News in pictures on Friday

Straits Times

Initial investigations of soil around the duck farm indicated it may have been polluted by a nearby illegal furnace slag dump. -- PHOTO: AFP Around 8000 ...



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Corus trials new technology that could cut BOF emissions

Steel Business Briefing (subscription)

At the end of 2010 Corus will pilot iron-making technology that could potentially halve carbon dioxide emitted by the basic oxygen furnace production route, ...



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Cyclone Power Technologies Files International Patent Application for Waste ...

Autochannel (press release)

Cyclone's WHE is able to convert wasted heat from sources such as ovens, furnaces and engine exhaust into mechanical energy and electricity. ...

dj update: Corus To Build Pilot Plant That Could Halve Steel CO2

Trading Markets (press release)

The first technology, developed by Corus, melts iron ore fines in a cyclone . The second technology, developed by Rio Tinto PLC (RTP), is called Hismelt and ...



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