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        POSCO and Hyundai Steel ordered to shut                                                                                  Former Czech asset OMZ came under the


        down three blast furnaces                                                                                                control of the German group


                                                                     According to The Korea Times, the country’s                        The  German  industrial group
                                                              two leading  steelmakers  -  POSCO  and  Hyundai                   Max  Aicher  has  acquired  the  bankrupt
                                                              Steel - are facing an unprecedented crisis as they                 Czech company Pilsen Steel, which was
                                                              received  orders  from  municipal governments  to                  previously a  major  manufacturer  of
                                                              close their blast furnaces this week.                              forgings, rolls and other metal products
                                                                     Local  governments  in the  regions  where                  for shipbuilding, power engineering and
                                                  both  companies  operate  steel  mills have  been  conducting                  nuclear power plants.
                                                  investigations since April on the companies’ illegal emissions                        Until 2010,  the  enterprise  was
                                                  of air pollutants.                                                             owned by the Russian group United Machine Building Plants (OMZ). In 2014, when Pilsen Steel
               Following  an  investigation,  the  South  Jeolla  Provincial  Government  notified  POSCO                        was forced to join the anti-Russian sanctions and lost its largest clients, it came under the
        Gwangyang of a 10-day blast furnace shutdown on April 24, and South Chuncheon Provincial                                 control of the largest lender, VEB Capital, and in January 2019 filed for bankruptcy.
        Government notified Hyundai Steel in Dangjin of the same action on May 16.                                                      The plant is equipped with a 70-ton electric arc furnace with a capacity of 150 thousand
               The North Gyeongsang Provincial Government notified the POSCO Pohang Steel Works on                               tons per year, a ladle furnace, forging and metal-working equipment. In 2018, the company
        May 27.                                                                                                                  received 32.7 million euros in revenue, almost 8 times less than in a record 2008.
               After the steelmakers received notification, they submitted statements of their views to                                 The  Max  Aicher  group  has  not yet  announced  further  plans for  the  use  of  the  Czech
        local authorities and asked for a hearing.                                                                               enterprise. It includes two metallurgical plants in Germany and Hungary with an aggregate
               But the South Chuncheon provincial government has confirmed its punishment against                                capacity of 1.5 million per year, producing rebar and machine-building long products, as well as
        Hyundai Steel’s Tanjin steel mill.                                                                                       a number of enterprises for the production of metal products of higher value added.
               POSCO’s Gwangyang steel mill is due to undergo a similar hearing on June 18.
               Action  is taken  in response to allegations that  steelmakers  are emitting air  pollutants                                                                                                                              steel-t.ru
        through pumping blast furnaces without pollution control equipment.
               Lee Min-cheol, vice president of the Korea Iron and Steel Association, told reporters this
        week, "Korean steel companies have advanced equipment, but there is no other way (other
        than opening the air intake valves)". According to him, the association is currently working to
        find an alternative to solve problems with leading domain companies around the world.
                                                                                                                                 Tata Steel abandons job cuts at Dutch

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        Leningradsky Metallichesky Zavod puts the                                                                                       Earlier,  Tata  Steel,  as  part  of  the         years, until October 1, 2026. At the same time,
        production of gas turbines                                       The plant is engaged in the production of               reorganization  of  its European  division,              Tata Steel says it is still interested in reducing
                                                                                                                                                                                          the number of employees at the plant, but there
                                                                                                                                 planned to cut about 1,000 jobs at the Dutch
        on stream                                                   turbines  and  auxiliary  equipment  for  nuclear,           enterprise. However, this decision provoked              will be no cuts.
                                                                  thermal and hydraulic power plants.                            a sharp reaction from the union. The                                   The new agreement also provides
                                                                         Leningradskiy        Metallicheskiy       Zavod         strike continued at the plant for 25                                     for  the  introduction of  a  shorter
                                                            completed  installation  of  a  stand  for  assembling               days, forcing the management                                               working day for employees over
                                                            combustion chambers for high-power gas turbines.                     of  the  corporation  to  make                                               60 and several other provisions
                                                            It is necessary for the production of four combustion                concessions.                                                                  in which Tata Steel agreed with
                                                            chambers,  the  installation of  burners,  thermal                          The agreement,  which                                                  the union’s demands.
                                                            protective  ceramic  tiles,  as  well as  the  external              guaranteed  the  preservation
                                                            thermal insulation of the chamber and the installation               of  jobs at  the  IJmuiden  mill,
                                                            of its sheet shell. With the new equipment, the plant                was eventually extended for five
                                                            will be able to improve production efficiency and put
                                                            the gas turbine assembly on stream.
                                                                   In  2018,  the  plant  began  developing a
        domestic line of power gas turbines of two standard sizes - GTE-65 and GTE-170. A design
        department was created, where design work is carried out. The first turbine GTE-170 was put
        into production and the inspection of GTE-65 was completed.
               Leningrad Metal Plant PJSC Power Machines is engaged in the production of turbines and
        auxiliary equipment for nuclear, thermal and hydraulic power plants and industrial enterprises.

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