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Enhanced rail protection from British Steel
British Steel has released an enhanced range of its Zinoco rail protection system originally released in 2016, a product capable of withstanding some of the harshest corrosive environments in the world, such as coastal line, level crossings and wet tunnels. Rail in these areas, claims the company, can become contaminated with salt, water, minerals and biological matter and need a tough, durable solution.
16 February 2021 -
Pandemic punctures economic outlook, says EUROFER
EUROFER's recently released Economic and Market Outlook illustrates how the COVID-19 pandemic has slashed EU steel consumption forecasts and punctured the overall economic outlook.
16 February 2021 -
thyssenkrupp upgrades Duisburg and Bochum sites
As part of the implementation process of its Steel Strategy 20-30, German steelmaker thyssenkrupp, having received investment approval, is about to award contracts for the construction of new core units at its Duisburg and Bochum sites. The company aims to expand its premium steel range and thereby strengthen overall competitiveness.
12 February 2021 -
US steel import permit applications total 2.12Mt in January
[All tonnages mentioned in this news article are net tons]. Based on the Commerce Department’s most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that steel import permit applications for the month of January totaled 2.12Mt. This was a 0.1% decrease from the 2.128Mt (permit tons) recorded in December and a 42.4% increase from the December preliminary imports total of 1.49Mt. Import permit tonnage for finished steel in January was 1.2Mt, down 10.3% from the preliminary imports total of 1.3Mt in December. The estimated finished steel import market share in January was 16%.
04 February 2021 -
thyssenkrupp steel: phase one of Duisburg hydrogen tests completed
thyssenkrupp Steel has successfully completed the first phase of hydrogen tests on 'Blast Furnace 9' in Duisburg. In recent months, several tests on one of the 28 tuyères of this blast furnace could be conducted, while complying with corona requirements, among them some long-term tests. The company has gained important findings in these tests, enabling it to extend the tests to all tuyères in the next step and to transfer this technology to large-scale industrial use. The injection tests are part of the company’s climate strategy with which it intends to reduce its CO2 emissions by 30% by 2030.
04 February 2021 -
US International Trade Commission decision a 'victory for US industry'
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has made an affirmative final determination in the antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations on vertical shaft engines (VSEs) with a displacement of between 225cc and 999cc from China. The ITC found that US vertical shaft engine producers have been materially injured by unfairly traded imports of vertical shaft engines from China, paving the way for imposition of AD/CVD orders.
04 February 2021
