STI jan 2_Layout 1 9/2/11 10:26 AM Page 1 September 2011 – Vol.35 No.6 – www.steeltimesint.com NEWS EAF SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE REPORTS STEEL TIMES INTERNATIONAL – September 2011 TIMES INTERNATIONAL STEEL – Vol.35 No.6 – Vol.35 sept_Contents_STI_Mar10 9/2/11 3:38 PM Page 3 September 2011 Contents Vol.35/No.6 September 2011 – Vol.35 No.6 – www.steeltimesint.com Front cover image NEWS EAF SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE REPORTS courtesy of Tenova - Phase 2 Continuous EAF improvement Goodfellow EFSOP® technology Phase 3 Phase 1 EDITORIAL Editor Tim Smith PhD, CEng, MIM Tel: +44 (0) 1737 855154 [email protected] Deputy Editor Greg Morris EAF – Page 23 EAF – Page 32 Tel:+44 (0) 1737 855132 Production Editor Annie Baker SALES International Sales Manager Paul Rossage [email protected] Tel: +44 (0) 1737 855116 Area Sales Manager Anne Considine [email protected] Tel: +44 (0) 1737 855139 Group Sales Manager Ken Clark [email protected] Tel: +44 (0) 1737 855042 Sustainability – Page 41 Sustainability – Page 42 Marketing Executive Annie O’Brien [email protected] Tel: +44 (0) 1737 855012 News Advertisement Production News – BHP Billiton posts record profit/Bluescope Steel to cut 1000 jobs 2 Martin Lawrence [email protected] Statistics & Events – July steel production up 11.5% y-o-y 8 USA Update – US steel industry fears recession return 10 SUBSCRIPTION Latin America Update – Russian investments in the Brazilian iron and steel industry 12 Elizabeth Barford Tel +44 (0) 1737 855028 China Update – The changing structure of steel products in China 14 Fax +44 (0) 1737 855358 Email [email protected] EAF Steel Times International is published eight Improving furnace performance with Tenova goodfellow’s EFSOP technology 17 times a year and is available on subscription. 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Web summary 46 Printed in England by: Pensord, Tram Road, Pontlanfraith, Blackwood, Gwent NP12 2YA, UK History: Pioneers of the Steel Industry: Part 4 – Converter Steelmaking 48 ©Quartz Business Media ltd 2011 Features on the web www.steeltimesint.com/features EAF: An advanced computation system to solve electromagnetic problems in arc furnaces Sustainability: The sustainability footprint of steelmaking by-products Conference report: 26th Steel Success Strategies New York Company profile: Stadco – A return to output for automotive pressings Expo: Metec 2011 – A bright world for metals ISSN 0143-7798 www.steeltimesint.com Steel Times International – September 2011 – 1 STI news_Layout 1 9/5/11 8:20 AM Page 1 News in Brief World News www.steeltimesint.com DRI record Total world DRI production in 2010 China to was more than 70.4Mt and set a BHP Billiton posts record for the industry. Complete world DRI statistics can be close sites downloaded as a printable pdf from record profit www.midrex.com. According to China’s iron and steel industry will 2010 data, in the last four months increase its M&A in the 2011-15 of the year, world DRI output aver- period. aged 105% of the prior best pro- The M&A will help support large duction rate (summer of 2008). steel producers and encourage Midrex Technologies has also regional governments to promote opened a new office in Shanghai for their steel companies’ restructuring the Chinese iron and steel industry. the Ministry of Industry and Known as Midrex Metallurgy Information Technology said. Technology Services (Shanghai) Ltd, It said the country should com- the company will promote and sell bine the elimination of obsolete MXCOL Direct Reduction employing capacities with more M&A. coal gassification and other iron- The country will phase out blast making technology. furnaces smaller than 400m3 and converter and electric furnaces Trading centre smaller than 30t in the period. The Changjiang Metals Trading BHP Billiton posted a record Stripping out one-time items, It will also raise the largest 10 Center, the largest logistics and trad- US$24bn profit and forecast strong underlying earnings before interest steelmakers’ concentration ratio to ing centre for iron and steel in cen- demand for its commodities. and tax in the latest year was more than 60% it added. tral China, has started full operation The world’s largest miner by US$31.98bn, up 62%. The MIIT recently announced a in Wuhan. market value delivered a net profit BHP said the devaluation of the list of companies that must elimi- It is expected to become the largest result of US$23.64bn – up 85.9% US dollar and inflation had nate their outdated production of its kind throughout China in from the year before. reduced underlying earnings by capacity by the end of 2011. The list terms of scale, functions and sup- BHP said it expected robust US$3.2bn. Iron ore production involves 96 iron enterprises that porting facilities. demand for commodities in the was a record for the 11th year in a should eliminate 31.22Mt of capac- The centre is a project of excellence short and medium term, but cau- row. Its Western Australia Iron Ore ity and 58 steelmakers that will idle for integrated distribution and stor- tioned over cost increases that (WAIO) division benefitted from 27.94Mt of capacity this year. age, metals processing, spot trad- tend to lag the commodity price the company’s rail infrastructure, The list includes Jinan Iron and ing, futures delivery, forward trad- cycle. However, fixed-asset invest- which increased system capability. Steel, Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes, ing, and e-commerce. ment in China, a major market, WAIO shipments rose to Guangzhou Iron and Steel and It has a storage capacity of more remained resilient, the Melbourne- 155Mt/y in the June 2011 quarter Chongqing Iron and Steel. The than 30Mt/y and a transaction vol- based company said, adding that after ramp up of expanded capaci- CISA, said the move will not have ume of up to 15Mt/y. the impact of Beijing’s moves to ty. The company plans long term much impact on the total capacities Source: China Metals tighten monetary policy were yet to growth in the business and seeks as many new projects are about to E-mail [email protected] be felt fully. government approvals for a pro- be put into operation. Revenue rose 36% to posed Outer Harbour facility in Name change US$71.74bn from US$52.8bn. Port Hedland. DanSteel A/S is changing its name to NLMK DanSteel A/S and has a Steel mill new logo. With the creation of NLMK Europe Mechel upgrade thanks to the acquisition of Steel ‘green’ gas Invest and Finance (SIF) by DanSteel Mining and metals group Mechel now has three converters and two A/S’ parent company NLMK, has finished the first phase of its concasters. The whole develop- Harsco Corporation and DanSteel A/S is now part of NLMK $173M refurbishment scheme at ment plan is expected to be con- LanzaTech will promote the cap- Europe Plate Division. its steel mill in Chelyabinsk, cluded by 2013, and will include ture and reuse of steel mill flue The new logo, which is shared with Russia, with the installation of a the installation of a new ladle fur- gases as a source of reliable energy. the other companies within the new converter at its oxygen con- nace and a concaster capable of The two companies will present group, reflects the link with the par- verter shop, billet production at the mill, along LanzaTech biotechnology to ent company. Converter No 2 cost $44M to with other technical upgrades. Harsco’s major steel mill cus- upgrade, and involved an increase Steel output at the plant is tomers and explore potential busi- Frisco bridge delivery in weight and efficiency at the con- expected to rise to 4.55Mt, up ness relationships for installing and The main portion of steel for the verter. The oxygen converter shop 950kt from the previous capacity. operating commercial facilities at east span replacement of the San sites throughout the world. Francisco Bay Bridge was delivered LanzaTech is the first company by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy to successfully demonstrate pro- Industries Co. Arcelor H1 results duction of fuel-grade ethanol from It is the largest project so far for the steel mill gases. state-owned equipment manufac- ArcelorMittal said its H1 2011 sales It plans to increase iron ore pro- Its biotechnologies convert the turer with the total contract worth were $47.3bn, an increase of 25.8% duction in Liberia from 1Mt to waste gases emitted by blast fur- $350M.