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Nucor Facilities Receive Environmental Awards
May 7, 2012 - Vulcraft-Texas and Century Industrial Coatings have been honored with the 2012 Texas Environmental Excellence Award for reducing VOC emissions. Nucor Steel-Berkeley has been awarded the South Carolina Manufacturers Association's "Made in SC Excellence in Corporate Responsibility Award."

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Starts up Dust Collection System
May 3, 2012 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe has started operation of an additional 30-million-euro dust collection system on the sinter belts at its Schwelgern plant unit, which is intended to further reduce particulate emissions in the north of Duisburg by up to 3 micrograms per cubic meter.

ThyssenKrupp Nirosta Permitted to Dispose Slag at Marbach Landfill
Apr. 13, 2012 - ThyssenKrupp Nirosta has received permission from Hagen environmental agency to continue to operate and increase the capacity of the Marbach landfill in Bochum-Hamme. The approval notice allows the company to dump slag from its neighboring Bochum stainless steel mill.

Severstal Projects Approved to Receive Financing under Kyoto Protocol
Apr. 10, 2012 - The Ministry of Economic Development has approved several of ОАО Severstal’s environmental projects to receive financing under the Kyoto Protocol.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Cuts Annual Solid Emissions by 40%
Apr. 5, 2012 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava cut its emissions of solid pollutants by 40% over the past year, releasing 669 tonnes of dust particles into the air in 2011. A program of environmental investments worth close to three quarters of a billion Czech crowns was started this year that will cut sulfur dioxide emissions from its coking and steel plants.

Cherepovets Steel Mill to Increase Environmental Investments in 2012
Apr. 3, 2012 - ОАО Severstal announced that its Cherepovets Steel Mill plans to increase investments in environmental activities in 2012 to 1.25 billion rubles (more than US $42 million), about 57% more than last year.

Siemens to Supply Secondary Dedusting for Ruukki Steelworks in Finland
Mar. 28, 2012 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from Ruukki Metals Oy to supply and install equipment for a new secondary dedusting system in its converter steelworks in Raahe, Finland. The new system is scheduled to come into operation at the end of 2013.

Cherepovets Mill to Achieve Wastewater Discharge Reduction by 2013
Mar. 27, 2012 - ОАО Severstal announced that its Cherepovets Steel Mill will achieve a 200,000-m3 wastewater discharge reduction into bodies of water by 2013, by closing down two of the five current effluent discharge outlets.

Tata Steel Calls for LCA Approach to Building Sustainability
Mar. 26, 2012 - Tata Steel recently took part in a presentation on Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) at an Ecobuild sustainable building event in London, where Tata Steel sustainability expert John Dowling covered the steel industry view of LCA and why it is important to consider the whole life of buildings from cradle to grave.

Cherepovets Steel Mill Reduces Energy Consumption by 25%
Mar. 19, 2012 - ОАО Severstal’s Cherepovets Steel Mill has reduced specific steelmaking energy consumption to 5.620 Gcal per tonne, down 25% from 1999 levels, the launch year of the company’s energy-saving program.

Ellwood Quality Steels Settles Hazardous Waste Violations at New Castle Facility
Mar. 9, 2012 - Ellwood Quality Steels has agreed to pay a $150,000 penalty to settle alleged violations of hazardous waste regulations at its manufacturing facility in New Castle, Pa.

Tenova Re Energy to Supply Hyundai Steel with Irecovery Systems for Two EAFs
Mar. 7, 2012 - Tenova Re Energy has signed a contract with Hyundai Steel for the supply of two iRecovery systems for the company’s plant in Incheon, South Korea. They will help to recover lost heat from the off-gases of a 90-ton EAF and an 80-ton EAF.

ThyssenKrupp Steel USA Reaches out to Community Stakeholders
Mar. 5, 2012 - ThyssenKrupp Steel USA recently issued a communication to community stakeholders regarding an expected fine and other requirements through a consent order to be officially signed this month by the Alabama facility’s Team and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM).

Mechel’s Tikhvin Plant Compliant with ISO 14001 Standard
Mar. 1, 2012 - Mechel OAO reports that the environment management system at Tikhvin Ferroalloy Plant has been certified as compliant with the international ISO 14001 standard.

Sandvik Materials Technology Appoints Global EHS Manager
Feb. 28, 2012 - Sandvik Materials Technology announced the appointment of Christian Hörnkvist as Global Manager Environment, Health and Safety.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Donates Waste Heat to Neighboring Town
Feb. 27, 2012 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava reports that around 500 households in the town of Vratimov, which has a population of nearly 7000 inhabitants, are heated ecologically by its waste heat. As a result, Vratimov was able to shut down all of its boiler stations burning fossil fuels.

Siemens Delivers Secondary Dedusting System for Severstal Converter
Feb. 22, 2012 - Siemens VAI Metal Technologies received an order from OAO Severstal to install a secondary dedusting system in the converter steelmaking plant at the Cherepovets production site. The new secondary dedusting system is scheduled to go into operation in mid-2015.

Vale Approves 'Clean AER' Project
Feb. 21, 2012 - Vale has approved a $2 billion investment in the "Clean AER” (atmospheric emissions reduction) Project, which will see sulfur dioxide emissions at Vale's smelter in Sudbury, Ont., reduced by 70% from current levels. Project completion is estimated near the end of 2015.

Baosteel Cuts SO2 Emissions by 50% in Four Years
Feb. 16, 2012 - According to its latest statistics, Baosteel Co., Ltd. has cut total SO2 emissions by over 50% since 2008. Its SO2 emissions in 2008 exceeded 30,000 tonnes, while in 2011 the emission was 15,000 tonnes.

MMK Honored for Growth, Efficiency, Responsibility Efforts
Feb. 15, 2012 - MMK won first place for the nomination “Social programs for employees, supporting motherhood and childhood” in recognition of the company’s achievements in corporate social responsibility in 2011. The annual award is granted by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

Outokumpu Delivers Stainless for Sustainability-Driven Building Project in Qatar
Feb. 10, 2012 - Outokumpu has supplied stainless steel for Energy Tec W.L.L., a unique student housing project in Education City in Doha, Qatar. The planned facility has a heavy emphasis on sustainability in building.

Severstal's Environmental Policy Ranked Best for Russian Company
Feb. 9, 2012 - ОАО Severstal has won the award for Environmentally Responsible Business organized by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. The award was presented during Russian Business Week in Moscow.

Qatar Steel Signs Slag Sale and Recycling Agreement
Feb. 9, 2012 - Qatar Steel has signed a slag sale and recycling contract with Slag Aggregate Producer that will enable better reuse and reinvestment while helping to consolidate and strengthen the co-operation ties between Qatar Steel and the private sector.

Metinvest to Invest $8 Billion at Mariupol-Based Steel Works
Feb. 8, 2012 - Metinvest has announced plans to invest on average $1 billion every year through 2020 in development of its Azovstal and Iliych iron and Steel Works. The investments will help the company expand annual steel output by 35% at the two facilities.

Posco Recognized for Sustainability Efforts
Feb. 7, 2012 - Posco was ranked 30th in the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World recently announced by Corporate Knights, a Canadian economic magazine in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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