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The Future is Forming

"The Future is Forming," presented by Engineering Quality Solutions, discusses sheet steel/aluminum and how they are used. EQS helps steel, aluminum and manufacturing companies make the most cost-effective use of the sheet metal specified and supplied for each application. EQS offers forming limit diagram (FLD) and circle grid/ thinning strain analysis, tooling buyoff assistance, steelmaking and formability training, holistic cost reduction, steel cargo damage claim analysis and problem arbitration resolution.

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Monday, December 10, 2007

Steelmaking and Aluminum Videos - Severcorr, US Steel, and Novelis

The SeverCorr and US Steel videos highlight two steelmaking approaches: a minimill that uses an electric arc furnace (SeverCorr) and a blast furnace/basic oxygen furnace at an integrated mill (US Steel).
The Novelis video mainly describes the company, and contains some aluminum rolling information.

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Friday, December 07, 2007

That is A LOT of Steel - 2007

As reported by MEPS, the 2007 global steel output is estimated to be 1.350 billion metric tons, an 8% increase over the 1.249 billion metric tons produced in 2006. The 1 billionth metric ton is projected to have been produced on September 27, 2007, the 270th day of the year. This is about 7.5 weeks earlier than in 2005. Furthermore, MEPS projects the worldwide output in 2011 to be 1.6 billion metric tons, with 60% of this increase coming from China. To produce this much steel, it is estimated that China will need to import more than half of its iron ore demand. Wonder what that means for raw materials costs???

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Thursday, December 06, 2007

POSCO: World’s 2nd largest steelmaker

With a recently completed blast furnace repair, POSCO now has an annual capacity of 33 million metric tons, making it the world’s second largest steelmaker behind ArcelorMittal (117 million metric tons) and just ahead of Nippon Steel at 32.7 million metric tons. -- from Steel Guru

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Hyundai Steel, ThyssenKrupp sign technology deal

Reuters reports that ThyssenKrupp will provide Hyundai Steel with a range of steel-making technologies from blast furnaces to hot-rolled steel products. Also, Hyundai Steel and Hyundai Motor Group have agreed to buy more steel products from ThyssenKrupp for its U.S. and European auto plants. After their first blast-furnace mill comes on line in 2011, Hyundai Steel will have a capacity of 8 million metric tons.

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