Iron and steelmaking health and safety news.

Rio Tinto lifts iron ore targets, warns Juukan Gorge impact still ...
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 05:35:04 GMT
Rio Tinto has flagged it may lift iron ore output in 2021 but warns the fallout from last year's Juukan Gorge disaster remains


Top steelmakers in que to secure vaccine shots for employees ...
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT
JSW Group has sought vaccines for around 25,000 workers and their families. SAIL has shared with the government details of about 6,700 health workers at its hospitals and clinics, and their families, for the first round of


EU remains Turkey's main HRC export market despite barriers
Fri, 08 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT
Although Turkish steel mills overall hot-rolled coil exports in January-November 2020 were 14.5% below last year at 2.71 million mt, due to the EUs import quotas and anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations, the EU region remained Turkish mills main HRC export destination last year. Despite quotas and safeguard investigations, Italy remained Turkeys largest HRC


Rio chairman moves to reset relationship with Indigenous group ...
Thu, 24 Dec 2020 06:10:04 GMT
Rio Tinto has begun work on building the trust of Indigenous communities following the Juukan Gorge cave disaster, revealing chairman Simon Thompson has met with the PKKP in a bid to reset the


Rio Tinto names Jakob Stausholm CEO after Aboriginal cave blast ...
Thu, 17 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT
The mining giant has appointed its finance chief Jakob Stausholm to be its next chief executive officer and succeed Jean-Sebastien Jacques, who resigned in the wake of the Juukan Gorge disaster earlier this


Chinese coking coal futures surge to record high
Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:47:00 GMT
Chinese coking coal futures closed up 6% at a record high on Wednesday, as falling imports and intensifying safety investigations fuelled concerns over supply of the steelmaking ingredient. China's


Modern material handling in the structural fab shop
Sun, 29 Nov 2020 10:30:00 GMT
The right material handling system can make handling structural steel safer and more efficient.


Modern material handling in the structural fab shop
Sun, 29 Nov 2020 10:30:00 GMT
The right automated material handling system can make handling structural steel safer and more efficient.


Steel plant transformed to scenic spot in SE China
Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:53:00 GMT
Sanming City used to be a city suffering severe pollution due to the steel giant, but now it is considered as one of the cities with good air quality in Fujian after the upgrade of


Chinese engineers building a colossal bridge on two steep cliff ...
Thu, 12 Nov 2020 05:24:11 GMT
Therefore, we will have to give special consideration for the steel cables and lifting speed to meet safety ... cross-sea bridge measuring 14.7 kilometres (9.1 miles) long in Fujian Province,


Mariana dam disaster victims to appeal court ruling to drop BHP ...
Tue, 10 Nov 2020 04:04:00 GMT
The victims of the Mariana dam disaster in Brazil plan to appeal a judgement after a UK court decided not to proceed with their 5bn ($6.6bn) case against mining major BHP. The appeal was against a


Profile: Former iron worker swaps gaskets for go-karts
Wed, 04 Nov 2020 23:31:00 GMT
Neighboring Beijing, Hebei is a leading producer of iron and steel. Facing pressure from the overcapacity of iron production as well as industrial air pollution, many steelmakers have been closed,



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