Tag: Japan

Sumitomo to donate to earthquake relief efforts

Sumitomo Metals Group will donate JPY 200 million to aid relief and recovery efforts in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit the Tohoku District Pacific Offshore region of Japan on 11 March 2011.

Kobe Steel to open headquarters in China

Kobe Steel’s Chinese headquarters will open on 1 April 2011. Kobelco (China) Holding Co., Ltd., as the company will be called, is the first headquarters established in China by a Japanese steelmaker. Based in Luwan, Shanghai, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Kobe Steel is capitalized at USD 50.14 million.

Kashima Steelworks damaged in Japan quake

The Sumitomo Metals Group’s steelworks and manufacturing facilities are all operating normally with the exception of Kashima Steelworks, where the entire production lines have been suspended.

To Japan

The KCI Publishing family wishes to express our condolences and extend our support to all of our friends, colleagues and customers in Japan.

BEHIND THE NEWS: the prize for clarity goes to…

There’s a textbook example of clarity to be found on the cover of the August issue of Stainless Steel World.

Mechel establishes office in Japan

Mechel OAO has announced that it has established its official representative office in Tokyo, Japan.

The Holy Grail of energy

Researchers from Canada and Japan appear to have unlocked the Holy Grail of energy supply after achieving test flows from a methane gas hydrate just below the seafloor off British Colombia’s (BC) McKenzie Delta, some 850m beneath the waves.

Steel facility in Kawasaki

POSCO and Nissan Motor Co. will build a processing plant at Kawasaki in Japan to make automotive and stainless steel.

Methane hydrate deposit discovered

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) has reported a methane hydrate discovery of some 1.1 trillion cum of estimated gas in place in a section of the Nankai Trough about 50km off eastern Japan.

Molybdenum stainless output rises

Japan's production of molybdenum stainless steel has risen for the fifth consecutive month in May 2006, according to data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.