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Armor for steel: New method could enable advances in energy, electronics and aerospace
Scientists applied a simple approach for growing hBN films on the surface of ubiquitous steels and Researchers have demonstrated that stainless steel and other metal alloys coated with hexagonal boron nitride, or hBN, exhibit non-stick or low-friction qualities along with improved long-term protection against harsh corrosion and high-temperature oxidation in air. The work has…
Five National Iranian Steel subsidiaries companies won gold and silver statues
Five steel companies (provincial projects) subsidiaries of National Iranian Steel Company were being selected for the 7th audit conference of the manager’s performance in the field of health, safety and environment and received their awards from Mohammad Reza Movasaghinia, chairman of board of IMIDRO. According to Public Relations of National Iranian Steel Company, at…
Iran-EU trade exceeds €3.7 bln in 10-month period
The Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) in its latest report said Iran and the 27 member states of the European Union exchanged more than €3.7 billion worth of products in the first 10 months of last year. The trade exchanges between Iran and EU member states from January to October 2023 hit…
Norway Parliament votes in favour of seabed mining, as expected
Norway’s Parliament on Tuesday voted in favour of allowing Arctic seabed mineral exploration, in line with a deal reached between the government and key opposition parties last month, overcoming objections from environmental campaigners. The decision comes as Norway hopes to become the first country to make deep-sea mining happen on a commercial scale and…
Japan’s export scrap/upward
Japan scrap export was on the upward trend last week. Japanese exporters entered the market after the New Year’s holiday, and the heavy class scrap number 2 was by $357 a tonne of fob , up $7. In the domestic market, the price of heavy class 2 scrap was stable at $328 a tonne.…
3% growth in Iran’s steel production
The steel production statistics for the first nine months of this year has been published by The Iranian Steel Producers Association. The production of middle steel in 9 months of this year increased by 3 percent compared to the same period last year and sponge iron production increased by 6.5 percent. According to the…
The world’s largest steel plant with an annual capacity of 24 million tonnes of steel will be completed in India in five years
Lakshmi Mittal, the chairperson of steel manufacturing corporation ArcelorMittal announced that the corporation will build the world’s single largest steel manufacturing site at Gujarat’s Hazira by 2029. Mittal was addressing the ongoing Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS) 2024 while making the announcement. The steel baron said that the first phase of the steel manufacturing…
IMIDRO and Iron Ore Association synergy to meet challenges facing steel industry
The chairman of the board of IMIDRO announced: “This organization and the Iranian Iron Ore Association will work together to meet the challenges facing the steel industry. Mohammad Reza Movasaghi Nia in a meeting with the board of directors of the Iranian Iron Ore Producers and Exporters’ Association pointed out that the problems of…
Iron ore registers weekly fall as demand prospects darken on weak China data
Iron ore futures slipped on Friday and were also on track for a weekly fall, despite a rebound on Thursday on stimulus hopes, as the persistently weak economic data in top consumer China dented demand prospects and hampered investor sentiment. The most-traded May iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) ended daytime…
Ground breaking ceremony of Special bar quality projects in Mianeh and Ghaenat
The Director of plan & Development of National Iranian Steel Company announced the ground breaking of special bar quality (SBQ) with a variety of alloys in Mianeh and Ghaenat by the end of this year. According to the Public Relations of National Iranian Steel Company, Mehdi Derakhshan while announcing the above mentioned subject, added:…
