That's a very impressive photo of a very impressive bit of machinery. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ralf R. Radermacher > Sent: 03 November 2008 23:20 > To: Pentax Mailingliste > Subject: PESO: maybe the last one > > 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 > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany > private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and > photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - > Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses > > -- > 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. > >
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