First stone laid for 'world's largest hydrogen ready steel plant'
30th November, 2023
The ground-breaking ceremony for the world’s largest hydrogen ready steel plant, led by Vulcan Green Steel, part of Jindal Steel Group, took place earlier this week in Oman.
ArcelorMittal South Africa to shutter long steel unit
30th November, 2023
ArcelorMittal South Africa plans to shut down its long steel operations due to weak demand and persistent infrastructure problems, which will result in layoffs of around 3,500 jobs.
ArcelorMittal Asturias to go electric
29th November, 2023
ArcelorMittal Asturias in Spain is to forge ahead with a plan to build a new electric arc furnace (EAF) as part of the company's decarbonization plan for Spain.
Latest issue: November/December
Many moons ago, when it was first mooted that electric cars were going to be the big thing, I’ll admit I was pretty sceptical. I remember, after an air crash, there was talk about making the airlines rearrange their seats and have them all facing the rear of the plane. A safety expert had said it was safer for some reason. Perhaps it is, but either way I’ve never been on a plane where the seats face the rear and, if I’m honest, I’m not sure I’d like it. So when people started talking about EVs, my initial view was that they would never see the light of day. I was wrong. There are now a lot of them and I’ve transferred my feelings of doubt to driverless cars and airborne taxis of which I’ve seen none.
We hear a lot these days about ‘transitioning’ and in steel circles the word…
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