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Statement by energy secretary Steven Chu on groundbreaking for major energy efficiency project at Indiana Steel Mill

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu issued the following statement on today's groundbreaking for a high-efficiency, energy recovery project at ArcelorMittal's Indiana Harbor steel mill in East Chicago, Indiana. This project is part of the Department of Energy's investments in industrial energy efficiency funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. "Today's event in East Chicago is a ...

Oct. 28, 2010

By US Department of Energy

U.S. Army is teaming up with a Davis startup to turn trash into energy

Listening to Mike Hart describe how his start-up company is turning trash into energy for homes and cars, you’ll be tempted to go home, put your garbage in your car trunk and drive it over to Sierra Energy’s Davis headquarters. You can’t, but Hart hopes one day to have facilities around the world harnessing the power of such waste. Essentially, the company uses a blast furnace ...

Mar. 17, 2017

By Sierra Energy

Representatives of Evraz Group visited UkrSSEC “Energostal”

October 20 –21, 2010 representatives of OJSC “NTMK” (Evraz Group) visited UkrSSEC“Energostal”: Counselor of Managing Director of the Plant - M.I. Arshanskyi and Director of Design Institute “NIKOMPROEKT” - E.N. Arhipov At present time UkrSSEC “Energostal” jointly with company “Siemens - VAI” implements wide complex of works for ...

Nov. 2, 2010

By UkrSSEC Energostal

Tata Steel to seek Government help to save Corus jobs

India’s largest steel maker Tata Steel is seeking Government assistance in the UK and the Netherlands to help cut working hours at its Corus subsidiary as the group tries to cope with the economic downturn. Tata Steel’s finance director, Kaushik Chatterjee, said the company would save £100 million this year from rationalisation in the UK and Europe, including a reduction in working hours, ...

Dec. 3, 2008

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

B&W Awarded Contract to Replace Boiler at Ontario Steel Mill

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:BW) announced today that its subsidiary, The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W), has been awarded a contract to supply and install a replacement boiler for ArcelorMittal Dofasco’s Hamilton, Ontario, steel manufacturing plant. B&W will supply a TSSG® boiler capable of providing 450,000 pounds-per-hour of steam for generating 20 ...

Jan. 6, 2017

By Babcock & Wilcox

Corus to mothball Teesside plant

Corus is to mothball its Teesside Cast Products Plant at the end of January 2010, after efforts to find a long-term solution to rescue the plant failed. The plant, which employs 2,300 people, will make 1,700 people redundant after the announcement today that it will be closing TCP’s Redcar blast furnace, Lackenby steelmaking and South Bank coke ovens. Initially, it was thought that another 600 ...

Dec. 4, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

ASTM C441 / C441M - 11 standard test method for effectiveness of pozzolans or ground blast-furnace slag in preventing excessive expansion of concrete due to the alkali-silica reaction

This test method may be used as a preliminary or screening test to evaluate the relative effectiveness of a number of different materials being considered for use to prevent excessive expansion due to alkali-silica reaction. This test method may also be used to evaluate materials proposed for use on a particular job to prevent excessive expansion due to alkali-silica ...

Dec. 2, 2011

By ASTM International

Capturing CO2 Emissions Needed to Meet Climate Targets

Technologies that are discussed controversially today may be needed to keep the future risks and costs of climate change in check. Combining the production of energy from fossil fuels and biomass with capturing and storing the CO2 they emit (CCS) can be key to achieving current climate policy objectives such as limiting the rise of the global mean temperature to below 2 degrees Celsius. This is ...

Jun. 26, 2014

By The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

China (Guangzhou) International Biomass Energy Exhibition 2014 (CNIBEE 2014)

Date: August 26th - 28 th, 2014 Venue: Guangzhou Pazhou · China Import and Export Fair Complex Organizer: Guangzhou Grandeur Exhibition Services Co., Ltd China – A huge market in the world China is always one of the world’s biggest markets in many fields, and biomass energy industry is no exception. Due to the large population, more and more biomass energy products and ...

Apr. 3, 2014

By Guangzhou Grandeur Exhibition Services Co., Ltd.

GE to Supply Japan’s JFE Steel Co. with Multi-Fuel, On-Site Power Solution at Chiba Steel Mill

With the global steel industry working to reduce the environmental impact of its production activities, GE (NYSE: GE) is supplying Japan steel producer JFE Steel Co. Ltd. with a heavy duty Frame 9E gas turbine system for an innovative steel gas-to-energy recovery project at the company’s East Japan Iron Works in Chiba City, located in the Keiyo ...

Jun. 18, 2012

By General Electric

Yonggang Group to Install GE Cogeneration Systems Fueled with Blast Furnace Gas to Provide Cleaner Energy to Steel Mill

GE’s Jenbacher Gas Engines to Power Combined Heating Plant at Jiangsu Yonggang Group Modular Yonggang Power Plant in China to Be World’s First Commercial BFG-Fueled Gas Engine Cogeneration Plant Project Highlights Role of GE’s Power Solutions in Metals Industry Worldwide GE today announced Jiangsu Yonggang Group (YG Group) will install four of GE’s (NYSE: GE) ...

Jul. 11, 2013

By General Electric

Energy Department, ArcelorMittal partnership boosts efficiency of major steel manufacturing plant

Today, Senior Advisor in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Gil Sperling, joined local officials and company representatives for the ribbon cutting ceremony and tour of the ArcelorMittal steel manufacturing plant in East Chicago, Indiana. ArcelorMittal unveiled a new, energy recovery and reuse boiler that recycles waste gas generated through its ironmaking process and uses it to ...

Dec. 17, 2012

By US Department of Energy

DOE announces US$26m to develop energy efficient processes for US industry

US Department of Energy (DOE) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy John Mizroch has announced over US$26 million in federal funding over three years, subject to Congressional appropriations, cost-shared development of energy-efficient industrial processes in the steel and other energy-intensive industries. These projects support the Energy Policy Act of ...

Aug. 25, 2008

By US Department of Energy

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