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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...

Algoma Steel Inc.- Environmental Compliance Approval (air)
ERO number:  019-9084
Comment period: September 6, 2024 - November 4, 2024 (59 days) Open
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This posting will be updated shortly

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

​June 13 2024 
There is a very significant news announcement today: 
"There’s a new safety sheriff at Algoma Steel" (There’s a new safety sheriff at Algoma Steel - Sault Ste. Marie News (sootoday.com)
​ASI has a new executive member: Erin Oliver has been appointed Vice president – health and safety.

May 17. 2024     
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​Algoma Steel charged in connection with June 2023 death of contract worker 
 ​Sault news: Algoma Steel charged in connection with June 2023 death of contract worker | CTV News

Algoma Steel is confronting two charges in connection with a spill that took place in 2022.   Algoma Steel facing two charges in connection with 2022 spill - Sault Ste. Marie News (sootoday.com)

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.

 January 24, 2024     There was a major "upset"  in the operations at ASI around 3:30 am. on Saturday January 20. Follow this link to get the press releases:News & Media | Algoma Steel Inc. 
There is extensive coverage on sootoday.com UPDATE: One quarter of Algoma Steel workers face temporary layoff - Sault Ste. Marie News (sootoday.com) 
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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.

.Oct 4, 2023 3:48 PM     posted on sootoday
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"BREAKING: Algoma Steel pleads guilty to 2019 cyanide spill during power outage"
​Algoma Steel was fined $150,000 Wednesday for allowing biproducts from steel operations to enter the St. Marys River in October, 2019. BREAKING: Algoma Steel pleads guilty to 2019 cyanide spill during power outage - Sault Ste. Marie News (sootoday.com)

September 27      Sootoday posted this new article   ​Algoma Steel moves to reduce its mountains of slag - Sault Ste. Marie News (sootoday.com) 
For other ASI corporate news follow this link: News & Media | Algoma Steel Inc. 
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Here are a few excerpts from Sootoday:
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"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.
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"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!

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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,

 June 21      ASI reports Q1 2023 Financials Algoma | Your Partner in Steel. Since 1901.
High lights:

• revenues down 28%
• net income down 90%
• net loss for the quarter $20.4 million
• new EAF project to cost "$125 million to $175 million" more than original estimate
• start up of new EAF to be delayed until "calendar year-end 2024"