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West Linn mill making paper with straw pulp

WEST LINN, Ore. — On the banks of the Willamette River in West Linn sits a 130-year-old paper mill. The factory, once sewn into the state's fabric, faced the same fate as other paper mills in Oregon and shuttered in 2017. The closure cost 250 workers their jobs. But after a multi-million dollar investment the paper mill re-opened in July. Formerly West Linn Paper Company, it is now called Willamette Falls Paper Company.

  • January 28, 2020
  • KGW8

Category : Pulp and Paper

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JSW Steel net profit plunges 88% on lower realisation

JSW Steel reported a sharp fall of 88 per cent in its December quarter net profit at Rs187 crore against Rs 1,603 crore logged in the same period last year as steel prices plunged due to weak demand.

Category : Iron and Steel

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India, US agree to engage in talks to settle dispute over steel import duty

With the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body not functioning, India and the US have agreed to engage in discussions in “good faith’’ to sort out the dispute over countervailing duties imposed by Washington on certain Indian steel products

Category : Iron and Steel

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High premium committed at iron ore auction to take toll on steel companies next fiscal

The production cost difference between integrated steel producers and others is expected to increase sharply after the aggressive bidding by merchant iron ore in Karnataka.

Category : Iron and Steel

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With rising demand, steel prices shoot up

Steel companies have increased steel price by 1,500-1,750 a tonne in January with strong demand from across sectors and a firm global demand. This is the highest price hike this fiscal.

Category : Iron and Steel

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Steel output target of 300 mt is challenging amid issues over raw material availability

The Indian steel industry will be able to achieve its crude steel production target of 300 million tonnes (mt) by 2030 only if the issues surrounding raw material availability are addressed. The steel sector will also require adequate funding support to be able to scale up capacity, according to experts.

Category : Iron and Steel

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Steel Industry expreses concern over agreement between Government, RCEP

The steel industry has expressed serious concern with Government inching close to signing Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership which will open duty-free imports into the country from China.

Category : Iron and Steel

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Kavya Madappa’s Bluecat Paper wants to make ‘tree-free’ paper mainstream

Instead of wood pulp, Bluecat Paper uses cotton, linen rags, coffee husk, banana fibre, mulberry, corn husk and flax fibre among other things.

Category : Pulp and Paper

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Steel companies Q2 profit set to contract on falling prices

Steel companies profit set to fall sharply in the September quarter with steel prices dipping 10 per cent from Rs 42,000 per tonne in January to Rs 38,000 in August in line with the international trend.

Category : Iron and Steel

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Visakhapatnam steel plant achieves a steelmaking milestone

RINL-Visakhapatnam steel plant achieved a steelmaking milestone by casting 430 mm Rounds from Caster 4 in Steel Melting Shop -2 (SMS-2).

Category : Iron and Steel

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