Steel Times International News
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World Steel Association announces 2019 sustainability champions
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has announced its sustainability champions for 2019.
03 June 2020 -
20-year Gerdau power purchase agreement signed
Irvine, California-based 174 Power Global, a leading solar energy company, and Gerdau Long Steel North America (Gerdau), a leading steel producer, today announced that the two companies have entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to develop one of the largest behind-the-meter (BTM) solar facilities in the nation.
02 June 2020 -
Coil handling modernisation completed at Feralpi Siderurgica in Italy
Automazioni Industriali Capitanio (AIC), a global system integrator providing advanced and tailored automation and robotic solutions for the steel industry, has completed the coil-handling modernisation of a wire rod rolling mill at Feralpi Siderurgica in Lonato in Italy.
29 May 2020 -
NLMK improves BF environmental performance
Russian steelmaker NLMK Group’s flagship production site, NLMK Lipetsk, has completed performance testing of new air purification systems installed on facilities that underwent capital repairs in late 2019, namely Basic Oxygen Furnace No. 2, which has a capacity in excess of 3Mt/yr of steel and Blast Furnace No. 6, which has a capacity of 3.4Mt/yr of pig iron.
27 May 2020 -
Former Big River executive joins Californian AI business
Former Big River Steel executive Mark Bula has been appointed chief strategy officer (CSO) and general manager (GM) of Steel for Everguard.ai, a California-based artificial intelligence business. Bula will be responsible for the strategic leadership of overall growth plans and will spearhead the company’s efforts in the steel industry.
27 May 2020 -
EUROFER welcomes the EU Recovery Plan
The European Commission has presented its EU Recovery Plan to support a climate-neutral, digitalised and resilient EU economy, helping to rebuild after the COVID-19 pandemic.
26 May 2020
