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• Höganäs AB : North American Höganäs Inc. acquires Kobe Steel's North American steel powder business

  - 2008-07-10

  Höganäs AB has reached agreement through its subsidiary North American Höganäs Inc. to take over the business of Kobelco Metal Powder of America, Inc ("KOMPA"), a subsidiary of Kobe Steel, Ltd. The agreement was...

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• Kobe steel

  - 2008-05-01

  Monolithic steel maker Kobe Steel has shown that it can be as innovative as the next company with the announcement that they have developed a type of steel sheet that significantly reduces electromagnetic wave emissions. Tin-foil hat wearers will be pleased to hear that the additives in the steel are...

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• REGIONAL NEWS - U.S. & CANADA

  - 2007-09-01

  Xstrata to Boost Raglan Mine Output to 2 Million mt by 2011 Xstrata Nickel said in early August that it plans to increase production to more than 2 million mt/y of ore at its flagship Raglan nickel mine in the Nunavik Territory of northern Quebec. This would almost...

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• Kobe Steel's Antibacterial Coating Improves Fish Yield at Commercial Fish Farms

  - 2007-06-05

  Tokyo, Japan, June 5, 2007 - JCN Newswire - The Fuji Trout Hatchery at the Shizuoka Prefectural Research Institute of Fishery and Kobe Steel, Ltd. have commercially applied an antibacterial coating that improves the sanitation of fish hatchery equipment to control parasitic water mold. At fish farms, parasitic water...

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• "World's strongest aluminum alloy" made via spray forming.(METALS/POLYMERS/CERAMICS)

  - 2007-06-01

  An aluminum alloy with a tensile strength of 780 MPa (113 ksi) has reportedly been developed by means of a spray forming process, reports Kobe Steel Ltd., Japan. With a breaking elongation of 14%, ductility is said to be nearly three times higher than that of Weldalite....

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• Steel Dynamics, Kobe Steel to build plant.

  - 2007-05-03

  By Staff Steel Dynamics Inc. of Fort Wayne, Ind., which produces flat-rolled steel products, has agreed to a new initiative with Kobe Steel to build and operate a $235 million iron-ore processing plant in Minnesota. The proposed Mesabi Nugget plant in the...

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• Aluminum bumpers assembled by electric current from coils.(PROCESS TECHNOLOGY)(Brief article)

  - 2007-05-01

  Aluminum car bumpers can be assembled through an electric current generated by an electromagnetic coil in a process developed by Kobe Steel Ltd., Japan. The process is designed for the stays that attach the bumper beam to the chassis. The stays consist of a pipe fitted through...

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• RugbyU: Highlanders flanker Blackie to move to Japan

  - 2007-04-24

  AAP Sports News Australia 04-24-2007 RugbyU: Highlanders flanker Blackie to move to Japan WELLINGTON, April 24, 2007 AFP - Otago Highlanders flanker Josh Blackie is joining the exodus of high profile New Zealand...

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• RU: Highlanders flanker Blackie to move to Japan

  - 2007-04-24

  AAP Sports News Australia 04-24-2007 RU: Highlanders flanker Blackie to move to Japan WELLINGTON, April 24 AFP - Otago Highlanders flanker Josh Blackie is joining the exodus of high profile New Zealand rugby players after signing a two-year contract with...

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• Vehicle Side Structure Concept Presented with AISI/SAE Sydney H. Melbourne Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Automotive Steel

  - 2007-04-17

  To: BUSINESS EDITORSContact: Ron Krupitzer, +1-248-945-4761, krupitzerr@autosteel.org, Deanna Lorincz, +1-248-945-4763, lorinczd@autosteel.org, both of American Iron and Steel Institute DETROIT, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society of Automotive Engineers SAE International announced Kenichi Watanabe and Mie Tachibana, employees at Kobe Steel, Ltd., and Marcus Wiemann and Dieter Frankenbery, employees at voestalpine...

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