The sale of the bankrupt steel mill Kremikovtzi is good for the State, the Bulgarian capital, and the workers, Sofia's Chief Architect, Petar Dikov, declared Sunday. Dikov says the deal would open 1 500 jobs and the opportunity to clean the abandoned site. When asked to comment on the fact the buyer is a 26-year-old man, the Chief Architect replied he does not favor such moves, but added "when the buyer was…

Die beim Druckgiessen eingesetzte Formtechnologie bedingt gewisse Einschränkungen der Teilegeometrie, insbesondere bezüglich Hinterschneidungen oder innerer Hohlräume. Als Abhilfe bietet sich der Einsatz verlorener Kerne an, doch erfordern die äusserst rauen Abläufe beim Einschieβen des flüssigen Metalls in die Form den Einsatz besonders stabiler Kerne. Salzkerne haben sich hier bereits bewährt, doch sind…

Nissan has established itself as a leader in zero emission vehicles with more than 75,000 Nissan LEAF electric cars on the road today. As Nissan adds plants and jobs increasing manufacturing capacity throughout the Americas, its operations are continually getting greener as well. A set of collective efforts reflects Nissan’s broader global environmental initiative, Nissan Green Program 2016, which focuses…

Recently, it's received from the committee of Phoenix Automation Application Competition in Germany, the project researched by a group which consist of three advanced technical person which is Mr Wang Hui, employee of Environment Department of Baosteel Energy, Mr Qin Tong employee of Iron make factory and Mr Zhou Yao employee of coll rolled mill and led by Mr Li Yimin a teacher of Human Resource Development…

Luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover has reported a 7 per cent rise in June sales, thanks to soaring demand from China. Chinese sales for Jaguar so far this year have reached almost 8,000 – a figure which has already overtaken 2012's full year total. And the iconic British based company is hoping the launch of the new Jaguar F-Type in China this month will boost sales even more. Sales in the Asia Pacific…

China steel industry will walk into a critical stage of transforming development pattern during 12th Five Year Plan period, with rapid growth of domestic steel production and expanded steel enterprises. In line with unknown opportunities and challenges awaiting for China steel mills, to adjust production and operation model is emerging as a tough question for China steel industry. Mr Li Shijun chief analyst…

China steel enterprise energy-saving technology seminar was held on March 15th and March 16th and the relevant experts and scholars coming from the iron and steel enterprises such as Baosteel, Ansteel, Wisco, Jinan steel and the institutions of higher learning were getting together to exchange, research and discuss the application and practice of the energy-saving technology in the iron and steel…

Jiangling Motors Corp, Ford Motor Co's Chinese commercial-vehicle-making partner, has opened a $300 million assembly plant, more than doubling its production capacity in the world's biggest auto market. The JMC Xiaolan plant adds 300,000 vehicles in annual capacity to the existing 245,000 units, Ford said. The factory will be used to make both Ford and JMC-branded vehicles. Ford is investing $4.9 billion in…

It is reported that Hebei Province based Chinese steelmaker Handan Iron and Steel Co a subsidiary of Hebei Steel Group has successfully produced 700 MT of high strength H680 steel with tensile strength of 745 MPa for application in automobile frames. The product in question is mainly used in the manufacturing of heavy automobile frames with a yield strength requirement above 580 MPa and a tensile strength…

Scrap prices stabilized in East China Shandong against a background of around CNY 60 to CNY 100 gains in other markets. Mainstream market price for 6mm to 10mm, 4mm to 6mm and 2mm to 4mm scrap was CNY 2450 to CNY 2480, CNY 2350 to CNY 2440 and CNY 2240 respectively. Local mills’ purchase prices remain unchanged and local traders are skeptical to recent rise in scrap prices. Trading activities remain thin.…