Steel Strip

I’m not a big fan of flash, but it can be great when used to good effect. Have a look at this nice little animation over at Tata showing the steelmaking process.
 
Link to Tata Steel - Steel Making Process

Amicus has welcomed the introduction of the National Manufacturing Skills Academy, which the union has supported since its conception:Ensuring that workers have access to high standard training, and career progression is at the heart of the union’s agenda and the union is working hard with its Officers and workplace representatives to unlock the potential within [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio–Worthington Industries, Inc. , today named Mark A. Russell the new president of The Worthington Steel Company. Russell served as CEO of Indalex, Inc., a leading aluminum products company and in operational roles with Alumax, Inc. and Alcoa, Inc.
“Mark brings a solid skill set to our steel processing group,” John P. McConnell, Chairman and [...]

At least as far as manufacturing goes according to the CBI
The latest Regional Trends Survey published by the CBI and Experian show that the rise at a UK level in new manufacturing orders over the past three months was the strongest since the spring of 2004. The north east and the north west stand [...]

ThyssenKrupp said Wednesday it is proceeding with the development of a $2.9 billion steel and stainless steel manufacturing and processing facility in the United States and has narrowed the search to Alabama and Louisiana.
During construction, the facility will create approximately 29,000 jobs, and when fully operational the plant will employ 2,700 people. The complex is [...]

Back in January I posted a picture of the Stelco Plant in Hamilton Ontario. Closer to home, I came across this excellent photograph of the Port Talbot steelworks at night. It was taken by and reproduced here with the kind permission of Chris Mellows. The original image can be viewed here
Thanks Chris

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