Steel Times International News
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BlueScope to divide operations
Australian steelmaker BlueScope will reorganise its operations to create two businesses focused on global pre-engineered building markets and building products.
22 March 2012 -
Turkish Cold Rolling Mill contract
Steel production doubled in Turkey between 2001 and 2010 and new projects being launched to establish new steel capacities and modernise existing ones.
22 March 2012 -
February production up 1.9%
World crude steel production was 119Mt in February 2012, 1.9% higher than February 2011.
21 March 2012 -
Mitsubishi trader buys out Murchison ore stake
Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp has bought out Murchison Metals Ltd (MMX) share of two joint venture iron ore projects in Australia.
18 March 2012 -
Kobe Steel to invest in Australian Southdown iron ore project
By acquiring shares in Sojitz Resources & Technology, Kobe Steel will indirectly hold a 9.9% interest in the Southdown magnetite mine in SW Australia.
18 March 2012 -
EU Parliament calls for low-carbon economy by 2050
The EU must harness its energy, transport and agriculture policies to cut CO2 emissions - and improve its Emissions Trading System (ETS) – to make the economy more competitive and dramatically less dependent on fossil fuels by 2050, says a non-binding resolution adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday.
18 March 2012
