Sweeeeeeet. I love this stuff.
Cheers, Dave 2008/11/4 Ralf R. Radermacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This might well be the last shot of Cockerill-Sambre's No. 6 blast > furnace in Seraing, Belgium, in operation. > > Originally closed down for good in 2005, it had been restarted in April > 2008 when Arcelor was short of a good million tons of steel per year. > Now, as always, the steel industry is the first to suffer the > consequences of the economic slowdown. > > Like another dozen furnaces at various Arcelor sites in Europe, No. 6 > will also be shut down - temporarily and until at least February. Or so > they say. > > With another steel boom in the dimensions that we've just had more than > unlikely, this is certainly the last unit Arcelor will be taking into > operation again. The particular conditions at this site (25 km between > the blast furnaces and the associated steel mill) might well lead > Arcelor to stop all steelmaking in the Liège basin, just as initially > planned for 2009. > > Pity really. This used to be one of the more accessible plants. > > Photograph taken last (Sunda) night: > > http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/14860635 > > As always... ;-) > > Ralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
