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1. voda 3 februari 2022 06:16

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   Neksan Interested to Buy Zeljezara Niksic Steel Mill in Montenegro
   
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   03 Feb, 2022, 5:38 am
   
   Montenegrin local daily Dan reported that Montenegro's diversified holding group Neksan is interested in the acquisition of steel mill Zeljezara Niksic from Turkey's Toscelik. The media report quoted Neksan owner Mr Miodrag Daka Davidovic as saying that "We do not need any partner to manage Zeljezara Niksic. We are interested in taking over Zeljezara Niksic, as well as several other companies in Montenegro. Neksan plans to discuss its plans with the government.”
   
   Turkey-based Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi AS, part of Tosyali Holding, had acquired the bankrupt state-owned Montenegrin steel mill Zeljezara Niksic, which had been put on sale in order to reduce the debt burden of Montenegro. Toscelik won the tender bidding EUR 15.1 million in 2012. Toscelik suspended production activities at Zeljezara Niksic in March 2021, due to a drop in orders caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Last year, it started talks for the sale of the steel mill.
   
   Neksan was also in charge of the management of Zeljezara Niksic for 16 months in 2003 and 2004, when the company was sold by the government to Russian company Midland, which later withdrew from the deal and returned the steel mill into state ownership.
   
   Zeljezara Niksic, the largest iron and steel producing company of the former Yugoslavia, produces non-alloy and alloy steel grades with an annual capacity of 300,000 tonnes and exports to over 30 countries including Germany, Russia and Turkey.
2. voda 3 februari 2022 06:21

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   BF Outage in Raahe to Impact SSAB Performance in Q1
   
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   03 Feb, 2022, 5:39 am
   
   One of the blast furnaces at SSAB’s steel mill in Raahe in Finland has been shut down for repairs. Repair work is expected to last throughout February after which it is expected the blast furnace can be restarted. The outage will result in lost production and shipments, as well as repair costs.
   
   The earnings of SSAB Europe are expected to be impacted negatively by around SEK 600 million in the first quarter of 2022. SSAB will make every effort to minimize the negative implications for customers.
3. voda 3 februari 2022 06:21

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   Maanshan Steel Profit to Surge in 2021
   
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   03 Feb, 2022, 5:39 am
   
   Chinese steel maker Maanshan Iron & Steel expects to record surge in net profit in 2021. Based on a preliminary estimate, the net profit for the year 2021 is estimated to reach approximatelyCNY 5.210 billion, representing a YoY increase of approximately CNY 3.227 billion or 162.73%. The steelmaker attributed the upbeat forecast to its strengthened systems coordination and enhanced key production lines, as well as new breakthroughs in lean and efficient operations
   
   Maanshan Steel said “In 2021, China's national economy continued to recover. Although the iron and steel industry faced multiple pressure, including dual control for energy consumption" policy and restrictions of power and production, the overall operation of the industry is on a smooth trend. With the theme of promoting high-quality development, through comprehensively identifying gaps through comparing with other companies and striving for the first place, the Company strengthened the coordination of systems, achieved synergy with high efficiency, fully released the production capacity of key production lines, significantly improved the major technical and economic indicators, and achieved new breakthroughs in lean and efficient operation.”
4. voda 3 februari 2022 06:22

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   Vale Canada Completes California Steel Industries Sale to Nucor
   
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   03 Feb, 2022, 5:42 am
   
   Brazilian mining giant Vale subsidiary Vale Canada Limited has completed the sale and transfer of its 50% ownership interest in California Steel Industries to Nucor Corporation for USD 436.7 million in cash, of which USD 400 million for 50% of the enterprise value and the remaining for the adjusted net debt and working capital at closing. In January, following the H2 of 2021 financial performance, Vale Canada Limited also received USD 65 million in dividends from CSI, associated with its 50% ownership in the asset.
   
   California Steel Industries is a flat-rolled steel converter with the capability to produce more than two million tons of finished steel and steel products annually. The company has five product lines, including hot rolled, pickled and oiled, cold rolled, galvanized and ERW pipe. Key end-use segments served by California Steel Industries include customers in the construction, service center and energy industries. California Steel Industries employs more than 800 full-time and temporary employees.
   
   US steel maker Nucor Corporation had reached agreements to acquire a majority ownership position in California Steel Industries Inc in December 2020. The company will be a joint venture between Nucor and JFE. It will be Nucor's second joint venture with JFE. Since 2020, the two companies have been operating an automotive steel joint venture in Mexico. The facility in Mexico has the capacity to produce 400,000 tons of galvanized steel for the automotive industry per year.
5. voda 3 februari 2022 06:23

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   Prosecutors Open Investigation into Tata Steel IJmuiden & Harsco
   
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   03 Feb, 2022, 5:42 am
   
   NL Times reported that Netherlands Public Prosecution Service OM has launched a criminal investigation to determine if Tata Steel IJmuiden BV and Harsco Metals Holland BV intentionally and unlawfully released hazardous substances into the soil, air, or surface water. Doing so may have been a threat to public health. OM prosecutors said "Examining the role of executives within these companies will be part of the criminal investigation to decide criminal cases against Tata Steel, Harsco Metals, or any of their managers or executives.:”
   
   The OM's decision came after studying the complaint filed by attorney Bénédicte Ficq. The lawyer represents more than 800 people and several legal entities in the complaint against the two businesses. Last month, a report from the RIVM said that data supplied by Tata Steel about the emissions of harmful substances may not have been complete, and that high concentrations of metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were measured in areas which did not match up with data from Tata Steel. The measurements of certain PAHs were about a thousand times higher than it should have been based on the company's data, while concentrations of copper, vanadium, lead, and chromium were all far higher than expected.
   
   Tata said that it would cooperate with the investigation and looks forward to the outcome with confidence. The company noted that it is currently carrying out an investment program to reduce particulate matter, heavy metals and bad odours produced by the plant."
   
   Both companies are based in Velsen, and work closely together. Tata Steel IJmuiden operates steel manufacturing facilities and Harsco Metals is a residual product processor.
   
   Steelmaking in the town dates back to 1918, when the Royal Dutch Blast Furnaces established a plant there. Tata Steel acquired the Ijmuiden plant in 2007. It directly employs around 9,000 workers, many of whom live nearby.

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6. voda 3 februari 2022 06:34

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   Primetals Honored Leader of Environmental Solutions in Metallurgy
   
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   03 Feb, 2022, 5:45 am
   
   Russian steel maker Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works held its sixth annual best supplier competition and recognized its most reliable supply chain partners a MMK's management places great value in this competition since relations with suppliers are one of the key factors for successful future development. An honorary diploma in the category "Leader of Environmental Solutions in Metallurgy" was awarded to Primetals Technologies, for supplying a secondary dedusting system for the BOF melt shop.
   
   The contract for the secondary dedusting project for the BOF melt shop was signed in early 2020 and is currently under implementation. It is aimed at improving the working conditions inside and outside the steel shop and will bring the city of Magnitogorsk one step closer to a green city by significantly reducing emission levels. Primetals technologies supplies engineering, equipment, and supervision for the project and startup is scheduled for summer 2022.
   
   The main task of the secondary dedusting system is to efficiently capture dust emissions that occur during the handling and processing of hot metal and liquid steel (e.g., charging, tapping, reladling). The proper design and location of hoods is essential to achieve the highest dust collection efficiency and ensure clean atmospheric conditions inside and outside the steel shop. A major process improvement is the patented Primetals Technologies peak-cooler technology that absorbs temperature peaks during hot-metal charging and reduces the need for additional cooling air. Hence, this innovative technology based on thermal energy storage leads to reduced dilution air demands and reduced off-gas volume flows. This solution reduces investment and operating costs. Additionally, operational safety is improved, and greater productivity is achieved through a higher charging speed. The advanced pulse-jet filter removes dust from the raw gas stream and assures highly efficient dedusting and increased lifetime of filter bags.
7. voda 3 februari 2022 06:35

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   Voestalpine Supplies High-Tech Steel for Winter Olympic Games Gear
   
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   03 Feb, 2022, 5:46 am
   
   Any materials deployed where snow, ice, and low temperatures dominate must meet stringent quality standards, especially when used in winter sports equipment. Austrian steel maker voestalpine supplies high-quality materials for the manufacture of ski edges, blades for ice skates, and luge components. Consequently, premium steel from voestalpine will be helping athletes achieve top performances at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.
   
   voestalpine round wire is a pre-material used to manufacture exceptionally hard-wearing edges on skis. An Austrian manufacturer of ski edges, one of only two in the world, has been sourcing voestalpine wire for skis used in professional and amateur sport for decades. The grade of steel selected for the edges significantly influences a ski’s performance and service life. Downhill races, in which competitors reach speeds of up to 160 km per hour, are extremely physically demanding, both on the professional skier and their equipment. voestalpine also plays an important role in helping to hold skiers’ feet securely in their boots, supplying the high-quality material used in the buckles on famous brands of ski boots.
   
   Professional ice skaters make equally stringent demands of their equipment. The leaps and turns typical in figure skating subject skaters and their skates to forces similar in magnitude to those used in centrifugal training for astronauts. In speed skating, sprinters reach speeds of up to 60 km per hour. When consistently used at a professional level, blades need to be sharpened up to four times a week, which is only possible when they are made from a premium material. voestalpine supplies this premium material, a high-alloyed composite, to the global leading manufacturers of professional speed skates. The steel grade is a major determinant of a blade’s running characteristics, while the material must also be wear-resistant and extremely durable.
   
   Premium voestalpine products are also in demand for luge where, at speeds of up to 140 km per hour, both the athlete and their equipment are exposed to extreme stresses. voestalpine supplies ultra-high strength, wear-resistant special steel normally used in aerospace for luge runners. EschmannTextures, a voestalpine subsidiary in North Rhine Westphalia and specialist in surface treatments, has also created a novel film to avoid excessive turbulence. The self-adhesive film is attached to the underbelly of the luge. It mimics the bionic structure of the world’s fastest swimming shark species, and was developed in conjunction with the University of Freiburg Institute of Zoology. Using these voestalpine technologies on the ice track can shave up to a tenth off the winning time in the last Olympic Games, this is a quantum leap in terms of luge. The German luge team, equipped with voestalpine materials, succeeded in winning several medals at the 2021 FIL World Luge Championships.
8. voda 3 februari 2022 06:36

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   Tata Steel to Close Fredrikstad Service Center in Norway
   
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   03 Feb, 2022, 5:48 am
   
   Tata Steel Europe intends to cease manufacturing operations at Norsk Stål Tynnplater AS in Fredrikstad in Norway, while retaining the legal entity and local sales force. Norsk Stål Tynnplater AS, part of Tata Steel Downstream Europe, is a Service Centre in Fredrikstad in Norway. The site uses steel from Tata Steel IJmuiden to further process into Hot Dip Galvanised and Cold Rolled commodity products with the focus on the industry sector. The proposal to cease manufacturing operations at Fredrikstad has been made following a detailed review of the distribution activities in the Nordics respectively. The majority of the products are sold to customers in Sweden and Tata Steel believes that serving those customers directly from the Halmstad site in Sweden, allows the company to serve them even better. It will offer the necessary strength to compete, enabling it to continue to offer high-value products and services to its customers in the future.
   
   Regrettably the proposal will put at risk 29 jobs. Appropriate consultation processes with employees and their representatives will begin as soon as practicable. Tata Steel will explore all opportunities to re-deploy employees and provide assistance for them.
   
   It is proposed that the closure of production will take place progressively over the coming months. It is only by a consolidated operational footprint that Tata Steel can create a sustainable and competitive business for the future.
9. voda 3 februari 2022 06:36

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   Japan’s Steel Exports in 2021 Increase by 7%
   
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   03 Feb, 2022, 5:49 am
   
   Japan Iron and Steel Federation announced that Japan’s total iron and steel product exports amounted to 34.4 million tonnes in 2021, up by 7% YoY. Steel exports to South Korea totaled 4.9 million tonnes up 1.8%, while exports to China decreased by 12.6 to 5.1 million tonnes, to Taiwan 2.34 million tonnes, down by 4.4%, to Thailand 5.93 million tonnes, up by 55.4%, while exports to the US totaled 1.17 million tonnes, up by 32.5%
   
   Total ordinary steel products - 22.128, up 6% YoY (Av rate USD 892)
   
   Semi-finished products - 3.646, down 10%YoY (Av rate USD 633)
   
   Rails - 0.317, up 0% YoY (Av rate USD 875)
   
   Steel sheet pilings - 0.114, down 33% YoY (Av rate USD 768)
   
   Section - 0.533, down 10% YoY (Av rate USD 823)
   
   Bars - 0.618, up 75% YoY (Av rate USD 755)
   
   Wire rod - 0.529, up 41% YoY (Av rate USD 842)
   
   Heavy plate - 2.652, up 7% YoY (Av rate USD 802)
   
   Hot-rolled wide strip - 10.647, down 2% YoY (Av rate USD 805)
   
   Cold-rolled wide strip - 2.066, up 23% YoY (Av rate USD 847)
   
   Electrical sheet and strip - 0.606, up 27% YoY (Av rate USD 1,694)
   
   Tin plate - 0.440, down 16% YoY (Av rate USD 1,144)
   
   Tin-free steel - 0.255, down 22% YoY (Av rate USD 1,066)
   
   Galvanized sheet -2.554, up 32% YoY (Av rate USD 972)
   
   Other metallic-coated sheet - 0.240, up 17% YoY (Av rate USD 1,643)
   
   Seamless pipes and tubes - 0.177, down 31% YoY (Av rate USD 1,529)
   
   Welded pipes and tubes - 0.254, down 3% YoY (Av rate USD 1,948)
10. voda 3 februari 2022 06:37

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    Indian Steel Industry Reduced CO2 Emissions by 16% in 15 Years
    
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    03 Feb, 2022, 5:54 am
    
    India’s Union Minister for Steel Mr Ram Chandra Prasad Singh informed Lok Sabha that over the years the Indian steel industry has reduced its energy consumption and carbon emissions substantially with the widespread adoption of Best Available Technologies in the modernisation & expansions projects. The average CO2 emission intensity of the Indian steel industry has reduced by 16% from around 3.1 tonne per tonne of crude steel in 2005 to around 2.6 tonne per tonne by 2020.
    
    He informed “To mitigate and adapt to the adverse impact of climate change India has introduced various measures under the umbrella of National Action Plan for Climate Change. National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency is one of the eight missions under NAPCC. The Perform Achieve & Trade is a flagship scheme under NMEEE. It is a market based mechanism for enhancing energy efficiency, under which specific targets of energy savings are set. Those achieving the set targets are awarded Energy Saving Certificates, ESCerts, equal to 1 Metric Tonne of Oil Equivalent. Those unable to meet their assigned targets are required to purchase ESCerts from the overachievers through a centralised online trading mechanism. The Indian steel industry is an important stakeholder under the PAT Scheme. The Steel sector has been able to achieve the total targeted energy savings from PAT Cycles PAT-I, PAT-II & PAT-III for the period from 2012- 20 to the tune of 5.5 Million Tonne of Oil Equivalent and corresponding CO2 reduction of 20 million tonne.”
    
    He added “Further, the steel sector has been made an important stakeholder in the National Green Hydrogen Energy Mission to facilitate deployment of green hydrogen in the iron & steel making process. Under this initiative it has been proposed to set up two Pilot Plants under the Public & Private Partnership to explore the feasibility of using green H2 in Direct Reduced Iron production.”
    
    Incidentally, World Steel Association 2021 May study Climate Change and the Production of Iron and Steel highlighted that in 2020, on average, every tonne of steel produced led to the emission of 1.85 tonnes of C02.India’s Union Minister for Steel Mr Ram Chandra Prasad Singh informed Lok Sabha that over the years the Indian steel industry has reduced its energy consumption and carbon emissions substantially with the widespread adoption of Best Available Technologies in the modernisation & expansions projects. The average CO2 emission intensity of the Indian steel industry has reduced by 16% from around 3.1 tonne per tonne of crude steel in 2005 to around 2.6 tonne per tonne by 2020.
    
    He informed “To mitigate and adapt to the adverse impact of climate change India has introduced various measures under the umbrella of National Action Plan for Climate Change. National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency is one of the eight missions under NAPCC. The Perform Achieve & Trade is a flagship scheme under NMEEE. It is a market based mechanism for enhancing energy efficiency, under which specific targets of energy savings are set. Those achieving the set targets are awarded Energy Saving Certificates, ESCerts, equal to 1 Metric Tonne of Oil Equivalent. Those unable to meet their assigned targets are required to purchase ESCerts from the overachievers through a centralised online trading mechanism. The Indian steel industry is an important stakeholder under the PAT Scheme. The Steel sector has been able to achieve the total targeted energy savings from PAT Cycles PAT-I, PAT-II & PAT-III for the period from 2012- 20 to the tune of 5.5 Million Tonne of Oil Equivalent and corresponding CO2 reduction of 20 million tonne.”
    
    He added “Further, the steel sector has been made an important stakeholder in the National Green Hydrogen Energy Mission to facilitate deployment of green hydrogen in the iron & steel making process. Under this initiative it has been proposed to set up two Pilot Plants under the Public & Private Partnership to explore the feasibility of using green H2 in Direct Reduced Iron production.”
    
    Incidentally, World Steel Association 2021 May study Climate Change and the Production of Iron and Steel highlighted that in 2020, on average, every tonne of steel produced led to the emission of 1.85 tonnes of C02.
11. voda 3 februari 2022 07:50

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    Leidinggevenden Tata Steel nu persoonlijk onder vuur
    Door ANNET VAN AARSEN EN BART VUIJK
    
    Updated Vandaag, 03:32
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    AMSTERDAM - Het Openbaar Ministerie opent een zevende strafrechtelijk onderzoek tegen de staalbedrijven Tata Steel en Harsco. Deze laatste is een onderaannemer op het fabrieksterrein van Tata in IJmuiden. Het OM volgt hierbij de aangifte van meer dan 800 mensen, die strafrechtadvocaat Bénédicte Ficq in mei vorig jaar namens hen indiende.
    
    De hoogovens van Tata Steel gezien vanaf IJmuiden. ANP/HH
    
    Er lopen al zes strafrechtelijke onderzoeken, waarvan er twee donderdag dienen bij de rechtbank Amsterdam, tegen slakverwerker Harsco. Tegen Tata lopen er nog vier zaken, bijvoorbeeld over de met kolengruis verontreinigde ’zwarte sneeuw’ die een jaar geleden de duinen en wegen nabij Tata zwart kleurde.
    
    BEKIJK OOK:
    RIVM: veel meer ziekmakende stoffen in de lucht dan Tata Steel zegt
    
    Deze nieuwe zaak is geheel op het conto te schrijven van advocaat Bénédicte Ficq, die vorig jaar besloot omwonenden bij te staan bij hun aangifte tegen het bedrijf. Zij verwijt het bedrijf en (ex-)directeuren ervan opzettelijke verontreiniging van de omgeving, wat gezondheidsschade bij mens en dier tot gevolg heeft.
    
    ’Ontzettend blij’
    Het Functioneel Parket deelde Ficq het besluit woensdag tijdens een onderhoud mee. Zij is ’ontzettend blij’ dat er nu strafrechtelijk onderzoek komt naar de twee bedrijven. „Het gaat om een heel serieus en breed opsporingsonderzoek, waarbij gekeken wordt naar alle aspecten die van belang zijn”, zegt ze.
    
    BEKIJK OOK:
    Omwonenden staalfabriek na RIVM-rapport: ’In hoeverre kunnen we Tata nog vertrouwen?
    
    Opvallend is dat het onderzoek zich niet alleen richt op de twee bedrijven, maar ook op de leidinggevenden. Dat is waar Ficq op had gehoopt, toen ze met een dikke stapel documenten bij het Openbaar Ministerie aanklopte. „Die leidinggevenden kunnen nu met dit besluit als verdachten worden gehoord”, aldus Ficq.
    
    De verdenking – het opzettelijk en wederrechtelijk in de bodem, lucht of oppervlaktewater brengen van gevaarlijke stoffen, waardoor gevaar voor de openbare gezondheid te vrezen was – is een ernstig verwijt, een misdrijf dat is omschreven in artikel 173a van het Wetboek van Strafrecht waarbij gevangenisstraffen van twaalf tot vijftien jaar passen.
    
    ’Zeldzaam’
    „Een zaak zoals deze is zeldzaam. In de jurisprudentie zie je wel terug dat 173a in een aantal asbestzaken een rol heeft gespeeld, maar er zijn geen zaken zoals deze geweest. Ik denk dat Tata strafrechtelijk een probleem heeft als wordt vastgesteld dat ze schadelijke stoffen uitstoten buiten de vergunningen om die gevaarlijk zijn voor de omwonenden”, zei Fiqc eerder.
    
    BEKIJK OOK:
    Zo wil staalreus Tata zijn uitstoot terugbrengen
    
    Nu hoopt ze dat getuigen, bijvoorbeeld Tata-werknemers met relevante informatie, zich melden bij het onderzoeksteam dat door het Openbaar Ministerie aan het werk wordt gesteld. „Het is heel belangrijk dat zulke getuigen zich vrij voelen om hun verhaal te doen.”
    
    Antoinette Verbrugge uit Wijk aan Zee, een van de initiatiefnemers van de massa-aangifte, trok gisteren op straat in Amsterdam verbaasde blikken van voorbijgangers toen zij het besluit telefonisch te horen kreeg. „Ik sprong letterlijk een gat in de lucht! Ik ben zo ontzettend blij. Dit voelt als een rechtvaardiging voor onze aangifte. Het toont aan dat mensen erop mogen vertrouwen dat je geen slachtoffer hoeft te zijn, maar dat je ook wat terug kunt doen.”
    
    BEKIJK OOK:
    Rechter moet kijken naar Tata Steel: ’Uitstoot drastisch omlaag of sluiten’
    
    „Ik heb er heel veel vertrouwen in dat aan het licht gaat komen dat deze giffabriek kankergevallen in deze omgeving veroorzaakt. En dat hieruit volgt dat alle ziekmakende onderdelen van de fabriek nu dicht moeten, en anders moet die hele fabriek maar moven.”
    
    Precendentwerking
    Verbrugge: „Ook zal nu het overheidsbeleid aan het licht komen, die decennia lang de hand boven het hoofd van deze ziekmakende fabriek heeft gehouden. De provincie, Den Haag, Mark Rutte zelf, ze vormen één blok dat de fabriek beschermt. Maar deze zaak krijgt precedentwerking. Voor alle ceo’s (directeuren) van dit soort fabrieken die aan de knoppen kunnen draaien, geldt dat ze echt voor gaas gaan. Anders heeft het voor hen persoonlijk hele ernstige consequenties. Je kunt niet zomaar mensen en dieren en de natuur ziek, dood en kapotmaken.”
    
    BEKIJK OOK:
    Snellere overgang van Tata Steel op waterstof, scepsis bij wetenschap
    
    Tata Steel reageert op zijn eigen website. „Tata Steel heeft kennis genomen van het feit dat het Openbaar Ministerie besloten heeft om een onderzoek in te stellen naar aanleiding van de aangifte die advocatenkantoor Ficq & Partners heeft gedaan namens verschillende personen en stichtingen.
    
    Tata Steel heeft het Openbaar Ministerie toegezegd medewerking te verlenen en ziet de resultaten van het onderzoek met vertrouwen tegemoet.
    
    Tata Steel is zich bewust van haar verantwoordelijkheid voor de omgeving. Tata Steel blijft via maatregelen en investeringen uit de Roadmap Plus versneld op weg naar een verbeterde leefomgeving.”
    
    BEKIJK OOK:
    Staalreus IJmuiden ingeperkt: ’Tata hoeft niet dicht, als het onze gezondheid maar niet schaadt’
    
    www.telegraaf.nl/financieel/137684401...
12. voda 4 februari 2022 07:20

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    UK Parliament Committee Invites Comment for Making Green Steel
    
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    04 Feb, 2022, 3:53 am
    
    In the latest stage of its Technological Innovation and Climate Change inquiry, the UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has announced that it is to look at green steel. Environmental Audit Committee chairman Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP said “Steel is the bedrock for many of our low-carbon aspirations: from electricity generation to our modes of transport. But wind turbines and electric vehicles have a major carbon footprint due to the steel used to manufacture them. As the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee has recently pointed out, the decision point for investment to renew the UK’s steel installations is fast approaching, without a clear lead from the Government on the technology to adopt. We will be exploring the technological innovations available to make the steel sector more environmentally friendly. I encourage all those engaged in transforming this essential industry to consider contributing to this stage of our inquiry. Decarbonisation of the sector is a real test of the Government’s mettle and the ingenuity and ambition of UK industry. Successful use of technological advances to green the industry will make a substantial contribution to the goal of Net Zero Britain.”
    
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    1. The technologies there are to produce “green steel”; how close they are to commercialisation; and the benefits and risks of each
    
    2. The relationship between low-carbon steelmaking technologies and the development of other decarbonising technologies
    
    3. The timescales needed to achieve fossil fuel feedstock replacement and fossil fuel-free energy throughout the supply chain for steel products
    
    4. The targets the Government should set for low-carbon steelmaking in the UK
    
    5. The policy support for low-carbon steelmaking in the UK provided in the Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy and the Net Zero Strategy
    
    6. How effective the Clean Steel Fund is expected to be in helping to deliver decarbonised fuel capacity in the UK
    
    7. Any additional policy support required to encourage the transition to low-carbon steelmaking
    
    8. The desirability or otherwise of establishing a low-carbon steelmaking pilot at a UK site
    
    9. The consequences to the UK steel sector from a failure to invest in alternative technologies in a globally competitive market
    
    The Committee invites written submissions of no more than 3000 words addressing any or all of the issues raised in the following terms of reference, by 10 March 2022.
    
    Steel is a crucial material for the UK’s low carbon aspirations: it is an essential component of wind turbines to electric vehicles. However, the steelmaking process itself produces significant greenhouse gas emissions, with the production of a tonne of steel generating almost two tonnes of CO2 emissions. Industry figures have indicated that decarbonising UK steel production is an enormous challenge and will be difficult to achieve by the 2035 target set by the Climate Change Committee in its Sixth Carbon Budget. The industry is also facing imminent decisions on the investment required to replace blast furnaces at UK steelmaking plants.
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    EVRAZ Ships 3,000 Tonne Steel Sections for Malmyzh Copper Plant
    
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    Russian steel maker EVRAZ has supplied about 3,000 tonnes of rolled metal for the construction of a mining and processing plant at the Malmyzh copper deposit in Khabarovsk Territory of Russia for a projects being implemented by Amur Minerals, a member of the Russian Copper Company. The main scope of supply, 2,500 tonnes was an I-beam 50sh1 S355-6 of special length 8000-12000 mm manufactured by EVRAZ NTMK. More than 300 tonnes of sheet, angle, and channels were shipped. In January, the next delivery of another 800 tonnes of rolled metal is planned. Shipments of EVRAZ Market for the project are planned until the end of 2023.
    
    Russian Copper Company was founded in 2004 and is now one of the biggest copper producers in Russia. The Malmyzhskoye deposit development project is of strategic importance for the development of the Far East and the Russian copper industry. After reaching the design capacity, the mine will process 100 million tonnes of ore per year and produce 1.3 million tonnes of copper concentrate per year, which is over 297 thousand tonnes of copper in concentrate per year.
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    MIT Researchers Develop Stronger than Steel Lightweight Polymers
    
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    Using a novel polymerization process, MIT chemical engineers have created a new material that is stronger than steel and as light as plastic, and can be easily manufactured in large quantities. The new material is a two-dimensional polymer that self-assembles into sheets, unlike all other polymers, which form one-dimensional, spaghetti-like chains. Until now, scientists had believed it was impossible to induce polymers to form 2D sheets. Such a material could be used as a lightweight, durable coating for car parts or cell phones, or as a building material for bridges or other structures. MIT’s Carbon P Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering Mr Michael Strano said “We don’t usually think of plastics as being something that you could use to support a building, but with this material, you can enable new things. It has very unusual properties and we’re very excited about that.”
    
    Polymers, which include all plastics, consist of chains of building blocks called monomers. These chains grow by adding new molecules onto their ends. Once formed, polymers can be shaped into three-dimensional objects, such as water bottles, using injection molding. Polymer scientists have long hypothesized that if polymers could be induced to grow into a two-dimensional sheet, they should form extremely strong, lightweight materials. However, many decades of work in this field led to the conclusion that it was impossible to create such sheets. One reason for this was that if just one monomer rotates up or down, out of the plane of the growing sheet, the material will begin expanding in three dimensions and the sheet-like structure will be lost.
    
    However, in the new study, MIT researchers came up with a new polymerization process that allows them to generate a two-dimensional sheet called a polyaramide. For the monomer building blocks, they use a compound called melamine, which contains a ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms. Under the right conditions, these monomers can grow in two dimensions, forming disks. These disks stack on top of each other, held together by hydrogen bonds between the layers, which make the structure very stable and strong. The researchers found that the new material’s elastic modulus, a measure of how much force it takes to deform a material, is between four and six times greater than that of bulletproof glass. They also found that its yield strength, or how much force it takes to break the material, is twice that of steel, even though the material has only about one-sixth the density of steel.
    
    MIT researchers are now studying in more details how this particular polymer is able to form 2D sheets, and they are experimenting with changing its molecular makeup to create other types of novel materials.
    
    The researchers have filed for two patents on the process they used to generate the material, which they describe in a paper appearing in Nature. MIT postdoc Yuwen Zeng is the lead author of the study.
    
    The research was funded by the Center for Enhanced Nanofluidic Transport an Energy Frontier Research Center sponsored by the US Department of Energy Office of Science and the Army Research Laboratory.
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    Baosteel’s Silicon Steel Used in Fengning Power Station Generators
    
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    Recently, the world's largest pumped-storage power station, the first-phase project of Hebei Fengning Pumped-storage Power Station, was completed and officially put into operation. Baosteel Silicon Steel BeCOREs provided the key core material of all 6 generator sets non-oriented high-grade silicon steel for the first phase of the pumped-storage project of Fengning Power Station.
    
    In the field of steel for large-scale hydropower and nuclear power units, Baosteel Silicon Steel BeCOREs® has been successfully applied to 1000MW ultra-supercritical thermal power units, "Hualong No. 1" 1000MW nuclear power units, Wudongde/Baihetan and other hydropower units above 700MW with excellent product quality, which has ensured that the localization rate of silicon steel sheets in many major projects has reached 100%.
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    Steel Dyanmics to Start Hot End Operations at Sinton by February
    
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    04 Feb, 2022, 4:05 am
    
    US steel maker Steel Dynamics Inc expects to commission hot-end operations of its green-field plant in Sinton in Texas by the end of February 2022 after experiencing numerous challenges related to supply chain disruptions and COVID impacts in commissioning of a 3 million tons meltshop with an CSP unit and an 8-stand hot strip unit from the end of 2021. SDI CEO Mr Mark Miliett in an investor call said “Ahead of starting up melting and casting operations and thus completing the project, the team has done a great job with commissioning and operating other aspects of the steel mill, including the rolling mill and two value-added finishing lines.”
    
    SDI is also ramping up processing activities at a picking line, a 500,000 ton galvanizing line and a 250,000 ton pre painting fine, commissioned last autumn. Based on the current forecast, SDI expects shipments to be around 2 million tons in 2022
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    BDN Appointed for British Steel’s Skinningrove Plant Facility
    
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    04 Feb, 2022, 4:08 am
    
    Sunderland UK based Building Design Northern has been enlisted as lead architect and engineer of a GBP 26 million industrial development. Building Design Northern has been appointed to design British Steel’s new processing facilities at Skinningrove, which mark the company’s largest investment in its special profiles business for more than 30 years.
    
    BDN provided an initial architectural and engineering feasibility study of the site prior to the work going to tender and has now been appointed to carry out all of the design work on the development. British Steel has seen strong growth for its products in recent months, particularly those used in the mining and construction sectors, and the new service centre will see the company bring an extended range of profiles for the forklift industry to market.
    
    Work is expected to start late 2022 with commissioning expected to start in August 2023. The large scale of the scheme will involve a wide range of contractors covering an array of skills, from construction to turning and milling expertise, to automated warehousing companies.
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    New MORE Lime System Commissioned at Nucor Steel South Carolina
    
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    04 Feb, 2022, 4:11 am
    
    US steel maker Nucor Steel South Carolina has successfully commissioned our pneumatic lime injection technology for the electric arc furnaces located in Darlington in in South Carolina in US. Two dedicated MOLI dispensers have been supplied for the pneumatic injection of the lime to the EAF by MORE. The entire installation is controlled by a dedicated automation system with lime injection set-points integrated into the burner profiles for a fully automated control of the injection.
    
    MORE lime injection system proved to be reliable as good results have been achieved in terms of stable slag management, lime savings and overall furnace performance.
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    Feralpi Caleotto Restarts Lecco Line after Safety System Upgrade
    
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    04 Feb, 2022, 4:14 am
    
    Italian Feralpi Group’s wire rods manufacturer Caleotto has restarted the production in Lecco’s line after the latest safety upgrade was finalized by AIC in mid-January. The project basically has consisted in improving roughing and 1&2 intermediate mill area, through new software integration for interblocks and access management. Part of the job even entailed renewed drives. The plant has been split into individual security areas to coordinate and control access, as well as avoid shutdowns. Moreover, smart locks in the loading and unloading areas, linked to the plant network, will safely guarantee management and cutting operations.
    
    As a benefit, operators who have requested the safety of the area can inhibit any other operation: this will prevent incorrect or involuntary re-closing, preventing the possible restart of the machines and of the whole system.
    
    Caleotto, member of the Feralpi Group, is a leader in the production of special steels. Active for over 100 years in the steel industry, it has been one of the longest-lasting businesses of the Lecco district. Its ongoing research and development activities and investments in innovation are aimed at improving production efficiency at the Caleotto manufacturing plant and ensuring delivery of high-quality products and customer service.
    
    Italian Automazioni Industriali Capitanio is a leading company that since 1975 designs and produces highest quality industrial automation systems all over the world, with the aim to continuously improve both efficiency, competitiveness and safety of the production processes.
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    EU Continues AD Duty on China's Steel Tube & Pipe Fittings
    
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    European Commission has made an affirmative final ruling of anti-dumping sunset review on tube and pipe fittings of iron or steel originating in China on 25 January 2022, continuing to impose a 58.6% AD duty. 58.6% AD duty is also applicable to China's pipe fittings exported to the EU via Taiwan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines. The companies involved exclude Taiwan's Chup Hsin Enterprise Co Ltd, Rigid Industries Co Ltd, and Niang Hong Pipe Fittings Co Ltd.
    
    The period of investigation was from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020, and the injury assessment period was from January 1, 2017 to the end of the review investigation period.
    
    The products are steel tubes, except stainless steel, with an external diameter of less than 609.6 mm, but do not include component parts, Frank and screws. The products involved are classified under CN codes ex 7307 93 11, ex 7307 93 19, and ex 7307 99 80 (TARIC codes 7307 93 11 91, 7307 93 11 93, 7307 93 11 94, 7307 93 11 95, 7307 93 11 99, 7307 93 19 91, 7307 93 19 93, 7307 93 19 94, 7307 93 19 95, 7307 93 19 99, 7307 99 80 92, 7307 99 80 93, 7307 99 80 94, 7307 99 80 95, and 7307 99 80 98)
    
    On 3 February 1994, the EU opened an anti-dumping investigation against steel pipe connections originating in mainland China, Croatia, Slovakia, Thailand and Taiwan, China. On 3 October 1995, the EU imposed a temporary anti-dumping duty on the steel pipelines of mainland China, Croatia and Thailand, while terminating anti-dumping investigations into products of concern to Slovakia and the Taiwan region of China. On 3 April 1996, the EU formally imposed anti-dumping duties on products in mainland China, Croatia and Thailand. Of these, 58.6 per cent were in mainland China, 38.4 per cent in Croatia and 58.9 per cent in Thailand. On 27 October 2020 European Union initiated an anti-dumping sunset review investigation on steel pipe joints originating in mainland China.