Energy, Environment & Sustainability
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Harsco Signs Ferrochrome Recovery Contract in India
30 July 2012 - Worldwide industrial services and engineered products company Harsco Corporation announced the signing of a 7-year environmental solutions contract in India for the recovery of ferrochrome from steelmaking slag.
Two Workers Injured in Gerdau Furnace Explosion
30 July 2012 - Two Gerdau Special Steel North America employees were injured at the company's Jackson, Mich., steelmaking facility on Friday, 27 July when an explosion followed a breakout at one of the electric furnaces.
Abengoa to Invest $120 Million in Two Steel Dust Recycling Plants in Turkey
19 July 2012 - Abengoa, an international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environment sectors, announced it will construct two plants for steel dustry recycling based in Izmir and Adana, Turkey.
BlueScope Steel Receives Federal Solar Grant
12 July 2012 - Australia's BlueScope Steel has won AUD$2.3 million in Federal Emerging Renewables Program funding to develop a prototype building-integrated solar PV system.
Angang to Cut Costs and Emissions with Expanded Slag Processing
11 July 2012 - China’s Anshan Iron & Steel (Angang) plans to invest heavily in slag processing this year, increasing capacity from under 1m tonnes/year currently to 5m tonnes/year by the end of the year by installing four new slag milling units supplied by Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Polysius.
ArcelorMittal Belval Recovers Used Tires in Steelmaking Process
11 July 2012 - By recycling used tires instead of coal in the EAF process, the ArcelorMittal Belval site in Luxembourg is preserving natural resources, decreasing costs, and reducing CO2 emissions and global warming.
SAIL, Kobe Steel Seal Pact to Bring Environmentally-Friendly Steelmaking to India
10 July 2012 - India’s largest steel maker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Kobe Steel of Japan today signed a memorandum of agreement to set up a 0.5 million tonne per annum iron nugget making plant using Kobe’s patented ITmK3 technology at SAIL’s Alloy Steels Plant in Durgapur, West Bengal, India.
Two New Environmental Projects Launched at ArcelorMittal Zenica
09 July 2012 - ArcelorMittal Zenica, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has started to implement two major environmental projects at its blast furnace and coke plant.
SMS Siemag Receives Order for Record-Capacity Stainless Annealing and Pickling Line
05 July 2012 - Chinese stainless steel producer TISCO (Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Company) awarded SMS Siemag an order to supply the world’s highest-capacity annealing and pickling line for stainless hot strip.
Severstal to Upgrade Cherepovets Steel Mill to Reduce Non-Organic Dust Emissions
05 July 2012 - OAO Severstal announced a plan to cut its non-organic dust emissions across its sintering production facilties by 33% at its Cherepovets Steel Mill by 2015.
ThyssenKrupp VDM Wins 2012 Steel Innovation Prize
27 June 2012 - ThyssenKrupp VDM was, together with the Jülich Research Centre, awarded the 2012 Steel Innovation Prize in the "Steel in Research & Development/Processes" category for the new material Crofer® 22 H.
ArcelorMittal Unveils iCARe™ Portfolio of Electrical Steel Solutions for Electric Vehicle Market
27 June 2012 - ArcelorMittal unveiled its first electrical steel product range designed specifically to meet the requirements of the electric vehicle sector at the Coil Winding, Insulation and Electrical Manufacturing Exhibition (CWIEME) in Berlin.
Two ArcelorMittal Mills Cut 440,000 Tonnes of Emissions with Gas Recovery Projects
27 June 2012 - ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Europe sites in Gent and Bremen are recovering and re-using their waste gases to reduce their emissions and energy costs. Their projects have been identified as best practices for the rest of the group to replicate.
Vale Breaks Ground on Historic C$2 Billion Clean AER Project in Canada
25 June 2012 - Vale officially broke ground on 22 June on its C$2 billion "Clean AER Project," one of the largest single environmental investments in Ontario’s history, at its Sudbury nickel mine.
Onesteel and MORE Sign Agreement for Polymer Injection Technology
21 June 2012 - Onesteel NSW Pty Ltd and MORE S.r.l have signed an agreement that will combine their extensive steelmaking and injection technology expertise to promote Polymer Injection Technology.
GE to Supply Japan’s JFE Steel Co. with Multi-Fuel, On-Site Power Solution at Chiba Steel Mill
18 June 2012 - GE is supplying Japan steel producer JFE Steel Co. Ltd. with a heavy duty Frame 9E gas turbine system for an innovative steel gas-to-energy recovery project at the company’s East Japan Iron Works in Chiba City, located in the Keiyo (Tokyo-Chiba) Industrial Park east of Tokyo.
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Essar Steel Commissions Power Plant to Use Waste Heat as Fuel
11 June 2012 - Essar Steel India Limited has commissioned a 19MW heat recovery power plant at its Hazira complex. Using heat generated during the manufacturing process, the plant will provide power internally, creating an energy efficient complex and reducing the company’s power costs.
Essar Steel Wins CSE Green Rating Award
08 June 2012 - The Three Leaves Award, instituted by the Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) Green Rating Project (GRP), was presented to Essar Steel Ltd., Hazira, Gujarat, in New Delhi on 4 June 2012.
International Environmental Audit Successfully Passed by NLMK
05 June 2012 - Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) has successfully passed an audit of its Environmental Management System with regard to its compliance with the requirements of international standard ISO 14001:2004.
