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USA Owens Corning Increasing Production of Continuous Filament Glass Fiber Mat  Owens Corning, a leading global producer of glass fiber reinforcements for composite systems and residential and commercial building materials, announced that the company will increase production of continuous filament fiber glass mat (CFM) reinforcements by re-starting a second production line at its manufacturing facility in Besana/IT in October. The action will increase Owens Corning production of CFM by nearly 40 % compared to the current quarter.

Canada Tata Steel to Invest in Canadian JV for Iron Ore Supplies Tata Steel of India has decided to exercise its option to acquire an 80-% stake in its iron ore joint venture with Canada’s New Millennium Capital (NML) in order to secure the ore required for making steel for its European operations at Corus Steel.

Great Britain Anderman Ceramics Inc. Appoints J. Brundage as New Business Development Director Anderman Ceramics Inc. has appointed Mr Jeffery Brundage as new business development director to expand the company’s business capabilities and to lead a new joint venture business with Superior Technical Ceramics. Mr Brundage joined the company at the beginning of July this year to help continue the development of key markets in technical ceramics.

Germany / Japan  H.C. Starck and Chisso Corporation to Establish a Joint Venture  H.C. Starck GmbH, Goslar/DE, and the chemical company Chisso Corporation, Tokyo/JP, announced that they will establish a joint venture with the aim to develop and produce lithium mixed oxides for high-performance batteries used to power electric cars.

Jamaica RUSAL Restarts Ewarton Alumina Refinery RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium producer, restarts operations at its Ewarton Works in Jamaica. The refinery is part of Windalco, which was mothballed in 2009 due to the global economic downturn. The total capacity of the Ewarton refinery is about 650 000 t/a of alumina. RUSAL plans to produce about 321 000 t/a of alumina from the refinery by the end of this year.

Iraq Chinese Firm to Build Cement Plant in Muthana The Chinese firm CNBM has started the work for an Iraqi investor to construct the first investment cement plant in al-Muthana province, according to Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The total cost of the project is said to be USD 270 million and the plant’s production capacity 3200 t/a.

United Arab Emirates Emirates Steel Expansion Emirates Steel Industries PJSC, the state-owned company that operates the largest steel plant in the United Arab Emirates, received a USD 1,1 billion loan from a group of regional banks as it seeks to expand output.

Germany Nabaltec – Revenues up 61,3 % Nabaltec AG’s revenues in the second quarter of 2010 were the highest in the company’s history, as consolidated revenues grew by 73,2 %, to EUR 29,1 million (EUR 16,8 million in 2009). Revenues in the first half of 2010 came to EUR 53,4 million, up 61,3 % over the first half of 2009.

Germany Bernhard Pagenkemper Named Machinery Division Sales Director The previous manager of the business unit Cement at Haver & Boecker in Oelde, Dipl.-Ing. B. Pagenkemper (46) has been named Sales Director of the entire Machinery Division, effective 1 July 2010.

India Outotec to Supply iron Ore Sinter Plant for SAIL Outotec has won an order from Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) for the design and delivery of an iron ore sinter plant for SAIL’s Bhilai steel plant in Chhattisgarh. Outotec will implement the turnkey plant project in consortium with Larsen & Toubro Ltd. Outotec does not disclose the contract value, but typically technology solutions with corresponding scope range from EUR 20 to 25 million.