Japan’s major trading houses are facing a prolonged slump in iron ore and coking coal prices as Chinese steel exports flood into Asia and beyond, constraining profits for at least the next six months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/06/companies/china-steel-exports-trading-houses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #china #steel #mitsubishi #sumitomo #marubeni #itochu
Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator
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Bonjour à vous,
Circuit de Memphrémagog, bilan suite et fin.
Bonne journée à tout le monde
A la bouffe !
Un Martin pêcheur vient de se poser sur une branche avec un poisson dans le bec. Sculpture en acier neuf et revalorisé
Bijou
Un papillon en rebut d'acier et peints en jaune et rouge. Le contour est noir ainsi que ses pattes.
Perchoir colibri
Un perchoir d'oiseaux à suspendre en forme de coeur en acier. Un petit colibri et une fleur ornent ses contours.
Prendre le large en mini
Un petit voilier vogue sur la mer. Il est en acier.
Bonjour à vous,
Circuit de Memphrémagog, bilan suite et fin.
Bonne journée à tout le monde
A la bouffe !
Un Martin pêcheur vient de se poser sur une branche avec un poisson dans le bec. Sculpture en acier neuf et revalorisé
Bijou
Un papillon en rebut d'acier et peints en jaune et rouge. Le contour est noir ainsi que ses pattes.
Perchoir colibri
Un perchoir d'oiseaux à suspendre en forme de coeur en acier. Un petit colibri et une fleur ornent ses contours.
Prendre le large en mini
Un petit voilier vogue sur la mer. Il est en acier.
Greg Lloyd
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Deception Pass Bridge, WA in B&W
There are actually two bridges constructed between 1934-1935. Whidbey Island to the very small Pass Island, and from Pass Island to Fidalgo Island. this photo was taken underneath the south span from Whidbey Island.
#bridge #blackandwhite #lines #whidbeyisland #fidalgoisland #oakharbor #anacortes #washington #pnw #infrastructure #engineering #steel
Deception Pass Bridge, WA in B&W
There are actually two bridges constructed between 1934-1935. Whidbey Island to the very small Pass Island, and from Pass Island to Fidalgo Island. this photo was taken underneath the south span from Whidbey Island.
#bridge #blackandwhite #lines #whidbeyisland #fidalgoisland #oakharbor #anacortes #washington #pnw #infrastructure #engineering #steel
Alex Akselrod
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🇺🇦🇷🇴 Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov bids to acquire Romania's largest steel plant, Libertu Galati — adapting & expanding despite the war
#UkraineBusiness #Steel #Investment
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/23/akhmetov-aquisition-romanian-steel-plant/
🇺🇦🇷🇴 Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov bids to acquire Romania's largest steel plant, Libertu Galati — adapting & expanding despite the war
#UkraineBusiness #Steel #Investment
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/23/akhmetov-aquisition-romanian-steel-plant/
Japan turns to anti-dumping measures as international trade gets complicated, with an uptick in the number of probes this year indicating an evolving strategy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/15/economy/japan-anti-dumping/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #southkorea #steel #trade #chinajapanrelations #southkoreajapanrelations
Britain's east coast has turned into ground zero for the latest stage of industrial decay — and its looming political fallout. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/world/politics/brexit-uk-east-coast/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brexit #uk #trade #tariffs #oil #steel #china #keirstarmer
The UK is trumpeting #rail200: the 200th anniversary of the railway. As @markhburton points out, that’s a bit premature: https://mstdn.social/@markhburton/113803780435711720
But I want to re-up Kris de Dekker’s lens.
If we were serious about constructing a low carbon economy, we’d acknowledge, soberly, that we have a steel problem:
“The global iron and steel industry consumes more energy and produces more carbon emissions than any other industry.”
Some notes from Kris’s excellent analysis follow…
@urlyman @markhburton
Something has to be largest.
Steel and Iron is persistent once out of the ground/furnace, and I think as electricity becomes superabundant the recycling of steel is going to reduce its contribution to CO2.
But chipping away at it is a good work.
Nippon Steel is investing some $300 million in two United States Steel plants as part of the Japanese company's $11 billion commitment to the American steelmaker. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/26/companies/nippon-steel-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nipponsteel #steel #ussteel #donaldtrump #investments #manufacturing #jobs
Agaric Tech Collective
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Today in Labor History September 16, 1945: 43,000 oil workers went on strike in 20 states. During WWII, most of the major unions collaborated with the U.S. war effort by enforcing labor “discipline” and preventing strikes. In exchange, the U.S. government supported closed shop policies under which employers at unionized companies agreed to hire only union members. While the closed shop gave unions more power within a particular company, the no-strike policy made that power virtually meaningless. When the war ended, inflation soared and veterans flooded the labor market. As a result, frustrated workers began a series of wildcat strikes. Many grew into national, union-supported strikes. In November 1945, 225,000 UAW members went on strike. In January 1946, 174,000 electric workers struck. That same month, 750,000 steel workers joined them. Then, in April, the coal strike began. 250,000 railroad workers struck in May. In total, 4.3 million workers went on strike. It was the closest the U.S. came to a national General Strike in the 20th century. And in December 1946, Oakland, California did have a General Strike, the last in U.S. history. Overall, it was the largest strike wave in U.S. history. In 1947, Congress responded to the strike wave by enacting the Taft-Hartley Act, restricting the powers and activities of labor unions and banning the General Strike. The act is still in force today and one the main reasons there hasn’t been a General Strike in the U.S. since 1945.
#workingclass #LaborHistory#GeneralStrike #oakland #oilworkers #union #strike #strikewave #worldwartwo #tafthartley #uaw #coal #railroads #inflation #steel #wildcat
Today in Labor History September 16, 1945: 43,000 oil workers went on strike in 20 states. During WWII, most of the major unions collaborated with the U.S. war effort by enforcing labor “discipline” and preventing strikes. In exchange, the U.S. government supported closed shop policies under which employers at unionized companies agreed to hire only union members. While the closed shop gave unions more power within a particular company, the no-strike policy made that power virtually meaningless. When the war ended, inflation soared and veterans flooded the labor market. As a result, frustrated workers began a series of wildcat strikes. Many grew into national, union-supported strikes. In November 1945, 225,000 UAW members went on strike. In January 1946, 174,000 electric workers struck. That same month, 750,000 steel workers joined them. Then, in April, the coal strike began. 250,000 railroad workers struck in May. In total, 4.3 million workers went on strike. It was the closest the U.S. came to a national General Strike in the 20th century. And in December 1946, Oakland, California did have a General Strike, the last in U.S. history. Overall, it was the largest strike wave in U.S. history. In 1947, Congress responded to the strike wave by enacting the Taft-Hartley Act, restricting the powers and activities of labor unions and banning the General Strike. The act is still in force today and one the main reasons there hasn’t been a General Strike in the U.S. since 1945.
#workingclass #LaborHistory#GeneralStrike #oakland #oilworkers #union #strike #strikewave #worldwartwo #tafthartley #uaw #coal #railroads #inflation #steel #wildcat
U.S. Steel’s Granite City Works is reportedly ending steel slab processing, just months after the Nippon Steel acquisition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/10/companies/granite-city-works/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies#nipponsteel #ussteel #acquisitions #steel #manufacturing #usjapanrelations
Japan’s exports sustained their steepest drop in more than four years in July as U.S. tariffs continued to weigh on global commerce, clouding the outlook for growth at a time when personal spending remains unsteady. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/20/economy/japan-july-exports-fall-most-in-four-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #financeministry #trade #tariffs #cars #steel #japaneseeconomy
The Trump administration has announced that it will increase scrutiny on a range of goods from China as it pursues the president's trade goals and continues fighting alleged forced labor in Xinjiang. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/20/markets/us-china-steel-lithium-forced-labor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #china #lithium #mining #steel #forcedlabor
Japan will begin an anti-dumping probe into some Chinese and South Korean steel goods, the latest effort by the nation to protect local producers against a wave of imports of the alloy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/13/japan-antidumping-probe-china-south-korea-steel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #china #southkorea #steel #trade
Two workers have died while 10 others were wounded after several blasts occurred at a U.S. Steel plant in the state of Pennsylvania. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/12/companies/pennsylvania-steel-plant-explosions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #steel #ussteel #us
alexisjanvier
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Nouveau couteau ! Celui-ci est modeste, mais vital pour le petit déj'
Couteau à beurre en inox suédois, manche en cherry 🍒 chiné à Abbotsbury.
Pas si simple à fabriquer : la lame est très amincie, jusqu'à devenir souple.
Si vous voulez vous lancer, voyez la chouette vidéo d'Andrea Paravicini : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa6Pzkf5URA
#couteau #knife #couteaux #knives #cutlery #butterknife #acier #steel
Nouveau couteau ! Celui-ci est modeste, mais vital pour le petit déj'
Couteau à beurre en inox suédois, manche en cherry 🍒 chiné à Abbotsbury.
Pas si simple à fabriquer : la lame est très amincie, jusqu'à devenir souple.
Si vous voulez vous lancer, voyez la chouette vidéo d'Andrea Paravicini : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa6Pzkf5URA
#couteau #knife #couteaux #knives #cutlery #butterknife #acier #steel