27 research outputs found

    "Steel Production in Scotland: Strategic Considerations for the 1990s" : a review

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    This paper serves to review a recent report prepared for Strathclyde Regional Council by Glasgow University on the subject of the future of plate production in Scotland

    A Comparative Analysis of Manpower Strategies Adopted by Firms in the Cleveland Area: 1980-86

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    The thesis attempts to answer three questions about the connections between manpower strategy and organisation strategy through a study of the experiences of 22 organisations located in Cleveland between 1980 and 1986. The firms included in the study were engaged in chemicals, steel, engineering, brewing, banking, local government, education, health and retailing. The questions are: 1. How are manpower systems adapted by managers to cope with a radically altered environment? 2. What competitive strategies are deployed by organisations? 3. What manpower strategies are adopted to implement the chosen competitive strategy

    Agglomeration and Market Entry in the U.S. Steel Industry: Empirical Evidence Based on the Advent of Slab Casting by U.S. Steel Minimills

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    Ten new steel plants were constructed in the United States from 1989-2001, each taking advantage of new technologies that gave scrap-based minimills access to the market for flat products based on the casting of steel slabs. Earlier, this market was the exclusive domain of ore-based integrated mills. This research brings new evidence to bear on the nature and importance of agglomeration economies, by analyzing industry clusters related to the advent of new slab casting technologies. The analysis is based on direct observation and plant visits to all of the new mills created by the new technologies. We find that industry clusters can play an important role in the process of market entry, and that specific factors related to product and firm characteristics help to determine the nature of agglomeration economies and their effects on firms and regions

    A waste heat recovery strategy for an integrated steelworks

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    UK energy prices have doubled over the last decade, which has driven the UK Iron and Steel Industry to invest in energy efficient technologies. However, even with these relatively high prices the industry still finds it difficult to build a business case to justify waste heat recovery projects. The Steel Industry has large quantities of waste heat and there are technologies readily available for its capture, but often the issue has been finding a cost effective ‘end use’. Individual schemes incorporating both capturing and an ‘end use’ for the waste heat often incur high capital costs with resulting long payback times. This thesis defines the development and modelling of a strategy and methodology for the utilisation of waste heat recovery in a UK based Steelworks. The methodology involves the utilisation of the existing steam distribution circuit to link the possible waste heat schemes together with a single ‘end user’ thus limiting the capital requirement for each subsequent project. The thesis defines the development of a numerical model that is initially verified through extensive comparison to actual plant data from a series of pre-defined operational scenarios. The model is used to predict the pressure and temperature effects on the steam distribution system as the waste heat recovery boilers from various areas of the case study steelworks are connected up to it. The developed strategy stimulated significant capital investment for the CSSW and has generated over 100,000 MWh and is therefore saving over £7m and 50,000 tonnes of indirect CO2 emissions per annum. The thesis discusses and recommends further research and modelling for low, medium and high grade waste heat as well as the potential of a partial de-centralisation of the steam system. The output of the thesis is referenced by the DECC as an example of waste heat recovery in UK industry
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