Download or read book TRANSFORMATION OF THE STEEL SECTOR written by Chinmay Nimgoankar and published by CN Publications. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steel is one of the world’s most essential materials, fundamental to every aspect of our life. Steel is vital for infrastructure and transport while tinplated steel helps preserve food. Steel is of strategic importance to a rapidly industrializing nation like India. For the last three years, the growth of India’s steel sector has been gladdening. It is a matter of pride that in 2015, India overtook the United States to become the 3rd largest steel producer in the world and is poised to become the second largest steel producer shortly. In Stainless Steel, in the year 2016, India has already become the second largest producer. The world steel industry has been facing a crisis on account of an unprecedented steel supply glut for the past few years. I am happy to note that the Indian Steel Industry, with targeted and timely pro-active trade remedial measures, has manifested positive growth.
Download or read book Sustainability and Smart Manufacturing written by Bożena Gajdzik and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-05 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses three key aspects of business operations: sustainability, human factors, and smart manufacturing, which make up modern business. The authors share their experiences in the transformation of enterprises to Industry 4.0/5.0 and the sustainability of steel production, as well as the reorganization of human factors using the example of the steel sector. The steel industry is covered both from a global perspective (key producers in the global steel market), as well as from a local and sectoral perspective (the companies that make up the sector of metal and metal product producers, using Poland as an example). This insightful book discusses how the steel industry can develop intelligent solutions to enhance sustainable performance and the challenges they must overcome, including policy and regulation. Case studies evaluate how steel companies are investing in new technologies that meet environmental requirements but also human resource development to enhance digital skills and competencies of the workforce. The book will find an audience across disciplines but be of particular value to scholars of industrial, operations, and technology management.
Download or read book The Chinese Steel Industry s Transformation written by Ligang Song and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-28 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Chinese economic reform and opening to the international economy since the late 1970s have changed the country and the world. The developments in the steel industry through the reform period are central to those changes, illuminative of them, and of immense significance in themselves. This book throws new light on these historic changes for Chinese and foreign readers alike.' - From the foreword by Ross Garnaut, University of Melbourne, Australia
Download or read book Changes and Challenges written by James Bernard Burnham and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Road Map of China s Steel Industry written by Xinchuang Li and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-03 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the principles of supply-side structural reform and current practices in the Chinese steel industry. Focusing on the general requirements for high-quality development, it reviews the evolution of the global and Chinese steel industries with regard to reduction, innovation, and transformation. It also summarizes industrial development law from a transfer route perspective, analyzes major challenges and opportunities for the steel industry in the new era, and proposes strategic orientation and implementation measures for the future development of the steel industry. The book contends that high-quality development of the steel industry must be driven by innovation, and it is essential to promote integrated development based on several aspects – greenness, coordination, quality, standardization, differentiation, service, intelligence, diversification, and internationalization – in order to reshape the industrial value chain and continuously improve industrial competitiveness. This concept is essential to help Chinese steel companies prepare development plans for transformation and upgrading. Combining thorough analysis, unique insights, and many practical cases, the book offers a guide to and inspiration for future implementation approaches.
Download or read book Challenges and Prospects of Steelmaking Towards the Year 2050 written by Lauri Holappa and published by Mdpi AG. This book was released on 2022-01-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world steel industry is strongly based on coal/coke in ironmaking, resulting in huge carbon dioxide emissions corresponding to approximately 7% of the total anthropogenic CO2 emissions. As the world is experiencing a period of imminent threat owing to climate change, the steel industry is also facing a tremendous challenge in next decades. This themed issue makes a survey on the current situation of steel production, energy consumption, and CO2 emissions, as well as cross-sections of the potential methods to decrease CO2 emissions in current processes via improved energy and materials efficiency, increasing recycling, utilizing alternative energy sources, and adopting CO2 capture and storage. The current state, problems and plans in the two biggest steel producing countries, China and India are introduced. Generally contemplating, incremental improvements in current processes play a key role in rapid mitigation of specific emissions, but finally they are insufficient when striving for carbon neutral production in the long run. Then hydrogen and electrification are the apparent solutions also to iron and steel production. The book gives a holistic overview of the current situation and challenges, and an inclusive compilation of the potential technologies and solutions for the global CO2 emissions problem.
Download or read book Steel and Progress written by Elio E and published by Elio Endless Publishers. This book was released on 2023-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this preface, we emphasize the pivotal role of the Indian steel industry in driving India's economic growth. We highlight steel as an essential product for the development of any modern economy, often considered the backbone of human civilization. The per capita steel consumption serves as a crucial indicator of a country's socioeconomic development and living standards. India, a key player on the global steel map, has continually advanced its steel sector. It has established state-of-the-art steel mills, continuously modernized older plants, enhanced energy efficiency, and integrated with global raw material sources. Strong linkages between large, technologically complex industries and steel products exist, contributing to both material flow and income generation. The survival of robust steel industries characterizes major industrial economies in India, significantly shaping their early progress. The liberalization of the industrial sector marked a turning point for the Indian steel industry, which swiftly adopted the latest technologies, including the installation of new Greenfield plants. This led to increased output and higher positioning within the value chain, resulting in a rise in exports and greater integration with the global economy. However, this expansion also led to regional diffusion, affecting domestic supply, particularly in the western region. Considering India's status as a developing nation, the steel industry's significance cannot be overstated. The demand for steel is extensive, from constructing bridges and railways to manufacturing rolling stock, ships, vessels, and various machinery. Critical sectors like railway locomotive production, shipbuilding, and light machine construction depend on a stable steel supply. Consequently, steel consumption remains a key indicator of our country's economic development. In traditional sectors, steel holds a monopoly, while specialized steels find applications in engineering industries such as power generation, petrochemicals, and fertilizers due to increased production.
Download or read book An Economic History of the American Steel Industry written by Robert P. Rogers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a basic outline of the history of the American steel industry, a sector of the economy that has been an important part of the industrial system. The book starts with the 1830's, when the American iron and steel industry resembled the traditional iron producing sector that had existed in the old world for centuries, and it ends in 2001. The product of this industry, steel, is an alloy of iron and carbon that has become the most used metal in the world. The very size of the steel industry and its position in the modern economy give it an unusual relevance to the economic, social, and political system.
Download or read book Analysis of The Transformation of the Iron and Steel Industries in China and The US Towards Decarbonisation written by John Hutchinson and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research delves into the transformation of the iron and steel industries in China and the US concerning decarbonization. The global shift from fossil fuels is imperative as the climate crisis escalates. The iron and steel industry is central to this narrative, significantly contributing to global emissions.Through a rigorous analysis, this study illuminares the industry's evolving trajectory towards sustainable, low-carbon processes. The research uses a bottom-up optimization model to assess potential decarbonization pathways for both nations. Results indicate dicernible shifts in operating capacities and consequent carbon emissions. Notably, the US is better positioned to archieve its decarbonization objectives, attributable to its pre-existing stategies and infrastructure. This study underscores the importance of proactive measures and global collaboration in seeking a sustainable future for the iron and steel industry.
Download or read book Steel And The State written by Thomas R Howell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-21 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problems of the U.S. steel industry have been a source of public controversy for over twenty years. The industry has grown substantially smaller since the 1960s and hundreds of thousands of steelworkers have lost their jobs. Some steel firms and many steel mills have shut down entirely,profoundly affecting regional economies based on steel and its related industries. An industrial transformation of this magnitude has inevitably given rise to efforts to identify its underlying causes. This book is a contribution to that effort.
Download or read book The International Steel Industry written by Ray Hudson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-16 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1989. The international steel industry suffered a major decline after the onset of world recession in 1973, perhaps suffering more plant closures and job losses than any other sector. This book analyses the decline, surveying the various factors which have contributed to it, such as changing production strategies, changes in demand and world trade and changing regional production trends. It goes on to examine the impact of decline on steel-making communities, considering the various local, national and international initiatives to assist the affected areas and the way these initiatives have been devised and implemented. The authors conclude that none of these policies has satisfactorily resolved the crisis in the old steel producing areas and that a major crisis in these areas continues. Finally they discuss the social and political options open to these localities for the future.
Download or read book The Transformation of China s Steel Industry written by Xiaohong Wu and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ironmaking and Steelmaking Processes written by Pasquale Cavaliere and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes improvements in the iron and steel making process in the past few decades. It also presents new and improved solutions to producing high quality products with low greenhouse emissions. In addition, it examines legislative regulations regarding greenhouse emissions all around the world and how to control these dangerous emissions in iron and steel making plants.
Download or read book City of Steel written by Kenneth J. Kobus and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite being geographically cut off from large trade centers and important natural resources, Pittsburgh transformed itself into the most formidable steel-making center in the world. Beginning in the 1870s, under the engineering genius of magnates such as Andrew Carnegie, steel-makers capitalized on western Pennsylvania’s rich supply of high-quality coal and powerful rivers to create an efficient industry unparalleled throughout history. In City of Steel, Ken Kobus explores the evolution of the steel industry to celebrate the innovation and technology that created and sustained Pittsburgh’s steel boom. Focusing on the Carnegie Steel Company’s success as leader of the region’s steel-makers, Kobus goes inside the science of steel-making to investigate the technological advancements that fueled the industry’s success. City of Steel showcases how through ingenuity and determination Pittsburgh’s steel-makers transformed western Pennsylvania and forever changed the face of American industry and business.
Download or read book The American Steel Industry written by Luc Kiers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the cause of the American steel industry's deplorable situation today? Troubled in many areas—competition from imports, technology implementation, cost and utilization of raw materials, investment policy, philosophy of management, and union attitudes, to name only a few—can the industry survive? These are the questions Dr. Kiers confronts in this book. Unless answers can be found, he warns, the result will be further decline and, finally, bankruptcy or nationalization. Unwilling to accept either possibility, Dr. Kiers challenges the steel industry to achieve a rebirth he sees as feasible only through a hard-nosed, realistic approach, an insistence on innovation, and a willingness to apply discipline to every facet of steel making. Dr. Kiers presents an in-depth analysis of Japan's steel industry, compares it with the U.S. industry, and discusses U.S. technology and import problems with reference to Japan. He then inventories the factors responsible for the current problems and lays the groundwork for a new start, going on to point out that the difficulties faced by the steel industry may be a portent of what will happen to other industries unless they, too, reassess both labor and management attitudes and make radical changes.
Download or read book The Renaissance of American Steel written by Roger S. Ahlbrandt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996-11-07 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the end of the 1980s, the once mighty U.S. steel industry seemed on its last legs. More than a quarter of a million jobs had been lost, and communities like Pittsburgh and Bethlehem were devastated. Yet today, the industry again stands as a world-class competitor. In The Renaissance of American Steel, Roger Ahlbrandt, Richard Fruehan, and Frank Giarratani illuminate the forces behind this remarkable comeback, drawing valuable lessons for managers not only in the steel business but in any business now battling the global marketplace. Citing evidence from a wide range of companies in the U.S., the U.K., and Japan, and clearly explaining the basics of steel production, the authors show how the industry's rebirth resulted both from the downsizing of big companies and the rise of minimills capturing markets from the larger companies. They describe how large, traditional firms--including U.S. Steel, British Steel, and Nippon Steel--recognized that they had to reduce the scope of their operations and reorganize to become more competitive. U.S. Steel CEO Tom Graham, for instance, closed plants and refocused the firm's resources on the market for flat-rolled products. The book also examines how minimills--such as Nucor, Birmingham Steel, Oregon Steel, Tokyo Steel, and Co-Steel Sheerness--have redefined the industry's structure and competitive dynamics. Nucor, in particular, has emerged as the leader among the minimills--the largest electric furnace-based steel company in the U.S., with annual sales exceeding $3 billion. The reader learns how CEO Ken Iverson, recognizing the opportunities to be seized if Nucor moved beyond traditional products (such as steel joists and rebar), created the most innovative steel mill in the world, with a consistent record of investing in new technologies to lower operating costs and to move into sophisticated, value-added products. Throughout the book, the authors offer sharp insights into the steel industry in the U.S. and abroad--but more important, they highlight the lessons to be learned for managers in all industries. The authors conclude, for instance, that success for both large and small steel producers depends on a critical interplay of factors that touch on leadership, new technologies, and decentralized management. Effective leaders, the authors find, don't micromanage; they set a goal for the company and communicate it broadly to gain employees' commitment. High-performing companies aggressively seek technical know-how, even if it means purchasing it from foreign competitors or securing joint agreements. And finally, successful companies decentralize, empowering employees far down in the organization to handle daily decisionmaking. This in-depth analysis of a radically changed industry speaks volumes about the value of flexibility in business. It is an essential resource for any manager working in today's global economy.
Download or read book The Global Restructuring of the Steel Industry written by Anthony D'Costa and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1999-01-28 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using case studies from USA, Japan, South Korea, Brazil and India, this work explains how and why the steel industry has shifted from the advanced capitalist countries to the late industrializing countries.
