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1. voda 30 juni 2022 07:31

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   UK Closer to Net Zero Steel with New WMG & Tata Steel Partnership
   
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   30 Jun, 2022, 6:34 am
   
   More sustainable, low-carbon steel and electric vehicle batteries are the target of a new two year technology development programme between WMG at the University of Warwick and Tata Steel, as part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult. The two major partners will come together to focus on developing new environmentally-friendly steel grades, coatings, films, and battery structures – enabling the growth of steel application across key industrial sectors as the UK advances towards a net-zero future.
   
   This partnership builds on the long-standing relationship between both parties and will see them collaborate to make steel cleaner, greener and more responsive to the fast-changing needs of customers across a variety of sectors. Hot rolling of laboratory cast steel sample
   
   Researchers, led by Professor Claire Davis, at WMG, University of Warwick, will be working alongside experts at Tata Steel in the UK to translate and apply outputs from the early-stage research across key UK manufacturing priority areas including advanced materials and light-weighting, electrified propulsion system applications, digital manufacturing and net-zero manufacturing including circular supply chains.
   
   The initial research activity will be focused across five core themes
   
   Product metallurgy
   
   Surface state optimization
   
   Non-metallic coatings
   
   Future material applications
   
   Material forming & joining and associated characterization
   
   WMG is a world leading research and education group, transforming organizations and driving innovation through a unique combination of collaborative research and development, and pioneering education programmes. As an international role model for successful partnerships between academia and the private and public sectors, WMG develops advancements nationally and globally, in applied science, technology and engineering, to deliver real impact to economic growth, society and the environment.
2. voda 30 juni 2022 07:32

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   Enova Supports Hydrogen Use in Furnace of Celsa Armeringsstål
   
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   30 Jun, 2022, 6:41 am
   
   Norway based Celsa Armeringsstål AS has received support from Enova to build a new rolling furnace at the production facilities in Mo i Rana. Enova CEO Mr Nils Kristian Nakstad said “Renewable hydrogen has a significant potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in industry as well as in the transport sector. This is a project that can take Celsa closer to the goal of zero emissions in 2050 and that can contribute to the necessary technology development.”
   
   Celsa's new rolling furnace will be able to use up to 100% hydrogen. The project consists of a new furnace, new burners and a new control system.
   
   Belonging to CELSA Group, CELSA Nordic is the leading Nordic steel company. Through its different companies, it provides the most sustainable and climate-efficient reinforcing steel available in the market. CELSA Armeringsstål is the reinforcing steel producer of the Group in the Nordic region and one of Norway’s largest recycling companies. Thanks to the use of hydro power as basic energy resource, CELSA Armeringsstål has acquired a high environmental profile.
   
   Enova supports tomorrow's energy and climate technology, so that Norway can achieve the climate goals for 2050. Norwegian industry currently accounts for 23 percent of Norway's greenhouse gas emissions. The support for Celsa is part of a major investment in renewable hydrogen from Enova. The goal is to contribute to a coherent value chain for renewable hydrogen from production to the end user. In the last six months, Enova has supported hydrogen projects in industry and the maritime sector with more than NOK 2.2 billion.
3. voda 30 juni 2022 07:32

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   Indian Steel Industry Expects Withdrawal of Steel Export Duty
   
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   30 Jun, 2022, 6:38 am
   
   Indian steel industry captains expect the government to withdraw steel export duty once inflation moderates as Indian mills many capex will remain on drawing board if companies do not see the potential for new demand and are left with additional under-utilized capacities.
   
   JSW Group Chairman Mr Sajjan Jindal told PTI “India is a cost-competitive exporter of steel, and has an opportunity to take on a larger role in the global steel trade. The government continues to encourage manufacturing-led growth and merchandise exports from India. We view the export duties imposed on steel in May 2022 as a short-term headwind, since they have been imposed with the objective of controlling inflation. We continue to engage with the government on this matter and believe that the duties would be withdrawn once inflation moderates.”
   
   Business Insider reported that Tata Sons & Tata Steel Chairman Mr N Chandrasekaran is hoping that the government’s export duty hike is a short-term measure. He said “The government has been taking industry-specific steps to tackle inflation which we hope would be short-term measures. The steel industry in India is globally competitive and therefore Indian steel companies should be able to expand capacity.”
   
   Indian Steel Association’s Secretary General Mr Alok Sahay told Business Line that “We emerged strong with the world moving to a China plus one strategy but then the export duty came. So, in a way, it disrupted supply chain relationships Indian mills were establishing. If the export duty continues for a longer period, then maybe we will see some consequences. We are hopeful that there will be a withdrawal of export duty soon, now that there is cooling off in prices in India. It is pertinent that steel exports also generate foreign exchange.”
4. voda 30 juni 2022 07:33

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   JSW Steel Aims to Cut Carbon Emissions Intensity by 42% by 2030
   
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   30 Jun, 2022, 6:46 am
   
   JSW Steel’s Chairman Mr Sajjan Jindal in an update to stakeholders in Annual Report said that the company also aims to reduce carbon emissions intensity by 42% by 2030 and has earmarked INR 10,000 crore to reduce carbon emissions over the next few years to decarbonize, the initiatives include shifting to solar power for energy and increase the usage of scrap in the steelmaking operations. Mr Jindal wrote “As an industry leader, JSW Steel understands its responsibility to contribute towards creating a cleaner and sustainable planet for the future. The Company has developed a climate action plan to improve its carbon emission intensity beyond India's Nationally Determined Contributions and achieve more than 42% reduction by 2030 from the base year of 2005.”
   
   JSW Steel aims to achieve this through:
   
   1. Improvement of input raw material quality through beneficiation
   
   2. Increased use of renewable energy and scrap
   
   3. Reducing coke in Blast Furnaces by increasing Pulverized Coal Injection & Natural Gas use
   
   4. Energy efficiency and process efficiency improvements through best available technologies
   
   5. Continue efforts and collaborations towards development of deep decarbonization technologies
   
   JSW Steel has an operating Carbon Capture Utilization plant at Salav facility, which is capturing carbon from the exhaust gases generated by sponge iron operations, treating and converting it to approximately 100 TPD CO2 (99.5% purity) and which is being used in the food and beverage industry for use.
   
   Mr Jindal said “With a view to relook at the energy minimization and ensure energy efficient business processes. JSW Steel has been steadily transitioning to cleaner energy. The Company had set a target of consuming around “1.000 MW of renewable energy by 2030 and it has progressed steadily towards achieving the same. JSW Steel has entered into a solar and wind power purchase agreement through SPVs set up by JSW Energy Limited. JSW Steel will acquire 26% stake in such SPVs. which will set up renewable power facilities with an aggregate capacity of 958 MW of which 225 MW was commissioned in April 2022.”
5. voda 30 juni 2022 07:33

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   Voestalpine Special Steel Plant in Kapfenberg Begins Start Up
   
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   30 Jun, 2022, 6:43 am
   
   Austrian steel maker Voestalpine announced that around four years after the official groundbreaking ceremony in 2018, construction of the new special steel plant at the Voestalpine site in Kapfenberg is now complete. The plant will gradually start operating this summer, with intermittent parallel operations using the existing electric steel mill beginning in the fall. The facility, which will produce 205,000 tonnes of special steel for the international aerospace, oil & natural gas, automotive and tool making industries annually, represents a technological milestone in terms of digitalization and sustainability for the High Performance Metals Division of the voestalpine Group.
   
   The newly constructed special steel plant, which will replace the existing voestalpine Böhler Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG plant in Kapfenberg, is designed to produce premium quality pre-materials for the production of aircraft components, tools for the automotive industry, equipment for oil & natural gas extraction, and the 3D printing of highly complex metal parts. The first facilities are already undergoing cold testing.
   
   The state-of-the-art plant is setting international standards for digitalized production processes. Around 8,000 process data will be simultaneously recorded, implemented, and evaluated on an ongoing basis. Due to the high degree of digitalization, excellently trained specialists are needed to control the machinery and analyze the data. Employees gain the necessary qualifications in robotics, sensor technology, and data analysis at our own Digitalization Competence Center. In all, the new special steel plant will secure around 3,000 jobs at the Styrian voestalpine sites in Kapfenberg and Mürzzuschlag.
6. voda 30 juni 2022 07:34

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   UK Extends Steel Safeguards for 2 Years
   
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   30 Jun, 2022, 6:49 am
   
   UK’s International Trade Secretary Ms Anne-Marie Trevelyan has updated the House of Commons on the government's final decision regarding the UK's steel safeguard. She told “The TRA has completed additional analysis for my consideration. I have now considered their Report of Findings and concluded that there would be serious injury or the threat of serious injury to UK steel producers if the safeguard on the five additional categories of steel were to be removed at this time. Given the broader national interest significance of this strategic UK industry, and the global disruptions to the energy markets and supply chains that the UK currently faces, we have concluded it is in the economic interest of the UK to maintain these safeguards, to reduce the risk of material harm if they were not maintained. I am therefore extending the measure on the five steel categories for a further two years, until 30 June 2024, alongside the other ten categories. This means the safeguard will remain in place on all 15 categories, updated from 1 July to reflect recent trade flows.”
   
   She added “The measures I am announcing will further support our steel industry and those who work in it. This comes on the back of this government securing an expansive removal of Section 232 tariffs on imports of UK steel and aluminium products into the USA, which came into effect earlier this month. The tariff-free volumes we have secured mean that UK steel and aluminium exports to the US can return to levels not seen since before 2018. It is important to remember that safeguards are a temporary, short-term measure. We will continue to work with international partners alongside other government departments to support our domestic steel sector for the long-term. I hope that the House will support this Government’s stance in defending our strategically important steel sector, and I commend this statement to the House.”
   
   Conservative backbencher Scunthorpe MP Mrs Holly Mumby-Croft said: “I’m absolutely delighted that, once again, the government has stepped up and taken this important decision to protect our local steelworks. The safeguard issue is one that Andrew Percy (Con, Brigg and Goole) and I have been campaigning heavily on to make sure we get the right outcome for our steelworks, so to see this hard work pay off has been amazing. Today is a good day for Scunthorpe and I’m chuffed to bits.”
   
   A British Steel spokesperson said: “This is excellent news for all UK steelmakers, our thousands of employees and the many supply-chain companies we work with. We’re extremely grateful for the intervention of the UK Government on this vital matter and for the support we’ve been given during the process, particularly from Scunthorpe MP Mrs Holly Mumby-Croft.”
   
   For steelworkers union Community, the safeguards are welcome, but more needs to be done on energy and support for greening up the sector. Community Operations Director Mr Alasadair McDiarmid said “The decision to extend the steel safeguards is hugely welcome and extremely important. Government made the right call because giving up our safeguards, when the EU and US are maintaining theirs, would leave us exposed to import surges threatening thousands of jobs.”
   
   However, Flint Global’s trade expert Mr Sam Lowe told the BBC that the UK will likely face legal challenges from affected countries. He said “I think it’s quite probable the UK is in breach of its international obligations. There is a large swathe of evidence produced by the government’s own body saying it’s not justifiable in the UK context. Probably another country will look at that and say ‘well let’s think about bringing a challenge. We’ll only find out if the UK is compliant with its obligations or not following a challenge and the result of any dispute.”
7. voda 1 juli 2022 06:55

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   Australia Imposes AD Duty on Wind Towers from Chengxi Shipyard
   
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   01 Jul, 2022, 5:45 am
   
   The Australian Anti Dumping Commission announced on 27 June 2022 that Australian Minister for Industry and Science has decided to accept the recommendations given by the Commissioner regarding the anti-dumping measure on imports of wind towers from China’s Chengxi Shipyard Co. The dumping margin assigned to Chengxi Shipyard is 5.1%, and the effective rate of interim dumping duty was 0.0%. The period of review was from 1 July 2020 to 31vDecember 2021.
   
   The review covered utility scale wind towers, whether or not tapered, and sections thereof, whether exported assembled or unassembled, and whether or not including an embed being a tower foundation section. Wind turbines that have electrical power generation capacities equal to or in excess of 1 MW and with a minimum height of 50 metres measured from the base of the tower to the bottom of the nacelle when fully assembled. A wind tower section consists of, at a minimum, multiple steel plates rolled into cylindrical or conical shapes and welded together or otherwise attached to form a steel shell, regardless of coating, end finish, painting, treatment or method of manufacture, and with or without flanges, doors, or internal or external components like flooring & decking, ladders, lifts, electrical junction boxes, electrical cabling, conduit, cable harness for nacelle generator, interior lighting, tool and storage lockers etc attached to the wind tower section.
   
   The products involved are classified under
   
   7308.20.00 (03, 04)
   
   7308.90.00 (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 63, 65)
   
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8. voda 1 juli 2022 07:01

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   Vietnamese Hoa Sen Holdings Divests Steel Subsidiary
   
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   01 Jul, 2022, 5:54 am
   
   Vietnam’s Hoa Sen Holdings has sold a3.6% stake in its subsidiary leading coated steel maker Hoa Sen Group for VND 250 billion reducing its ownership to 0%. Hoa Sen Holdings is founded and owned by Mr Le Phuoc Vu, who is also chairman of Hoa Sen Group. Thus transaction is not a sign of Mr Vu’s withdrawal from the company, and he remains the largest shareholder with a 17.09% stake.
   
   Mr Vu had earlier said “Hoa Sen is already the dominant player in the corrugated iron, steel and plastic markets and so there was little room for further growth, needing a change in its focus from manufacturing to distribution to take advantage of its network.”
   
   To continue developing, the Board of Directors has set out a strategy to maintain existing strengths, boost Hoa Sen Home chain and restructure the group towards specialisation to optimise efficiency. In the development strategy, the company said that the Board of Directors has a policy of transforming the operating model. Specifically, the unit will convert one limited company into Hoa Sen Plastic Joint Stock Company to take over all production and business activities of the plastic segment. In addition, it also established a new company - Hoa Sen Furniture and Building Materials Distribution JSC - to take over all business activities of the distribution, retail segments and Hoa Sen Home.
9. voda 1 juli 2022 07:01

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   Metinvest Trametal Resumes, Promet & Ferriera Valsiderto Restart
   
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   01 Jul, 2022, 5:57 am
   
   Ukrainian steel maker Metinvest in an update on its operations said that Russian conflict is still taking place in and around several major Ukrainian cities, primarily in the south and east of the country. Casualty numbers, both civilian and military, are likely to increase further. Ukraine is suffering extensive damage to its infrastructure. Russia has blocked or occupied Ukraine’s key seaports, while limited railway capacity with Western countries cannot replace seaborne throughput. The Ukrainian Events have impacted Metinvest’s performance.
   
   There are no significant changes to the status of the Group’s Mariupol steelmakers and Avdiivka Coke as compared to the information disclosed in the previous stock exchange announcement dated 13 May 2022. But, operations of other Ukrainian assets of Metinvest have been affected by a number of factors, including the following:
   
   1. There have been changes in logistical routes and supply chains in the country, as well as high transportation costs to deliver goods to end customers. Stocks of iron ore and steel products have accumulated throughout the Group’s supply chain, while there have been significant delays in Metinvest’s goods crossing the border with the EU.
   
   2. The production cost of steel goods has increased due to high prices for energy, in particular natural gas, and raw materials, aggravated by a weak local demand on steel.
   
   3. Steel prices have decreased globally amid falling demand for steel and iron ore.
   
   As a result of these factors
   
   Kamet Steel has switched to operate one blast furnace, as blast furnace no 9 has been shut down. Blast furnace no12 was shut down in April 2022
   
   Metinvest continues to produce iron ore at Central GOK at reduced capacity utilization levels, while production at Ingulets GOK and Northern GOK will be suspended from 1 July 2022 and mid-July 2022, respectively.
   
   Pokrovske Coal is operating at 75% of its 2021 production output.
   
   Promet Steel in Bulgaria has suspended its production in mid-June because of delivery delays for square billets from Kamet Steel. Metinvest expects to resume the plant’s operations in early July 2022.
   
   Metinvest Trametal in Italy has restarted re-rolling activities after scheduled annual maintenance, while Ferriera Valsider in Italy is currently expected to resume operations in early July 2022.
   
   The full extent of the impact of the Ukrainian Events on the Group’s business generally is not yet known and will be largely dependent on the duration and extent of the current conflict, as well as the impact of these events on the Group’s key production assets.
10. voda 1 juli 2022 07:02

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    Steel Imports into Europe Surged by 35% YoY in 2021
    
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    01 Jul, 2022, 6:00 am
    
    European Steel Association EUROFER in latest Economic & Steel Market Outlook highlighted that imports of finished steel products rose by 35% YoY in 2021, after the drop of 15% in 2020 and so did imports of flat products surged by 40% YoY & long products by 21% YoY. EUROFER said “Imports were volatile across 2020 and 2021, continuing a trend seen since 2019. After a short period of exceptionally weak demand due to the outbreak of COVID 19, imports surged for some products and showed volatility again over the second half of 2020. The increase became significantly more pronounced during 2021, particularly over the second and third quarter, when very high import levels mirrored the continued improvement in steel demand. Volatility went on over the fourth quarter.”
    
    In January 2022, imports of finished products increased by 53% YoY, as well as imports of both flat surged by 62% and long products by 27%.
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    Hoberg & Driesch Opens Steel Tube Warehouse at Cacak in Serbia
    
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    01 Jul, 2022, 6:02 am
    
    Europe’s leading wholesalers for steel tubes Germany headquartered Hoberg & Driesch, together with the local partner SSM, has opened a warehouse location in Cacak in Serbia. The new subsidiary is intended to strengthen the group's presence in south-eastern Europe. The new company Hoberg & Driesch Southeast Europe will distribute the well-known H&D program of seamless and welded tubes. In a second step, processing capacities will be built up, especially for the automotive sector.
    
    The Cacak location is in the heart of Serbia and offers excellent transport connections to neighboring countries.
    
    The company is managed by Mr Nenad Djordevic. He has many years of tube and market experience and embodies the attributes of the Hoberg & Driesch tube group.
    
    Mr Peter Hoberg and Mr Toni Driesch founded their private steel pipe business in Düsseldorf in 1948 in order to offer their customers something extraordinary: the seamless, quality-oriented supply of high-quality steel pipes, always available, always ready for delivery. Today, Hoberg und Driesch is one of the leading European wholesalers for steel tubes with branches throughout Germany & other countries in Europe
    
    MUTT/MUTA in Prague in Czech Republic
    
    Pouchard et Cie SA in Mitry Mory in France
    
    Hoberg & Driesch Finland Oy
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    SAISI Highlights Role of Steel in South African Development
    
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    01 Jul, 2022, 6:05 am
    
    Johannesburg based South African Iron and Steel Institute in its Inaugural Steel Report highlighted that the historical trend of domestic steel consumption in South Africa supports the development of the country's infrastructure programme and the industry has the potential and the ability to maintain that crucial position in the reindustrialization of South Africa. South African Iron and Steel Institute Secretary General Mr Charles Dednam said “The South African steel industry plays a critical role in achieving this expansion. SAISI's task is to position steel in society as the enabler of our wellbeing and the growth of our country. We aim to work with the industry to find lasting solutions to steel challenges. These solutions deal with those critical megatrends in market accessibility and fair trade, as well as the challenges related to efficiencies and technological advancements.”
    
    SAISI said “In 2021, recovery from the pandemic shock turned out to be stronger than expected in many regions, despite continuing supply chain issues and Covid-19 waves, mostly underpinned by the pent up demand from the previous year. However, a sharper than anticipated deceleration in China led to lower global steel demand growth in 2021, with growing uncertainty for the future. Unfortunately, the expectation of a continued and stable recovery from the pandemic has been shaken by the war in Ukraine and rising inflation. The magnitude of the impact of this conflict will vary across regions, depending on their direct trade and financial exposure to Russia and the Ukraine. The impact will be felt globally through higher energy and commodity prices, especially raw materials for steel production, and continued supply chain disruptions, which were troubling the global steel industry even before the war. Further, financial market volatility and heightened uncertainty will undermine investment. Such global spillovers from the war in Ukraine, along with low growth in China, point to reduced growth expectations for global steel demand in 2022.”
    
    The first annual Steel Report is a compilation of this insightful information which will help guide thinking and decision-making on solutions to these challenges and bring the industry together to implement the all-important government-led Steel Master Plan.
    
    The South African Iron and Steel Institute is a non-profit, pro-competition and non-governmental representative organisation serving the collective interests of the steelmaking industry in South Africa. SAISI's role is to focus on the social, environmental and economic sustainability of the critically important steel industry. Steel is widely used in the construction, mining, automotive, energy, packaging, and transport sectors of the South African economy.
    
    Four new mini-mills have been commissioned in South Africa since 2013 with a combined capacity of about 500,000 tonnes, giving South Africa about 8.5 million tonnes of primary steel production capacity. However, South African steel capacity utilization rates were only about 79% in 2021, with the Covid pandemic affecting supply and demand.
    
    North West - Unica Iron and Steel
    
    Western Cape - Cape Town Iron & Steel, SA Steel Works, ArcelorMittal Saldanha, Duferco Steel Processing
    
    Eastern Cape - Agni Steels
    
    Gauteng - ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark, ArcelorMittal Vereeniging, Cape Gate Davsteel, Scaw Metals, SA Steel Mills, Fortune Steel, Veer Steel (India Steel)
    
    Mpumalanga - Highveld Steel, Columbus Stainless
    
    Kwazulu-Natal - ArcelorMittal Newcastle
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    SIJ Metal Ravne & PSI Metals Implement Digital Architecture
    
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    01 Jul, 2022, 6:07 am
    
    Together with its German partner PSI Metals, SIJ Slovenian Steel Group’s SIJ Metal Ravne has implemented a new digital manufacturing architecture. The new IT system provides a better integration of the manufacturing and business processes, as well as the optimization, higher quality standards, and a more efficient customer support. With this project, SIJ Metal Ravne has acquired a fully integrated digital manufacturing architecture: from a customer management to a resource management system, including a new production management system which features a technology management system for the steel plant.
    
    The main advantage is the stability of the entire process. This IT solution is a standard in the steel industry and we are trying to optimize our processes with its implementation.
    
    The PSI Group develops its own software products for optimizing the flow of energy and materials for utilities (energy grids, energy trading, public transport) and industry (metals production, automotive, mechanical engineering, logistics). The industry-specific products, which are built from standard components, are sold both directly and via the multi-cloud PSI App Store and can also be customized by customers and partners themselves. PSI was founded in 1969 and employs more than 2,200 people worldwide.
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    AIL BSP Supplies Rebars for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project
    
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    01 Jul, 2022, 6:10 am
    
    Business Standard reported that Steel Authority of India Limited’s Bhilai Steel Plant has supplied more than 80,000 tonnes of steel for the Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor project. In the first quarter of this fiscal year, SAIL-Bhilai’s Merchant Mill and the modern bar and Rod Mill together supplied more than 15,000 tonnes of rebars in 500 D grade of different dimensions. Earlier, SAIL-BSP supplied over 65,000 tonnes of rebars in 500 D grade for the same project.
    
    The 508 km project, scheduled for completion in October 2028, will connect Mumbai and Ahmedabad with a high-speed rail track where trains will travel at a speed of 320 kms per hour. The bullet train will take just 2 hours and 7 minutes to travel the distance. The rail network will pass through Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar in Maharashtra; and Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Kheda, and Ahmedabad in Gujarat. The National High Speed Rail Corporation is executing the project.
15. voda 1 juli 2022 07:07

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    Danieli to Supply Quenching & Tempering to Gerdau Araçariguama
    
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    01 Jul, 2022, 6:13 am
    
    Danieli do Brasil Service Team will provide and install a new surface Quenching and self-Tempering system for Bars-QTB at Gerdau Araçariguama, which will replace the existing bar treatment line. The main purpose of installing a Danieli QTB process is to improve the mechanical properties of rebars, made from basic chemical composition, at low production costs. For steel grades presenting yield strength equal to or higher than 500 MPa it is possible to save up to 18% of the bar production cost as compared to low-alloy steel grades. QTB startup is planned by second half 2022.
    
    The new QTB system provided by Danieli will include tools for quick replacement, aligning, and setup of cooling elements, including boxes equipped with beams. This will drastically reduce changing times and increase operational safety.
    
    Bars processed with the QTB system achieve international standards without the need of any downstream cold-working practice. Furthermore, a very low content of alloying elements along with a better homogeneity of the mechanical properties lead to good values of ductility and elongation, improving bar weldability. By using Danieli QTB, a lower quantity of scale on the treated bar is also produced.
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    British Manufacturers Seek Increase in Quota for Bars & Sections
    
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    The Manufacturer reported that thousands of manufacturing jobs and tens of companies in UK could still be lost in the domestic supply chain if the Government does not reconsider its approach to steel safeguarding as the quarterly tariff-free quotas for Category 12 merchant bars and light sections are running out within a month. The Confederation of British Metalforming, which has seen its 200+ members severely impacted from tariffs designed to protect parts of the UK steel production sector that are currently ill equipped to meet actual domestic demand. CBM President Mr Steve Morley said “We acknowledge the substantive increase in the Category 12A quota and welcome the motivation to rebalance an unfair and severely damaging position that has led to it. However, during this quarter the Category 12A quota on imports from Europe exhausted within one month. Doubling that quota will not, therefore, prevent exhaustion, it just pushes it a month further down the line. That means CBM members will continue to have to operate with a high level of uncertainty and jeopardy. A continuation of that jeopardy over a further two years, will mean continued questions from overseas holding companies about the viability of manufacturing in the UK. Even at reduced levels, tariff costs will continue to injure these businesses unjustifiably.”
    
    Mr Steve also said “British steel mills have not been able to supply the Cat 12a materials our members need to support critical domestic and export supply chains, nor are they likely to be able to do so in the near future. So, what exactly are the Government looking to protect? It certainly isn’t UK jobs in downstream metal manufacturing. The increase in quotas need to go further and we are therefore requesting that Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the Secretary of State for International Trade, adjusts the level of the Category 12A quota for imports from Europe to 33,000 tonnes per quarter. This is the only solution that will have virtually no effect on UK steelmakers, but, at the same time, will allow our members to import materials when required without the risk of incurring 25% additional costs. It will also alleviate damage to downstream British manufacturers, already facing the threats of losing critical contracts, of shedding jobs, or finding their manufacturing operations relocated to the EU or other parts of the world.”
    
    Recent pleas from the CBM to remove engineering metals under the 7228 code has seen the Government act, almost doubling the available quotas for this category before the 25% tariff kicks in. Whilst this move is welcomed as a small sign of progress, it does not go far enough to remove the unnecessary financial cost and injury being felt down the supply chain and raises the very real prospect of lost orders and production being moved away from the UK.
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    Wuppermann Celebrates 150th Anniversary
    
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    01 Jul, 2022, 6:17 am
    
    European galvanizing leader Wuppermann Group has celebrated its 150th anniversary. It all began on 30 June 1872 in Düsseldorf. It was there that Mr Heinrich Theodor Wuppermann founded the Wuppermann with a single puddling furnace including a Luppenschmiede. 150 years after the company was founded, the Wuppermann Group is one of the largest manufacturers of hot-dip galvanized hot-rolled strip in Europe, a major producer of high-quality tubes and profiles made of steel. Highest corrosion protection with lowest CO2 emissions is the claim of the Wuppermann Group today.
    
    The headquarters of the group of companies is in Leverkusen. When Mr Heinrich Theodor Wuppermann died in 1907, his sons took over the business and Wuppermann became a family company. The company grew with industrialization, two world wars and the world economic crisis left their mark. Nevertheless, by 1972, the small hull forge had become one of the largest steel rolling companies in Western Europe. It was not until the steel crisis at the beginning of the 1980s that growth initially came to a halt: Wuppermann had to sell its rolling mill in Leverkusen. The condition for the new owner at that time was that the jobs in the plant should be preserved. So, the contract was not awarded to the highest bidder, but to the one who offered the prospect of continued employment. After two years, however, the new owner closed the factory. The companies that did not belong to the rolling mill became today's Wuppermann Group.
    
    The group grew again, among other things by founding new plants in Austria in the 1980s and 1990s, where Wuppermann introduced a new type of surface finishing process for hot-rolled steel strips. Further plant foundations followed in the Netherlands in 2000, Poland in 2011 and Hungary in 2017.
    
    The Wuppermann Group is a medium-sized family business based in Leverkusen that has been successfully processing steel for 150 years. Its product portfolio includes surface-finished flat products, tubes and tubular components made of steel for the mechanical engineering, furniture, food, packaging, automotive, construction and solar industries as well as water and wastewater technology. The Wuppermann Group currently has five production sites and more than 800 employees. In 2021, the Wuppermann Group achieved a turnover of around 925 million euros.
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    CM Highlights Vast Steel &Metal Investment Opportunities in Odisha
    
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    01 Jul, 2022, 6:24 am
    
    Riding on the last 2 years of a high level of investments approved by Government of Odisha, amounting to over USD 50 billion since 2021, the Government of Odisha in India is attracting Foreign Direct Investment in various sectors s. In this regard, the Odisha Investors Meet was held in Dubai. Odisha Chief Minister Mr Naveen Patnaik said “Odisha holds the lion's share of India's mineral reserves with 96% of the country's chromite reserves, 92% nickel, 53% bauxite, 45% manganese, 35% iron-one, and 23% coal reserves of India. This has made Odisha the largest producer of steel, stainless steel, ferroalloys, alumina & aluminium in India. Odisha also has 11% of India's water resources. The state has a 480-km long coastline making it a natural choice for setting up ports, and for international trade.”
    
    The Investors' Meet was jointly organized with FICCI and the Embassy of India in UAE. It was attended by more than 150 companies based out of the UAE and the MENA region from sectors comprising of Minerals and Metals processing, Petrochemicals, Chemicals, Plastics, Heavy Industries, Clean Energy, Food Processing including Sea Food Processing, Electrical Equipment & Electronics Manufacturing, Logistics & Warehousing, Real Estate, and Hospitality. Leading industry associations from the region including Indian Business & Professional Council also participated in the event.
    
    The team Odisha also included a high-level business delegation from the top companies who have invested in Odisha. The business delegation included JSW Cement MD Mr Parth Jindal , Paradeep Phosphates Limited Chairman Saroj Poddar, HINDALCO MD Mr Satish Pai, AM/NS India CEO Mr Dilip Oommen, Tata Steel Vice President Mr Chanakya Chaudhary, Vedanta Ltd’s CEO Mr Rahul Sharma, IMFA MD Mr Subhrakant Panda & many more
    
    Industrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Odisha is the single point of contact for all industrial investments in the State. IPICOL is responsible for devising the investment promotion, facilitation, and aftercare strategy for the state of Odisha. IPICOL, as the investment promotion agency of the State of Odisha, undertakes all activities to promote Odisha as the investment destination of choice.
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    NMDC Stakeholders Approve Nagarnar Steel Plant Demerger
    
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    01 Jul, 2022, 6:27 am
    
    The shareholders and creditors of India’s state owned iron ore miner NMDC have approved the demerger of the company's under-construction Nagarnar Steel Plant. NMDC CMD Mr Sumit Deb told PTI "We have got the company's shareholders and creditor’s approval for the demerger process," he said replying to a question related to the demerger. The approval was given on 28 June 2022. Post demerger, Nagarnar Steel Plant will be a separate company.”
    
    The steel ministry had convened two separate meetings of shareholders and creditors of NMDC to expedite the process of demerging the company's Nagarnar Steel Plant.
    
    NMDC, the country's largest iron ore mining company, is setting up a 3 million tonne per annum steel plant at Nagarnar near Bastar in Chhattisgarh. The unit is being constructed over 1,980 acres at an estimated cost of INR 23,140 crore.
    
    In October 2020, the Union Cabinet approved the demerger of Nagarnar Steel Plant from NMDC, and sale of the Centre's entire stake to a strategic buyer.
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    Nippon Steel Develops the Eco-friendly Titanium TranTixxii Eco
    
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    Japanese steel giant Nippon Steel has developed the world's first Eco-friendly Commercially Pure Titanium TranTixxii-Eco, and has started supplying it to Snow Peak from June. Nippon Steel has been exploring and implementing a range of ways to achieve carbon neutrality. As one of these efforts, it has developed TranTixxii-Eco, Eco-friendly titanium. TranTixxii Eco is an Eco-friendly material that helps reduce CO2 emissions and save resources with titanium ingot made of over 50% scrap titanium. It will be manufactured at the East Nippon Works in Naoetsu Area. Commercially Pure titanium, which is the most workable of all titanium materials, needs to be made with great care to ensure an extremely high degree of purity. For this reason, using titanium scrap requires stringent quality control and pretreatment to prevent contamination by foreign materials and substances. To address this challenge, Nippon Steel uses a new Electron Beam melting furnace at Nippon Steel Naoetsu Titanium in Naoetsu Area.
    
    For the EB furnace, Nippon Steel has created an optimal combination of scrap arrangement and electron-beam irradiation patterns in the melting process by applying technology cultivated in-house for ordinary steel. This has enabled Nippon Steel to homogenize ingot components to produce high-quality products, even with high scrap content. Normally, titanium ingots are made primarily from virgin sponge titanium. However, for TranTixxii Eco, Nippon Steel has substituted over 50% of the raw materials with recycled scrap. This helps reduce CO2 emissions from the smelting process by more than 50%.
    
    Snow Peak was founded in 1958 in Sanjo city in Niigata prefecture, which is known as monodzukuri no machi, manufacturing town. It is an outdoor products manufacturer producing camping gear and outdoor clothing and serving both domestic and international markets, while also engaging in a wide range of business activities including regional revitalization and business consulting. For about 30 years, the company has been using Nippon Steel's own titanium TranTixxii.
    
    Titanium is a metal that helps achieve carbon neutrality because it is highly resistant to corrosion and durable enough for long-term use. However, manufacturing titanium, especially when extracting the metal from the ore, consumes a lot of electricity, emitting CO2.