Steel Times International News
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January 2011 crude steel up 5% y-o-y
World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 119Mt in January 2011. This is 5.3% higher than January 2010.
21 February 2011 -
Posco and LanzaTech to collaborate on BOS gas to ethanol plant
New Zealand based LanzaTech has signed a memorandum of understanding with Posco for the implementation of its gas fermentation technology to convert the steel maker’s CO from its BOS converters to ethanol and other value added products.
21 February 2011 -
US rules Chinese Boron plate subject to antidumping order
Chinese producers who add boron to avoid US antidumping duties will now be subject to the existing antidumping order for cut to length (CTL) plate imported from China.
18 February 2011 -
Wuhan acquires second Canadian stake
Wuhan Iron & Steel Group, China’s third-largest steelmaker, has agreed to invest $57M in Canadian mining company Century Iron Mines Corp (CIMC).
18 February 2011 -
HRC prices in EU jump in February
Sheffield based consultants MEPS report Hot Rolled Coil (HRC) prices in EU soared by almost €100/t in February.
17 February 2011 -
Nucor awards Tenova HYL DR plant contract
US steel producer Nucor has awarded Tenova HYL a contract for the world’s largest single DR module.
16 February 2011
