The Košice Fairy-tale Christmas has already started. On Friday, 4 December, City Major Mr. Richard Rašiand U. S. Steel Košice Vice President External Affairs, Management and Business Development Mr. Miroslav Kiraľvarga, together with St. Nicholas, his suite and Firefly opened the celebrations from the stage near the Immaculata memorial.
Large numbers in English and Slovak. Up until fairly recently British English and Slovak usages were in agreement that a million was ten to the power of six (106), a milliard was ten to the power of nine (109), and a billion was ten to the power of twelve (1012).
Fifty years will have passed at the end of this week since the beginning of coke production in Slovakia, for which the Košice steelmakers were responsible. Our cokery staff produced the first coke on December 12, 1965 ...
On Friday, November 27 the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Košice was the venue for the celebration of some impressive working anniversaries - 30, 35, 40 and in some cases 45 years - of long-serving employees in the Transport, Power Engineering, Mechanics and Maintenance Divisions and the Department of General Manager Reliability of Equipment.
Participants in the latest session of industriAll's Committee for Basic Metals, which took place on November 17 and 18 of this year in Taranto, Italy, all agreed at the close of discussions that it will be necessary in the very near future ...
According to independent analysis by the ECOFYS consultancy company, the costs deriving from the proposed changes in the fourth phase of the emissions trading system in the European Union (EU ETS)
Did you know that in the past most of Slovakia's narrow-gauge railways used to be in the eastern part of this country? Many of them have been at least partially preserved, while others no longer exist, but mentions of them, also thanks to the tireless efforts of their admirers and enthusiasts, “are still alive.”
Last Friday, life at the Hurbanova Street Foster Home in Košice was busy. St. Nicholas visited the children, and even agreed to act as a member of the jury in a talent contest.
"The black scenario" came true at Fairfield Works, which is a part of portfolio of the United States Steel Corporation. Last week, the Corporation´s Management decided to shut the Blast Furnace down.
Almost everything is already prepared for it so that the Main Street in our city can be transformed, also in this year, into a Christmas fairy-tale country full of the smells, tastes, lights and good humor.
The job opportunities fair organized by IASTE Slovakia, the member of the international association providing the professional internship exchange programs for the students of the technical universities ...
The dumping margin is normally calculated on the basis of the difference between the normal value of the goods (usually the domestic price) and the price that is paid by importers (or price of the exported goods).
Following on from the extraordinary session of the EU Council for Competitiveness which took place in Brussels on November 9 with the aim of discussing the crisis in the European steel industry, and at which the Slovak Republic was represented by Trade and Industry Minister Vazil Hudák ...
Miroslav Kiraľvarga, U. S. Steel Košice Vice President External Relations, Administration and Business Development, in his role as President of the National Union of Employers in the Slovak Republic, took part last week in the meeting of the Council of Presidents of the Confederation of European Business, or BUSINESSEUROPE, which was held in Luxemburg on 19-20 November.
On November 17 and 18 there was a meeting in the southern Italian city of Taranto of labor union officials from particular member states of the European Union representing employees in the industrial sector of metals production, but especially steelmaking.
On November 13, the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Košice belonged again to the ironworkers and their families.
Yesterday on 24 November, 2015, Mr. Jozef Kollár, the President of Trade Union Confederation of the Slovak Republic, recently elected to the position of vice-president of the European Trade Union Confederation ...
Early this year, the members of the civil association “VERBUM BONUM” in Spišské Tomášovce decided to present in unconventional way a beauty of the rocks ...
The Slovak Red Cross (SRC) regarded blood donors of Košice – environs district at a recent celebratory meeting in the bridal hall of the Local authority of the Municipal area Košice ...
During the past fifty years we had rolled approximately 146 million tons of warm coils, which ranks us among important producers of metallurgical material in Europe ...
Fourth edition of the annual corporate event Where does my Pop, my Mom work? Family Safety Day
Last Saturday, June 6, a hot sunny day awaited the best part...
On October 30 U. S. Steel Košice President Scott Buckiso met the Director General for Trade at the European Commission Jean-Luc Demarty together with top representatives ...
At the request of the Government of the United Kingdom, the Luxemburg presidency of the European Union called a meeting on November 9 of the ministers for trade of the EU member states to discuss the worsening situation on the European steel market, primarily as a consequence of imports from China and insufficient demand.
Some time ago we published in Oceľ východu an article about the laboratory for refractory materials. This article presents another specialized workplace of our researchers - the Center of Excellence for Coal and Coke.