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Steel: ArcelorMittal France will temporarily shut down the 2-million-ton furnace
European steel producer ArcelorMittal will temporarily close one of its two 2-million-ton-per-year blast furnaces in Fos-sur-Mer, France. The company said that in a sharply deteriorating macroeconomic environment, combined with the severe impact of soaring energy...
Aluminum: Hydro signs strategic cooperation agreement with NTNU
According to reports last week, Hydro has signed a new strategic collaboration agreement with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) to develop professional collaborations to practice more R&D (research & development) on aluminum and energy....
Aluminum: a new material may remove CO2 from the exhaust of coal-fired power plants
An international group of researchers is proposing the idea of using aluminum formate-a metal-organic framework (MOF)-to remove carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plant exhaust before the greenhouse gas reaches the atmosphere. In a paper published in the journal...
Steel: stocks of Chinese steel mills fall to 9-month lows
Stocks of the five main carbon steel products (rebar, wire rod, hot coil, cold coil, and medium plate) held by China's major steel mills continued to decline in the Oct. 27-Nov. 2 period, falling for the second consecutive week by a further 3.6 percent from the...