Chennai (India) - The global casting production has almost touched the 100 million-tonne (mt) mark in 2007. The industry has broken the 90 million-tonne mark in 2006 to end at 91.4 million tonne. With the growth of 6.6% in ferrous castings and 10% growth in non-ferrous castings, the casting production would have crossed the 100 million-tonne mark, according to a latest census on World Casting Production.…

Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal has been laying the groundwork for two major steelmaking complexes, one in India and the other in Egypt. According to Industrial Info Resources of Sugar Land, Texas, ArcelorMitall has been allotted 7,750 acres of land by the government of the Indian state of Orissa to construct a planned 12 million tons-per-year steel mill in the town of Keonjhargarh. About 7,000…

ASTANA (Kazakhstan) - Kazakhstan raised ferroalloy exports 4.8% in 2007 to 1.306 million tonnes, the National Statistics Agency said. Ferroalloy exports grew 49.4% in value, to $1.418 billion. Flat steel product exports increased 12.3% to 3.016 million tonnes and 75.5% to $1.648 billion. Unprocessed zinc exports fell 4.6% to 307,200 tonnes and rose 25.5% to $1.009 billion; alumina exports rose 4.2% to…

19. - 20. Februar, 2008, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Deutschland Mit fast 300 Teilnehmern und 19 Ausstellern waren die 6. Formstoff-Tage in 2006 die bislang bestbesuchte Veranstaltung. Die ausgezeichneten Vorträge der unterschiedlichsten Referenten aus Praxis und wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen vermittelten jedem Teilnehmer ein Höchstmaß an neuen Erkenntnissen und zusätzlichem Wissen. Auch in…

Pacific Steel Casting in Berkeley has agreed to voluntarily reduce noxious odors coming from its 2nd Street plants in the face of a City Council proposal to declare it a public nuisance. After receiving a letter on Tuesday from Pacific Steel General Manager Joe Emmerichs agreeing to "cut odor and emissions while producing superior steel castings," Berkeley City Councilwoman Linda Maio pulled her proposal…

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Aluminium held onto gains after the chief executive of South African power utility Eskom confirmed proposals are under way to buy back significant amounts of power from industrial customers. Although CEO Jacob Maroga did not mention the impact on aluminium smelters, an Eskom source told Reuters last night the utility is considering a complete power-supply buy-back from three…

New Delhi (India) - Major steel producers have agreed to a partial roll back on the price rise carried out by them in February 2008, by Rs1,000 per tonne for TMT and rounds and Rs500 per tonne for other steel products. The roll back is with immediate effect, in response to an appeal by the union minister of steel Ram Vilas Paswan during a meeting of chief executives of SAIL, RINL, Tata Steel, Essar Steel,…

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Yorkshire (UK) - A YORKSHIRE-BASED foundry has been acquired in a deal which will see the company look to build on its current success. Managing director Michael Earnshaw led the purchase of WB White Foundry in Brighouse from founders Bob Pearson and David James, for an undisclosed seven-figure sum. He is joined by operations director Richard Taylor, commercial director Paul Owens and finance director Peter…