its new growth businesses such as rechargeable batteries, hydrogen and artificial intelligence. In the latest executive reshuffles, POSCO has also revived a vice chairmanship post in nearly three decades to strengthen its steelmaking business, set to be split off and placed under the new holding company.
   
   In management overhaul, Mr Kim Hak-dong, president and head of POSCO’s current steel business, has been promoted to vice chairman in charge of the steelmaking business under a new corporate governance system. Having majored in metal engineering at Seoul National University, Mr Kim mostly worked at POSCO’s two main steelmaking plants, one in Pohang and the other in Gwangyang, as the top field manager.
   
   The company has promoted two executive vice presidents to the president's post in the group management overhaul, which affected a relatively small number of 37 mid-tier executives. Mr Chon Jung-son has been named a new president for POSCO’s global infrastructure division, which he has led since the end of 2020. Mr Chon is also known to have led a task force to push for the group’s transition into a holding company. The other executive promoted to president is Mr Jeong Tak, who will continue to work as POSCO’s marketing chief.
   
   To drive the group’s new growth businesses, POSCO hired Mr Yoon Chang-won, a senior researcher at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, as the head of its hydrogen and fuel cell research institute.
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   LIBERTY Ostrava Modernizing Strip Rolling Mill
   
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   23 Dec, 2021, 4:37 am
   
   Czech Republic based LIBERTY Ostrava is undergoing extensive modifications to the Steckel rolling mill, which is the only producer of hot-rolled strips in the Czech Republic. The aim of replacing some technological nodes with more modern ones by the end of 2023 is to increase the reliability and sustainability of the Steckel line, improve the quality of its products and achieve annual production of over 1 million tonnes. The modernization will cost EUR 33 million. By modernizing, LIBERTY Ostrava will increase the quality of the steel strip as well as the rolling mill's reliability and efficiency, so that LIBERTY Ostrava can produce over 1 million tonnes of flat products per year
   
   The reconstruction of the Steckel rolling mill takes place in several stages due to the long delivery times of components and spare parts. It started this spring and will last until the end of 2023. After this year's shutdown in November, 1,400 obsolete hydraulic elements have already been replaced, which have been replaced by more modern ones. In May next year, further modifications will include the installation of two X-ray sheet thickness gauges, the replacement of kiln winders and laminar cooling cooling towers. The control program will be modernized, which provides model control of the line, including more accurate prediction of rolling forces and temperatures.
   
   Subsequently, the functional blocks of the cylinder bends in the stools will be replaced by more modern components, including a hydraulic capsule. In the next steps, the functions of sprays and frits and cooling of the cylinders are to be improved. An equally important part will also be the gradual replacement of all auxiliary regulated drives on the track. In the spring and autumn of 2023, the installation of new technological elements will always require at least a two-week shutdown of the track.
   
   The strip rolling mill was built in the 1990s as a completely new operation, including a 200-meter-long. The advantage of the Steckel rolling mill in the Ostrava steelworks is a high degree of flexibility, the operation is economical even with a lower annual production volume, which allows the company to respond flexibly to market requirements.
   
   LIBERTY Ostrava is an integrated metallurgical company with an annual production capacity of 3.6 million tons of steel, which is used mainly in the construction, engineering and petrochemical industries.

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   Nippon Gases & Sarralle Participate in H-ACERO Project in Spain
   
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   23 Dec, 2021, 4:37 am
   
   As a result of meetings held thanks to initiatives such as the Basque Hydrogen Corridor and the hydrogen sector forum, the leading Basque companies in the field decide to join in collaboration, to jointly undertake the challenge of reducing CO2 emissions in the steel sector. This project can be carried out thanks to a consortium of complementary companies capable of responding to the entire value chain of the steel and hydrogen sector. The overall budget of the H- ACERO project amounts to EUR 8.856 million with a duration of 3 years and whose kick-off meeting took place on September 16 with the aim of starting the activities contemplated in the project.
   
   This project is financed by the Basque Government , within the framework of the HAZITEK aid program to support the realization of Industrial Research Projects and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund .
   
   PARTICIPATING ENTITIES
   
   Leader: Sarralle
   
   Participant: Nippon Gases
   
   Participant: Kelsen Refractories
   
   Participant: Refractory Solutions Insertec
   
   Participant: ArcelorMittal Olaberria-Bergara
   
   Participant: Sidenor Aceros Especiales
   
   Participant: Nervacero
   
   Participant: Álava Steelworks
   
   Participant: Tubos Reunidos Industriales
   
   Participant: Steel Cluster Association (SIDEREX)
   
   The strategic objective of the [H-ACERO] project is to contribute to the decarbonization of the steel sector, using hydrogen as an alternative energy source at various points in the steel production process. To achieve this, this consortium proposes to develop advanced technologies and new materials, compatible with the production processes of the steel industry, with the aim of achieving a sustainable steel production based on hydrogen (H2). To this end, in this project four areas of action are proposed, one focused on the development of advanced equipment, another focused on consumables such as refractory, one related to the fuel source itself (H2) and, finally, an area related to the production process, in order to acquire the necessary technological knowledge to be able to apply hydrogen (H2) in the steel field.
   
   The objective is to make the Basque Country a reference territory in Europe for the development of new industrial and technological initiatives in specific areas of energy, contributing to the generation of wealth, employment and quality of life.
   
   Spanish steel technology provider Sarralle and Nippon Gases recently announced the signing of the collaboration agreement to cooperate in the design, manufacturing, supply, construction, commissioning and provision of other engineering services regarding hydrogen burners, allowing the total replacement of natural gas by green hydrogen in industrial heating systems. The application of these new burners will contribute to this transformation, replacing natural gas with hydrogen as an energy source. The production of green hydrogen, a fuel produced from renewable energy sources, is already a reality and is seen as a key element in achieving the decarbonisation of industry. Pure hydrogen-based steel production is expected to be cost-competitive in cash aspects in the medium-term future in Europe. Nippon Gases will be the burner technology provider that Sarralle will install with end users. Similarly, Nippon Gases will join forces with Sarralle as a manufacturer, in project opportunities for the use of hydrogen burners -or other gases- for the steel and other industries.
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    RINL Forged Wheel Plant Starts Dispatch of Loco Wheels to Railways
    
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    23 Dec, 2021, 4:38 am
    
    Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd’s Director Commercial & Incharge Personnel Mr DK Mohanty & Director Operations Mr AK Saxena flagged off first dispatch of 51 nos Loco wheels from Forged Wheel Plant Lalganj at Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh to Lucknow Workshop of Indian Railways on 22 December 2021.
    
    Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd has set up the said Forged Wheel Plant at a cost of around INR 1,700 crore with a production capacity of 100,000 pieces of forged wheels per annum on assured off take of 80% wheels by Railways on Cost Plus model.
    
    Global steel technology supplier SMS Group was EPC contractor for Forged Wheel Complex and scope included
    
    General project management
    
    Engineering and supply of process equipment
    
    Engineering and supply of electrical and automation system
    
    Engineering and supply of Balance of Plant (BoP)
    
    Construction and equipment erection works
    
    Construction management
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    Tata Steel UK Steel to be Used in Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm
    
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    23 Dec, 2021, 4:39 am
    
    Steel made in Tata Steel’s Port Talbot plant in UK and processed into hollow sections at the company’s Corby and Hartlepool sites is being fabricated by one of the thousands of contract companies helping to build the first two phases of the Dogger Bank wind farm. Hundreds of tonnes of Tata Steel products, able to endure the harsh North Sea conditions, will be used in the first two phases of the giant wind farm project, which is located 130 kms off the North East coast of England.
    
    In the first two phases of construction the vast GE Renewable Energy turbines, each one rated at 13 mega-watts will sit on foundations featuring Tata Steel products used in safety-critical transitions pieces. These steel structures form the junction between the tower above the surface of the sea and the foundations below the water. Fabrication companies Sif and Smulders were awarded contracts to provide the wind turbine foundations for the first two phases of Dogger Bank in November 2020, with Dogger Bank C awarded a year later
    
    The 3.6GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm when completed in 2026. Dogger Bank A and B is a joint venture between SSE Renewables (40%), Equinor (40%) and Eni (20%). In November 2021 SSE Renewables and Equinor, 50:50 joint venture partners in Dogger Bank C, announced Eni will take a 20% stake in the final phase, with SSE Renewables and Equinor maintaining 40% stakes each, in a deal which is expected to complete in the first quarter of 2022 subject to regulatory approvals.
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    Maharashtra Signs MoU with Mahindra Cero for Auto Scrapping Units
    
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    23 Dec, 2021, 4:40 am
    
    Government of Maharashtra, through the Industries, Energy and Labour Department, has signed an MoU with Cero, Mahindra MSTC Recycling Pvt Ltd, to set up additional vehicle scrapping centres in Maharashtra. With a planned capacity of 40,000 vehicles annually, the proposed scrappage centres will have the capacity of recycling end-of-life two & three-wheelers, passenger & commercial vehicles in accordance with all the legal and environmental norms prescribed by CPCB and guidelines provided by MoRTH. Currently, in Maharashtra, Cero already has a state-of-the-art recycling facility at Pune and is looking to set up four additional facilities in the cities of Mumbai, Nagpur, Aurangabad and Nashik.
    
    Cero, a joint venture between Mahindra Accelo and MSTC was set up in 2018 and has world-class recycling facilities across the country. Currently, Cero is present at 11 locations, including Greater Noida, Chennai, Pune, Bangalore, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Indore, Hyderabad and Kolkata through its collection and dismantling centres. Very soon, Cero will be present in pan India with more than 25 locations.
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    BHP & Baowu Group Complete Iron Ore Blockchain Trade
    
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    23 Dec, 2021, 4:41 am
    
    Australian iron ore miner and world's top steel producer China Baowu Steel Group have completed a cross-border trade settlement for iron ore using a blockchain platform. The transaction between BHP and Baowu Steel was worth USD 11 million and was done on the EFFITRADE cross-border trade financial services platform. Earlier in June 2020, it conducted its first blockchain trade in iron ore with Baowu unit Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd using MineHub.
    
    EFFITRADE is a cross-border trade financial service platform independently developed by Ouyeel Financial Service, a subsidiary of Huabao Investment of China Baowu. EFFITRADE connects the upstream with its downstream enterprises, carriers, customs ports, financial institutions, and other participants in the cross-border trading chain and uses cutting-edge digital technologies such as big data and blockchain to realize real-time transmission of digital documents, logistics handling data, customs clearance information, etc. EFFITRADE platform has greatly improved the level of digital interaction between the parties involved in cross-border trade and financial settlement. With its established connection system to many well-known cross-border trading companies and financial institutions at home and abroad, EFFITRADE is doing business across China, Hong Kong, Brazil, Australia, Singapore and many other regions in the world.
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    Hong Kong Researchers Develop Anti COVID 19 Stainless Steel
    
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    23 Dec, 2021, 4:42 am
    
    Stainless steel is one of the most extensively used materials in many public areas and hygiene facilities but has no inherent antimicrobial properties. Additionally, the SARS-CoV-2 exhibits strong stability on regular SS surfaces, with viable viruses detected even after three days. Undoubtedly, this has created a high possibility of virus transmission among people using these areas and facilities. Now a project team led by Professor Mingxin HUANG at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Hong Kong, in collaboration with Professor Leo Lit Man POON's research team at the Centre for Immunity and Infection of the LKS Faculty of Medicine of University of Hong Kong, has made significant breakthroughs in producing the first anti-COVID-19 stainless steel that kills the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 on its surface. The anti-COVID-19 stainless steel can also inactivate the H1N1 virus and E.coli on its surface. For initial demonstration purposes, floor buttons used in lifts were fabricated successfully using the high Cu SS (20 wt%)
    
    Professor Mingxin Huang said "In this latest breakthrough, the inactivation of pathogen microbes, especially the SARS-CoV-2, on SS surface is achieved by tuning the chemical composition and microstructure of regular SS. The breakthrough also found interesting points about Ag and Cu as the allying elements to prepare anti-pathogen SS. Pathogen viruses like H1N1 and SARS-CoV-2 exhibit good stability on the surface of pure Ag and Cu-contained SS of low Cu content (e.g., = 5wt%) but are rapidly inactivated on the surface of pure Cu and Cu-contained SS of high Cu content (e.g., = 10 wt%)."
    
    Professor Huang added "The present anti-COVID-19 SS can be mass produced using existing mature technologies. They can replace some of the frequently touched SS products in public areas to reduce the risk of accidental infection and fight the COVID-19 pandemic.”
    
    A patent has been filed for the research findings. The team has been liaising with industrial partners to generate prototypes of public SS products such as lift buttons, doorknobs, and handrails for further tests and trials.
    
    The findings were published in Chemical Engineering Journal on 25 November 2021 in the paper titled "Anti-pathogen stainless steel combating COVID-19".
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    Dear Voda,
    
    2021 was a year like no other. Amid the rapid global spread of Covid-19 in 2020, the lockdowns that followed and the fear and uncertainty that gripped the world, few would have imagined that economic activity would rebound with so much force, so rapidly. Mankind developed vaccines and quickly adapted to life with the virus, but, after significantly scaling back operations in the first half of 2020, industry struggled to ramp up supply to match the demand boom that came next.
    
    You can listen to the letter from Global Editor, Adam Smith. Click above and the file will open as an MP3. Or keep on reading below...
    
    The year was one of two halves.
    The first was dominated by the shortfall in supply, which sent steel prices spiralling globally. China, whose demand had single-handedly propped up the steel market for much of 2020, saw crude steel production rising rapidly despite attempts to curb it, while end-user demand, more importantly, soared even higher. Gone was the earlier notion that Chinese demand would stabilise at lower levels amid the country’s shift to consumption-led growth. This was coupled with still limited Chinese steel exports, as the government cancelled export tax rebates on most steel products in May.
    
    European hot rolled coil prices in April meanwhile reached the previously mythical level of €1,000/tonne as mills struggled to meet demand, hiking prices on a weekly basis. This was despite semiconductor shortages forcing increasingly more carmakers to curb production and therefore not take up the procurement of automotive steel stipulated in their annual contracts.
    
    May was a month for record prices, with the KORE 62% Fe index surging to an all-time high of $226.07/tonne cfr China on 10 May, driven by speculation, before China’s government intervened to cool the market. HMS 1&2 80:20 scrap surpassed $500/t cfr Turkey on 11 May for the first time in ten years, later peaking at $512.5/t. CIS billet surged to $715/t fob Black Sea on 10 May.
    
    The headlines that month were dominated by expectations China would implement an export tax on HRC, as part of its push to limit exports to high value-added products. To this day, however, no tax has been implemented, and it looks increasingly unlikely that this will happen.
    
    Given the supply shortages gripping Europe, many expected the European Commission to revoke or relax safeguard measures at the end of their three-year tenure in June. However, much to the delight of EU steelmakers and the dismay of end users, duties were extended for another three years. The swearing in of Joe Biden as US President in January, meanwhile, did nothing to change Section 232 measures, convincing steel market participants that protectionism was here to stay.
    
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    Summer was a turning point, as China implemented environmental restrictions to curb steel production, ordering steelmakers to ensure 2021 production remains at or below 2020 levels. The KORE 62% Fe index slipped below $200/t at the end of July and has not returned to this level since. A new surge in Covid-19 cases in Asia, meanwhile, slashed rebar demand on the continent and kept Turkish mills out of the market in August, hampering scrap price growth.
    
    Rather than the typical post-summer steel demand rebound, global markets remained subdued in September, as soaring input costs began to seriously pressure the margins of steelmakers in regions such as Europe and Turkey, with some mills announcing they would need to curb production due to costlier energy, while others implemented energy surcharges. Moreover, concerns over the collapse of Evergrande and a resulting debt contagion stifled China’s real estate market. (Read related article here)
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    There was brief hope that demand would rebound after China’s Golden Week holiday in October, but this never materialised. Instead, Chinese prices began to collapse on weak Chinese steel demand, real estate activity and fixed asset investment. KORE 62% Fe fell to $86.79/t on 15 November – the lowest level since May 2020.
    
    At the end of October, the US and EU signed a new trade deal to allow over 4 million tonnes/year of EU steel to enter the US duty free. This sent other US allies, such as Japan, Korea and the UK, scrambling to negotiate similar agreements with the world’s largest economy. Premium coking coal prices, meanwhile, peaked at an all-time high exceeding $410/t fob Australia at the beginning of that month. In the US, HRC finally joined the downward trend in the rest of the world and started to come off in the second half of October and into November after peaking at an astonishing $1,960/short ton or $2,160/metric tonne.
    
    Costlier inputs have continued to squeeze Turkish mills throughout November and December, pricing them out of Asian rebar markets, a situation that has been successfully exploited by supplier mills in the Middle East, a market that still a decade ago was heavily reliant on imports. The lira recording repeated all-time record lows in recent weeks has meanwhile hampered business in the Turkish domestic market. Turkish mills have consequently substantially reduced scrap purchases, which has seen prices of the feedstock come off in December after they had remained stubbornly high even amid iron ore dropping after the summer.
    
    Amid these market developments, the global steel industry rapidly accelerated the decarbonisation process in 2021, as existing steelmakers announced ambitious low-carbon upgrades and new “green” steelmaking investments were established, most notably in Europe. Hydrogen has become the new buzz word of the day – this abundant gas is expected to fuel not just steel but industrial processes all over the world in the coming decades. The EU is encouraging the process with its Emissions Trading System, which penalises high carbon emitters. EU carbon permit prices have reached record levels, exceeding €80/t in December versus below €35/t at the start of the year. Until new technology is sufficiently developed, the push towards green steelmaking will increase production costs and support higher steel prices in some regions. The increased use in steelmaking of scrap as an immediate carbon reduction method will put pressure on the feedstock’s availability, again supporting prices. These trends are likely to become more apparent in 2022.
    
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    Another factor to watch will be how the US-EU trade pact affects each of the markets involved.
    
    - What products will be imported into the US from the EU, from which producers and in what tonnages, and will this soften US domestic prices, which are considered by many as unsustainable?
    - What other countries will the US agree trade deals with and will this create a closed market of certain regions that excludes others?
    - What will be the outcome of the EU’s latest safeguard review, due for completion next June?
    - To what extent will EU and US steel demand benefit from the Next Generation EU recovery instrument and US infrastructure bill respectively?
    - With the Democrats expected to lose next year’s mid-term elections and a turbulent political year anticipated in the country, how will the steel industry be impacted?
    - When will semiconductor shortages ease and automotive production rebound?
    - Will manganese and graphite electrode shortages resurface to the detriment of steelmakers?
    - What will happen to the Chinese real estate market in 2022 and what economic consequences will this have globally?
    - What will happen to the steel surplus resulting from reduced Chinese steel demand next year?
    
    Kallanish’s global team of journalists will bring you the answer to these questions and more, with the latest industry developments reported as and when they happen.
    
    In the meantime, I wish you all a peaceful and reflective holiday period, and a Happy New Year.
    
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    Adam Smith
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    Leakage at Tailing Damp Tsentralne of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih
    
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    ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih announced on 20 December 2021 that there was a leakage of process water from the eastern slope of TSF Tsentralne amounting to about 80 thousand cubic meters that represents 4% out of the overall capacity of the facility basin. The TSF basin was not overfilled. Accumulating pond, which is at the foot of the facility, prevented further run-out of the water. Nearby the TSF, there was a security service premise, belonging to AlfaPremiumGroup company, with a guard inside it. Kryvyi Rih State Emergency Response team promptly evacuated the guard to a safe place, there's no risk to his life. ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih is eliminating the consequences of the incident. There is no hazard for people, environment and the surrounding areas.
    
    Currently, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih is actively operating two TSFs Myrolyubivske and Obiedinennoie. However, these facilities have almost reached their ultimate life in dams' raising. This resulted in the need to reconstruct TSF 'Tsentralne' and to construct a new facility for waste storage - TSF Karta 3. The company will commission the TSF into operation in parallel with the completion of the current tailing ponds life. Operation of the new TSF will allow to reduce the overall impact caused by the slurry facilities on the atmosphere.
    
    TSF Tsentralne is a new asset of the company's Mining Department, having the smallest footprint area. Total storage capacity of the tailing damp makes around 2 million m3. The company started construction in 2017, so far, the dams have been raised up to elevation +105 m. The whole basin of the TSF has been lined with water-proof mats made of non-toxic material that is bentonite, which completely excludes penetration of process water into underground aquifers, thereby excluding technogenic load on the surrounding areas. TSF Tsentralne rests in the gully between steel-making slag dump and TSF Myrolyubivske, at a distance of 3-5 km to the nearest residential zone.
    
    Tailing Ponds are the hydraulic facilities which are used for storage of water and waste generated by processing & beneficiation of mine rock. There are at least 3,500 tailing ponds worldwide. The slurry is transported to the TSF via pipelines, solids get deposited on the bottom and the water is recycled in the process of hydraulic separation.

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    NS Bluescope Starts Construction of Solar Farm in Malaysia
    
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    Bernama reported that NS BlueScope Malaysia has started construction of a 7,007,364 kilowatt hour solar farm in Kapar in Selangor in Malaysia with an initial investment of MYR 16 million. The 33,930 square metre NS BlueScope SunField solar farm will have 9,629 photovoltaic panels and is estimated to be completed by May 2022.
    
    NS BlueScope Malaysia Country president Mr Koh Boon Hong said "Tapping into the strength of steel, we are able to introduce a resilient solution that could sustain the generation of clean energy for at least 25 years. The solar plant will help to reduce 4,477 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually compared with using fossil fuel or the equivalent to 29,430 fewer passenger cars, or planting 42,033 trees.”
    
    NS BlueScope Malaysia is a part of BlueScope Steel Ltd Australia
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    OMK Cuts Emission in Belgorod by Closing Outdated Galvanizing Line
    
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    Russian steel maker United Metallurgical Company OMK decommissioned a hot dip galvanizing line at its OMK Energomash plant in Belgorod in 2021. This decision will reduce emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere of Belgorod by 2.8 tonnes per year and 350 tons per year to reduce the amount of 2-4 class waste produced by the plant. The equipment was dismantled by a specialized accredited organization.
    
    The hot dip galvanizing line at the plant was opened in 2001. Italian-made equipment made it possible to apply a zinc anti-corrosion coating to any metal structures to increase their service life and improve consumer qualities. However, the hot-dip galvanizing line was a potentially harmful production. The enterprise monthly exported chemical waste to other regions of Russia, where there are special plants for their neutralization. The vapors that formed during the coating of the products with a layer of zinc had to be thoroughly filtered before they were released into the atmosphere.
    
    The hot-dip galvanizing line was located in the building for the production of metal structures in the coating area. According to modern standards, such lines should be located in separate, separately standing rooms, with systems that provide ventilation and air filtration.
    
    On the vacated areas, fire-retardant coatings are now being applied more cost-effective and in demand today. Trends in recent years show an increase in demand for this particular type of coatings for metal structures.
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    ExxonMobil Esso Australia to Supply Bass Strait Gas to Infrabuild
    
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    Sydney Morning Herald reported that ExxonMobil’s Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd has signed a contract for supply gas from Victoria’s Bass Strait fields to GFG Alliance subsidiary Infrabuild, which runs steel-making furnaces and manufacturing mills in Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle and Brisbane inAustralia. The deal will see Gippsland gas used to support InfraBuild’s sustainable steel manufacturing operations in Victoria and NSW into at least the mid-2020s.
    
    InfraBuild Chief Executive Mr Vik Bansal said the construction and manufacturing sectors are proving to be significant economic drivers as Australia recovered from the COVID-19 downturn. He said “We are not only revitalising our cities and improving our shared spaces, but also generating jobs and growing our local economy. At the heart of it all is InfraBuild’s steel, proudly made in Australia using Gippsland gas.”
    
    BHP chief Mike Henry added “As our agreement with Infrabuild demonstrates, our reliable supply of natural gas is powering Australian jobs, providing the energy used by local manufacturers, hospitality venues, medical facilities and construction firms, and supporting the countless people and industries who rely on their products and services.”
    
    The voice of Australia’s oil and gas industry Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association has welcomed the 20th Gas Sales Agreement of the year after a new deal was announced today by Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd. The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association said the extension of the deal between the ExxonMobil Australia Pty Ltd subsidiary and major construction firm InfraBuild demonstrated the strength of the market.