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Norway Vale Owns Stake in Norsk Hydro The Norwegian government gave the green light for Brazilian mining giant Vale to own 22 % in Norwegian aluminium and power producer Norsk Hydro.

Russia  International Conference of Refractory & Metallurgy Experts 2011 International Metallurgists Union carries out annual international conference of refractories and metallurgy experts on March 31 March – 01 April 2011 in the Russian Academy of Government Service (Moscow, Prospect Vernadskogo, 84).

Czech Republic International Conference on Refractories on 10 – 11 May 2011 in Prague The Czech Silicate Society in cooperation with the Institute of Ceramic, Glass and Construction Materials of TU Bergakademie Freiberg, with the Association MORE – Meeting of Refractory Experts Freiberg and with the Association of Czech and Slovak Refractories Producers are pleased to host the 17. International Conference on Refractories held in Prague.

Portugal Two Short Courses on Furnaces and Fired Heaters Cenertec – Centro de Energia e Tecnologia – is organizing two short courses delivered by two internationally recognised authorities (Prof. John Ward and Dr. Bob Tucker) which will be held at Hotel Estoril Eden, Estoril-Lisbon/PT, in November 2010.

Germany ThyssenKrupp Stops Business with Iran ThyssenKrupp AG has resolved with immediate effect not to enter into any new contracts with Iranian customers. ThyssenKrupp had previously instructed all Group companies, including engineering contractors such as Uhde, to comply with the stricter US sanctions against Iran (Iran Sanctions Act).

Denmark Further Order for Float-Zone Systems from China PVA TePla Danmark of Frederikssund, manufacturer of crystal-growing systems using float-zone methods, has received a further order from a Chinese company to supply float-zone systems with a total value of almost EUR 5 million.

India HINDALCO in Expansion Mode Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of Hindalco, at the company’s Annual General Meeting said that Aditya Birla Minerals Ltd., the company’s Australian subsidiary, had witnessed a turnaround as well, largely due to sustained cost management processes. It reported a PAT of AUD 61,4 million vis-à-vis a loss of AUD 76 million in the earlier year.

Norway Hydro Increases Improvement Ambition Hydro’s ambition to improve earnings from its wholly owned smelters by USD 100 per tonne is now being increased to USD 300 per tonne. The measures aim to improve the aluminium smelters’ competitiveness and restore profitability to a sustainable level.

India Riedhammer – Contract for Baking Furnace The scope of supply and works of Riedhammer/DE covers the introduction of the newest automatic firing and control system (heavy oil based) and a substantial increase of output of the existing baking furnace #2 (closed type) at HEG Ltd.

World Crude Steel Production September 2010 World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 112 Mt in September. This is 0,9 % higher than September 2009.