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October 10 2024 In the spring of 2022 ASI applied for a new "ECA" (ie. a new permit to operate) for the next 6 years. Follow this link if you like to make comments or questions...
May 20 2024 Why Algoma Steel was slapped with two new sets of ministry charges (www.sootoday.com/local-news/why-algoma-steel-was-slapped-with-two-sets-of-ministry-charges-8769500)
May 2024 ASI released its First Quarter AAQM reports showing several "excursions" of health related criteria! including sulfur. benzene and benzo(a)pyrene
March 17 2024 So what actually did happen on January 20, 2024??? Here is what was presented at the March 5 meeting of the CLC PowerPoint Presentation (algoma.com) The minutes of that meeting have yet to be posted.
February 7 2024 The company reports that that repairs have been made and that production should resume within a week! Algoma | Your Partner in Steel. Since 1901. While the blast furnaces were placed on limited production, there were 122 "upsets" in which " ovens charged to atmosphere" Process upset table for posting on internet (algoma.com)...probably because the bi-products could not be sent to the bi-products plant.
November 19 In case you missed the media release, here is the latest financial update from ASI INC Q1 FY2024 Earnings Call Presentation (algoma.com) There are some significant decreases from last year.
November 6 "EAF transition" seems to dominate the news coming from ASI. But what is EAF steel-making? This link to Britannica gives an good description of the difference between "BOF steel", which currently produced locally and "EAF steel". Steel - Electric Arc, Alloy, Refining | Britannica ...and a whole lot more about steel production. Many "mini-mills" already use the EAF process.
Here are a few excerpts from Sootoday: "Blast furnace slag is a waste byproduct of steelmaking. It contains silicon dioxide, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide and sulfur, and Algoma Steel's safety data sheet cautions that repeated exposure by dust inhalation may cause cancer."
"Inhalation may cause serious respiratory irritation or lung damage," the company also warns its employees. "Repeated inhalation may increase symptoms in individuals with pre-existing chronic lung disease." Also read the public comments at the end of the article.
August 10, 2023 ASI releases quarterly financial statements Algoma Steel Group Reports Fiscal 2024 First Quarter Financial Results | Algoma Steel Inc. BAD NEWS: In comments made by CEO Michael on sootoday.com... " We are uniquely positioned to simultaneously deliver strong financial results from our existing portfolio while advancing towards EAF commissioning, expected at the end of 2024,” In other words, the proposed shutdown of the #7 coke-ovens will be at least 6 months later than originally planned!
July 18 ASI recently updated is its air-quality reporting page Algoma Web (drdas.cloud). You can now see the air quality reports for the past seven days by "clicking-on" the particular parameter in the right-hand column,