Germany Seminar Refractory Materials in Theory and Practice An in-depth seminar on refractories will take place at the Institute of Mineral Engineering of the RWTH Aachen from 30 March to 2 April 2011. It will comprise the entire field of refractories from the raw material to industrial applications.
Austria Preliminary Results 2010 of RHI AG World steel output rose to 1400 Mt in 2010, up roughly 15 % on the reference year 2009, with a particularly good development in the regions that are especially important for RHI: in the EU27 +24,6 %, North America +35,7% and Asia excl. China +17,3 %.
Russia Recycling Steelmaking Waste and Producing Zn Concentrate Magnezit Group jointly with Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant JSC (CZP) have started implementing a project for utilization and reprocessing of electric arc furnace dust (EAF), aiming at producing a concentrate (waelz oxide) with up to 60 % Zn content, which will be processed at zinc plants with production of zinc metal and metallized pellets for use in EAF steelmaking or blast furnace production. The project is implemented by the enterprise Ural Recycling established on parity basis.
Italy Cismac, Reliable Partner of Dolomite Franchi Automazioni Cismac have just successfully completed the modernization of the kiln cars handling (transfer car, chain pusher, etc.) with replacement and implementation of safety system in kiln area.
China Refractory China 2011 The 1st China International Refractory Production and Application Conference, jointly organized by CISA, CNIA, ACRI and MC-CCPIT, will be held from 10 to 12 May 2011 at White Swan Hotel, Guangzhou, China.
China Cabot Expands Fumed Silica Production Cabot Corporation/US and China National Bluestar (Group) Corporation broke ground on the expansion of their world-class fumed silica manufacturing facility in Jiangxi Province. The USD 43 million investment is a project of Cabot Bluestar Chemical (Jiangxi) Co. Ltd.
Brazil Polysius Constructs a 3000-tpd Cement Kiln Line Polysius / DE has been contracted by CIA. de Cimento Itambè /BR to build a new 3000-tpd cement clinker production line at the Balsa Nova plant, near the city of Curitiba in southern Brazil. One important criterion for this plant is the greatest possible flexibility for the use of alternative fuels.
China New Plant for China Carbon Graphite China Carbon Graphite Group, Inc., the largest wholesale supplier of fine grain and high purity graphite in China and one of the nation’s top overall producers of carbon and graphite products, has started construction on a new forming and baking plant with an initial budgeted investment outlay of approximately USD 13,5 million.
France CESEP 2011 in Vichy The 4th International Conference on Carbons for Energy Storage/Conversion and Environment Protection – CESEP – will be held from 25 to 29 September 2011 in Vichy.
Germany Ludger Heuberg Appointed New CFO of H.C. Starck Since November 2010, Ludger Heuberg has joined the management team of H.C. Starck GmbH as Chief Financial Officer. In this role he will be responsible for Finance, Controlling, Mergers & Acquisitions, Taxes, Organization & Information, Accounting and Law.