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Worldwide
World Crude Steel Output Increases by 6,8 % in 2011
World crude steel production reached 1,527 Mt for the year of 2011.
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Russia
Magnetic Hydromixer at Krasnoyarsk Smelter
UC Rusal has launched a magnetic hydrodynamic mixer at its Krasnoyarsk smelter’s casthouse to extend its alloy product range.
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Norway
REC Receives NOK 220 Million for Long-term Wafer Sales Contract
Reference is made to the third quarter 2011 report, where REC is expecting to continue to recognize income from termination of long-term wafer sales contracts.
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Turkey
Kobin Mining Bids for Kümas
Regarding to sales of Kümas, Kobin Mining gave the best offer and SDIF confirmed sales.
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India
JSPL to Add 3 Mt of New Steel Capacity in 2013
Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) is aiming to commission new facilities with capacity of 3 Mt/a by the end of the next financial year.
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Russia
Mechel Announces Launch of Coke-Oven Battery #5 at Mechel-Coke
Mechel OAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announced the launch of the reconstructed coke-oven battery #5 at Mechel Mining OAO’s subsidiary Mechel-Coke OOO.
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Germany
21st FOGI Seminar: Refractories – Materials and Their Application in Industrial Furnace Engineering
In the design of industrial furnaces, the structure of the furnace walls, especially the type of thermal insulation, is a crucial criterion for the energy consumption and energy losses of plants. With the selection of the refractories and the wall structure, the requirements derived from the process engineering (interaction between the product – furnace atmosphere – wall structure, continuous and intermittent operation etc.) and the energy requirements (minimization of the energy consumption) are defined.
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Middle East
Construction Boom in Saudi Arabia
Cement capacity in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) is expected to reach 120,7 Mt by 2013, a 13 % increase from 2011, while cement demand is expected to reach 88 Mt in 2013, up 6,6 % from 82,5 Mt in 2011 and 78,3 Mt in 2010, according to a new report.
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Austria
RHI Takes over Stopinc
RHI AG/AT has taken over 100 % of Stopinc AG/CH.
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Germany
ALUMINIUM 2012: SMS Group Remains Main Sponsor
The SMS Group will continue to support the ALUMINIUM trade fair in future as its main sponsor.
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World
Ceramic Fiber Market by 2016
The report Ceramic Fiber Market by Type & Applications (Global Forecast to 2016) analyzes ceramic fiber market with respect to market drivers, opportunities, and trends in the diverse geographical regions including North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and ROW.
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Norway
REC Makes Further Adjustments to Wafer Production
To reduce its exposure towards a continued weak spot market for wafers, Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (REC) has decided to initiate a process with the trade unions, with the intention to temporary halt 50 % of the capacity of the 300 MW monocrystalline wafer facility in Glomfjord, Norway throughout the first quarter 2012.
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Canada
Northern Graphite Reports Pilot Plant Test Results
Northern Graphite Corporation announced positive pilot plant test results from its Bissett Creek Graphite Project.
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France
Toray Buys Remaining Shares in SOFICAR
Toray Industries, Inc./JP has purchased the remaining shares in Société des Fibres de Carbone S.A. (SOFICAR), a subsidiary engaged in manufacturing and sales of carbon fibers in France, in which Toray held a 70 % stake, from Arkema, the French business partner with a 30 % stake in SOFICAR and made it into a wholly owned subsidiary.
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Germany
Air Pollution Control at IFAT ENTSORGA 2012
The waste-recovery and disposal industry makes use of technologies to reduce air pollution in many different ways. For example in the extraction of harmful substances in biomass combustion processes, in environmentally friendly operation of processing plant and in purifying the emissions resulting from the recycling of electronic waste. As a spin-off, more and more systems are recovering energy or secondary raw materials from the emissions streams.
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Russia
RUSNANO to Establish Production of Energy-Efficient Glass
RUSNANO, the NSG Group, which operates in Russia under the Pilkington name, the EBRD and the Russian STiS Group have signed an agreement to establish a new venture incorporating the production of high-quality glass with special coating.
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India
Essar Steel Completes Capacity Expansion at Hazira
The Essar Steel Hazira announced doubling of its capacity to 10 Mt/a.
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South Korea
Taekwang Industrial to Produce Carbon Fiber
According to Yonhap News Agency, Taekwang Industrial Co., a South Korean chemical fiber company, will begin commercial production of carbon fiber starting in March 2012 for the first time in South Korea.
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USA
Alcoa Plans to Curtail Smelters in Italy and Spain
Alcoa announced that it intends to curtail operations at three European aluminum smelters as part of a previously announced restructuring in its Global Primary Products business. The restructuring will reduce the company’s global smelting capacity by 12 % or 531000 t.
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Canada
Rio Tinto Completes the Modernisation of the Kitimat Aluminium Smelter
Rio Tinto has given the green light to an additional USD 2,7 billion capital investment to modernise its aluminium smelter in Kitimat, British Columbia.
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