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IHS Markit sees supply crunch coming for electrical steel; potential disruptor of OEM electrification plans

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Some 88% of the manufacturing is concentrated in Greater China, Japan, and South Korea and then exported to other regions usually in the form of steel coils. Cleveland-Cliffs is the only US producer of NOES via its 2020 acquisition of AK Steel; Cliff’s NOES and GOES manufacturing share common production equipment.

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Artemis II Will Send Astronauts Around the Moon

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and the electric propulsion thrusters are being tested in Cleveland. The 10,000-kilogram International Habitat (I-HAB) is an ESA contribution, being developed by prime contractor Thales Alenia Space, with contributions from Japan in the form of the Environmental Control and Life Support System.

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When They Electrified Christmas

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President Grover Cleveland was an early adopter of the electrified Christmas tree, as shown in this 1896 photo. Austria, Germany, and Japan became famous for exporting figural bulbs. Just four years later, Excelsior Supply Co. of Chicago. advertised "Winking Fairy Lights for Christmas Trees" in Hardware Dealers' Magazine.

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NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power

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Devastating accidents, like the ones at Chernobyl in Ukraine and Fukushima in Japan, can leave areas uninhabitable. NASA Glenn Research Center , in Cleveland, are investigating whether this approach could one day provide enough power to operate small robotic probes on the surface of Mars, for example.

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Nippon Steel Set to Buy U.S. Steel, Union Dismayed

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On Monday, Japan's Nippon Steel expressed its intention to purchase the United States Steel Corporation. However, the United Steel Workers don’t seem pleased with the arrangement and were said to have backed an earlier offer from domestic rival Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Steel started mulling over larger offers from Japan. "We

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Biden opposes Nippon Steel takeover of US Steel – ET Auto

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President Joe Biden said Thursday he is against the proposed sale of US Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel , as election year considerations appeared to outweigh the risk of angering key ally Japan. US Steel had previously received an offer to be bought by domestic competitor Cleveland Cliffs, in a deal endorsed by the USW.

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