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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Iron and Steel Industry"”.
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Chinese iron and steel industry in transition : toward market mechanisms and economic efficiency
… central government bureaucracy to the provincial and local level and movement within enterprises towards greater reliance on the market mechanism and away from government planning. The latter movement has led to the development of market mechanisms in Chinese industry, but the bureaucratic …
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Chinese iron and steel industry in transition : toward market mechanisms and economic efficiency
… central government bureaucracy to the provincial and local level and movement within enterprises towards greater reliance on the market mechanism and away from government planning. The latter movement has led to the development of market mechanisms in Chinese industry, but the bureaucratic …
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Energy efficiency in the iron and steel industry : cases of Zimbabwe and South Africa
… improvements of energy efficiency in the iron and steel industry in Zimbabwe and the case of South Africa is studied also for comparison. Data required was obtained through field visits and international databases. The fieldwork findings, analysis and published literature contributed to …
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Trade and the environment : a case study of the South African iron and steel industry
… aim of this dissertation is to analyse the trade and sustainable linkages in industry, using the South African iron and steel industry as a case study. That particular sector has been chosen because of its importance to the South African economy, and its vulnerability to trade measures. The case …
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Impacts of environmental policy in China's Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region : a case study of the iron and steel industry
… focuses on the drivers of regional development and environmental control decisions in the iron and steel industry in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region of China. The analysis presented includes (1) a county-level econometric analysis of the geographic distribution of the iron and steel industry …
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Methods of Energy Recovery in the Iron and Steel Industry: Evalution of New Possibilities and Design Studies for Slab Cooling
… a head by the formation of the oi] cartel (OPEC) and its collective action in 1973/1974 to quadruple oil prices. The days of cheap and abundant energy sources came to an abrupt end. The immediate energy crisis was absorbed by the strong economies of the major energy consumers, hence the …
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Improve Energy Efficiency Through Industrial Symbiosis
As the backbone of modern industry, especially for developing countries such as China, the steel and iron industry has been a double-edged sword for the great economic benefits it brings on one side, and the pollution it causes on the other side. Moreover, rising energy prices have left iron and …
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Labor reallocation, Productivity and Output Volatility in Japan
… of the labor reallocation process in Japan and sheds light on its relationship with productivity and output volatility during the 1990s, the period of sluggish growth. The first chapter provides descriptive statistics of job reallocation rates among relatively large Japanese firms. The main …
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Historical anthropogenic emissions of carbon monoxide, 1850 - 2000
… of carbon monoxide (CO) from fossil fuel and biofuel combustion from 1850 to 2000. We reconstruct fuel consumption data of brick and cement industry, as well as production data of iron and steel industry. We develop technology divisions for the four industries and also add several new …
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Worktime in the United States Steel Industry, 1870-1939
The iron and steel industry was rapidly changing between 1870 and 1939. The decline of iron and the rise of steel, coupled with technological developments and new immigration trends, brought about a new industry at the end of the nineteenth century that was starkly different from just a few decades …
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Energy utilisation in selected industrial sectors in South Africa
… into the use of energy, between the years 1975 and 1984, in five of the major energy-intensive industries in South Africa. Energy use in all economic sectors, from 1964 to 1974, was surveyed in the report "Energy Utilisation in South Africa", published by the Department of Planning and the …
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Iron Production by Molten Sulfide Electrolysis
… emissions or become carbon neutral by 2050, the iron and steel industry included. With exponential increase in the production and the demand of steel, the carbon footprint of the industry has also been rising at a high rate, accounting ~ 10 -11% of the global carbon emissions. Present …
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Enhancing the effectiveness of the utility energy supply chain in integrated steel manufacturing
The iron and steel industry is energy intensive. The steel industry accounts for 2--3 of total US energy consumption. The energy costs account for 12--15% of the total cost of manufacturing steel. Cogeneration is done by most of the integrated steel producers for on-site electricity generation. The …
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In the Shadow of Steel: Leetonia, Ohio and Independent Iron Manufacturers in the Mahoning and Shenango Valleys, 1845-1920
… as a center of coal mining, beehive coking, and iron manufacturing, residents of the village of Leetonia were “jubilant” following the announcement that the state of Ohio formally incorporated the $2,000,000 charter application of the Leetonia Steel Company in March 1913. The McKeefrey …
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Variations in the Oxidative Rates of Nitrosomonas europaea in Coke-Plant Activated Sludge.
… of ammonia, has resulted in toxicity to animal and human life and in eutrophication of receiving streams. Stringent government regulations now limit effluent volumes of affected industries. The destructive distillation of coal to produce coke, which is used as a reducing agent for iron and steel …
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British businessmen and the 'scientific' tariff : a study of Joseph Chamberlain's Tariff Commission, 1903-1921, with special reference to the period 1903-1913
… at first by avoiding details of his policy, and subsequently by promising the establishment of a 'commission' of businessmen which would draft a 'costless', 'scientific' tariff.Chapter 2 tells of the backstage moves that led to the formation of the Commission. Its main purpose, however, is to …