Steel Industry Health and Safety News

METALS-London copper holds near two-week peak, trade talks in ...
Fri, 14 Sep 2018 05:19:00 GMT
WINTER CURBS: Steel mills in Tangshan, Chinas top steelmaking city, are rushing to install equipment to meet new ultra-low emissions targets by an Oct. 31 deadline, as the measures to battle pollut...


Iron ore prices are still climbing
Sun, 09 Sep 2018 14:40:00 GMT
Anti-pollution measures in Tangshan came back as the market expected, thus steel output in September is unlikely to see big increase, analysts at CITIC Futures said in a note seen by Reuters - . Tangsh...


Chinas coke futures snap 4-day losing streak as Tangshan extends ...
Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:22:00 GMT
Earlier in the session, prices had jumped as much as 3 percent. Tangshan will implement cuts across steel, coke and power sectors this month, the latest step to cut smog ahead of the winter. The city ...


Company statement
Wed, 29 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT
It is with the deepest regret that NLMK Group reports the tragic death of Dr. Bruno de Cooman, NLMK Group Vice President for Research and Development, on 29 August 2018 in Moscow.


Shanghai steel edges down, tight supply concerns remain
Tue, 21 Aug 2018 01:39:00 GMT
The government of Tangshan said on Tuesday it will enforce emergency pollution reduction measures from Aug. 21 to 27 and had asked steel mills to halve their production capacity of sintering ...


BHP Billiton posts record final dividend as profit surges
Tue, 21 Aug 2018 01:18:00 GMT
... Samarco iron ore operation in Brazil, a joint venture between BHP and the Brazilian miner Vale, killed 19 people and flooded three communities leaving people homeless. BHP has said it will defend ...


Russia: Obukhovskoye Mine Group explodes
Fri, 17 Aug 2018 09:56:52 GMT
Obukhovskoye Mine Group, Rostov region, a part of Ukrainian DTEK, has suspended coalmining following an explosion. According to preliminary information, during the preparation for the explosion works at the long face No. 501, blast-hole charges detonated. There is no information on the collapse of the mine, but 5 miners were injured and one perished as…


Several hurt in Brazil steel plant blast
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 22:46:00 GMT
Several people have been injured in an explosion at a steel plant in Brazil. The blast took place in the Ipatinga municipality of the state of Minas Gerais at a site owned by Brazilian steelmaker Usin...


Explosion at Brazil Steelmaker Usiminas Plant Injures 30
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 04:03:00 GMT
Shares in Usiminas, one of the largest steel producers in Brazil, fell as much as 9 percent after initial reports of the explosion but later trimmed losses to about 6 percent. Our preliminary reading ...


Huge Blast Hits Factory in Brazil: About 30 Injured - Reports ...
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 13:30:00 GMT
There is no record of a death. The plant sits in the Ipatinga municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. The area is known as Brazil's steel valley. Usimas said that the blast originated from some ...


SMA Safety Committee Discusses Priorities with OSHA Leadership
Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT
SMA Safety Committee members met with OSHA leadership, including Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant Secretary, to discuss efforts of the mini-mill steel sector in improving safety. The committee brought perspectives from 10 different EAF companies and shared a strong, unified message with OSHA


China's Changzhou plans to enforce output curbs in steel, chemical ...
Tue, 31 Jul 2018 10:02:00 GMT
Earlier this month, Chinas top steelmaking city Tangshan in Hebei province ordered steel mills, coke producers and utilities to deepen output curbs for six weeks this summer in order to clear smog in ...


BHP Hit With Shareholder Class Action Over Samarco Disaster
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 18:40:00 GMT
Nineteen people were killed in November 2015, when the Fundo iron ore tailings dam collapsed at the Samarco mine in Brazil. Just at the end of last month, BHP agreed to pay US$211 million in financia...


BHP ready to duke it out after receiving news of Samarco class ...
Sun, 22 Jul 2018 23:44:00 GMT
Nineteen people were killed and a tsunami of toxic waste was unleashed when an iron ore tailings dam burst at the mine in the Minas Gerais region in 2015 in one of the countrys worst environmental di...


BHP to defend imminent class action over Samarco dam failure
Sun, 22 Jul 2018 19:15:00 GMT
BHP released a terse statement in response today stating that it intended to defend the claim. The Samarco iron ore joint venture between Vale and BHP saw massive flooding and mudslides as the result ...


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