From the category archives:

Geography

Donora Death Fog, October 26th, 1948

October 26, 2007

Before we get too “hoity-toity” about the effects of Chinese industrial expansion on the Chinese and global environment, it’s worth being reminded of events in the not so distant past that affected industrial cities in the West and how we talked about them.

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ArcelorMittal and Borusan hot strip mill venture in Turkey

October 23, 2007

Don’t miss the announcement about the ArcelorMittal and Borusan venture in Turkey.  I am not surprised ArcelorMittal had something bigger planned in Turkey since they didn’t get what they wanted with Erdemir.

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Platts interviews LME about steel futures launch

October 10, 2007

Below is a 15 minute interview from October 4th with Platts interviewing the LME about steel futures. The LME are naturally very impressed with the interest in steel futures they have seen from steel producers, just about the opposite of the response described in the “SBB Insight: Steel futures prepare to engage the market” circulated […]

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Top global steelmakers

September 4, 2007

Here is a list of the top steelmakers in the world, as measured by crude steel production, from 1988 to 2006.  iisi-top-steelmakers-1988-to-2006.pdf

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ArcelorMittal’s shareholder revolt

August 25, 2007

Arcelor Mittal is facing a shareholder revolt in Europe led by a group of hedge funds who want more for their shares than the Mittal formula currently offers. They go to court on Tuesday. This is similar – but less financially signifcant – to the revolt Mittal faced in Brazil earlier this year. Let’s just […]

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ArcelorMittal

August 24, 2007

They’re still fighting shareholders in Europe to complete the massively complex acquisition of Arcelor

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