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1. voda 24 juni 2022 06:55

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   University of Illinois to Conduct CCSU Study at US Steel Gary Work
   
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   23 Jun, 2022, 8:07 am
   
   The United States Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, DOE NETL, has selected the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign’s Prairie Research Institute for an award of USD 3.6 million for Research & Development to support a Front End Engineering Design study on carbon dioxide removal technologies. The study will focus on the advancement of a direct air capture and utilization system, which can remove 5,000 tonnes per year of CO2 from ambient air and then permanently mineralize it in concrete products. If built, the designed system would be larger than any existing direct air capture system. DOE said that the advancement of DAC technology could play a critical role in conjunction with aggressive decarbonization in combatting the climate crisis and achieving Biden-Harris Administration’s goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
   
   The study will be launched at US Steel’s Gary Works in Gary in Indiana using a DAC technology developed by CarbonCapture Inc. The technology will use the plant’s waste heat, energy, and location, so energy and transportation costs can be minimized. Once CO2 emissions are captured from the atmosphere, the liquefied gas will be transported to Ozinga ready mix concrete plants utilizing CarbonCure’s CO2 removal and utilization technologies, which inject the CO2 directly into the concrete as it is being mixed. When injected, the CO2 immediately mineralizes and is locked away in the concrete, never to return to the atmosphere.
   
   Sargent & Lundy will provide the constructability review and costing of the DAC’s integration within the steel plant. Ecotek Group will design the infrastructure to connect the DAC system and the plant.
   
   This FEED study will also provide data for Visage Energy Corp to assess the impact on job creation, regional economic impact, and environmental justice issues.
   
   NETL is a US Department of Energy national laboratory that drives innovation and delivers technological solutions for an environmentally sustainable and prosperous energy future. Through its world-class scientists, engineers and research facilities, NETL is ensuring affordable, abundant and reliable energy that drives a robust economy and national security, while developing technologies to manage carbon across the full life cycle, enabling environmental sustainability for all Americans, advancing environmental justice and revitalizing the economies of disadvantaged communities. Leveraging the power of workforce inclusivity and diversity, highly skilled innovators at NETL’s research laboratories in Albany, Oregon; Morgantown, West Virginia; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania conduct a broad range of research activities that support DOE’s mission to ensure America’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy and environmental challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.
   
   CarbonCapture is a US based climate technology company that develops modular direct air capture machines that filter carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. The company also develops large-scale carbon removal projects using its proprietary DAC technologies, generating high-quality carbon removal credits for companies with net zero goals that seek to offset their hard-to-abate emissions. DAC-sourced carbon removal credits are the gold standard in offsets: measurable, verifiable, and permanent.
   
   CarbonCure Technologies, a fast-growing carbon dioxide removal tech company, is on a mission to annually reduce and remove 500 million tonnes of carbon emissions by 2030, equal to taking 100 million cars off the road each year. CarbonCure’s suite of technologies permanently store captured CO2 in concrete through carbon mineralization and Verra verified CarbonCure’s methodology in 2021.
   
   Ozinga is a fourth-generation family-owned American business in the construction materials industry. They make a positive impact on individuals, their families and the community for generations by providing concrete, aggregates and cement that help build a better future.
   
   The University of Illinois' Prairie Research Institute applies scientific expertise in geology, ecology and biodiversity, archaeology, water, weather and climate, pollution prevention, hazardous waste management, and sustainable energy to benefit the people, economy, and environment of Illinois.
   
   Sargent & Lundy is one of the longest-standing full-service architect engineering firms in the world. Founded in 1891, the firm is a global leader in power and energy with expertise in grid modernization, renewable energy, energy storage, nuclear power, fossil fuels and carbon capture.
   
   Visage Energy for the last three decades has been heavily involved in the energy and industrial sectors and providing advisory services in terms of stakeholder engagement, market analysis and technology commercialization.
2. voda 24 juni 2022 06:56

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   Iberdrola Tagus Solar Park Using Gonvarri Solar Steel RackSmartT
   
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   24 Jun, 2022, 6:36 am
   
   Gonvarri Solar Steel starts supplies of RackSmarT fixed structure for a new 200 MW project with Iberdrola. Tagus project, located in the town of Alcantara in Caceres, consists of 9,684 RackSmarT fixed structures and 307,584 panels for an annual energy generation of 313,650 MWh, which is equivalent to the energy supply for 100,000 homes in Extremadura in Spain. These figures will generate enough renewable energy to save 43,250 tonnes of CO2 in the atmosphere.
   
   With this project, Gonvarri Solar Steel confirms its position as one of the fastest growing and most environmentally committed suppliers of solar structures in the international and national market.
   
   RackSmarT fixed structure adaptable to any module type and configuration.
   
   · Systems for any module type and configuration
   
   · Optimal structural dimensioning for every project: structural calculation, foundation design, layouts, corrosion study
   
   · Adaptable to large slopes
   
   · Shorten assembly times
3. voda 24 juni 2022 06:57

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   Lingyuan Steel Plans to Merge with Ansteel Group
   
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   24 Jun, 2022, 6:38 am
   
   China’s leading steelmaker may expand production capacity 10% by taking over a smaller rival as the world’s biggest steel industry continues a government-driven consolidation push. Liaoning Province based Chinese steelmaker Lingyuan Iron & Steel Co has announced o that Liaoning Province based Anshan Iron & Steel Group (is planning to merge with Lingyuan Steel's controlling shareholder Lingyuan Steel Group. Lingyuan Steel stated that this reorganization may lead to the change of its controlling shareholder.
   
   Ansteel is the second largest steel producer in China and the third-largest in the world.
   
   Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corporation is a Chinese state owned steel maker under the supervision of state owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. It is headquartered in Anshan in Liaoning Province. According to World Steel Association, the corporation was ranked the 7th in 2015 the world ranking by production volume.
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   TUBACEX Bags 30,000 Tonnes SS Seamless Pipes Order from ADNOC
   
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   24 Jun, 2022, 6:40 am
   
   Llodio Spain headquartered TUBACEX has secured its largest ever award with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company worth in excess of 30,000 tonnes over ten years for the supply of comprehensive solutions for gas extraction in the Middle East. As part of the award, TUBACEX will build a new tube and thread manufacturing plant in Abu Dhabi, the first manufacturing facility for OCTG manufacturing in the Middle East, expected to be operational in 2024. The agreement was signed in Abu Dhabi during the “Make it in the Emirates” forum that brought together the largest industrial companies and investors in the United Arab Emirates to share their development plans and boost local manufacturing investment.
   
   This award builds on other multi-annual contracts signed in recent weeks for the manufacturing of umbilical, nuclear and aerospace tubes, giving TUBACEX a total backlog of more than UR 1.5 billion.
   
   ADNOC is one of the world’s leading energy companies wholly owned by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. ADNOC has an ambitious plan to grow its production capacity while maximizing the value of the Emirate’s vast energy reserves in support of the UAE’s economic growth and diversification.
   
   TUBACEX is a world leader in sophisticated industrial products and high value-added services for the energy and mobility sectors. With global headquarters in Spain, TUBACEX has 20 production plants (Spain, Austria, Italy, USA, India, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Norway, Canada, Singapore, Guyana and Kazakhstan) on four continents, and service centers and sales offices worldwide. TUBACEX is an expert in maximum-efficiency applications for the Oil & Gas and energy generation sectors and other industrial applications. TUBACEX Group is mainly devoted to the manufacture and sale of seamless stainless steel and high-nickel alloy tubular solutions. Its product portfolio covers dimensional ranges from 3 mm to 219 mm (8 inches OD) and up to 42 inches in the case of mechanical trepanning.
5. voda 24 juni 2022 06:58

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   UK Steel Hails Extension of Steel Safeguards
   
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   24 Jun, 2022, 6:43 am
   
   British steel maker’s lobby group UK Steel has welcomed UK Government’s announcement regarding steel safeguards. UK Steel Director General Mr Gareth Stace said “Today’s decision to maintain the UK’s steel safeguard in full once again shows that the Government is backing Britain’s steel industry. Huge credit must be given to the determination and purpose shown by the Prime Minister and the Secretaries of State at DIT and BEIS in ensuring the right result was ultimately delivered. As the UK establishes itself as an independent trading nation, they have taken their duty seriously to stand up for jobs in British steelmaking and for the future of this strategic industry. The Government’s interventions will guard against anticipated surges in imports from trade diverted away from the US and EU markets that will remain shielded for years to come. Such surges would have risked jobs, investment, and our ability to transition to net-zero. With high-paying steel jobs concentrated in Yorkshire, Humberside, and South Wales, maintaining the safeguard is also critical for the Government’s leveling up ambitions.
   
   Mr Stace said “We are aware this extension was not straightforward. Establishing a trade remedies framework for the first time in fifty years was always going to be challenging and the nature of these measures virtually guarantees some opposition from one quarter or another. However, this is not sufficient reason to shy away from using the trade tools now at our disposal and the Government has done the right thing today in staying the course and ensuring the UK’s steelmakers are not left to the mercy of a global steel market that suffers from overcapacity and state-induced distortions.”
   
   Mr Stace added “It is vital we now work with partners like the EU, and the US to address the underlying issues that are destabilizing global steel markets. Safeguards are not a long-term solution, and the goal here is a global market for steel where we all play by the same rules.”
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   Beltrame Starts Donalam Brand Rebar Production at COS Targoviste
   
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   24 Jun, 2022, 6:46 am
   
   -After the acquisition of COS Targoviste in Romania in March 2022, one of the largest producers of steel bars and special steels in Europe AFV Beltrame Group has started the process of staff recruitment and modernization of the plant and started the production of rebar under the Donalam brand, thus reaching two steel processing plants in Calarasi and Targoviste. The company thus becomes the only full-cycle rebar producer in Romania, supplying about half of the domestic needs in the construction sector, to end the dependence of the local market on imports from Europe and abroad.
   
   In the first phase, about 10,000 tonnes of rebar per month will leave the Donalam Târgovi?te mill and in 2023 the production capacity will increase to about 30,000 tonnes per month, meaning more than 300,000 tonnes per year. Thus, the plant will supply Romania with about half of its domestic needs of rebar for construction, which is around 600,000 -700,000 tonnes per year. At present, Romania imports all of this material from countries such as Bulgaria and Turkey.
   
   The Beltrame Group's vision is to transform the old steelworks into a competitive European production facility, both in terms of efficiency and the environment. Over the next 5 years around EUR 100 million will be invested in modernizing the machinery and 80% of the budget will be allocated to the purchase of technologies to reduce carbon emissions, increase energy efficiency and move towards a circular economy by reusing resources and minimizing waste.
   
   In addition to the commissioning of the former steel mill, Beltrame is in the final stages of authorizing a green rebar and wire rod plant, which will also be built on the Targoviste site. The new steel mill will be the most technologically advanced in the world and will have the lowest greenhouse gas emissions in the industry. The project also includes the construction of a photovoltaic park, with an installed capacity of 100-120 MW and an energy storage system, which will supply the production units. With the completion of this green plant, expected in 2024, the total production capacity of Donalam Targoviste will be around 700,000-800,000 tonnes of rebar and wire rod annually. In the construction sector, total domestic consumption of rebar and wire is around 1.5 million tonne per year.
   
   Founded in 1896, AFV Beltrame Group is today one of the largest producers of steel bars and special steels in Europe. The Group has 7 plants in Italy, France, Switzerland and Romania, with a total of more than 2,000 employees, over 2 million tonnes of steel sold annually and commercial activities in over 40 countries.
7. voda 24 juni 2022 06:59

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   Hancock & POSCO Ink MoU for Iron Ore Projects & HBI Production
   
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   24 Jun, 2022, 6:49 am
   
   Australia based mining company Hancock Group has signed a further expanded cooperation agreement with South Korean steelmaker POSCO. The agreement encompasses further iron ore projects and the joint study of the production of hot briquetted iron. The MoU was signed by Hancock Prospecting Executive Chairman Mrs Gina Rinehart & POSCO’s Chief Executive Officer Mr Jeong-Woo Choi in West Australia on 20 June 2022.
   
   The signing of the strategic alignment and cooperation MoU between Hancock and POSCO Group encompasses further iron ore projects, the joint study of the production of hot briquetted iron and broadens cooperation into potential resource development for battery minerals, an area where POSCO Group is developing downstream processing.
   
   The agreement builds on the long-term successful relationship between Hancock Prospecting and POSCO Group that was built through the outstanding development of the 60 million tonne per annum Roy Hill iron ore project and more recently expanded with the joint acquisition of SENEX Energy.
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   UK Extends Safeguard on ETP, Plates, Bars, Wire Rod & Sections
   
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   24 Jun, 2022, 6:53 am
   
   The UK's Trade Remedies Authority has published its report of findings on the Britain's steel safeguard measures and interim findings on a review of exceptions for developing countries. TRA stated that the aggregated UK import data for flat products and pipes does show a sharp increase, while the aggregated UK import data for long products does not show an increase. The authority found that imports would likely increase significantly for all product groups if safeguard measures including tariff-rate quotas were revoked. The Secretary of State has concluded that, on the basis of the indications identified by the TRA in its Report of Findings there is clear evidence that:
   
   A. If the measure were discontinued, there would be serious injury or the threat of serious injury to UK producers
   
   B. UK producers are adjusting
   
   The Secretary of State has also concluded that the retention of the measure for these categories of steel is in the economic interest of the UK. The Secretary of State therefore proposes to extend the measure for a further 2 years from 1 July 2022 until 30 June 2024 with effect to categories 6, 7, 12, 16 and 17.
   
   6 – Tin mill products
   
   7 – Non-alloy and other alloy quarto plates
   
   12 – Merchant bars and light sections1
   
   16 – Non-alloy and other alloy wire rod
   
   17 – Angles, shapes, and sections of iron or non-alloy steel
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   SMS Group Ready for Decarbonization with #turningmetalsgreen
   
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   24 Jun, 2022, 6:56 am
   
   With an 86% increase, SMS group almost doubled its order intake to reach 3,507 million euros in the 2021 financial year, recording the highest level in ten years. The reasons for this substantial rise are catch-up effects in the wake of the previous year’s slump triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the growing demand for decarbonization and recycling technologies. SMS group experienced a significant increase in the order backlog coming in at 3,944 million euros. Due to delays caused by the pandemic in the schedules for acceptance, the 2021 financial year closed with sales down 6.8% from the previous year at 2,559 million euros.
   
   Order intake – EUR 3,507 million, up 86.0% YoY
   
   Order backlog – EUR 3,944 million, up 30.3% YoY
   
   Sales – EUR 2,559 million, down 6.8% YoY
   
   Earnings before taxes – EUR 87 million, up 207% YoY
   
   SMS group CEO Mr Burkhard Dahmen said “Almost all industrialized countries have set themselves ambitious climate targets and resolved transformation strategies for their steel industries. Today, integrated steelworks produce around 1.3 billion tonnes of crude steel per year via the conventional BF-BOF route, accounting for 90% of all CO2 emissions from the steel industry. In the decades to come, these production capacities will be subject to transformation. As a systems supplier, we are in a position to support our customers comprehensively in every situation.”
   
   Under the hashtag #turningmetalsgreen, SMS not only supplies solutions and systems to the steel industry, but also develops technologies that enable the recovery and reuse of nearly all types of metals. In November 2021, a long-term, strategic partnership agreement was concluded with copper producer Aurubis, covering the development and construction of several modular recycling plants in Europe and North America. These modern multi-metal recycling plants will recover valuable metals, such as copper, nickel, tin, zinc, platinum and various precious metals, for reuse in the value creation cycle.
   
   SMS expects a sustainable and perceptible increase in incoming orders and a marked improvement in results over the next few years. The order intake in 2022 is expected to level out at the previous year’s figure, even in view of the Russia-Ukraine war.
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    EUROFER Flags Slow Down in Decarbonization over EC’s IED Proposal
    
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    24 Jun, 2022, 6:59 am
    
    European Steel Association EUROFER said that the European Commission proposal for the revised Industrial Emissions Directive risks slowing the green transition, hampering innovation and complicating permit processes. EUROFER said “EUROFER members are firmly committed to significantly invest in the transition towards a clean, low-carbon future, in line with the Green Deal objectives. To this end, there is one investment cycle left to make the right decisions while keeping the EU steel industry competitive. The transition of industry, and in particular the steel sector, will take place in stages: new plants will be built, new processes will be introduced and existing plants will continue to operate until the new plants/processes can replace them completely. An innovation-friendly environment with legal and planning certainty is necessary for the economic activities and the preservation of the competitiveness of the steel industry.”
    
    EUROFER said “The existing IED has been a very effective tool for reducing industrial emissions and recent BREF reviews show that it is fit-for-purpose for addressing existing and future environmental challenges. For the industries to carry on with their transition, a consistent (respect the integrated approach), efficient (by accelerating permit procedures without unnecessary burden) and legally secure permit process is key. However, it seems that IED review (IED 2.0) will lose its spirit and the BAT process will get a very new and not desired meaning. The Commission proposal makes us extremely concerned and, if no deletions or significantly amended, it will have the opposite effect. This paper concludes on the most important parts and EUROFER has elaborated plenty of proposals for the revised IED so it remains efficient whilst supporting innovation.”
    
    EUROFER key messages and requests
    
    1. Safeguarding the integrated approach to pollution prevention and control: the assessment of the well performing plants applying BAT(s) shows that availability of techniques is not given and that no installation in Europe can comply with the lowest end of range of all BAT- AELs defined in all the steel related BREFs as proposed by default in Art 15.3.
    
    2. BAT-AEPLs (raw material, water and energy) should remain non-binding to avoid hindering innovation as well as efficiency measures, but also ambitions for circularity. Therefore Art 15.3a should be deleted and Art 9.2 on energy efficiency measures maintained.
    
    3. IED 2.0 supports decarbonization but need specific provisions for sectors under deep transformation like steel in an effective manner preventing large investments on existing assets that are planned to be phased, since the transformation would already be extremely capital intensive. Lately, the Seville process also contributes with the identification of de-C techniques and therefore, the Commission’s proposal to maintain Art 9.1 is supported.
    
    4. Accompany the transformation, not overloading neither micromanaging it
    
    - The EMS is already included in legally binding BAT conclusions BREFs. The proposed Article 14a on EMS should be deleted.
    
    - Emerging and innovative techniques are not at a level of maturity which allows a thorough data collection and establishment of the corresponding AELs – one of the underlying principles to develop BREFs/BAT conclusions. The revised IED should provide operators with sufficient time and a clear and solid legal framework to demonstrate that the expected performance of Emerging Techniques and the associated emission levels (ET-AELs) can be achieved in operational installations as well as legal certainty on what would happen should the expected levels not be achieved. Art. 27 c must be amended.
    
    - Transformation Plans should remain indicative: they should not be part of the permitting process nor have a binding character as these will be based on a number of parameters and key factors that are beyond the control of plant operators. We therefore ask that provisions (Article 27d) on TPs are deleted.
    
    - Providing legal certainty to operators: BREF/BAT produced under the current IED must be regulated under the existing regime and not under IED 2.0, as BAT-AE(P)Ls have been produced considering the existing BREF guidance. An amended transposition article is needed.
    
    - The publication of permits and company data must guarantee the protection of sensitive data against the background of competition rules (Article 13(b)2).
    
    - In relation to Environmental Quality standards (EQS), competent authorities are invited to apply the principle of proportionality and adopt measures that will ensure that other sources will also reduce their specific contribution to the observed exceedance
    
    Exclude sectors of lower environmental relevance: the inclusion of cold rolling mills, wire drawing, smitheries with forging presses and small hammer smitheries mills are rejected.
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    Samarco Opens Germano Iron Ore Mine Integrated Operations Center
    
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    24 Jun, 2022, 6:30 am
    
    Brazilian iron ore miner Samarco has started the activities of the new integrated room in the Germano Complex in Mariana in Brazil, part of the Center for Integrated Operations. The migration of all control rooms to the site, including related to mine, crushing, tailings filtration, concentrators and ore pipeline with a virtual connection to the Ubu room, marks a new model of integrated planning and operations management. Through the integration of the areas of planning, operations, asset management, processes, environmental management and sales plan, we hope to achieve significant improvements in results and in operational and process safety.
    
    The management model proposed by the IOC aims to provide answers for the quest of constant improvement of safety and risk management. “When we integrate, within a systemic and control vision, areas such as asset management, environment, mine planning and operations, we improve operational and business security. In addition, the Center helps managers to think about the global best rather than the local best.
    
    The pilot project was implemented by Samarco in 2021 and the initiative is aligned with the purpose of making mining different, safer and more sustainable. The IOC promotes the integration of processes from the extraction of ore in Germano, through stages such as the treatment, filtration and disposal of the tailings, transport and reception of the concentrate slurry, pelletizing until shipment from the Port Terminal, in Ubu, Espírito Santo.
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    Johnson wil staalindustrie beschermen tegen hoge energieprijzen
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    ELMAU (ANP/RTR) - De Britse premier Boris Johnson overweegt maatregelen te nemen om staalproducenten in zijn land te behoeden voor de financiële gevolgen van de stijgende energieprijzen. Volgens Johnson ontbreekt een dergelijk beschermingsmechanisme in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, in tegenstelling tot andere landen.
    
    "We hebben een systeem waarin we onze industrie geen privileges geven zoals sommige andere landen dat wel doen", zei de premier toen hij arriveerde in het Duitse Elmau voor een driedaagse ontmoeting tussen de leiders van de G7-landen. "Dat moeten we rechtzetten."
    
    De energierekening moet wat Johnson betreft flink omlaag voor de Britse staalindustrie. Wat voor maatregelen hij concreet voor ogen ziet om dat te realiseren, zei hij niet. Staalproducenten in zijn land moeten wat de premier betreft hetzelfde soort bescherming genieten tegen hoge energieprijzen als hun buitenlandse concurrenten.
    
    De Sunday Telegraph meldde eerder dat Johnson om de eigen staalindustrie te beschermen mogelijk strengere quota wil invoeren voor de import van staal uit opkomende markten. Die stap zou in strijd kunnen zijn met internationale handelsregels.
    
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    Experts Discuss Future Trends of Steels in Cars & Trucks at Milan
    
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    27 Jun, 2022, 6:11 am
    
    After 5 years of waiting, more than 300 international guests met in Milan to listen to the top notch lecture program. The sixth International Conference on Steels in Cars and Trucks, SCT2022 organized & hosted by TEMA Technologie Marketing, took place in Milan in Italy from 19-23 June 2022 to bringing the automotive, supplier and steel industries together to discuss future trends in steel development, processing technologies and applications. With round about 150 presentations spread over 50 specialist sessions and 300 visitors, this event is one of the top events of 2022 and the tradition will be continued at Sweden in 2025.
    
    The SCT 2022 topics were of interest for all engineers from the industrial sector as well as scientists in related disciplines who participated ie the automotive industry with passenger cars, trucks and busses as well as the suppliers and steel industries. Sustainable reduction of both cost and energy consumption while at the same time improving the safety of vehicles over a complete lifecycle assessment through the optimal integration of steel, design and manufacturing processes plays a leading role in these future trends. The content of the SCT 2022 took into account the change in driving systems in the global mobility.
    
    Future trends in steel development, processing technologies and applications were highlighted. The ability to steadily innovate one of the traditional and most innovative materials for industrial use is reflected in the increasing amount of steel being consumed across the world. Steel delivers a lot of solutions for solving such future global challenges as living and mobility in megacities or the preservation of material resources due to steel’s excellent possibilities for recycling.
    
    Several steel makers, including ArcelorMittal, Saarstahl, SSAB, Georgsmarienhütte, Outokumpu, Voestalpine, Edelstahlwerke Service Steel, ECM Technologies, Hyundai Steel, Matplus & Salzgitter etc participated
    
    Partner associations & supporters included FOSTA, Steel Institut VDEh, ASMET, Associazione Italiana di Metallurgia, AWT, CIELFFA, Deutsche Massivumformung, EFB, Fachvereinigung Kaltwalzwerke, IFHTSE, ISIJ, VDA, WDS & zmb.
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    Nucor Completes Acquisition of CHI Overhead Doors
    
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    27 Jun, 2022, 6:14 am
    
    Charlotte North Carolina US headquartered Nucor Corporation has completed its acquisition of CHI Overhead Doors from KKR & Co for USD 3.0 billion, which was announced in May 2022. CHI is a leading manufacturer of overhead doors for residential and commercial markets in the United States and Canada. CHI manufactures overhead door products for the residential and commercial applications, as well as rolling steel and rubber doors for commercial and industrial customers. The company has approximately 800 teammates across two manufacturing plants in Arthur, Illinois, and Terre Haute, Indiana, and regional warehouses located in California, Colorado, New Hampshire and New Jersey.
    
    Mr Dave Bangert, who has served as CEO of CHI since 2016, will continue to lead the business.
    
    Commercial overhead doors are used in warehousing and retail, areas that Nucor has focused its attention recently through other value-added products such as insulated metal panels CENTRIA, Metl-Span & TrueCore brands and steel racking solutions Hannibal Industries& Elite Storage Solutions. It is expected that the CHI acquisition will also benefit from Nucor's recent paint line investments at its Hickman in Arkansas and Crawfordsville in Indiana, sheet mills.
    
    Nucor and its affiliates are manufacturers of steel and steel products, with operating facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Products produced include: carbon and alloy steel in bars, beams, sheet and plate; hollow structural section tubing; electrical conduit; steel racking; steel piling; steel joists and joist girders; steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold finished steel; precision castings; steel fasteners; metal building systems; insulated metal panels; steel grating; and wire and wire mesh. Nucor, through The David J Joseph Company, also brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron and hot briquetted iron & direct reduced iron; supplies ferroalloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap. Nucor is North America's largest recycler.
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    Pakistan Starts Sunset Review of AD Duty on Chinese Steel Billets
    
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    27 Jun, 2022, 6:18 am
    
    National Tariff Commission of Pakistan has initiated sunset review of anti dumping duty on continuous cast billets imported from China, based on an application submitted by local producers Amreli Steels, Agha Steel and Mughal Iron & Steel. The period of this investigation was from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021. This notice takes effect from the date of the publication. The conclusion of this review was scheduled to be made within 12 months unless other postponements.
    
    The products involved are semi-finished products of iron, non-alloy steel, and alloy steel, used by re-rolling mills to produce steel bars, wire rods, beams, channels, T-iron, etc. These products are classified under Pakistan Customs Tariff codes 7207.1110, 7207.1190, 7207.1210, 7207.1290, 7207.1910, 7207.1920, 7207.1990, 7207.2010, 7207.2020, 7207.2090, 7224.1000, and 7224.9000.
    
    A definitive final ruling was made on 22 June 2017, with a 24.04% AD duty imposed on China’s continuous casting billets based on C&F value, valid for five years. Definitive antidumping duty was levied in addition to other taxes and duties leviable on import of the investigated product under any other law.
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    Metinvest to Continue Development of Pokrovsk Coal in Donetsk
    
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    27 Jun, 2022, 6:21 am
    
    Interfax Russia reported that Ukrainian steel & mining giant Metinvest plans to continue to develop coking coal producer Pokrovske Colliery in the Donetsk region as well as the Sviato-Varvarynska Beneficiation Plant in Ukraine. Metinvest CEO Mr Yuriy Ryzhenkov at a meeting with Metinvest’s Pokrovsk Coal employees said “Our plans haven't changed. We're continuing to work, and we understand that our coal will be in demand in the next 10 to 15 years. It's too early to speak about clean technology and green steel. While I am sure a transition to green steel is inevitable, this will take another 15-20 years. Our coal will be needed during this time. Therefore, we intend to follow through on our plans of developing and upgrading the Pokrovske Colliery. Coal produced by the Pokrovske Colliery's miners is valuable and needed.”
    
    Mr Ryzhenkov said “Four producing sections are currently operating at the Pokrovske Colliery. We stand ready to keep stepping up the volumes, increasing the cutting rate and production indicators, and invest in development. We have time-tested marketing channels now. We've managed to find new markets not only in Ukraine, but also in other countries, such as Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland. We consider possible cooperation with West European plants.”
    
    Mr Ryzhenkov also said “The events in Ukraine have had a substantial effect on Metinvest's operations. We've lost the opportunity to operate our plants in Mariupol. We had to stop our plant in Avdiyivka, evacuate people and take equipment out of there. Our plants and facilities in Kamyanske, Zaporizhzhya, and Kryvyi Rih are not working at full capacity.”
    
    Metinvest had become Pokrovske Colliery’s minority shareholder in 2018 &established control over in March 2021. Metinvest set up the company Metinvest Pokrovsk Coal on 1 December 2021 to manage operational and administrative changes of the Pokrovske Colliery Group companies. It comprises the Pokrovske Colliery and the Sviato-Varvarynska Beneficiation Plant. Pokrovske Colliery, earlier known as Krasnoarmiiska-Western No 1, is the largest producer of coking coal in Ukraine.
    
    Metinvest Holding is the management company of Metinvest Group. The primary shareholders of Metinvest are SCM Group 71.24% & Smart Holding 23.76%.
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    EU Releases New Standard 10202 for Packaging Steel
    
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    27 Jun, 2022, 6:24 am
    
    Andernach based Germany’s leading tin plate producer Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein has informed of the revised European standard 10202:2022. It sets the European standards for Cold reduced tinmill products, electrolytic tinplate & electrolytic chromium or chromium oxide coated steel and replaces the previous version from 2001. Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein spokeswoman Ms Carmen Tschage said “The revision reflects the current state of the art in the production of packaging steel. We therefore welcome the made changes and believe our customers will benefit from the new standards.”
    
    The REACH-compliant Chromium VI free products Chromium free passivation for tin-plate, CFPA & special chromium coated packaging steel ECCS RC, TCCT, have been included in the European standard. Furthermore, additional steel grades have been integrated into the standard. They reflect the trend towards ever harder grades.
    
    Unlike the previous version, the new standard now describes exactly how a tensile test must be performed. This will improve the comparability of steel grades from different manufacturers. But this can also mean that individual temper designations will change.
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    SAIL RSP Lays Foundation Stone for New Slab Caster & LF at SMS 2
    
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    27 Jun, 2022, 6:28 am
    
    The foundation stone for the 4th Slab Caster and Ladle Furnace with associated facilities of Steel Melting Shop 2 of Steel Authority of India Limited’s Rourkela Steel Plant was laid by RSP Director Mr Atanu Bhowmick on 21 June 2022. A technologically upgraded, energy efficient and environment friendly 4th Slab Caster and Ladle Furnace will be constructed near Slab Caster 1, with a project cost of about INR 792 crores. The major facilities of the new Project will include
    
    Single Strand Caster with capacity of 1 million tonne per annum
    
    Ladle Furnace of capacity 150 tonnes
    
    Mould & Segment Repair shop
    
    The new Caster will be a vertical liquid bending type with heat size of 150 tonnes and will make slabs with thickness of 210-250mm, width of 1050-1850mm & length of 6000-10500mm.
    
    The new Slab Caster 4 will improve the operational flexibility of SMS II in terms of availability of casters and grades of steel to be cast, make-up existing production shortfall and meet future requirements. The caster will be capable of producing commercial and value added steel grades like API, boiler quality, forming grades, WTCR, HSLA, SAILMC, LPG, copper bearing steel, SAILCOR & electrical steels etc.
    
    The other ancillary facilities to come up include a bulk oil storage shed, emergency overhead water tank, handling facilities, elevators, firefighting system, HT/LT substations, process control & automation system etc.
    
    A consortium comprising of SMS India & SMS Group will implement the project. SAIL’s Centre for Engineering and Technology is the consultant of the project.
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    Hyundai Steel Develops 1.8GPa Steel for Hyundai Cars
    
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    27 Jun, 2022, 6:36 am
    
    Korea Times reported that South Korea’s second largest steel maker Hyundai Steel has succeeded in mass producing premium hot stamping steel with a tensile strength of 1.8 Giga Pascals for the first time in the world in conjunction with Hyundai Motor's Namyang Research Center in Gyeonggi Province of South Korea. Hot stamping involves the rapid quenching of Ultra High Strength Steel that has been heated & formed into different shapes. The method is currently used to make Hyundai Motor's next-generation electric vehicles such as Genesis Electrified G80EV and the new G90.
    
    The 1.8 Giga Pascals Ultra High Strength Hot Stamping Steel makes it possible to produce lighter and stronger vehicles. Its tensile strength is improved by 20% and its weight is about 10% lighter compared to previous 1.5 Giga Pascals hot stamping steel.
    
    Hyundai Steel has been supplying the special steel parts to Hyundai Motor since last year. Starting this year, the company will supply enough steel to make about 30,000 EVs.
    
    Carmakers around the world have recently been focusing not only on expanding their supply of electric vehicles but also on upgrading manufacturing technologies. The key technologies in focus are aimed at lightening vehicle weight to increase mileage and strengthening durability to protect passengers and batteries in the event of a collision. Demand for eco-friendly cars is expected to increase, as the electric vehicle market expands rapidly along with the global carbon-neutrality drive.
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    Stainless Steel Melt Shop Production Dips by 4% YoY in Jan-Mar’22
    
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    27 Jun, 2022, 6:40 am
    
    The world stainless association has released figures for the first three months of 2022 showing that stainless steel melt shop production decreased by 3.8% YoY to 14.5 million tonnes.
    
    China - 8.011 million tonnes, down 8.0% YoY
    
    Others – 2.053 million tonnes, up 8.0% YoY
    
    Asia minus China, Indonesia & Korea – 1.956 million tonnes, up 4.1% YoY
    
    Europe - 1.860 million tonnes, down 2.5% YoY
    
    USA – 0.569 million tonnes, down 8.8% YoY
    
    2021
    
    Total - 58.289 million tonnes, up 13% YoY
    
    China - 32.332 million tonnes, up 4% YoY
    
    Others - 8.316 million tonnes, up 42% YoY
    
    Asia minus China, Indonesia & Korea – 7.792 million tonnes, up 21% YoY
    
    Europe - 7.181 million tonnes, up 14% YoY
    
    USA - 2.368 million tonnes, up 10% YoY
    
    Source: worldstainless
    
    Others: Brazil, Russia, South Africa, South Korea & Indonesia