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NLMK supplies heavy plate for large-scale wind power project Published 21st May, 2021 by Matthew Moggridge Wind power. NLMK DanSteel, NLMK Group’s plant located in Denmark, has supplied heavy plate for an offshore wind farm project in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc, the first major wind farm in Brittany, France. Steel from NLMK DanSteel is being used to manufacture components for wind turbine towers. The Saint-Brieuc Bay wind farm, covering an area of 75 km 2, will consist of 62 wind turbines. It is scheduled for launch in 2023. With the wind farm’s capacity close to 500 MW, there will be enoug...

SMS group now sole owner of Paul Wurth Published 21st April, 2021 by Matthew Moggridge German plant builder SMS group has acquired the remaining 40.8% of Paul Wurth SA and has become the sole owner of Paul Wurth's plant engineering business. The 40.8% of shares were owned by the Luxembourg state and state-owned banking organisations, but now the German plant builder is in charge. The Luxembourg site will now be expanded to become the R&D centre for decarbonisation and recycling within the SMS group, with both companies (SMS and Paul Wurth) pooling their R&D activities with the aim of setting...

Severstal delivers large diameter pipes to Peru Published 16th March, 2021 by Matthew Moggridge Severstal has delivered large diameter pipe to Peru. PAO Severstal, one of the world's leading vertically integrated steel and steel-related mining companies, has delivered an order of large-diameter pipes (LDP) to Peru, in the company’s first ever shipment to South America. The products were produced at Severstal’s Izhora Pipe Plant, located in St. Petersburg, Russia. Pipes were manufactured in line with the API 5L PSL 1 steel production standard, grade X52, diameter 762 mm, thickness 9,53 mm....

Basque Hydrogen Corridor: Sarralle signs MOU Published 24th February, 2021 by Matthew Moggridge The Petronor, its Basque subsidiary, presented its strategy for the development of the Basque Hydrogen Corridor (BH 2C). The presentation took place at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao, Spain. According to the company, BH 2C's development is unlike other similar projects and aims to be comprehensive, incorporating the entire value chain. The energy proposal is a collaboration of all the industrial sectors of the Basque Country and its implementation was made official with the signing of 78 public a...

Some industries are considered ‘difficult to decarbonise’. Iron and steelmaking is one example. Cement is another. Yet oxyfuel burner technology and hydrogen electrolysers are showing the way, writes Stephen B. Harrison in an exclusive for gasworld.