Steel Strip

The EU steel market is quiet. Buyers are holding back from placing business because they sense that prices may fall further during the first quarter as commercial quality material is readily available from a number of sources at highly competitive prices.
The 2007 outlook for Germany’s steel using industries is very positive with current consumption at [...]

THE battle for Corus, the steel-maker that contains the remnants of British Steel and employs 23,000 people in the UK, is about to turn into a last-minute shoot-out between Indian and Brazilian rivals.
It will be decided over the next 10 days as India’s Tata Steel and Brazil’s CSN manoeuvre in the run-up to the bid [...]

Just arrived!
I was getting all jealous over Paul’s toys so I decided to treat myself (having received mainly sensible Christmas pressies).
I had intended to get a digital SLR, until I saw a review on this little baby.
A quick scour of t’internet and I found a good price with next day delivery guaranteed , a promise [...]

Eurofer, which represents Europe’s iron and steelmaking industry, is threatening to launch an anti-dumping suit against China unless the country curbs its rising exports volumes.
The Brussels-based organisation is alarmed that China’s steelmaking capacity is increasing even faster than the country’s appetite for steel and Europe risks being swamped. Gordon Moffat, director general of the European [...]

The $2.3bn bid by Evraz, the Russian steel group, to takeover Oregon Steel was on Tuesday given a blessing by the Bush administration, which approved the deal after a 30-day review of the transaction’s national security implications.
The decision marks a victory for Roman Abramovich, the Russian tycoon who is believed to be close to Russian [...]

Increasingly the use of lead in steel has come under pressure for enviromental and safety reasons.
Whilst it is available in the UK from Corus, to the best of my knowledge there are no other producers in Europe, North America or Asia.
We would be interested to know of any if there are.
Any readers to the rescue?
 

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China’s steel industry authorities have announced measures to eradicate low capacity iron mills with high energy consumption. Furnaces with a maximum 200 cubic meters in volume, converters and electric furnaces with maximum capacities of 20 tonnes will no longer be put in operation in China, an official with the China Iron and Steel Association (CSIA) [...]

Although we have known of the impending closure for some while and the last car “rolled off” the production line on the 12th of December, it is today that the plant officially closes.
We have heard the last roar of the lion at Ryton and it’s a sad day for Coventry.

On the day Peugeot close [...]

From time to time as I find them and where I am granted permission I will post pictures of steel plants and installations from around the world.
The following picture is of the Stelco plant in Hamilton, Ontario. Taken at night on a long exposure, it makes an impressive sight.
Thank you to Michael for spotting it [...]

Following on from my earlier posting about the Google Co-op search engine, it is now implemented and we are beginning to refine it.
I am furthermore pleased to announce that we now have the help of another Steel Professional from “across the pond”, and I am sure the search engine will benefit hugely from his contribution. maybe I [...]