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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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NLMK Reports Environmental Achievements at Lipetsk Site
Feb. 6, 2012 - NLMK’s main production site in Lipetsk allocated approximately RUR 4 billion on environmental protection projects in 2011. Around 100 environmental projects aimed at revamping and upgrading process equipment and operations have thus far been completed.
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Ruukki Named to Gold Class in SAM Sustainability Yearbook
Feb. 1, 2012 - Ruukki has received Gold Class and Sector Leader distinctions from Sustainability Asset Management (SAM) for its position as the leading steel company committed to sustainable development. The results have been published in the Sustainability Yearbook 2012.
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NLMK to Cut Sinter Plant Dust Emissions with Upgrade
Dec. 5, 2011 - NLMK is revamping the central dust collection systems at sintering machines Nos. 3 & 4 at Lipetsk. A new type of electrostatic precipitator by Alstom Power is expected to significantly reduce residual dust content in exhaust air.
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ArcelorMittal Ostrava Completes Installation of Deduster System
Oct. 25, 2011 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava has completed the installation of a new deduster system at its sinter plant three months before the scheduled date. The investment will cut dust emissions from the Sinter Plant North to less than 20 mg/m3 (from the present 50 mg/m3).
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Tata Steel Plans Further Investments at South Yorkshire
Oct. 21, 2011 - Tata Steel is investing an additional £4.5 million in its South Yorkshire operations to improve plant reliability and energy efficiency, reduce CO2 emissions, and boost production of high-value steel products.
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Severstal to Reduce Emissions at Cherepovets Steel Mill
Oct. 18, 2011 - ОАО Severstal launched a major environmental project aimed at reducing atmospheric emissions at the Cherepovets Steel Mill. It signed an agreement with Siemens VAI Metals Technologies to supply and install a sophisticated system for capturing emissions from plant converters, to be installed over the next four years.
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Tata Steel and Dutch Government Sign Green Deal
Oct. 6, 2011 - Tata Steel signed a new agreement with the Government in the Netherlands committing Tata Steel’s IJmuiden plant to further improvements in its sustainability performance. The three Green Deal projects will be carried out in IJmuiden’s blast furnaces, steel meltshop, and wide hot strip mill.
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NLMK Commences Hot Tests at New Cogeneration Plant
Sep. 8, 2011 - NLMK’s new 150-MW Recovery Cogeneration Plant has started receiving and processing BF gas from Blast Furnace No. 7 currently being hot tested. With the new plant, Novolipetsk’s (NLMK’s Lipetsk site) generation capacity will increase by 45% to 482 MW.
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Novolipetsk Reduces Environmental Footprint
Jul. 21, 2011 - NLMK has upgraded its aspiration system in the refractory shop at Lipetsk to improve the efficiency of its gas cleaning equipment to the level of best available technologies.
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EPA and DEC Report Progress at Tonawanda Coke
Jul. 21, 2011 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced progress in their agencies’ investigation of the Tonawanda Coke Corp. and launched a new community-wide effort to reduce pollution.
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voestalpine Director Honored as Best Environmental Manager of 2011
Jul. 15, 2011 - The director of Strategic Environmental Management at voestalpine, Hannes Sigmund, was honored at this year’s EMAS Conference as the Best Environmental Manager of 2011. The award recognizes his dedication to the environment and comprehensive activities in cross-vocational environmental protection.
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ArcelorMittal Poland Receives Environmental Awards
Jul. 8, 2011 - ArcelorMittal Poland recently received two awards in the Eco-laurels competition organized by the Polish Chamber of Ecology, one for noise reduction and another for granulated slag production.
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SAIL Recognized for Environment Management
Jun. 28, 2011 - Maharatna Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) has received the prestigious Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for 2011. The award was recently presented by Union Minister for Home Affairs Shri P. Chidambaram.
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Olympic Steel Installs Wind Turbine
Jun. 20, 2011 - Olympic Steel has installed a 100kw wind turbine to supplement electricity to the company's corporate office and attached temper mill facility in Bedford Heights, Ohio.
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Tata Steel Pursues Low Carbon Steelmaking
Jun. 14, 2011 - Tata Steel is pursuing several technology paths to help pioneer a “breakthrough” necessary for future CO2 emissions reduction, among them is development work into new sources of fuel and energy, as well as recovery of raw materials and reducing waste.
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Tata Steel Celebrates Environment Month in June
Jun. 7, 2011 - Tata Environment Month is an initiative the company launched last year to mark the annual World Environment Day on June 5. Throughout the month, Tata Steel plans to demonstrate how the steel industry can be a key part of a more sustainable, lower carbon world.
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ArcelorMittal Organizes Ecological Picnic in Poland
Jun. 3, 2011 - Organized by ArcelorMittal Poland in cooperation with Tauron, a “family ecological picnic” was recently held in Dąbrowa Górnicza. A highlight was the planting of 100 trees, which marked the beginning of a larger project launched this year by both companies.
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MMK Reduces Specific Emissions in Q1
Jun. 2, 2011 - An in-house environmental management system (EMS) study by Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) shows that the Group reduced emissions per unit of finished product by 6.34% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2011.
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Posco Publishes 2010 Carbon Report
Apr. 26, 2011 - Posco has published its Carbon Report 2010, which details the company’s project visions and strategies such as the Green Steel, Green Business, Green Life, and Green Partnership.
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Timken Recycles 1.6 Million Tons of Scrap Metal in 2010
Apr. 22, 2011 - In 2010, The Timken Co. transformed 1.6 million tons of scrap metal into Timken® steel, which is made from nearly 100% recycled content, including 350,000 tons of recycled scrap metal from Timken operations.
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NLMK Completes Installation of New Waste Neutralization Plant
Jan. 31, 2011 - NLMK has finished the installation of a new environmentally friendly industrial waste neutralization plant with the capacity to process 1200 tonnes of waste per annum. The neutralization process combines waste incineration with high-temperature thermal decomposition.
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Outotec Launches New CO2 Removal Pilot Plant
Dec. 20, 2010 - Outotec has commissioned a new CO2 removal pilot plant at its R&D center in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, complementing the company's circulating fluidized bed (CFB) pilot plant.
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Logan Aluminum to Resolve Allegations of Clean Air Act Violations
Dec. 9, 2010 - The Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. EPA, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky have filed a complaint and entered into a consent decree with Logan Aluminum Inc. to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act’s National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Secondary Aluminum Production occurring at the company’s Russellville, Ky., facility.
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ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Builds Dedusting System
Nov. 17, 2010 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe has begun a project in Duisburg that it says will reduce particulate emissions by 450 tonnes per year. The company is building an additional filter to capture sinter plant dust. Completion is scheduled for October 2011.
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Evraz Creates Health, Safety and Environmental Committee
Oct. 27, 2010 - Evraz Group S.A. has established a Health, Safety and Environmental Committee of the Board of Directors—and has created the position of Vice President of Health, Safety and Environment—in an effort to increase the level of industrial safety, labor protection, and environmental care across its international operations.
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Outokumpu Recognized for Climate Change Disclosure
Oct. 25, 2010 - Outokumpu has been commended by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) for its approach to climate change disclosure by being featured in CDP's "Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index" for the second time.
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EPA Finishes Slag Cleanup at Kokomo Site
Oct. 15, 2010 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has completed the cleanup of the former slag processing area of the Continental Steel Superfund site in Kokomo, Ind., two years ahead of schedule due to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding. The cleanup effort was managed in consultation with Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
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Severstal Sparrows Point Reduces Locomotive Emissions
Oct. 15, 2010 - Severstal Sparrows Point has completed a clean diesel project that will improve air quality by reducing idling emissions and by helping to increase the energy efficiency of the Sparrows Point switch locomotives.
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Severstal Sparrows Point Initiates Renewable Energy Program
Oct. 6, 2010 - Severstal North America recently initiated a renewable energy program at its Sparrows Point facility in partnership with Renewable Energy Management of Baltimore, who will construct and operate a renewable energy facility that will produce renewable liquid fuel.
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Posco Named Carbon-Performance Leader
Oct. 4, 2010 - Posco received overall good evaluations from the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) committee on carbon disclosure and reduction efforts, and was selected as a leader in carbon disclosure and carbon performance.
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Tonawanda Coke Found by EPA to be Significant Source of Benzene
Oct. 1, 2010 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had ordered Tonawanda Coke Corp. to conduct testing under government oversight to determine if the company is a major source of hazardous air pollutants under the federal Clean Air Act. Results showed that TCC does meet this definition and that the majority of benzene being emitted is coming from the process area.
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voestalpine Stahl Named Klima:Aktiv Partner
Sep. 30, 2010 - voestalpine Stahl GmbH’s was made a klima:aktiv partner by Environmental Minister DI Niki Berlakovich in recognition of its contribution to CO2 emissions reduction: The company reduced CO2 emissions in a cutting unit area by 500 tonnes a year by optimizing its internal logistics.
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ArcelorMittal Ostrava Invests in Screens to Reduce Noise in Bartovice
Sep. 27, 2010 - Four anti-noise screens separate the marshaling yard from the residential zone at Bartovice, erected along the railway track where trains are marshaled and transferred to the ArcelorMittal Ostrava railway siding. The fourth anti-noise screen of nearly 400 meters in length was just recently commissioned.
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Posco’s Emissions-Reducing Efforts Recognized by Worldsteel
Sep. 8, 2010 - Posco recently received a Climate Action Member certificate from the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) for its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Posco has been issued the certificate of recognition for two consecutive years.
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EPA Orders Tonawanda Coke to Comply with Clean Water Act
Aug. 27, 2010 - The U.S. EPA has ordered the Tonawanda Coke to comply with its Clean Water Act permit. Among other violations, Tonawanda Coke is discharging industrial wastewater containing cyanide in excess of its permit limits into the town of Tonawanda’s sanitary sewer system.
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Illinois EPA Announces Loan to Clean Up Northwestern Steel and Wire Site
Aug. 18, 2010 - Illinois EPA Director Doug Scott and other state and local officials have announced the approval of a $1 million Illinois Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund award to the City of Sterling to mitigate asbestos contamination at the former Northwestern Steel and Wire Plant 1 site and to ready it for redevelopment.
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Posco Launches Second Carbon-Neutral Program
Jul. 13, 2010 - Posco recently launched the second “carbon-neutral program” at Seoul’s Posco Center as part of the steelmaker’s emissions reduction project. The contest is aimed at spreading social consciousness about climate change and practicing reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.
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NLMK Wins National Environmental Award
Jun. 11, 2010 - Novolipetsk Steel has won a National Environmental Award for “Innovative Eco-Efficient Industrial Technologies,” being awarded a special figurine and diploma for the successful implementation of its “Industrial Water Supply System Upgrade” project.
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Tata Steel Active on World Environment Day
Jun. 8, 2010 - Tata Steel observed World Environment Day at Jamshedpur and all its operational locations, keeping with this year’s global theme, “Many Species. One Planet. One Future.” The day included a widespread tree-plantation drive.
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Tata Steel Unveils Environment Awareness Campaign
Jun. 7, 2010 - Tata Steel has unveiled its new nationwide environment awareness campaign “Greenfection” to raise awareness and urge the citizens to protect the environment. The launch was marked by “Green Lighting” of the Victoria Memorial and the Tata Centre in Kolkata.
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Agreement Reached with Allegheny Ludlum on Clean Air Violations
May 18, 2010 - The U.S. EPA, Allegheny County Health Department, and U.S. Department of Justice have reached a settlement agreement with Allegheny Ludlum Corp. for alleged Clean Air Act violations at its Natrona silicon steel production plant in Allegheny County, Pa.
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AISI CEO Comments on GHG Regulation
May 17, 2010 - American Iron and Steel Institute President and CEO Thomas J. Gibson believes that the Tailoring Rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency does not solve the fundamental problems associated with regulating greenhouse gases (GHGs) under the Clean Air Act.
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U.S. Industrial Sector Reduces GHG Emissions
May 11, 2010 - The American Materials Manufacturing Alliance reports that between 1990 and 2008, industrial was the only sector of the U.S. economy in which greenhouse gas emissions fell.
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EPA Requires Improvements at Tonawanda Coke
Apr. 30, 2010 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the Tonawanda Coke Corp. (TCC) to find and fix deficiencies in its operation of the coke manufacturing facility in Tonawanda, N.Y. EPA is also requiring TCC to explain two incidents that took place at the facility in 2009 and 2010, apparently due to power and equipment failures.
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EPA Settles with Alro Steel for Chemical Inventory Reporting Violations
Apr. 19, 2010 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 recently settled a case of hazardous chemical reporting violations involving Alro Steel Corp. The consent agreement and final order applies to Alro facilities in Lansing, Mich.; Melrose Park, Ill.; and Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Ind.
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EPA to Begin Full Investigation at Raritan Bay Slag Superfund Site
Apr. 8, 2010 - The U.S. EPA will begin a full investigation of the type and extent of contamination at the Raritan Bay Slag Superfund Site in Old Bridge and Sayreville, N.J., within a few weeks. The site was put on the federal Superfund list in November 2009 after sampling revealed elevated levels of lead in the jetty and seawall.
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EPA, NY DEC Investigate Equipment Failure at Tonawanda Coke
Apr. 2, 2010 - The U.S. EPA and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation are investigating equipment failure at Tonawanda Coke that triggered an emergency flare this week to prevent the release of potentially harmful gas.
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EU Hands out Excess Carbon Allowances in 2009
Apr. 2, 2010 - The recession led to emissions from industrial plants included in the EU's emissions trading system to drop by 11% in 2009, according to energy information provider ICIS Heren. The EU handed out more free carbon allowances than were actually needed for plants to comply with 2009 emissions.
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NLMK Launches Final Stage of Environmental Project
Mar. 18, 2010 - Novolipetsk Steel has begun the final stage of reconstructing the gas exhaust ducts at BOF Shop No.1 at its main production site in Lipetsk, the goal of which is to improve operational reliability and reduce the company’s environmental impact.
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ArcelorMittal USA Again Receives Energy Star Honor
Mar. 10, 2010 - ArcelorMittal USA was recently selected, for the third consecutive year, as a 2010 Energy Star® Sustained Excellence Award winner for Energy Management, awarded annually by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy.
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AISI Supports Efforts to Halt EPA Regulation of Stationary Sources
Mar. 5, 2010 - The American Iron and Steel Institute applauds efforts in both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives to prevent “economically damaging action” by the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases from stationary sources.
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Ruukki Releases Report on 2009 Environmental Responsibility
Mar. 3, 2010 - Ruukki claims in its 2009 corporate environmental report that it made progress in the energy efficiency of production with the aim of achieving energy savings of 9%, compared to 2005 levels, by 2016. The company spent a total of EUR 21 million on environmental investments in 2009.
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AISI Commends Letter by Senators to EPA
Feb. 24, 2010 - The American Iron and Steel Institute has expressed its support for a letter signed by eight U.S. Senators to EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson raising “serious economic and energy security concerns” regarding the potential regulation of greenhouse gases from stationary sources under the Clean Air Act.
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AISI Challenges EPA Endangerment Finding
Feb. 17, 2010 - The American Iron and Steel Institute has filed a legal challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent decision that will result in greenhouse gas emissions being regulated under the Clean Air Act.
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worldsteel Works with UNEP Toward Low Carbon Society
Feb. 11, 2010 - The World Steel Association has joined the United Nations Environmental Program's Life Cycle Initiative as a Gold Sponsor. worldsteel will provide support for programs and initiatives that advance the development and refinement of life cycle analysis.
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Posco Green Growth Committee Declares Emissions Reduction Goals
Feb. 9, 2010 - Posco has decided to cut down on carbon dioxide emissions by 9% based on the average of the three most recent years by 2020, as well as to reduce 14 million tonnes of social carbon emissions through manufacturing of energy-efficient steel products and green growth businesses.
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Outokumpu Products Have Small Carbon Footprint
Feb. 3, 2010 - Outokumpu cites the recent Life Cycle Inventory Study on Stainless Steel Production in the EU showing that its stainless steel products have the smallest carbon footprint, in general 10 to 20% smaller than the EU average.
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Tonawanda Coke Ordered to Comply with State, Federal Laws
Jan. 29, 2010 - The U.S. EPA and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have ordered Tonawanda Coke Corp. over the past two months to maintain and operate its coke manufacturing facility in a manner that no longer violates federal and state environmental laws. EPA is sharing information about its ongoing multi-faceted investigation of this facility in an effort to keep the Tonawanda community fully informed.
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ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih Recognized for Environmental Protection
Jan. 21, 2010 - ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih has been named Environment Protection Leader 2009 within the “Ecology, environment, and nature management Ukraine” national project, for consistently introducing modern environmentally friendly technologies and equipment.
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Posco to Invest 7 Trillion KRW in Green Growth
Jan. 5, 2010 - Posco announces plans to invest 7 trillion KRW in green growth sectors including synthetic natural gas, SMART nuclear reactors, wind power, fuel cell for power generation, and smart grid in support of its green growth vision of “Global Green Growth Leader”.
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AMMA Expresses Concern over EPA Analysis of Climate Legislation
Dec. 15, 2009 - The American Materials Manufacturing Alliance has issued a letter to Senators Bayh (D-IN), Specter (D-PA), Brown (D-OH), McCaskill (D-MO), and Stabenow (D-MI) regarding the U.S. EPA’s analysis of the impact that H.R. 2454 will have on energy-intensive, trade-exposed industries.
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ZPSS Receives Environmental Incentives from City Government
Dec. 7, 2009 - Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless Steel recently received environmental incentives from the Zhang Jiagang Municipal Government. The grant is given by provincial or municipal governments to companies with leading environmental protection practices.
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Anti-Noise Screens Significantly Reduce Noise in Bartovice
Dec. 4, 2009 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava has erected three anti-noise screens that separate the Bartovice marshalling yard from the residential zone. A second stage of noise-reduction actions, planned for 2010, will include the erection of a fourth screen.
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Corus Pilot Plant to Test CO2-Reducing Technology
Dec. 1, 2009 - Corus will test a new iron-making technology, called “Hisarna,” in a pilot plant project at its IJmuiden steelworks in the Netherlands. The technology reportedly has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions in blast furnace steelmaking by more than 50%.
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AISI Thanks EPA, Congress for Regulations Compromise
Nov. 3, 2009 - The American Iron and Steel Institute thanks the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Congress for working with the Lake Carriers Association and its member companies on compromise regulations for large vessels sailing on the Great Lakes.
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Rio Tinto Wins Nedbank Green Mining Award
Oct. 30, 2009 - Rio Tinto's QIT Madagascar Minerals has won the 2009 Nedbank Environmental Award, which honors a company that has made a significant effort in terms of protecting or improving the biophysical environment in which it operates.
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Environmental Building Material from Baosteel Applied in Shanghai Tower
Oct. 30, 2009 - Slag micropowder, the new environmental protection building material developed by Baosteel, has been mass-applied in Shanghai Tower, the tallest building under construction in Asia. The application follows the material’s successful use in the Shanghai World Financial Center.
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AISI Comments on EPA’s GHG Emissions Ruling
Oct. 9, 2009 - The American Iron and Steel Institute issues a comment about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule requiring mandatory greenhouse gas emissions monitoring under the Clean Air Act announced last week.
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NLMK Completes Water-Supply System Upgrades
Sep. 1, 2009 - A large-scale refurbishment of the process water supply system and the introduction of a new circuit have enabled Novolipetsk Steel to discontinue the discharge of industrial effluents into the Voronezh River, while decreasing consumption of river water by three times.
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EPA Cites Wayne Metals for Clean-Air Violations
Apr. 22, 2009 - U.S. EPA Region 5 files an administrative complaint against Wayne Metals LLC for alleged Clean Air Act violations including the emission of excessive amounts of hazardous air pollutants from its metal coating facility in Markle, Ind.
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Ohio EPA, Tube City Settle Air Violations
Dec. 31, 2008 - The Ohio EPA reports Tube City IMS will pay $71,500 to settle violations of Ohio's air pollution laws related to slag handling and processing operations supporting AK Steel's Middletown Works.
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Ohio EPA Grants Final Air Permit to Middletown Coke
Nov. 26, 2008 - Ohio EPA grants Sun Coke (doing business as Middletown Coke) a final air permit-to-install that paves the way for the company to begin its construction of three heat-recovery batteries adjacent to AK Steel’s Middletown Works.
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BlueScope Steel Calls for Global Response on Carbon
Sep. 15, 2008 - BlueScope Steel calls on Australia’s Federal Government to ensure that its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme maintains the continued viability of Australia's iron and steel industry against international competitors.
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EPA Seeks Comments on AK Steel Disposal Well
Jun. 25, 2008 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 is seeking feedback from the public that could affect its decision to approve a request for an exemption from AK Steel.
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Tata Steel Group Sets Sights on Low-Carbon Benchmark
Jun. 9, 2008 - Tata Steel Group celebrates World Environment Day with campaigns, events and activities supporting the reduction of CO2 as well as the company’s corporate vision to be “the global steel industry benchmark for Value Creation and Corporate Citizenship."
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ArcelorMittal to Restart Seraing Blast Furnace n.6
Feb. 4, 2008 - Following its agreement to a solution to the CO2 quota allocation issue that was proposed by the federal and regional governments of Belgium, ArcelorMittal will now prepare to re-launch the Seraing blast furnace n.6 in Liège, Belgium.
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Industry Group Promotes the Growing Recyclability of Cars
Jan. 15, 2008 - U.S. automakers are bringing an educational message to consumers at this year's North American International Auto Show through the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC's Vehicle Recycling Partnership LLC.
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EPA Rule to Reduce Mercury, PM Releases from EAF Facilities
Dec. 18, 2007 - The EPA issues new air emissions standards for mercury and particulate matter emissions from EAF-based steel manufacturers by requiring them to buy motor-vehicle scrap only from providers that participate in the EPA-approved National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program.
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AISI Raises Competitiveness Concerns to Senate Committee
Nov. 15, 2007 - In testimony during a legislative hearing of America’s Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191), AISI President and CEO Andrew G. Sharkey states that any climate change provisions must apply to foreign firms selling in the U.S. market in order to avoid dire consequences for the U.S. economy and the environment.
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U. S. Steel Marks First Year of Mercury Switch Recovery Program
Aug. 30, 2007 - U. S. Steel marks the one-year anniversary of its participation in the National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program, a national mercury reduction program that is expected to reduce up to 75 tons of mercury emissions over the next 15 years.
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Timken Joins Effort to Reduce Mercury Emissions
Aug. 3, 2007 - Timken announces its participation in the National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program, a program designed to reduce the levels of mercury emitted from automobile scrap used as raw material in the steelmaking process.
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EPA Cleanup Underway at Former Gulf States Steel Site
Aug. 2, 2007 - EPA Superfund removal actions have started at the former Gulf States Steel facility in Gadsden, Alabama—a short-term cleanup intended to stabilize the site and remove any hazards it may pose to human health and the environment.
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CMC Steel Texas to Cut Mercury at Seguin Plant
Jun. 27, 2007 - CMC Steel Texas partners with the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce mercury at its Seguin, Texas, plant as part of the EPA’s National Partnership for Environmental Priorities program.
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Republic Joins Mercury Switch Recovery Program
May 22, 2007 - Republic Engineered Products has joined a national coalition of automobile manufacturers, steel industry associations and environmental groups in the effort to implement the voluntary National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program, which encourages the removal of mercury switches from scrap automobiles before they are crushed or shredded.
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Mikron Business Earns Environmental Awards
Apr. 13, 2007 - Quanex announced that its Mikron vinyl window profile business won two awards from King County in the state of Washington. The annual EnvirOvation award is from the Department of Natural Resources and the biennial Green Globe award is from the Department of Natural Resources and Parks.
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Gerdau Ameristeel Facility Joins EPA Performance Track Program
Mar. 7, 2007 - March 7, 2007 — Gerdau Ameristeel’s Wilton, Iowa, facility was one of 55 new facilities just welcomed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency into the
EPA Fines Metal Finisher for Environmental Violations
Feb. 27, 2007 - Feb. 27, 2007 — The EPA has fined Bay State Galvanizing, Inc., of Everett, Mass., for violating the terms of its permit to discharge storm water under the Clean Water Act. Bay State Galvanizi
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Superfund Clean up Completed at N.H. Plating Site
Jan. 18, 2007 - Jan. 18, 2007 — A joint Federal and State clean-up effort was recently completed at the 13-acre New Hampshire Plating Co. Superfund site in Merrimack, N.H. The work was coordinated between th
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OSHA Cites Horsehead for Chemical Hazards
Jan. 11, 2006 - Jan. 11, 2006 — The U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued citations to Horsehead Corp. for alleged safety and health violations
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