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    How do concrete and steel compare in the construction of large commercial buildings? Office buildings‚ Hotels‚ Sports Complexes‚ and other buildings have the purpose of bringing people inside. The goal is to keep occupants comfortable and safe‚ while keeping the cost associated withe the construction and maintenance of the building low. Both materials have advantages and disadvantages. However‚ when it comes right to it‚ the differences between the tow materials balance themselves out . There is

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    Steel 1045 Final Report

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    Figure 1: Stress-Strain Curve – Steel 1045 Figure 2: Stress-Strain Curve – Mild Steel Figure 3: Stress-Strain Curve – Aluminium Table 1: Physical Properties of Specimens Material Initial Gauge Thickness (mm) Final Gauge Thickness (mm) Initial Gauge Width (mm) Final Gauge Width (mm) Initial Gauge Length (mm) Final Gauge Length (mm) Initial Cross-Sectional Area (mm2) Final Cross-Sectional Area (mm2) Steel 1045 6.0 5.8 12.3 11.7 50.2 57.9 73.8 67.9 Mild Steel 6.1 3.2 12.3 7.2 50.0 70.0 75

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    pros and cons of weathering steel:: "Weathering" means that due to their chemical compositions‚ these steels exhibit increased resistance to atmospheric corrosion compared to unalloyed steels. This is because the steel forms a protective layer on its surface under the influence of the weather. The corrosion-retarding effect of the protective layer is produced by the particular distribution and concentration of alloying elements in it. The layer protecting the surface develops and regenerates

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    How a Steel Mill Works

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    How A Steel Mill Works The principal consumables employed in steel production are iron ore‚ coal‚ scrap metal and electrical energy. The importance of each of these consumables depends upon the technological processes adopted at each mill. In a classic integrated mill‚ coal and iron ore are the main consumables. In semi-integrated mills‚ scrap iron is the mainstay. An integrated mill comprises four basic operations – reduction‚ refining‚ solidification‚ and rolling – to convert iron ore

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    Tata Steel Case Study

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    Strategic Management Credit Accumulation & Transfer Scheme (CATS) – Undergraduate – Degree in Business & Management Studies “Position Analysis of Tata Steel” ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------

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    Arcelormittal Mittal Steel merged Arcelor * Theory A merger occurs when two companies combine to form a distinct company. A merger is very similar to an acquisition or takeover‚ except that in the case of a merger existing stockholders of both companies involved keep hold of a shared interest in the new company. When combining two or more companies in order to become one. Generally‚ by offering the stockholders of one company‚ securities in the acquiring company in exchange for the

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    Project on Bhilai Steel Plant

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    A REPORT ON WORKING OF FINANCE WITH REFERENCE TO CAPITAL BUDGETING [pic] BHILAI STEEL PLANT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We express our sincere thanks & regards to Bhilai Steel Plant‚ for giving us the opportunity to study on the topic “Working of finance with reference to capital budgeting”. First and foremost we express our hearty thanks to our co-ordinator Mr. S.S.Kshatriya (Manager‚ Finance Expansion) for his guidance. We also express our sincere thanks to all the heads of concerned

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    GROWTH OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY   WHY THE INDUSTRY? The reason for focusing on this industry is that‚ Steel industry has become a major production and consumption market‚ with tremendous potential for growth after the reduction of the export tariffs from 15% to 5%. There has been a consistent rise in the prices and the demand expectations are growing rapidly for the coming years due to planned investment in infrastructure development‚ increased urbanization and growth in key steel sectors i.e.

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    CONTENTS Page 1. Table 3.1. 3 2. Figure 3.2 6 3. Question 2 What are the reasons for persistent excess capacity in the global steel industry? What would it take for this capacity to be eradicated? 4. Question 2 6 Do you think that the steel industry is vital to the national security Interest of the United State? If so‚ is it important to protect this industry from low cost foreign producers? 5. Question 3

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    Eic Analysis of Tata Steel

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    LUCKY BHAVINI B.COM(H)III-E ROLL NO.-247 GROUP NO.-E27 EIC ANALYSIS OF TATA STEEL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: * The Financial market in the last 12 months has been volatile triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis in the US. This has adversely affected the liquidity and the risk perception of the international capital markets. Inflation has increased around the World boosted by mainly increase in food and energy prices. The real effective exchange rate for the US

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