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View Obituary & Service Information Grabber created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories Elvi Sofia Grabber passed away on April 18 Made with love by funeralOne The new combined research center and  office at SSAB’s Raahe steel mill was completed this spring and will be phased in during the fall As much SSAB steel as possible has been used for the construction of the building which also serves as a showcase for the company’s own products The color combination of gray and rusty brown is typical of the factory site The new building is located by the road leading to the factory The research center will carry out research into both raw materials and the finished products produced at the factory and will help to prepare for future fossil-free steel production The new laboratory is one of the largest in the Nordic countries The research center contains the Raahe factory's analysis and testing facilities for raw materials and end products The office contains meeting and visitor facilities as well as workspaces for approximately 100 office employees The building has a total floor area of 7,836 m2 and a cubic capacity of 42,930 m3 SSAB’s own steel grades feature prominently in the building and steel piles have also been used in the foundations The facade was supplied by SSAB’s subsidiary Ruukki Construction COR-TEN steel and GreenCoat-coated Ruukki Sandwich panels were used for the exterior cladding On the east and south sides of the building excessive heating and sunlight have been eliminated by using a separate solar protection wall with frame parts and cladding made of COR-TEN steel Perforated and backlit COR-TEN cassettes have been used to highlight the main entrance The steel frame of the building enables functional adaptability of the space – the office section has a group of meeting rooms divided by movable partition walls which can be opened up to create a room for a hundred people if necessary The ceilings are also made of color-coated steel plate from SSAB’s Hämeenlinna factory Surprising choices of materials in interior design too steel is prominitely displayed in the lobby COR-TEN and GreenCoat-coated perforated panel cladding also improves the room’s acoustics The front of the reception desk is made with ballistic protection Ramor 500 W steel It combines the properties of protection steel and weathering steel in one product This combination is ideal for applications such as public building facades Ramor 500 W steel has a good-looking surface without external corrosion protection Weathering steel is a low-alloy steel with excellent corrosion resistance in outdoor conditions Durability is based on an oxide layer that develops on the surface and forms a dense protective layer on the steel surface Normal patina formation requires outdoor conditions and alternating rain and sunshine An artificial process was used to create a patina-like surface for this interior cladding The building takes both functionality and appearance into account The “steel pipe forest” on the roof also highlights SSAB’s pipe production The walls are made of perforated steel plate and backlit or ballistic-protection COR-TEN plate The steel structures are counterbalanced by a high moss-green wall and wood-surface battens Pneumatic tube system used to send samples to the analysis laboratory Samples from the factory are sent to the research center's laboratory along a penumatic tube bridge built for them The bridge material is SSAB’s weathering steel COR-TEN The weathering steel pneumatic tube bridge requires no surface treatment and is maintenance-free The project has involved building a total of approximately six kilometers of new pneumatic tubes at the factory using old pneumatic tube bridges and routes The building is energy efficient and designed to last a long time The environmentally-friendly aspect of the steel primarily relates to the absence of a need for maintenance and the long life of the material SSAB Raahe mills newest building is a combined main laboratory and office building The new laboratory is one of the largest in the Nordic countries measured in terms of number or samples and is in operation 24/7 The samples reach the laboratory along a pneumatic tube bridge A total of around six kilometers of new pneumatic tube line have been built to the mill The Raahe steel mill’s new main laboratory examines both the raw materials for steelmaking and the end products made at the mill The fact that around 4.4 million assays are made from the some 240,000 samples analyzed each year gives an idea of the size of the fully automated spectral laboratory officially called the Mill Office and Main Laboratory is located along the entrance route to the mill The office part of the new building has meeting and visitor facilities as well as workspaces for about 100 office workers The building has a total floor area of 7,836 m2 and volume of 42,930 m3 Our new main laboratory and office building is preparing us for the future production of fossil-free steel State-of-the-art laboratory facilities can be used to analyze both raw materials and materials generated at different stages in the production process as well as to conduct research related to product development,” says Jarkko Matkala “The new facilities are superb and have been designed based on material flows and also for future needs storage of various materials and transport routes it will be possible to carry out analyses in fewer intermediate steps when the equipment is replaced the equipment has been positioned for easy maintenance,” enthuses Minna-Maarit Valkama The samples arrive from production by pneumatic tube mail to the sample receiving cell from where they continue their journey through the sample tunnel to the sample processing cell A lot of completely new instruments have been introduced a new instrumented impact hammer has been installed and calibrated in the development laboratories This is a rare set of instruments both nationally and further afield The impact test hammer can record the fracturing event of the material the foundations of which have been piled all the way down to the rock The device must be detached from the building structures so that testing does not cause resonance with them The chemical composition of steel is determined by and optical emission spectrometer (OES) The photo shows a robot placing a steel sample into an analyzer Several hundred samples are analyzed each day with a throughput time of around a few minutes SSAB’s own steels feature prominently in the building As much steel as possible has been used in the building since it also serves as a showcase for the company's own products The building has a steel frame and steel piles were used in the foundations The façade was supplied by SSAB's subsidiary Ruukki Construction COR-TEN and GreenCoat-coated Ruukki Sandwich panels were used for the exterior cladding Different SSAB steel grades have also been used in the interior of the building The building is energy efficient and has been designed to last a long time Read more about the materials used in the new building here: SSAB's own steels feature prominently in Raahe steel mill's new research and office building - SSAB - SSAB The Production Testing Laboratory and NDT (non destructive testing) the Dimensional Quantities Calibration Laboratory the Control of Sampling and the Material Certificates’ Office are located on the mill site The solution to the problem was cooperation with RESAND and the technology for treatment of foundry sand has developed a technology for the treatment/regeneration of foundry sand and a modular sand recovery plant that uses this technology The reclamation plant treats waste sand thermally and mechanically to increase the recycling rate of foundry sand and reduce the consumption of virgin sand The company has been treating waste sand from three Finnish foundries in Nuutajärvi since 2019 After installing a plant at the TU Freiberg test foundry in Germany the Finnish steel foundry Raahe Valimo Oy has been working with the RESAND plant since the beginning of 2023 Sand preparation in the foundry - an on-site visit: We met for the on-site appointment and were able to talk to the CEO Timo Kronqvist and the foundry manager um about the first experiences in use Raahe Valimo Oy was founded in 1919 and still operates as a sustainable steel foundry for well-known customers throughout Europe The company produces about 1,000 tonnes of steel castings a year in various sizes between 10 and 5000kg Timo Kronqvist emphasizes that the Finnish foundry naturally sets the highest standards for sustainability and considers the circulation of raw materials and auxiliary materials carefully used to require about 2,500t of silica sand which was most imported from Belgium by ship The waste sand was used to be dumped in landfills Kronqvist stated: "If you are geographically located in the middle of Finland the sand is usually just in the wrong place" This was also the case when the sand was processed in Nuutajärvi near Finn Recycling 3 years ago the distance of 600 km was always an obstacle This was the reason for installing sand processing directly on site at the foundry the Finn Recycling (now RESAND) plant has now been in operation and the Raahe foundry has initial findings and figures setting up the leased plant has already paying off and makes him independent of transport logistics and the strict regulations for landfills in Finland it was an advantage that he had the sand processed in Nuutajärvi before so he knew the good quality and the people from the technology The company's own sandplant usually runs 24 h/day When the moulds are crushed from used sand with the existing Neuhof plant the sand can be taken directly to the sand regeneration plant which is located directly in front of the foundry buildings we were able to see for ourselves the efficiency of the Raahe foundry and the sand reclamation system The Finns have shown that the system works RESAND Oy is a Finnish technology company specializing in sand regeneration RESAND offers foundries more environmentally friendly and profitable solutions for the use of sand RESAND has patented a regeneration technology that allows foundry sand to be processed for reuse This significantly reduces the extraction of new as well as the CO2 emissions and cost of handling and transporting them This unique regeneration technology also significantly reduces the amount of waste sand and the need for landfills RESAND has developed the regeneration technology in Nuutajärvi in cooperation with several foundries and universities for almost 10 years The Sand As A Service (SAAS) service model for foundries also enables rapid implementation with low investment RESAND's mission is to innovate the use and recycling of foundry sand together with its customers and thus be part of the solution to a global environmental challenge I would like to receive the bi-weekly Foundry-Planet newsletter with all latest news Plus the special newsletters – all can be cancelled anytime and at no cost Fortum logoFortum logoFortum Fortum and SSAB announced a joint commercial feasibility study and technical FEED (front end engineering design) study to explore the possibilities of producing hydrogen-reduced fossil-free sponge iron in Raahe Fortum and SSAB have jointly agreed that it is not possible to find a commercial arrangement that would work for both of parties given the existing preconditions the study has been concluded and no further steps will be taken at this time Fortum will continue to actively explore hydrogen concepts and business opportunities together with its customers and partners in the pulp and paper Fortum has a number of Power-to-X related studies and research projects ongoing with different companies Power-to-X technologies allow energy to be stored and converted into different products which is one way of decarbonising industry and transport sector Read more about Fortum and hydrogen www.fortum.com/hydrogen © Fortum 2025 About Rotary(down arrow opens sub-menu)> Get Involved(down arrow opens sub-menu)> Our Causes(down arrow opens sub-menu)> Our Programs(down arrow opens sub-menu)> News & Features(down arrow opens sub-menu)> For Members(down arrow opens sub-menu)> As news began circulating in Finland in early January that COVID-19 vaccines could soon be approved the nation’s health authorities cautioned an excited public that it would take time to distribute the vaccine supply and train enough people to administer them Retired doctors Matti and Virpi Honkala learned about the potential shortage of vaccinators and contacted their region’s medical director to volunteer their services in Raahe and the surrounding area “There was such a buzz and everyone wanted to get going right way,” says Virpi a Rotary International director and member of the Rotary Club of Raahe who previously worked as a surgeon and medical director Rotary’s PolioPlus national advocacy adviser for Finland and a member of the Rotary club of Pietari Brahe Both are still licensed to practice medicine “We knew that if they had a shortage of vaccinators they would have to pull people from their other duties and then those services would be put on hold,” Virpi says “We knew we could step in wherever needed.” COVID-19 vaccine doses administered by Virpi and Matti Honkalas population of the Raahe region who had received at least one vaccine dose by the end of April recommended storage temperature for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Both Virpi and Matti have experience managing vaccination campaigns During the 2009 outbreak of H1N1 (also known as swine flu) they oversaw the inoculation of nearly 1,000 health care workers prior to the mass vaccination of the general population but we still know how to vaccinate people,” says Virpi the Honkalas had vaccinated more than 5,000 people in Raahe and two smaller municipalities nearby — accounting for about half of the vaccinations in their region including almost all of those 75 and older People 60 and older were able to make appointments as of May “Two eager vaccinators can do quite a lot,” Matti says People have been excited and feel relieved about the vaccine rollout Virpi was keen to get their Rotary clubs involved in the effort and Matti wanted to promote the importance of vaccines and our project for our community,” Virpi says “We know how eager Rotary members are to promote vaccinations Members of both Rotary clubs volunteered to act as ushers and park cars at vaccination sites Rotary club members played a crucial role directing people in and out of a closed school that was converted to a vaccination center Virpi says staff members were thrilled to have the help because the school layout was more complicated than the setup at other vaccine locations Finland’s ministry of health sets the country’s vaccination strategy the first that became available in Finland so a cold chain must be maintained for doses to remain effective Vaccine doses are packed in large containers filled with dry ice and flown from a pharmaceutical factory to Helsinki The doses are then distributed to regions according to their population and their needs Each region’s medical director and nursing staff schedule vaccination appointments as doses become available and university hospitals distribute vaccine batches to municipalities The vaccines for the Raahe region come from a university hospital about 75 km (47 miles) away the Honkalas were vaccinating mostly front-line health care workers they assisted with vaccinations in nursing homes and retirement communities the Honkalas began providing vaccinations several days a week including at the hospital in Raahe and at smaller clinics in the two neighboring towns “At first we had only shorter days,” Virpi says “The nurses in charge of scheduling set up one appointment every 10 minutes I have never spent so much time walking corridors they realized we could do more and increased the pace to two every five minutes.” Virpi says the vaccination effort has been a welcome relief from the isolation of the pandemic and former patients as they come in for their vaccinations,” she says I never saw people much after their operations — only if something went wrong I am seeing people who remember that I operated on them as many as 30 years ago sharing how well they have been doing since.” Matti says he has also been working to fight vaccine misinformation and hesitancy drawing on years of experience with the polio campaign He finds opportunities to talk to people while they are waiting using his knowledge as a polio advocacy specialist to speak about the power and efficacy of vaccines and rumors can spread easily based on a rare case after the AstraZeneca vaccine was paused because of some reports of blood clots he found that more people came in expressing concern about which vaccine they were receiving Virpi says she also uses humor to allay people’s concerns ‘Which did you inject me with?’ I told him And I will be able to follow you with the gadgets I have,’” she quipped Having administered more than 5,000 vaccinations Virpi suggested to her husband that they could stop after they reached 10,000 and let others do the rest Canadian Rotary members assist with COVID-19 vaccinations and feeding families Sri Lanka Rotary uses ingenuity, invention to protect communities against COVID-19 How to talk to someone who is vaccine hesitant Joonas Donskoi got an up-close view of where his money went Donskoi, who played seven NHL seasons for the San Jose Sharks, Colorado Avalanche and Seattle Kraken before his retirement after the 2022-23 season, saved Pulju indoor skate park in his hometown of Raahe in 2019 with a timely donation wiping out the park's debt The community wanted to show its appreciation for the gesture and decided to raise the veteran forward's jersey to the rafters of the park. But now, with his career in the NHL completed, it was time for Donskoi to shred. An avid skater during childhood, Donskoi promised the park's co-founders, Valtteri Karjula and Henri Ylikulju, that he would try a few tricks on the grounds. Karjula shared some video on social media. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Henri "Heimo" Ylikulju (@heimoart) Donskoi was all smiles for the video, much like the young skaters in his hometown will continue to be. Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world to cut its carbon footprint far faster than previously planned SSAB will invest about 45 billion kronor ($4.8 billion) through 2030 to transform its Lulea and Raahe plants in Sweden and Finland into “cost-effective mini-mills” with electric arc furnaces the Stockholm-based company said on Friday The result should be the elimination of most of its Nordic emissions by 2030 a far faster timetable than its former goal of 2045 Wärtsilä has signed a turnkey contract to supply a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal to be built in Raahe construction and installation) contract has been signed with energy company The scope includes two LNG vacuum insulated storage tanks with a combined net volume of 1400 m3 The LNG terminal is scheduled to be operational in April 2018 The LNG will be supplied to Raahe by trucks from Wärtsilä’s first LNG terminal installation the Tornio Manga facility in Finnish Lapland.  The main user for the natural gas from the terminal will be the SSAB Raahe steel mill By using LNG to generate power and heat to the mill SSAB will be able to move to cleaner energy production the steel mill will notably reduce its CO2 “We wanted a modern LNG-terminal that utilizes reliable technology Wärtsilä’s technology fits our need and they have experience as an EPC provider,” says Pekka Inkala “We are excited to be chosen as the EPC contractor for this LNG project LNG not only provides a reliable source of fuel but also allows customers to produce their products with a smaller impact on the environment,” says Timo Mahlanen Image: illustration of the Raahe LNG terminal Timo MahlanenSenior Business Development ManagerWärtsilä Energy SolutionsTel: +358 40 500 0536timo.mahlanen@wartsila.com     Jukka-Pekka NiemiGeneral Manager, MarketingWärtsilä Energy SolutionsTel: +358 50 465 2805jukka-pekka.niemi@wartsila.com ProductionSwedish firm behind world's first 'fossil-free' steel pilot shelves plan for hydrogen facility at Finnish steelworksSSAB and Fortum have concluded a FEED study early finding that a viable commercial arrangement is 'not possible' SSAB Raahe took a step in March toward a lighter and more sustainable world when maritime classification society DNV GL added the mill’s high-strength steel grade VL 690 to its product approvals Approval allows the mill to supply the high-strength to the maritime industry High-strength VL 690 steel can help ships to become lighter which in turn means greater fuel economy during their useful life The special steel of the strength level in question is already being used in demanding transport vehicles and lifting equipment applications DNV GL’s approval is a concrete example of the steps that SSAB is taking toward a lighter and more sustainable world SSAB Raahe makes around 1,800 different steel grades Are you ready to explore the cutting-edge advancements shaping the electronics manufacturing industry The May 2025 issue of SMT007 Magazine is packed with insights and expert perspectives that you won’t want to miss Has X-ray’s time finally come in electronics manufacturing where we answer this question and others to bring more efficiency to your bottom line If you’re going to Anaheim for IPC APEX EXPO 2025 consider this issue of SMT007 Magazine to be your golden ticket to planning the show Enics signed a contract to purchase the entire share capital of PKC Electronics Oy with factories in Finland and China The requirements of closing have been fulfilled and the closing will become effective and ownership and control will transfer on February 28 Mikko Lassas has been appointed managing director to PKC Electronics Oy (name to be changed to Enics Raahe Oy) Lassas is responsible for the PKC Electronics Oy operations both in Finland and in China he will continue in his position as general manager for Enics Finland and Estonia Jane Liu has been appointed general manager to PKC Electronics Suzhou Co She will continue also in her current role as site manager of Enics Suzhou Business Unit Enics is the partner of choice for professional electronics in the fields of energy As one of the largest electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers in the world we help industrial companies optimize their value chains and improve their competitiveness through increased productivity and product reliability as well as decreased time-to-money and total cost of ownership Enics provides end-to-end EMS services ranging from engineering full-scale manufacturing and after sales services to sourcing and supply chain management Our world-class offering includes fast prototyping The requested URL was not found on this server HELSINKI FINLAND JUser: :_load: Unable to load user with ID: 58 An employee cutting a sample off a semi-finished metal product at the SSAB mill in Raahe Raahe was one of two options considered by the steel manufacturer as the location of a fossil-free steel mill the company said it has decided to build the mill in Luleå THE DECISION by SSAB to choose Sweden over Finland as the location of its fossil-free steel mill has kindled discussion in Finland SSAB announced last week it will invest about 4.5 billion euros in building a fossil-free steel mill in Luleå Its completion will signal the shutdown of the current blast furnace-based production system shaving seven per cent off the carbon dioxide emissions of Sweden The mill is to be inaugurated at the end of 2028 and reach full capacity in 2029 The company revealed that it continues to plan a similar transformation in Raahe a town of roughly 24,000 people in North Ostrobothnia but that the timing will depend on its financing and execution capacity as well as lessons from the project in Luleå The decision may have come as a bit of a surprise to some in Finland Martin Lindqvist, the chief executive of SSAB, stated to Kauppalehti last autumn that Raahe was ahead in the race to clinch the investment The environmental permit process had been fast tracked electricity links had been secured and other preparations were well underway in Raahe a roughly 24,000-resident town in North Ostrobothnia Minister of Finance Riikka Purra (PS) last Tuesday linked the decision to the political strikes in Finland pointing to a survey by Technology Finland The survey found that 40 per cent of companies would be investing less in the country as a result of the strikes albeit 60 per cent of them with the caveat that the impact on investment decisions would be fairly limited “With the situation not being easy also in other regards SSAB is one of those that are targeted by the strikes,” she wrote on X on 2 April the managing director of the Federation of Finnish Enterprises SSAB, though, denied the suggestion that its decision was swayed by the strikes. “This project had been in the works for a long while before the political strikes started. The decision is made based on our operational plans,” Olavi Huhtala, the head of SSAB Europe, commented to YLE on 2 April The Finnish Climate Change Panel reminded that the Raahe mill has accounted for around 10 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions in Finland. Chairperson Jyri Seppälä said to the public broadcasting company that the decision to at least delay the mill’s decarbonisation could complicate the national effort to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035 especially if no other investments are made to nudge the mill in a low-carbon direction “[The delay] doesn’t create a completely impossible situation for our goals because we’re making good progress elsewhere in emissions We do have to turn our land-use sector into a net sink by 2035 to achieve carbon neutrality,” he said to YLE on Wednesday is so large that investments in low-carbon processes are all but necessary “The mill has to compete with some other merits than simply by producing traditional steel well This low-carbon aspect is definitely one competitive measure that’d enable the continuation of production in future,” Seppälä stated to YLE Advertisement inquiries and other after-sales issues: info@helsinkitimes.fi Helsinki Times is the first and only English language newspaper providing news about Finland in English A weekly print edition of Helsinki Times was published from March 2007 up until Feb Helsinki Times is an online-only publication and other groups and individuals interested in Finland from all around the world © Helsinki Times All rights reserved.  Terms of Use | Privacy Policy [NOR-TSXV; FIEIF-OTC] shares lost 38% of their value Wednesday February 13 after the company said it is experiencing liquidity and operational issues at its 100%-owned Laiva Mine near Raahe In a status update that triggered heavy selling of the shares Nordic said these problems are due to a shortfall in tonnes and grades to the mill Nordic shares were down 38.5% or $0.025 to $0.04 on volume of 4.24 million making it one of the most actively traded stocks on the TSX Venture Exchange The stock was halted at 10.49 AM Pacific time Although the company said it was funded to production by a gold forward sale and loan Nordic began operations with a working capital deficit and has continued operating with a working capital deficit to date significant efforts have gone into finding additional lenders and investors to remedy this situation but these have been unsuccessful due to market conditions and the structure of the company’s financing,” Nordic said in a press release the company said it had hoped that its current financier and lender would provide additional financing but this has not materialized due in part to operational issues and production shortfalls the company is experiencing liquidity and cash flow uncertainties Nordic said the operational issues were caused by the under-performance of its mining contractor “This has resulted in lower than expected grade and tonnage to the mill causing the company to miss various milestones under the terms of its current financing.” The company said it is working with the contractor to remedy these issues News of operational issues comes just two months after Nordic said it had completed the first gold pour at the Laiva Mine That was one year after Nordic acquired the operation for approximately $25 million in cash Laiva is a conventional open pit mine with two pits According to a Preliminary Economic Assessment announced in July 2018 Nordic is forecasting life-of-mine production of 456,600 ounces of gold over a six-year mine life The forecast is based on a measured and indicated resource of 335,000 tonnes at 1.132 g/t gold as well as an indicated resource of 3.4 million tonnes at 1.248 g/t gold On top of that is an inferred resource of over 9 million tonnes That material is expected to support average annual gold production of 75,981 ounces at an all-in-sustaining cost of US$974/oz The PEA pegged the pre-production capital expenditure at $7.1 million the company said it poured another doré bar (worth US$805,442) on February 5 the Laiva Mine has produced 6,096 ounces of gold since the first pour on November 30 and received US$7.76 million in revenue from gold sales Nordic said it will process an additional 40,000 tonnes of ore through the mill at a grade of 1.1 g/t gold and expects to produce an additional 1,217 ounces by the end of February Nordic President and CEO Michael Hepworth said the lack of working capital and operational challenges have resulted in a slower than anticipated ramp up to commercial production “The company is now examining all strategic alternatives to remedy this situation,” he said is company that offers investors an opportunity to participate.. 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The Otso gold mine is located near Raahe in central Finland Canada-based Otso Gold Corp has restarted the process plant at its wholly owned Otso gold mine in Finland and began ramping up production on September 20 with the first gold pour expected in October which is located near Raahe in central Finland is developed and fully permitted with all infrastructure in place It is progressing towards production in October to ramp up towards processing ore at nameplate capacity of 2Mt/y the company stated that "the move back towards production represents the culmination of the considerable work completed by management to date to ensure that operations are long term It added that it marks the conclusion of its preparatory works phase and the beginning of its ramp-up to production phase before moving to full commercial production Blasting operations at the site to test patterns for production and move ore for the ramp-up began in September called the North and South pits - initial mining will be focused on the South pit and shallow targets identified around the pit edges of both the North and South pit Contractor John T Boyd is working closely with Otso Gold to outline the long-term mine plan Otso Gold anticipates publishing the definitive feasibility study (DFS) prepared by Boyd in October The mine plan will increase the mining area by approximately 300% from the current footprint as well as merging the North and South pits Boyd is also assessing options to double production onsite by installing a parallel low-grade circuit Otso Gold stated: "Progress is encouraging and will continue with the results being expected after the publication of the previously announced feasibility study" In August, Otso Gold contracted E Hartikainen to provide mining services at the Otso mine Otso Gold said that the contract with Hartikainen "sets the company up with a highly competent mining contractor with significant experience mining in the region and having a fleet of world-class equipment" All preparatory work onsite for the ramp-up to production has been completed; this includes significant upgrades to the water reservoir Orica will work with Otso Gold and Hartikainen onsite to supply and test explosives for mining The plant's processing equipment has been tested and maintained and Metso Outotec has spent considerable time testing the mills and crushers onsite Otso Gold is expanding its high-grade sulphide circuit capacity from 6t/h to 12t/h initially at a approximately 97% recovery To optimise recovery and enhance monitoring the company has upgraded and modernised its Valmet DNA distributed control system (DCS) process automation system The company plans to install a portable jaw and cone crusher to decrease the size fraction of the ore feed to the milling circuit which will allow it the flexibility to optimise grind size The company expects this to ultimately improve recovery and throughput Salinity Solutions and Cornish Lithium to field test desalination 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wearing less clothes than is advisable when Google comes a-calling The trail begins at this house Behind that wooden fence is someone who's about to have an embarrassing encounter with the Great Satan of Mountain View's all-seeing eye: What comes next has now been struck from Street View but we were able to find photographic evidence of the outrage According to press reports helpfully translated by our Finnish informant the victim was blissfully unaware of his worldwide exposure and only got wind of it when police got in touch Google may be charged with invasion of privacy - an offence that is punishable by a fine or one year's imprisonment Finland's privacy watchdog has also weighed into the fray noting that Street View has raised a lot of concerns among citizens Send us news The Register Biting the hand that feeds IT The eccentric artwork of self-taught sculptor Matti Lepistö includes rearing horses The former machinist turned his attention to concrete sculpture in the 1990s The bronze creation commemorates the life and work of a beloved actor poker-waving elephant statue stands in a Viking longboat in Kirkby town center A unique tribute to the chocolatey past that helped shape one British city The 100-foot-tall (30-meter) bronze statue was built to recognize the world's only documented all-female army a street lined with intergalactic heroes and monsters A rare Japanese-style temple and a Shinzo Abe Statue honoring both spirits of the past and modern connections between Taiwan and Japan This group of sculptures includes the first statue of a female politician in London New Delhi: Google on Sunday celebrates the 93rd birthday of legendary playback singer Mohammed Rafi with a specially-curated doodle a village near present-day Majitha in Amritsar district of Punjab Rafi is remembered as one of the most versatile singers of India Kamli are few recited by the legendary singer and one and only Golden Voice of Bollywood Cinema Not only his songs are famous and like by many here are some of them sung by the legendary singer paying a tribute to the incredible MASTER of MASTERS Mohammed Rafi died at the age of 55 on 31 July 1980 in Mumbai who began singing by chanting the notes that a ‘fakir’ sung in his village when he was allowed to sing at a concert featuring the legendary K L Saigal The singer later went on to lend his voice to Bollywood megastars including Amitabh Bachchan Dev Anand and Rishi Kapoor in his career as a successful playback artist He had numerous hit songs to his credit including several duets with famous playback singers Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle Rafi has six Filmfare Awards and one National Film Award to his kitty he was also honoured with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India The Finnish Government has adopted a resolution to launch the tendering procedure for five offshore wind projects in public water areas Metsähallitus will immediately launch the process to select the implementing partners for two offshore wind power projects The competitive tendering procedures to be launched this year will concern the offshore wind projects located off Närpiö and off Pyhäjoki and Raahe on the west coast of Finland The Edith offshore wind project will be located in the sea area belonging to Närpiö and the Ebba project in the sea areas off Pyhäjoki and Raahe The municipalities have approved the planning proposals for the projects and the preliminary studies launched by Metsähallitus which manages the land and water areas of the Finnish state The total planned capacity of the offshore wind projects will be approximately 3 GW while the total investment value is estimated to be between EUR 6 billion and EUR 8 billion the projects are estimated to produce up to 14 TWh of clean electricity annually which would currently cover more than 17 per cent of Finland’s electricity consumption The partner selection process will progress in phases After the submission of preliminary tenders the most potential partners are selected to proceed to the next phase These potential partners will then submit their binding tenders based on which the partners for the project will finally be selected Metsähallitus’ goal is to complete the tendering processes of the Edith and Ebba projects during 2024 The implementation of the process for the other three areas will be confirmed next year The Finnish government approved the offshore wind power auction model for public water areas in 2021 according to which Metsähallitus offers areas for use by wind power companies The wind farm areas remain state property and the rental income forms part of the result that Metsähallitus reports to the state The country’s offshore wind power programme supports its goal of being carbon neutral by 2035 as well as among other things, becoming a leading player in the hydrogen economy in Europe Get in front of your target audience in one move OffshoreWIND.biz is read by thousands of offshore wind professionals daily Daily news and in-depth stories in your inbox Leveraging 20 years of experience with offshore windDecember 2023 will forever mark a milestone in our company history as we became part of the world-wide CS WIND group The acquisition goes beyond a mere change in ownership; it marks a leap into a future where our combined strengths will pave the way for optimized production […] Sweden's SSAB will acquire its Finnish steel-making rival Rautaruukki in an attempt to alleviate the persistent struggles of both companies in Europe Both SSAB and Rautaruukki are confident that together they are stronger and better-equipped to thrive in international competition “There is a limit to how much a company can save on its own,” Rautaruukki chairman Kim Gran explained on Wednesday Both SSAB and Rautaruukki have streamlined their operations notably in recent years The steel-makers now estimate that the transaction will enable them to further rationalise production and hence generate savings of 150 million euros in three years' time Roughly 900 positions may consequently be shed in Sweden and Finland News agency Reuters writes that last year the demand for steel slipped by 4 per cent in the European Union to levels some 30 per cent below those of 2007 the European steel industry has struggled with overcapacity where economic growth is spurring construction and consumption The acquisition will be carried out as a share exchange transaction with SSAB offering 0.4752 class A shares and 1.2131 class B shares for each Rautaruukki share current shareholders in SSAB would hold 58 per cent of the shares and 75 per cent of votes in the new company The remaining shares would be held by Rautaruukki's owners the largest owner in the new company would be Industrivärlden with its share of 17.5 per cent of votes and 10.5 per cent share of shares would in turn hold 16.8 per cent of shares and 10 per cent of votes The headquarters of the combined company would be sited in Stockholm SSAB CEO Martin Lindqvist assured that Rautaruukki's steel works in Raahe will continue to have a key role in the new company's production viewed that the company's transfer to SSAB through an exchange of shares is a good solution for all stakeholders “We are building a Nordic steel manufacturer with stronger resources to also specialise globally,” stated Tamminen who will retire after the completion of the transaction has been at the helm of Rautaruukki for ten years He insists that the fact that Rautaruukki is being sold to a Swedish rival is not an indication of failure “I have backed the merger idea and promoted it This will form the foundation for continuation and the further development of the Nordic steel industry.” The merger still requires the approval of the European Commission's antitrust body the body ruled that Finnish steel-maker Outokumpu must sell its manufacturing plant in Terni due to reasons pertaining to competition laws Outokumpu had acquired the plant from Germany's ThyssenKrupp as part of an extensive corporate restructuring scheme Neither SSAB or Rautaruukki have disclosed their market shares The combined company is projected to be in a strong position in the Nordic countries but remain relatively insignificant globally Lindqvist emphasised in Stockholm that the companies will concentrate especially on the global market “We would not go through with this if we were expecting any major problems,” he said Lindqvist declined to speculate on whether the company may be obliged to shut down or offload manufacturing facilities in the Nordic countries due to competition laws Matti Tyynysniemi – HSAleksi Teivainen – HT© HELSINGIN SANOMATPhoto: Kalle Koponen / HS Karan Kundrra and Tejasswi Prakash quell breakup rumors with romantic vacation snaps who garnered immense love during their stint on Bigg Boss have been the subject of breakup rumors for quite some time Speculations about their relationship status were reignited recently when Karan did not share a birthday post for Tejasswi Karan decided to put an end to the rumors on Sunday by sharing photos and videos from their recent vacation clearly showing the couple very much in love Karan took to Instagram to post picturesque vacation snaps with Tejasswi Although the duo did not disclose the details of their getaway Karan captioned the post with a sweet Punjabi verse Tejasswi responded in kind with her own Punjabi verse “Mai Tere sar uthe be java ni Mai Tera khoon pi java ni Rahe rahe jaan waliye." A post shared by Karan Kundrra (@kkundrra) This is not the first time breakup rumors have surrounded the couple but both Karan and Tejasswi have consistently reassured their fans about their relationship status because we are sitting together and people are saying we broke up Some people are just too free." Tejasswi also explained in a Times Now report her decision to keep her relationship private the more people tend to take the jinx off the beautiful things in your life." affectionately known as ‘TejRan’ by their fans met on the sets of Bigg Boss and have been a beloved couple ever since While there have been rumors of their impending marriage the couple has maintained that they are happy with their current status and are focusing on their careers Thalaivi: Kangana Ranaut is an embodiment of grace as former Tamil Nadu CM The value of a 10-year deal to fuel the planned Fennovoima plant would be 450 million euros according to a statement published on Monday by TVEL It is a subsidiary of the Russian state-owned nuclear company Rosatom a consortium of Finnish utilities and industrial manufacturers last year signed a deal with Rosatom to build the nation’s third nuclear power plant The decision was seen as a cost-cutting move after the project’s main backer TVEL says it will mine the uranium itself and process it into nuclear fuel The company also has a nuclear waste processing facility in Siberia all nuclear waste must be disposed of within the country Fennovoima has yet to explain how it plans to meet this requirement The owners of a waste disposal facility under construction further down the coast at Eurajoki say it will not have enough space for Fennovoima’s waste Finland:  Should nuclear plan in north Finland be re-evaluated? Sweden: Will Finland’s proposed nuclear plant affect Sweden’s North? Russia: Russia to construct world’s largest nuclear icebreaker United States: Film examines legacy of 1950s nuclear project in Arctic Alaska For more news from Finland visit Yle News. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Open image viewerThe company's Stellite mine in South Africa Image: Philip Mostert / Afarak Group Yle News24.9.2019 19:13Finland's Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA) has fined the Afarak Group nearly 1.5 million euros for violations related to insider trading The 1.45 million euro penalty stems from the company failure to comply in late 2017 with regulations on the disclosure of inside information and drawing up of a list of designated insiders the firm's share price rose based on inside information about a planned takeover bid The company should then have disclosed this information to the public or assessed whether the situation met the conditions for delayed disclosure of inside information and should also have set up an official insider list "the company failed to fulfil a number of other obligations under the Market Abuse Regulation and the Securities Market Act," the financial watchdog said in a statement on Tuesday The authority says that the size of the penalty is based on various factors including "the significance of said inside information to investors the duration of the breach and to the fact that the company’s breaches are likely to have complicated the supervision practised by the FIN-FSA and increased the risk of inside information leaks the company has failed to cooperate with the FIN-FSA in investigating the matter," it adds The specialty alloys producer has operations in Germany the Helsinki-based metals firm was known as the Ruukki Group from 1985 to 2013 At that point it changed its name after settling a dispute with Rautaruukki another metal firm that now markets itself using the name Ruukki It was established in the nearby town of Raahe Croatian businessman Danko Končar is Afarak's former CEO current COO and principal owner via various other companies His wife Jelena Manojlovic is on the firm's board FIN-FSA has intervened in Afarak's operations in the past it ordered him to pay accrued supplementary fines of 110 million euros At that point the authority cited "the severity of Končar's misconduct" which it said had "served to undermine confidence in the securities markets" Also in June the Regional State Administrative Agency of Southern Finland had ordered a special audit of Afarak’s administration and accounts for various financial periods In 2017, Finland's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) probed Končar's suspected links to organised crime This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. 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Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. residents evacuatedScores of dwellings have been reported damaged in heavy flooding in Pyhäjoki Although some residents had to be evacuated divisioonan länsirannikon lohkon voittanut Kaarinan Kiekko-Pojat aloittaa taipaleensa Suomi-sarjan karsinnassa huomenna perjantaina kun kaarinalaiset matkustavat Porvooseen Huntersin vieraaksi Joukkue on pieniä kuumesairauksia lukuun ottamatta terve mutta meillä on sen verran laaja materiaali ettei parin pelaajan poissaolo hirveästi vaikuta Kiekko-Pojat nappasi jo neljännen kerran peräkkäin länsirannikon kärkipaikan itselleen Suomi-sarjan karsintojen ensimmäisessä vaiheessa vastaan tulee Porvoon Hunters ja vielä viime kaudella Suomi-sarjassa pelannut Raahe-Kiekko Lohkon joukkueet pelaavat kaksinkertaisen sarjan ja lohkon kaksi parasta menee eteenpäin mutta ilman muuta jatkokarsintoihin halutaan mennä Hunters voitti myös lohkon ensimmäisessä ottelussa Raahen 9-2 Molemmat Kakipon kotiottelut alkavat Kaarinan jäähallissa 13.20 Vaikka vastus on kova jo ensimmäisessä vaiheessa Kaarinassa karsintoihin lähdetään Suomi-sarja mielessä Suomi-sarjan karsinnat ovat tällä hetkellä korkein sarjataso jossa voi pelillisesti nousta sarjaporrasta ylemmäs vaatisi se kuitenkin Kaarinassa panostamista – Talouspuoli pitäisi siinä tilanteessa järjestää uudelleen Pelillisesti Turun alueella on se hyvä tilanne Tällä hetkellä esimerkiksi A-junioreiden jälkeen jää valtavat määrät pelaajia ilman seuraa että täällä päin on jopa tilausta Suomi-sarjan seuralle mediamyynti@aamuset.fi ilmoitukset@aamuset.fi aamuset@aamuset.fi Talented actor and dancer Sudha Chandran is on the path to glorify the art of dance in her upcoming web-series wherein she turns Producer for the first time! the web-series will be a travel show on the theme of dance! Being an acclaimed Bharatanatyam dancer herself Sudha Chandran will be producing the series She will also be the ‘sutradhaar’ who will take the viewers along I will be the Producer and anchor and my husband Ravi Dang will be the director for the series when the thought of producing a web-series came in mind we will cover all the states across the country and talk about the various folklore and dance forms present in various parts of our country Few of the popular folks are even becoming extinct these days Hence it is important for us to be aware of all the facts We will also be interviewing renowned Dance Gurus in our show asking them about the changing phase of dance from the yester years till date the series will traverse the growth and decline of various arts forms of dance.” Sudha Chandran is very much kicked about the project and has covered Maharashtra till now I have not yet thought about the platform the series will stream on I plan to shoot and cover at least 2-3 states Here’s wishing Sudha Chandran all the very best! Co Founder & Associate Editor at IWMBuzz With cheetah like pace and a Herculean heart Srividya (called Sri lovingly by friends and fraternity) is undoubedtly the queen of breaking news and latest updates in the Indian television industry Sri has her eyes and ears on movements in Mumbai Sri is the pillar in the editorial foundation at IWMBuzz and is responsible for smooth functioning of the news pipeline His next offering Tera Mera Saath Rahe for Star Bharat is no different from the previous litany of his works Indian audiences love his landscape of narratives because he knows what they want has protagonists who have experienced unsurpassed wins after turbulent rides That’s his winning formula. He knows how to distil the stories which is spotlessly visible in the launch promo of Tera Mera Saath Raahe I love to create a character that is beyond the realms of right and wrong That gives any narrative a strong meaning,” says Ved Raj So he has brought the famous saas-bahu jodi of Rupal -- Patel aka Kokila and Giaa Manek aka Gopi bahu -- back on television ALSO READ: EXCLUSIVE! Mili Verma roped in for Star Bharat's Tera Mera Saath Rahe? “My shows are based on the winning streak of the protagonist That’s the one-line definition of all my shows the producer known for hit shows like Thapki Pyar Ki Tera Mera Saath Raahe. He is exalted for his unique way of storytelling and is always surprising his audiences with unimaginable twists and turns my viewers will witness their favourites Kokila and Gopi bahu in a completely different avatar They will relish their bond,” says Ved Raj. Is it the same story with a new voice  “Audience loves connectivity and nostalgia the thoroughness of their performances matches both the actors’ alacrity I am not selling you an old wine in a new bottle It’s a completely different storyline,” declares Ved Raj. He promises a story filled with drama and laced with humour his shows are not the profusion of mellow drama “Family sitcoms are incomplete without drama it has some lighter moments and that’s the differentiator I want my viewers to enjoy the graph of emotions followed by the ultimate victory of my protagonist,” says Ved Raj. Well the idea seems to connect the new with the old as Gopi bahu may be portrayed as naïve and innocent or Kokila may resonate matriarchy but there is more to Gopi bahu than washing the laptop,” signs off Ved Raj And we are waiting in anticipation to know rasode mein kaun tha!!' ALSO READ: Star Bharat’s Tera Mera Saath Rahe, staring Giaa Manek and Rupal Patel, gets a time slot, will clash with Star Plus’ Saath Nibhaana Saathiya Season 2 Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.