Brazil Plans to Auction 6,900 Megawat...
by wireworld
on 05/23/2013 - 08:05 pm
Tag: Press Releases
Brazil will auction by December contracts to build power lines connecting as much as 6,900 megawatts of planned wind farms in an effort to ensure the turbines will be able to send electricity to the grid once they’re installed.
The transmission lines will link 1,200 megawatts of planned projects in the state of Ceara, 1,500 megawatts in Rio Grande do Norte, 1,800 megawatts in Bahia and 2,400 megawatts in Rio Grande do Sul, Mauricio Tolmasquim, president of the government energy-research agency Empresa de Pesquisa Energetica, said today.
Brazil has about 600 megawatts of wind farms in the northeast that are in operation and aren’t delivering energy to the grid because the accomp ...
Bekaert Steel Wire Reaches Million Ma...
by wireworld
on 05/23/2013 - 06:25 pm
Tag: Press Releases
Employees at Bekaert Steel Wire, 301 Darlington Drive, are celebrating a million man-hours of production without a safety incident. The last reportable incident at the Rome plant occurred on June 5, 2011. Plant Manager Gary Downey, who is serving as the chairman of the Greater Rome Existing Industries Association, said that in the past employees have suffered injuries ranging from broken bones, severed fingers and cuts. “We’ve turned that around here in the last few years to where that’s a non-issue for us,” Downey said.He said there’s been a concerted pushback against the idea of cutting corners and t ...
Sterlite Smelter Closures Put Cable M...
by wireworld
on 05/22/2013 - 07:14 pm
Tag: Press Releases
INDIA's cable makers face a severe shortage of copper and potential manufacturing delays after the closure of the country's two biggest copper smelters, which has pushed up prices and led to a spike in Imports.
India's biggest smelter, owned by STERLITE Industries , was shut on March 30 after local residents complained of emissions that led to breathing difficulties, forcing top copper users to rely on rival HINDALCO Industries for almost all their copper needs.
But a routine shutdown at Hindalco's Birla smelter this month has raised fears that firms such as Finolex Cables Ltd , India's largest electrical wire and cable maker, may have to turn to costly imports or slow man ...
Turkish Wire Rod Exports Jump by 30% ...
by wireworld
on 05/22/2013 - 06:13 pm
Tags: Market Stats, Press Releases
According to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute Turkey’s exports of wire rods totaled 100,271 tonne in March, rising by 30.3% from a month ago but falling by 18.2% YoY. Meanwhile, the export prices averaged at USD 616 per tonne decreasing from USD 643 per tonne in a month ago.In the first 3 months of this year, Turkey’s wire rod exports totaled 297,470 tonne, remaining flat in comparison of the figures in the same period of a year ago.In the given period of time, the country’s export revenues generated by wire rods amounted to USD 181 million, down by 6% YoY.
