Brazil: coking plant
Brazilian steel producer Usiminas is to invest BRE 743.5 million this year to upgrade its production infrastructure.
India: PGCIL contracts
Sujana Metal Products Ltd, a steel re-rolling mill, said that it will collaborate with Bangalore-based Deepak Cables in bidding for large power transmission projects being put up by Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd (PGCIL) and various state transmission companies.
Germany: carbon-free coal power plant
RWE plans to invest EUR 1 billion in a new coal-fired power plant that will not emit carbon dioxide.
South Africa: SS facility
Columbus BWS JV has invited German steel company Boecker & Wender Stahl to set up the proposed SS facility in the Coega IDZ and deepwater port, South Africa.
UK: hydropower project
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has announced that a subsidiary company has received a contract to provide a range of services on a new hydroelectric power project in the Scottish highlands.