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Energy, Environment & Sustainability
News items focusing on evolving technologies and steps taken to create a sustainable industry and minimize environmental impact.
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Metinvest to Enhance Environmental Safety, Reliability at Yenakiieve Steel
06 July 2011 - Metinvest has begun capital repair works of steelmaking and power units at Yenakiieve Steel to enhance environmental safety, cost effectiveness, and functional reliability of the process equipment. The project is scheduled for completion this November.
Study Highlights Importance of Life Cycle Emissions in Assessing Future Vehicles
29 June 2011 - A study just released by the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership demonstrates that emissions other than tailpipe emissions are significant and need to be included in future vehicle regulations.
SAIL Recognized for Environment Management
28 June 2011 - Maharatna Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) has received the prestigious Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for 2011. The award was recently presented by Union Minister for Home Affairs Shri P. Chidambaram.
JSW Awards Two Environmental Solutions Contracts to Harsco
24 June 2011 - Harsco Corp. has been awarded two major new environmental solutions contracts by JSW Steel Ltd., one of India's largest steelmakers.
Olympic Steel Installs Wind Turbine
20 June 2011 - Olympic Steel has installed a 100kw wind turbine to supplement electricity to the company's corporate office and attached temper mill facility in Bedford Heights, Ohio.
Tata Steel Pursues Low Carbon Steelmaking
14 June 2011 - Tata Steel is pursuing several technology paths to help pioneer a “breakthrough” necessary for future CO2 emissions reduction, among them is development work into new sources of fuel and energy, as well as recovery of raw materials and reducing waste.
Tata Steel Celebrates Environment Month in June
07 June 2011 - Tata Environment Month is an initiative the company launched last year to mark the annual World Environment Day on June 5. Throughout the month, Tata Steel plans to demonstrate how the steel industry can be a key part of a more sustainable, lower carbon world.
ArcelorMittal Organizes Ecological Picnic in Poland
03 June 2011 - Organized by ArcelorMittal Poland in cooperation with Tauron, a “family ecological picnic” was recently held in Dąbrowa Górnicza. A highlight was the planting of 100 trees, which marked the beginning of a larger project launched this year by both companies.
MMK Reduces Specific Emissions in Q1
02 June 2011 - An in-house environmental management system (EMS) study by Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) shows that the Group reduced emissions per unit of finished product by 6.34% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2011.
Posco Publishes 2010 Carbon Report
26 April 2011 - Posco has published its Carbon Report 2010, which details the company’s project visions and strategies such as the Green Steel, Green Business, Green Life, and Green Partnership.
SMDI Investors Celebrate Sustainability, Recyclability of Steel
25 April 2011 - In commemoration of the 41st anniversary of Earth Day, investing member companies of the Steel Market Development Institute remind consumers about the sustainability benefits and superior recycling attributes of steel.
Timken Recycles 1.6 Million Tons of Scrap Metal in 2010
22 April 2011 - In 2010, The Timken Co. transformed 1.6 million tons of scrap metal into Timken® steel, which is made from nearly 100% recycled content, including 350,000 tons of recycled scrap metal from Timken operations.
Nalco Program Reduces Water, Energy Usage at Gallatin Steel
22 April 2011 - Nalco helped Gallatin Steel’s mini-mill in Ghent, Ky., reduce its raw water use by 179 million gallons per year and decrease pump operations, saving 2.3 million kW·h of energy annually.
Novolipetsk Wins All-Russian Environmental Competition
18 April 2011 - Novolipetsk has been honored as one of Russia’s Top 100 – Ecology and Environmental Management for its environmental activity in 2010.
Ruukki to Supply Innovative Energy Piles for Technopolis Jyväskylä
11 April 2011 - Ruukki's steel piles will serve both as the foundations and as energy piles to collect free ground-source heat for the new Technopolis Innova 2 office building under construction in Jyväskylä, Finland.
ArcelorMittal USA Receives Fourth ENERGY STAR Award
04 April 2011 - ArcelorMittal USA has earned the 2011 ENERGY STAR® Award for Sustained Excellence, marking the company's fourth consecutive year of receiving the award.
NLMK Increases Funding for Environmental Projects
24 March 2011 - Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) allocated RUR4.14 billion (almost RUR100 million up year-on-year) in 2010 toward environmental protection projects at its main production site in Lipetsk.
Gerdau, Rio Government Announce Investment of R$ 2.47 billion
16 March 2011 - The state government of Rio de Janeiro and Gerdau have announced investments of R$ 2.47 billion to increase the production of steel and rolled products at Gerdau’s Cosigua mill.
MMK Reports 2010 Investments in Environmental and Safety Improvement
04 March 2011 - Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) posts the 2010 results of its Environmental Program, including the investment of more than 2.2 billion rubles for 35 special environmental and safety projects.
Essar Steel Honored for Work in Water Conservation
25 February 2011 - Essar Steel was conferred the first prize in the ‘Water Reuse Project of the Year 2010-11’ category by Water Digest for its outstanding work in water conservation.
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