Steel Times International News
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Central American steel imports from China up 56% in Jan-Apr
Finished steel imports from China to Central America reached 169589t in Jan-Apr 2013, 56% more than same period of 2012. (Central America consists of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama).
10 June 2013 -
Shift to low carbon economy creating tensions
European climate policies put the steel industry under pressure to reach ever more ambitious CO2 reduction targets while technologies to do so are not at hand. This is indicated by studies on the CO2 abatement potential of steel making in Europe.
08 June 2013 -
Last year’s AIST President dies
Dr Kent D Peaslee, the F Kenneth Iverson Chair of Steelmaking Technology and Curators’ Teaching Professor of metallurgical engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, died suddenly on May 17 at age 56.
06 June 2013 -
Steel Solutions in the Green Economy
The Future Steel Vehicle (FSV) study which commenced in 2007 and concentrated on high strength steel solutions for the body of electric cars that could be produced from 2015- 2020, has developed a design that will reduce GHG emissions by 50-70% taking into account all emissions from raw material procurement to disposal/ recycling at end of life. A body weight of just 176 to 201kg has been achieved depending on the model.
04 June 2013 -
RSA supplied rebar for Zambian hydro
ArcelorMittal South Africa is supplying China’s Sinohydro Corporation, with reinforcing bar from its Newcastle plant RSA for a number of hydro-electrical projects across Zambia.
04 June 2013 -
Vietnam ore needed for local production
The Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) has proposed that the export of iron ore be halted in order to ensure the adequacy of raw materials available for domestic production.
04 June 2013
