EVRAZ

EVRAZ is a Russia-based, vertically integrated steel, mining and vanadium business with operations in Russia, Ukraine, the United Stated, Canada, the Czech Republic, Italy and South Africa.

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AMMA Expresses Concern over EPA Analysis of Climate Legislation

15 December 2009 - The American Materials Manufacturing Alliance has issued a letter to Senators Bayh (D-IN), Specter (D-PA), Brown (D-OH), McCaskill (D-MO), and Stabenow (D-MI) regarding the U.S. EPA’s analysis of the impact that H.R. 2454 will have on energy-intensive, trade-exposed industries.

NLMK Launches New Environmental Project in Sinter Production

15 December 2009 - Novolipetsk Steel initiates a new environmental project at its Lipetsk sinter plant that is to help generate an 80% reduction in sinter dust emissions.

ZPSS Receives Environmental Incentives from City Government

07 December 2009 - Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless Steel recently received environmental incentives from the Zhang Jiagang Municipal Government. The grant is given by provincial or municipal governments to companies with leading environmental protection practices.

Anti-Noise Screens Significantly Reduce Noise in Bartovice

04 December 2009 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava has erected three anti-noise screens that separate the Bartovice marshalling yard from the residential zone. A second stage of noise-reduction actions, planned for 2010, will include the erection of a fourth screen.

Corus Pilot Plant to Test CO2-Reducing Technology

01 December 2009 - Corus will test a new iron-making technology, called “Hisarna,” in a pilot plant project at its IJmuiden steelworks in the Netherlands. The technology reportedly has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions in blast furnace steelmaking by more than 50%.

AISI Thanks EPA, Congress for Regulations Compromise

03 November 2009 - The American Iron and Steel Institute thanks the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Congress for working with the Lake Carriers Association and its member companies on compromise regulations for large vessels sailing on the Great Lakes.

Environmental Building Material from Baosteel Applied in Shanghai Tower

30 October 2009 - Slag micropowder, the new environmental protection building material developed by Baosteel, has been mass-applied in Shanghai Tower, the tallest building under construction in Asia. The application follows the material’s successful use in the Shanghai World Financial Center.

NLMK Taps New Equipment for Air Quality Control

21 October 2009 - The physical-chemical laboratory at NLMK's Industrial Ecology Department has begun using a new ultraviolet gas analyzer for continuous air contamination level measurement.

MMK Increases Stake in Belon Coal Company to 82.6%

20 October 2009 - At the final transaction stage, OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) increases its stake in Onarbay Enterprises Ltd, which owns 82.6% of OJSC Belon, from 50 to 100%.

Second Phase of Cleanup Underway at Former Gulf States Steel Site

16 October 2009 - EPA’s Superfund removal action at the Gulf States Steel Site recently entered into the second phase of cleanup.

EPA to Weigh Public Comment on New Wastewater Permit for Gary Works

16 October 2009 - EPA Region 5 withdraws its earlier objections to a 2007 version of Indiana's wastewater discharge permit for U.S. Steel's Gary Works. EPA is withholding final judgment on the new draft permit until a 45-day comment period is completed.

Sandvik Settles Hazardous Waste Violations with EPA

13 October 2009 - The U.S. EPA reports Sandvik has agreed to pay a $160,017 penalty to settle alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations at its manufacturing facility in Clark Summit, Pa.

AISI Comments on EPA’s GHG Emissions Ruling

09 October 2009 - The American Iron and Steel Institute issues a comment about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule requiring mandatory greenhouse gas emissions monitoring under the Clean Air Act announced last week.

EPA, PA DEP File Complaint against Erie Coke

23 September 2009 - U.S. Department of Justice files complaint on behalf of EPA and PA DEP against Erie Coke for Clean Air Act violations at its coke foundry in Erie, Pa.

ArcelorMittal Piracicaba Develops Sustainable Brick in Brazil

02 September 2009 - ArcelorMittal Piracicaba, in partnership with the University of the State of São Paulo - São Carlos unit, develops a new technology to produce more environmentally friendly construction bricks.

NLMK Completes Water-Supply System Upgrades

01 September 2009 - A large-scale refurbishment of the process water supply system and the introduction of a new circuit have enabled Novolipetsk Steel to discontinue the discharge of industrial effluents into the Voronezh River, while decreasing consumption of river water by three times.