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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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