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ThyssenKrupp

Who is expanding (or closing) capacity in the North American steel industry? Here’s our update

June 14, 2017

For all of you who followed our list of North American steel industry capacity expansions published in February, we are posting a regular quarterly update which you can download, below. The spreadsheet keeps track of North American steel industry capacity additions, closures, idlings, and restarts, together with links to announcements and/or news sources. For those […]

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Safety in the steel industry is everyone’s job

March 6, 2017

In other news… Safety in the steel industry is the #1 concern of all employees. It gets thoughtful and sensitive treatment in a current Italian theater production “Acciaio Liquido” (liquid steel) viewed by Nerdsofsteel. The show highlights the causes and responsibilities surrounding the ThyssenKrupp Turin fire that killed seven employees in December 2007. It helps […]

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Who is expanding (or closing) capacity in the North American steel industry? Here’s your list

February 17, 2017

To keep track of North American steel industry capacity additions, closures, idlings, and restarts we put together a downloadable list with links to announcements and/or news sources. The spreadsheet is organized by product (upstream, carbon long products, carbon flat roll, stainless & silicon, pipe & tube, downstream, and steel-related) and can be viewed on the […]

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Is this going to be an interesting steel M&A Summer?

May 18, 2012

With Europe in turmoil and China slowed down, it looks like the wheels of restructuring are slowly cranking into motion once again. Here’s the list just from this week. Although these are mostly US events, don’t underestimate the impact these transactions will have in other corners of the world, who they might involve and how […]

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ThyssenKrupp’s ‘clean’ Blast Furnace in Duisburg

February 11, 2008

And on the subject of ThyssenKrupp, here’s a short video from DeutscheWelle (in English) describing the start up of the ThyssenKrupp number 8 blast furnace in Duisburg.

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ThyssenKrupp company profile, October 2007

February 5, 2008

In the continuing NoS series of gathering profiles of some of the largest steel companies in the world, here’s an extremely comprehensive profile of ThyssenKrupp Steel made by the company itself in October of 2007. There are details of the parent corporation, but much more detailed information about the two main steelmaking groups, carbon & […]

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