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The source further said that evading Buy America rules
is not particularly hard for a mill willing to do its research.
“Here’s what you do,” he told AMM. “You buy so many
tons of American-made steel every year so you have the
paperwork, and then you go out and buy cheap foreign.
You run it through the mill and tag it with American-made
[heat numbers]. You pull the foreign tags out and throw them
away.”
A second source concurred that violations appeared to be
taking place. “Purchasers are actively engaged in creative
approaches to not complying with the law,” he told AMM.
“Blatant, fraudulent non-compliance has been rampant in the
industry.”
Elsewhere in steel . . .
› The steelmakers’ association Eurofer said 4 July that
Europe’s steel industry will not be able to cut its carbon
dioxide emissions by the amounts recently postulated by the
European Commission. But it should, Eurofer said, be able to
reduce them in an economically viable way by an estimated
15 per cent by 2050, compared with levels in 2010.
The EC document “Roadmap for Moving to a Low-Carbon
Economy in 2050” calls for a reduction of 80 to 95 per cent
by 2050, from levels in 1990, for European industry including
steel.
“The European Commission’s reduction targets [are] beyond
reach of the steel sector,” said Eurofer’s general director
Gordon Moffat in a statement. “The steel industry cannot stay
in Europe if the commission’s targets are imposed on the
sector without further adaptation.”
A Eurofer report sees a possible “economic scenario” of
only 10 per cent emissions reduction per metric ton of steel
between 2010 and 2030, and 15 per cent between 2010
and 2050. This would be brought about by the use of best
available technologies, process optimisation, and a greater
use of steel scrap, Eurofer said.
› Scottish artist Rob Mulholland has completed a new
sculpture in the Russian industrial town of Vyksa, whose
commission to the Aberfoyle-based artist stipulated the use
of materials from the local steelworks. With the assistance of
two local welders the new work from Mr Mulholland, known
principally for larger-than-life-size stainless steel mirror
figures, was completed and installed in just five days. The
artist said that the piece, in the design of a 13-foot tower,
which has collapsed into an arch, had gone down “incredibly
well”.
“This is very much a steel town,” Mr Mulholland told BBC
Scotland (3 June). “Everything including the roofs of garden
sheds is made of steel and 75 per cent of the local workforce
makes steel products. I think this is partly why they have
taken to the sculpture.”
Mr Mulholland said that the authorities in Vyksa, which has
one of the largest steelworks in Europe, also asked him to
submit a plan for a permanent sculpture for a new municipal
park.