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Just recently in the United Kingdom, the Prince oWales gained permission to install solar panels onthe roo o his 180-year-old royal residence Cla-rence House, London. In doing so, the Prince,known or his investment in the potential o youngpeople through his charity the Princes Trust,helped raise the proile o renewable energy andcarbon-reducing technologies.

All over Europe, individuals in business, educationand government (as well as royalty!), are investi-gating ways to attract young talent into the energysector. Science, engineering, technology andmaths have long been in second running to thesocial sciences and arts. This is perhaps becausetheyre perceived as being less exciting than othersubjects or because teaching methods haventalways highlighted the more interesting aspects

o their potential in the labour market.When talking to business leaders across Europe,I oten ask how they attract, and nurture, talent totheir company. However, most say that the challen-ge lies in not only boosting the capability o theirexisting and upcoming labour orce, but alsodeciphering which skills will be most valuable inthe uture. This is particularly the case or theenergy sector, which has movedrom being about gene-

rating and distributing power to saeguarding theplanet, protecting the local environment, workingwith other nations to share resources and urtherdimensions keep adding to the mix all the time. So,science and engineering skills are invariably key,but candidates must be able to apply their know-ledge in untested and ever-changing conditionstoo. While this makes it dicult or those in theindustry to identiy exactly which talents to nurtureor the uture, it does, o course, make the energysector more exciting, and thereore more appealingto the younger generations.

The recent announcement rom the Norwegianand British governments o their joint RenewableEnergy Strategy, whereby Norway will act as anatural gas supplier with the UK serving as a keygas consumer, is anticipated to lead to growth in

the green energy sector. The two nations sharingtechnologies and resources means they will bebetter positioned to take advantage o North Seawind energy projects. Human resource proes-sionals are thereore going to have to thinkcreatively about how to invest in and attract theworkorce that will contribute to the success othese projects.

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says Mr Jan Bolund, th Prod-ut Managr for Nordi Air &Sa cargo (NAc), whih is amajor logistis ompany. NAchas its had offi in Swdn as

wll as offis throughout thNordi ountris. Th ompanywas foundd in 1919 and it ur-rntly srvis many indpnd-nt agnts worldwid.

nt abls mploys ovr3,000 popl worldwid pro-viding abls usd in l-triity and railway infra-strutur, as wll as othrtransporting and onnt-

ing solutions usd arossmany mor industry applia-tions. Gabrill Brown tasa losr loo at nt ablsbusinss aross th board.

Ludwigsfld Th Mrds-Bnz plant in Ludwigsfldhas vry rason to lbrat:On th 9th Sptmbr, fol-lowing 45 yars of produ-

tion, th on millionth om-mrial vhil rolld off itsassmbly lin. Th milstonvhil is a Mrds-BnzSprintr.

Th gas piplin, whih is tolin th gas transmission sys-tms of Russia and th euro-pan Union, will satisfy som

25 pr nt of additional eu-ropan dmand for naturalgas as soon as in 2 yars anda half.

Jan BolundFocus on opportunities not obstacles,

is the slogan that I try to live by,

nt ablsMaking a Connection

AutomotivMercedes-Benz plant in Ludwigsfelde produces one

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The Power of Youth ......................................................................................3

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Energy ........................................................................................................... 6

Construction ................................................................................................. 8

Metals ...........................................................................................................10

Automotive

Aerospace and Defence .............................................................................14

Electronics ...................................................................................................16

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FLUXYS | Natural Gas expansion .......................................................................................22

PKP ENERGETYKA | Rahing Outwards .........................................................................26

KELAG WRME GmbH | Grn and Growing ..................................................................30

nkt cables | Maing a conntion

DIROSTAHL | Maing an Imprssion................................................................................ 38

LKAB | Harbour Labour .......................................................................................................42

SCHENKER DS | Ddiatd Prforman ........................................................................46

SLOVENSKE ELEZNICE | On Tra .............................................................................50

UNILEVER | A Morsl of History ........................................................................................54

ONTEX | St to Ta Nxt Stp aftr 1.2 billion Sal ......................................................58

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Sunris boulvards ould bring lan powr .........................................................................62

Sot and s: Appl rinvnts th audio ja .....................................................................64

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GDF SUEZ and Eletrobrassign a joint agreementfor developing energyprojectsGrard Mestrallet, Chairman and CEO oGDF SUEZ, and Jos Antonio Muniz Lopes,CEO o Eletrobras, signed a partnershipagreement to develop joint energyprojects.

The agreement provides or joint research,project development, and energyproduction and transmission ventures inrenewable energy and/or other energysources. Geographically, the agreement

covers all countries in Central and SouthAmerica and Arica. In Brazil, GDF SUEZand Eletrobras will analyze projectopportunities on a one-o, case-by-casebasis. The agreement is also intended topromote technical and technologicalsharing between the two Groups and theirrespective personnel.

With its very high demand or energy andstrong potential or renewable energies,Latin America is a key market or GDFSUEZ. The Group is Brazils largest private

energy producer where it is currentlycompleting two major hydroelectricprojects. In Chile, GDF SUEZ is the largestprivate electricity producer in the count-rys northern network and is Perus secondlargest private electricity generator. InCentral America, the Group controls Pana-mas largest thermal power complex.

Eletrobras is the largest electricity compa-ny in Latin America and the Brazilianmarkets uncontested leader. With apresence throughout the entire country,Eletrobras is government-owned and hasgenerating capacity o 39,453 MW,accounting or 37% o the country s totalcapacity. Its energy production baseincludes 29 hydroelectric dams, 15 thermal

power stations, and two nuclear powerplants. Eletrobras also operates a nearly60,000-kilometer electricity transmissionnetwork.

Eletrobras also has expertise in the eldo energy eciency and is responsible onthe countrys behal or implementing theNational Program o Electric Power Conser-vation (Procel). This program promotesrational energy use and combating energywaste.

E.ON and HEAG agree onsale of HSE stakeE.ON AG (E.ON) and HEAG Holding AG Bete i l ig ung smanag ement derWissenschatsstadt Darmstadt (HEAG)have agreed on the economic unda-mentals o the sale o E.ONs 40 percentstake in HEAG Sdhessische Energie AG(HSE). HEAG already holds 53 percento the HSE shares, making it the majorityshareholder. The transaction is still subjectto approval by various bodies o E.ON andWissenschatsstadt Darmstadt. The sig-ning o the contracts and the completiono the transaction is expected to occur inthe ourth quarter o this year. The totalpurchase price is EUR 305 million.

HSE is an independent provider o modernenergy and inrastructure services andone o Germanys leading suppliers ogreen power. Its activities include electri-city, gas and drinking water distribution.In addition, HSE has stakes in businessesalong the energy value chain in the areaso generation, grid sales, procurement,data management and technical services.In 2009, HSE generated a turnover o about

EUR 1.4 billion and an EBIT o around EUR40 million.

E.ON is one o the worlds largest privatepower and gas companies with over88,000 employees and a turnover o closeto EUR 82 billion. As a clearly ocusedcompany with a leading market positionin its core business areas o power andgas and almost 30 million customers, thecompany operates in over 30 countries.

ENEL Green Powerawarded public contractsfor 90 MW of wind powerprojects in BrazilEnel Green Power, the Enel Group companydedicated to developing and operating

renewable sources in Italy and around theworld, was awarded 90 MW o capacity inthe public tender held in Brazil to promotewind power. The company was awardedthe contract based on three projects withvery high wind potential and a capacityactor o around 50%, among the highestin the world. This means that the windturbines will be able to generate poweror over 4,000 hours equivalent per year,approximately twice the European ave-rage.

The contract was awarded via an auctionthrough which only 528 MW out o around7,000 MW authorized were awarded. Withan installed capacity o 30 MW each,Cristal, Primavera and Sao Judas thenames o these three EGP projects willbe able to generate over 390,000 MWhper year, equal to the consumption oaround 245,000 Brazilian households andavoiding the emission o about 270,000 me-tric tons o CO

2into the atmosphere.

The wind arms will be constructed in theBrazilian state o Bahia and, due to theirlocation in semi-arid areas, will enjoyincentives targeted at inrastructuredevelopment. Through the tender, EGPalso gained the right to sign a 20-yearcontract to sell the electricity generatedby the three plants through Brazils Cham-ber o Electrical Energy Commercializationat a price indexed 100% to Brazilianination.

This result is very important to us, giventhe excellent qualities o our projects interms o productivity, cost competitivenessand return on investment,said FrancescoStarace, President o Enel Green Power,We are urther reinorcing our presencein Brazil - where we are already active inhydropower, expanding our activities also

in wind power generation. Brazil is a largemarket with abundant renewable resour-ces, and a demand or energy that reectsa continually developing economy.

The three wind arms are scheduled tobegin operation in the second hal o 2013.These new plants will allow Enel GreenPower to double its installed capacity inBrazil and signicantly increase its windpresence in Latin America.

Snorre on course for 2040All o 900 million barrels o oil equivalentson Snorre conrm Statoils aith in another30 years production on Tampen. TheStatord, Gullaks and Snorre elds ormthe backbone or production on Tampenin the North Sea.

On Statord we have 30 yearsoil pro-duction behind us. Snorre can give us theopportunity o continuing to make historyon Tampen or another 30 years,saysTorstein Hole, senior vice president orOperations West, who points to newSnorre area studies conducted by Statoil.We have concluded an extensive surveyo the Snorre area. The volume potentialis some 900 million barrels o oil equi-valents. Theres enough oil or productionon the Snorre eld until 2040. The questionis whether we should reurbish our existingplatorms or build a new platorm,saysHole.

In the summer o 2010 the partnershipdecided to carry out thorough studies oall the concepts. The plan is to reach aconcept decision during 2011. The levelo activity on Snorre is high in order tosecure the maximum utilisation o re-sources in coming years. The Sn orre areais one o the priority areas or ast track-expansions in Statoil. Vigdis north-east,which was discovered in 2009, has beenchosen as one o our ast-track projects

in Statoil. The aim is or Vigdis north-eastto provide Snorre with additional resourcesrom 2012.

Statoil and its partners on Snorre havealso decided to invest NOK 1.8 billion ina new pipeline between Snorre A andSnorre B. The pipeline will enable SnorreA oil to be piped to Statord B or storageand export to the market rom 2012onwards. The current situation, wherebySnorre A oil is piped to Statjord A orstorage and export, will no longer bepossible rom 2012 i Statord A productionis terminated.

Siemens to createjobs through greeninvestment in Germanyand HungarySiemens is participating in the develop-ment o two ecoriendly combined-cyclepower plants one in the German stateo Brandenburg and the other in Hungary.The project has a total value o roughly1.5 billion and will employ up to about1,000 people in the Wustermark regiono Brandenburg as well as in the Hungariancity o Szeged during the three-yearconstruction period. Once in operation,each location will provide jobs or about50 highly qualied personnel on a long-term basis.

As part o the project to develop the two

power plants, Siemens has via its equitycompany Siemens Project Ventures GmbH acquired 50 percent stakes in each othe two project companies o Swiss projectdeveloper Advanced Power AG that areresponsible or building the acilities.Construction o both plants will begin in2012 and is scheduled or completion by2015. The acilities will meet the highestenvironmental standards or emissionsand water consumption. The Wustermarkplant will have a capacity o 1,200 me-gawatts and the Szeged acility a capacityo 880 megawatts.

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Skanska to buildmotorway in Slovakiafor 78 millionSkanska has been contracted to constructthe R4 motorway between Koice andMilhost in Slovakia. The contract is valuedat EUR 78 M, which will be included inorder bookings or the third quarter. Theclient is the national motorway companyNarodna Dialnicna Spolocnost, a.s. (NDS),which is in charge o the operation oSlovakias motorway network. The newmotorway will connect eastern Slovakiawith Hungary. The project covers a14-kilometer motorway section, including

14 bridges.

Construction work will commence shortlyand is expected to span over 30 months.Skanska Czech Republic and Slovakia,which is the largest construction companyin the Czech Republic, reported sales oabout SEK 11.7 billion in 2009. The com-pany has about 6,500 employees. In theCzech

Republic, Skanska is also active as adeveloper o oce projects through itsSkanska Commercial Development Europebusiness unit.

Deutsche Bank,Sberbank, Strabagand DB Developmentsigned an agreementof intent for sale of DBDevelopment controlstake to SberbankDeutsche Bank, Sberbank, Strabag andDB Development signed an agreemento intent or the sale o DB Developmentshares to Sberbank. Sberbank intends toacquire 51% o DB development shares

49% owned by Stabag, and 2% ownedby Dmitry Garkusha, General Director oDB Development. The deal will becompleted by the end o 2010.

DB Development is a joint venture oDeutsche Bank and the Austrian buildingand construction company Strabag,created in 2007 ater an approval o theEuropean Commission or developmentand nancing o a wide range o largescale real estate and inrastructure projectsin Russia and the CIS countries.

Joerg Bongartz, Chairman o the Boardo OOO Deutsche Bankand a membero the Board o ZAO DB Developmentsaid: We are glad that as a result o thisdeal a very powerul development rmwas set up, the competitive advantageso which are built on Sberbanks marketpresence, signicant global experienceo Deutsche Bank and DB Developmentsknow-how in development and structuringin the real estate sector.

Andrei Stroev, Head o the Real Estate andAdministration Department o Sberbanknoted: The cooperation o Sberbank thelargest Russian bank, and Deutsche Bank top-ranked leader in the global capitalmarkets, on the platorm o DB Deve-lopment opens new opportunities orthe Russian Real Estate market, wheredevelopers, although having teams oproessionals and interesting projects,sometimes do not have the necessarycapital base or the implementation asthe crisis inluenced signiicantly thissector. Indeed, this deal on acquiring thecontrol stake o DB Development is anextraordinary and interesting s olution.

Gerhard Gritzner, Member o the Boardo Strabag AG, Managing Director or

Russia and CIS said: We welcome this dealand having gained positive experience oworking with DB Development duringtwo years, we hope to continue our closepartnership in a new way, given thecompanys capabilities in the developmentbusiness and structuring deals in thecapital markets.

Dmitry Garkusha, General Director o ZAODB Developmentcommented: We areglad that as a result o our cooperationwith Sberbank and Deutsche Bank wesigned the agreement on the deal whichallow us not only to use our innovationsand technologies, but also the extensiveexperience o the both banks. We arecondent that the synergy o DeutscheBank and Sberbank cooperation will

positively inuence the Real Estate marketand allows DB Development to reach theleading positions in the areas o ee-development and attracting nan cing.

MT Hjgaard buildsGreenlands largestshopping centreThe rst sod has been cut or a 25,000gross oor area o shops and oces inNuuk city centre. Ater several years oproject development the starting signalwas given or the construction o Green-lands largest shop and oce building.During the next almost two years MTHjgaard is to build a 25,000 gross oorarea or a rooed-over shopping centrewith matching oce tower.

The oce tower will in time house theadministration o Greenlands autonomousgovernment. In this connection a tunnelwill be established between the centreand the old administration, which issituated in the neighbouring building.Thus employees and politicians may walkdry-shod between the two buildings.

The other big player in the centre will bePisiik, which is Greenlands largestprivately owned business and a subsidiaryo Dagroa A/S in Denmark. Pisik will betting up a supermarket and clothes shopsin the centre and will be moving itsadministration to the centre. The otherbuyers and lessees are among othersMatas, Iglo Sport, Baby Sam and Legeland.In addition, a reception will be tted inthe centre in connection with the au-tonomous governments oce tower.

The centre will consist o a ull basemento 6,000 square metres and a shoppingpart o 12,000 square metres in twostoreys. On top o that a tower eightstoreys high o approx. 7,000 squaremetres will be erected or oces. Thusthe building will be ten storeys high intotal. The centre is constructed in concreteand steel and with acades o aluminiumpanels. It is MT Hjgaard which hasdeveloped the project and the structures.The centre has been designed by KHRArkitekter, whereas Rambll is respon-sible or the structural design o allinstallations.

The blasting works in the rocky groundor ull basement and oundations willstart in September, and on 1 May 2012Nuuk Center must be ready or occupa-tion. Moreover, the shop and oicebuilding will be situated next to the cul-ture centre Katuaq, which MT Hjgaarddelivered the abric or in 1995.

Tunnels for Hong Kong

railway project to thevalue of almost EUR287 millionHOCHTIEF subsidiary Leighton hasreceived an inrastructure order via itsparticipating interest in Leighton Asia.Acting in a joint venture the company willconstruct tunnels or an express rail trackin Hong Kong. The project is worth almostEUR 287 million (AUD 409 million).

In addition to an approach tunnel and an121 metre wide track an tunnel, the

construction order includes roadunderpasses and two ootbridges. Thesection is part o the Express Rail Linkconnecting Hong Kong with China.Contract works or this section start thismonth and will be completed in 2015. InMarch, Leighton Asia had already receivedan initial order worth approximately EUR311 million (AUD 463 million) or this railproject.

Gammon joint ventureawarded 238 millionrail infrastructurecontractBalour Beatty, the international inra-structure group, announces today thatGammon Construction, the market-lea-ding inrastructure contractor in HongKong, in which Balour Beatty has a 50%shareholding, has been awarded a HK$2.883 billion (238 million) rail inra-structure contract, in joint venture withLeighton Asia, by MTR Corporation.

The contract, or which Gammon has a50% share, is in the West Kowloon districtand is part o the Hong Kong section othe Guangzhon-Shenzhen-Hong KongExpress Rail Link, which orms part oChinas strategic national express railnetwork.

Commenting on the contract award today,Balour Beatty Chie Executive, Ian Tyler,said:

We are delighted to have such an integralrole in the development o this important

rail link which will provide Hong Kongwith a direct link to the major cities inMainland China.

Gammon is an experienced railwayinrastructure contractor and is currentlyinvolved in the West Island Line which,when complete in 2014, will extend theexisting Island Line rom Sheung Wan toKennedy Town.

VINCI awarded thefuture concessionfor the new Nantesairport Construction of the new airport for a

total o between 400 and 500 millioneuros

The French government (the General De-partment o Civil Aviation) has appointedthe consortium led by VINCI Concessions,in partnership with Entreprise de TravauxPublics de lOuest (ETPO CIFE) and theNantes-Saint Nazaire Chamber o Com-merce and Industry, to hold the 55-yearconcession to operate the airports oNantes Atlantique and Saint-NazaireMontoir as rom 1 January 2011, as wellas to design, nance, build, operate andmaintain the new airport, Grand OuestNotre-Dame des Landes.

The design-construction consortium willconsist o VINCI Construction France,Eurovia and Entreprise de Travaux Publicsde lOuest (ETPOCIFE). It will use theservices, in particular, o the architectJacques Ferrier, landscaper Bernard Las-sus, ADPi or the airport engineering, aswell as the ollowing consultancies:Sogreah (inrastructure), SCE (spaceplanning), SETEC (construction) and Elithis(energy).

Operation o the airport will be carriedout by VINCI Airports, a subsidiary o

VINCI Concessions, in partnership withthe Nantes-Saint Nazaire Chamber oCommerce and Industry with the aim opromoting the economic growth o theGreat West region o France.

Notre Dame des Landes will be the rstairport to have a positive energy balancethanks to its simple and eective design.Conceived with the aim o preserving thenatural state o the site and protectednatural spaces, it will be adapted to theeconomy o air transport in the uture andto meeting new expectations or servicequality.


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Milestone: Duisburg-Bruckhausen meltshopof ThyssenKrupp SteelEurope produces150 millionth ton ofsteelThe 864-strong workorce at ThyssenKruppSteel Europes BOF meltshop in Duisburg-Bruckhausen had special cause to celebra-te: On August 25 at 11.51 oclock theyproduced the 150 millionth metric ton ocrude steel enough in theory to build15,000 Eiel Towers.

Were proud that our plant and the teamhave reached this milestone,says HeinzLiebig, head o crude steel production atThyssenKrupp Steel Europe in Duisburg.Ater all, our core meltshop equipmentdates rom 1969, making it 41 years old.But by continuously upgrading we havekept it state-o-the-art, in particular withregard to meeting environmentalstandards.Two 380 ton capacity convertersorm the basis or steelmaking atBruckhausen. The meltshop was one othe rst to be equipped with convertergas and dust recirculation systems. Ouracility in Bruckhausen is one o the ewoxygen steelmaking shops able to producehigh-silicon electrical steels as well as theusual carbon steels,adds Liebig. Per year,more than three million tons o moltensteel are cast into up to 2.6 meter wideslabs on the continuous caster and thencut to the lengths and widths required bycustomers.The meltshop has also beensupplying crude steel to the companyscasting/rolling line or the past 11 years.

The hot metal rom the blast urnace isdelivered to the Bruckhausen BOF melt-

shop in torpedo ladles and then processedin several steps to produce steel o therequired quality. Heres a simplied versiono what happens: Pig iron still containsimpurities such as silicon, sulur and phos-phorus. These are removed by oxidationin the converter by top-blowing oxygenthrough a water-cooled lance. This process,which generates temperatures o 2,500 de-grees Celsius, is known as rening. Tocool the boiling steel a converter holdsaround 380 metric tons steel scrap isadded in quantities o ten to 30 percento the overall heat weight. The actualblowing process lasts around 20 minutes.

When it is tapped into a pouring ladle,the molten steel still has a temperatureo 1,650 to 1,750 degrees Celsius. Alloyingagents can also be added during tapping.Due to the high quality requirements orthe properties o the steel, it has to under-go post-treatment, reerred to as secondarymetallurgy.

60 percent o the molten steel is cast intoslabs on the continuous casters. These slabsare supplied to customers o ThyssenKruppSteel Europe or processing on their rollingmills. 40 percent o the molten steel issupplied to the casting/rolling line.

Hydro takes full

control of TaiwanremelterHydro has signed an agreement to acquirethe remaining 15.1 percent o the FormosaAlloy Materials Company (Famco). TheTaiwan aluminium remelt plant conse-quently becomes a ully owned subsidiaryo Hydro.

The remelter is positioned in a market ostrategic importance to Hydro, especiallyconsidering that the Qatalum aluminiumplant is expected to reach ull productionin the ourth quarter this year, with Asia

as its main market,says Kjetil Ebbesberg,executive vice president o Hydros MetalMarkets business area.

With an annual production capacity oabout 75,000 tons o high-quality extrusioningot, meeting Hydros standards, theacquisition will strengthen Hydros positionin the ast-growing Asian aluminiummarket.

Tenaris opens up inDenmarkTenaris has opened an oce in Copen-hagen in order to oer products and com-mercial and logistical services to Danish

international energy rms Maersk andDONG.

The company recently signed with Maerskand DONG two contracts extending overtwo and our years respectively. The agree-ments involve the supply o TenarisHydrilBlue and Wedge Series 500TM con-nections as well as Dopeless technology,along with sour service grades. The twodeals position Tenaris as the leadingOCTG supplier or the Danish oil an d gasmarket.

Tenaris has also appointed a servicecoordinator to work in an oce locatedon Maersks premises in the city o Esbjerg,

where the Danish rm has its North Seaoil production activitiesheadquarters.

Rio Tinto approvesUS$1.6 billioninvestment in HopeDowns 4 mineRio Tinto today announced an investmento US$1.6 billion to develop the HopeDowns 4 iron ore project in WesternAustralia and link with Rio Tintos existingrail, power and port inrastructure in thePilbara.

Rio Tinto and its joint venture participant,Hope Downs Iron Ore Pty Ltd, will proceedwith the development o the mine at anestimated capital cost o US$1.2 billion

(Rio Tinto share US$607 million), to beshared equally by the JV partners. Thenew open-cut mine will have an annualcapacity o 15 million tonnes o high-qua-lity iron ore, with rst production anti-cipated in 2013.

The project is in the south eastern Pilbara,30 kilometres north o Newman, and willinclude a permanent sta village or morethan 600 personnel, mine dewatering, anopen cut shovel and truck mining eetand wet ore processing inrastructure. Theproject ore body has recoverable productOre Reserves (at a Fe cut-o o 59.5 percent) o:

Proved Reserves o 73Mt @ 63.0% Fe

Probable Reserves o 64Mt @ 63.2% Fe

Rio Tinto will also commit an additional

US$425 million to ully cover the capital

cost o the rail, rolling stock and power

inrastructure owned by Rio Tinto required

or this development. The 52-kilometre

spur line connecting to the Lang Hancock

Railway will link the mine to Rio Tintos

existing rail and port inrastructure.

Rio Tinto Iron Ore chie executive Sam

Walsh said: Commencing the Hope Downs

4 project highlights the prospectivity o

Rio Tintos excellent reserves portolio,

and our ability to oer customers a reliable

long term source o high quality ore. This

demonstrates the extensive high-grade

resources Rio Tinto can bring on line to

sustain our current output at 225 milliontonnes a year - an equally important

consideration as we seek to expand our

Pilbara production rate to 330 million

tonnes a year by 2015.

Construction is anticipated to commence

in early 2011, subject to obtaining neces-

sary regulatory and other approvals. In

addition to the ore reserves reported

above, Hope Downs 4 also has signicant

reported high phosphorus Brockman DSO

Mineral Resources (exclusive o Reserves)

as tabulated below by classication and

category (as-at December 31st 2009).

Evraz will introducePCI technology at itsRussian steel millsEvraz Group started implementation oPulverised Coal Injection (PCI) technologyin the production o pig iron at its Russiansteel mills Zapsib and NTMK. This will allowEvraz to use steam coal as uel or blasturnaces by the end o 2012.

Pulverised coal injection will allow theCompany to discontinue using naturalgas in blast urnaces and to save annuallyup to 650 million cubic metres o naturalgas at NTMK and up to 600 million cubic

metres at Zapsib. Coke consumption willdecrease by more than 20%. It will alsoreduce the Companys environmentalimpact.

Under the project, complexes or pulve-rised coal preparation equipped withmodern treatment and dust aspirationacilities will be built at the steel mills. Atpresent preparatory works or utureconstruction are being carried out at theblast urnace shops.

The total cost o the project is estimatedto be approximately US$300 million.


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Mercedes-Benz plantin Ludwigsfeldeproduces onemillionth commercialvehicleLudwigselde The Mercedes-Benz plantin Ludwigselde has every reason tocelebrate: On the 9th S eptember, ollowing45 years o production, the one millionthcommercial vehicle rolled o its assemblyline. The milestone vehicle is a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. More than 2,000 employees,political ocials, and businesspeople tookpart in the ceremony at the plant and

witnessed the oicial handover o themilestone vehicle to the Berlin Landes-verkehrswacht trac saety organization.And theres something extra special aboutthis milestone: Thats because the onemillionth commercial vehicle romLudwigselde is equipped with the onemillionth engine produced at the nearbyMercedes-Benz plant in Berlin.

Our plant has had a very eventul historyand things have not always been easy,said Michael Humpert, Plant Manager andManaging Director o Mercedes-BenzLudwigseld GmbH. Thats why we areparticularly happy that we can jointlycelebrate this production milestone today.I would thereore like to thank ouremployees or their dedication.

A brie lm clip was shown during theceremony enabling the guests to relivethe plants 45-year history. In h is address,Mayor Frank Gerhard o Ludwigselde

congratulated the plant and highlightedthe acilitys great importance or theregion. Further speakers were Dr. HeinrichWeiss, Head o Production at Mercedes-Benz Vans and a ormer manager o theplant, and Lothar Heinzmann, a ormerdirector o the IFA combine. Seven vehicleswere exhibited during the celebration asrepresentatives o all the various modelseries that have been produced inLudwigselde to date.

Then Plant Manager Michael Humpertand Thomas Uhr, Plant Manager oMercedes-Benz Engines Berlin, presentedthe one millionth commercial vehicle toHans Zucker, President o the BerlinLandesverkehrswacht organization. TheSprinter will support the latter by doing

its work at schools and events. For morethan 60 years now, the volunteers at BerlinLandesverkehrswacht have been helpingall road users to become more saetyconscious. One o the organizations maintasks is to educate children concerningroad trac.

Ludwigselde has a long industrial tra-dition. Back in 1936, Daimler-Benz builtan aircrat engine plant in the citysGenshagen district. Ater the plant wasdestroyed in World War II, the remainingmachines were disassembled. A publiclyowned industrial acility was establishedat the site in the 1950s, and constructiono an automotive plant commenced in1965. At this time, the acility also startedseries production o two IFA commercialvehicle models: the W 50 and L 60.

Around 600,000 o these trucks wereproduced beore German reunication.The irst Mercedes-Benz van (an LN2

model) rolled o the line in Ludwigseldein early 1991. Daimler-Benz AG took ullpossession o the plant in 1994. Seriesproduction o the Mercedes-Benz Variocommenced in July 1996, and the van isstill being produced in Ludwigselde. Themarket launch o the Mercedes-BenzVaneo in spring 2002 strengthened theplants position as one o the biggestemployers in the Brandenburg region.The compact van was manuactured atthe site until 2005.

Since 2006, the Ludwigselde acility hasbeen producing the current Mercedes-Benz Sprinter model - as does its sisterplant in Dsseldor. A completely newmanuacturing line containing state-o-the-art automated production equipment

was constructed or the model at theLudwigselde plant. Altogether, more than300 million has been invested inmachinery and buildings or the projectat the plant.

The Mercedes-Benz plant in Ludwigseldehas more than 2,240 employees, o whom174 are trainees.

Chevrolet Sparklaunched inUzbekistanSeoul Sales o locally assembled modelso the Chevrolet Spark have begun inTashkent, Uzbekistan, GM Daewoo Auto& Technology (GM Daewoo) announcedtoday.

GM Daewoo is supplying complete knock--down (CKD) kits to GM Uzbekistan(GMUZ), a joint venture between GM andUzAvtoSanoat that is producing the ve-hicle locally. The Chevrolet Spark, sold inKorea as the Matiz Creative, is available

with a choice o a 1.0-liter or a 1.2-literDOHC gasoline engine.

A product launch ceremony has been heldat the UZ Expo Center in Tashkent. Amongthe 300 attendees were UzAvtoSanoatVice Chairman Shukhrat Yusupov, GMDaewoo President and CEO MikeArcamone, GMUZ Managing DirectorPatrick Popp, and Korean Ambassador toUzbekistan Daewan Jun.

Uzbekistan is a core production base orChevrolet, GMs leading global brand,said GM Daewoo President & CEO MikeArcamone. Equipped with the latest

technology, the Chevrolet Spark will giveGM Daewoo an important oothold in thehigh-potential markets o Central Asiaand Eastern Europe. The launch o this ve-hicle in Uzbekistan will strengthenChevrolets position by increasing marketshare not only in the local market, butacross the entire CIS region and inRussia.

GM Daewoos CKD export business isexpected to receive a boost rom thelaunch o the Chevrolet Spark in Uzbe-kistan. Last year, GM Daewoo exported217,000 units (199,000 CKD products and1,800 complete vehicles), including69,000 mini-cars, to Uzbekistan.

Vehicles supplied by GM Daewoo (inclu-ding CKD products) account or morethan 95 percent o the Uzbekistan pas-senger car market. GMUZ has an annualproduction capacity o 250,000 vehicles.It currently builds several Chevroletproducts, including the Matiz, LacettiPremiere, Winstorm and Tosca at itsmanuacturing acility in Asaka, Uzbekistanand markets the vehicles through GMUZssales operations.

The Renault Groupinaugurates majornew spare parts centrein Oarja, RomaniaThe Renault group has inaugurated itsnew spare parts and accessories centrein Romania. The warehouse is located inthe locality o Oarja, 28 km rom the Daciaplant in Mioveni, with easy access to theBucharest - Pitesti highway.

The 65,000 m building houses the Renaultgroups largest spare parts and accessoriesdistribution center outside France, ableto stock more than 70,000 reerences. Thewarehouse will supply original spare partsto the Dacia, Renault and Nissan networksin Romania, as well as to the Dacia sales

networks in 33 other countries. From theoutset, the new centre, which employs160 people, was designed to cater or theneeds o the Dacia brand as it developsinto and beyond 2015.

According to Jacques Daniel, the Renaultgroups Worldwide VP o Ater-Sales, Thenew spare parts and accessories distri-

bution center will help to improve theRenault groups ater-sales services inRomania by supplying original spare partsand shipping them promptly.The centreis capable o responding to urgent ordersby shipping parts in stock to any customerin the Dacia, Renault and Nissan networksin Romania in less than 36 hours.

25,000th Panamerabuilt in the LeipzigPorsche factoryThe new ourth Porsche model series isenjoying such popularity that only tenmonths ater the start o sales, the Leipzigactory o the Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG,Stuttgart has already built the 25,000thPanamera. In addition to the Panamera,the new generation o the sporty, all-terrain vehicle the Cayenne is alsobeing produced in the same acility in theState o Saxony.

The anniversary vehicle, a ruby-redPanamera with a particularly eicient

3.6-liter six-cylinder engine (300 hp), willbe delivered to a customer in the USA.The benchmark perormance o ourPanamera V6 models wins over ourcustomers worldwide. Even in the USA, acountry with a preerence or V8 engines,they impress with their eiciency andsportiness. The 4-door combines theseaspects with the comort and exclusivityo the luxury class,says Porsche ExecutiveVice President Sales and MarketingBernhard Maier.

The ourth series has been on the marketsince September 2009, with the 400-hp

strong 8-cylinder variants o the PanameraS and Panamera 4S, as well as PanameraTurbo (500 hp). Since May 2010, the Pana-mera and Panamera 4 have supplementedthe product range with their V6 engines.

GM purchasesStrasbourgtransmission plantStrasbourg/France. General Motors andMotors Liquidation Company (MLC) signedan agreement under which GM willpurchase the GM Strasbourg operations,a transmission development and manu-acturing business in Strasbourg, France,rom MLC. Closing o the agreement isexpected to take place within the nextmonths.

With a production plant and a developmentcentre near the port o Strasbourg, theStrasbourg acility is a leading manuacturero six-speed automatic transmissions.Customers o the Strasbourg plant includeGM operations around the world as wellas third-party car manuacturers.

The plant was ounded in 1967. It is a ma-jor industrial employer in the Strasbourgregion providing approximately 1,100 jobscurrently. GMs acquisition brings themanuacturing acility into GMs globalmanuacturing network, and adds de-velopment capability to GMs globalengineering network. The proven exper-tise o GM Strasbourg is an importantasset or GM in a core area o the busi-ness.


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Arospa and Dfn

Kannad andEurocopter receive anaward for their co-development of theworlds first aviationdistress beacon withintegrated antennaand GPSThe joint development by Eurocopter andKannad o a new-generation emergencydistress beacon or helicopters was

recognized today with an award presen-ted during a conerence o industry mana-gers, entrepreneurs, agencies, and ma-nagers in the economic and technologysectors.

The trophy was bestowed on Eurocopter,a worldwide leader in the production ohelicopters, and Kannad, a company othe Orolia Group (NYSE Alternext Paris -FR0010501015 - ALORO) or their colla-borative development o the distressbeacon called Integra which enablesa helicopter to be more reliably locatedin an emergency situation. Innovativeeatures o the Integra beacon include therst use o an internal GPS (Global Posi-tioning System) and an integrated antenna

or signal transmissions detected by searchand rescue systems.

The award was received by Kannad andEurocopter during the 6th conerence othe observatory on relationships betweenlarge multinational groups and small/medium enterprises. This event wasorganized jointly by Frances MEDEF, OSEO,Croissance Plus, PactePme and the IE Club.The prize, awarded in the High-Technologycategory, was presented by the twocompanies at the conerence in the Parissuburbs at Jouy-en-Josas, which is stagedduring the MEDEF Summer University amajor French political-business gatheringwhere industry captains and politiciansparticipate in roundtable discussions on

key economic issues.

We are especially proud to receive thisdistinction, which recognizes our innova-tion strategy and our technologicalleadership in the distress beacon market,commented Jean Yves Courtois, CEO othe Orolia Group. For Kannad, the part-nership with Eurocopter allowed us todene the unctional characteristics othe product to best meet the clientsneeds,and to test the product in real-lie condi-tions thanks to the technical methods andmaterials that Eurocopter has available.At the same time, we have benetted roman exclusive licence carrying the Euro-copter patent.

Courtois added that the technologicaladvantages provided by the Integrabeacon across all sectors o the aviationmarket have led to the companys decisionto establish a new commercial team inthe United States, with the goal ospeeding up its development in the worldslargest aviation market.

M. Claudius Zwicker, Eurocopters SeniorVice President o Avionics Systems, saidthe Integra system uses technologicalinnovation to signicantly improve thereliability o aviation emergency distressbeacons. This improves the eciency osearch and rescue agencies in locatinghelicopters in diculty or in emergencysituations, he added. Thanks to thispartnership, Eurocopter now has a new

technology that provides the most reliablepinpointing o helicopters in criticalsituations.

Tibet Airlines willlaunch its operationswith the A319Lhasa-based Tibet Airlines has chosen theAirbus A319 to build up its eet and is setto become Airbusnewes t customer inChina. The airline, which obtained theapproval o the Civil Aviation Admini-stration o China (CAAC) in March 2010,has signed a commitment to acquire threeA319s. The aircrat will be able to accom-modate 128 passengers in a two-classconguration, with eight rst class seats.The carrier plans to operate the A319sboth on routes within the region and tomajor destinations across China.

High mountains make it extremely dicultto develop road traic on the Tibetanplateau which is around 4000 meters inaltitude on average. This makes it more

ecient to travel by air in Tibet. Thanksto its Required Navigation Perormance(RNP) technology and expertise, Airbusis proud to note that over 80 percent othe commercial ights to and rom Tibetare perormed with Airbus aircrat, mosto them being A319s with the rest beingA330s.

This commitment to acquire Airbus aircratby the new carrier was marked by aceremony in Lhasa with local oicials,representatives o the CAAC, as well asexecutives o Tibet Airlines and o Airbus.Air trac will play a key role in the social

and economic development o the TibetAutonomous Region,said Liu Yanping,General Manager o Tibet Airlines. Theproven high altitude ight perormanceo Airbus A319 was key in our intent tostart our operations with this aircrat. Inanticipation o the growing demand orair transport in the region, we are planningto expand our eet to some 20 aircrat inthe next ve years,he added.

The high altitude perormance o theAirbus A319 which has been proven bymore than six years o commercial ope-rations in and out o Lhasa and the RNPvalidation in 2007 makes the aircrat anideal and natural choice or Tibet Airlines.We wish Tibet Airlines a prosperous utu-re with our worlds leading aircrat,saidJohn Leahy, Chie Operating Oicer,Customers.

The A320 Family (A318, A319, A320 and

A321) is recognised as the benchmarksingle-aisle aircrat amily. With over6,600 aircrat sold, and more than 4,300aircrat delivered to some 310 customersand operators worldwide, the A320 Familyis the worlds best-selling single-aisleaircrat amily. With 99.7 per cent reliabilityand extended servicing periods, the A320Family has the lowest operating costs oany single aisle aircrat. Uniquely, the A320Family oers a containerized cargo system,which is compatible with the worldwidestandard wide-body system.

Rolls-Royce finalisescontract for additionalAdour-powered Hawksfor IndiaRolls-Royce, the global power systemscompany, has nalised the contract orthe order o an additional 57 Adour-po-wered Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircrator the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy.

The Rolls-Royce engine contract withHindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) isworth up to 200 million and includes therst Adour engines or the Indian Navy,which will operate 17 o the aircrat.

The BAE Systems Hawk will be poweredby the Mk871 variant o the Adour wh ichwill be assembled in Bangalore, India, inpartnership with HAL.

HAL Chairman Ashok Nayak said: Rolls-Royce has been our trusted partner since1956, when HAL started producing theOrpheus engine, under licence. Since thenthe partnership has lourished on

programmes like the Hawk Advanced JetTrainers Adour Mk871 engine, ollowingon rom the production o Adour Mk811engines or the Jaguar.

Once again, we are proud to partner withRolls-Royce on a programme where Indiasnext-generation pilots will train on Ad-vanced Jet Trainers powered by Adourengines, which the two companies willco-produce.

Chris Awde, Rolls-Royce Sales andCommercial Director - Deence, said: Thisollow-on order or the Adour engine is ahuge vote o conidence, both or thecapabilities o the engine and the part-nership we have developed with HAL orover 50 years.

This new eet o Adour engines will bringmany advantages to the Indian Air Forceand Navy. Pilots will benet as the enginesperormance and handling make it ideallysuited to training, while operating theAdour in the Hawk and the Jaguar willcontinue to bring commonality benetsand savings.

India is strategically important to Rolls-Royce and we will continue to look at newprogrammes that expand our partnershipin the uture.

The Adour Mk871 shares a high degreeo commonality with the Adour Mk811that powers the Indian Air Force Jaguareet.

The Adour engine has been developedby the joint venture company Rolls-RoyceTurbomeca.

BAE Systems awardedcontract to enhancecapability of FinnishAir ForceBAE Systems has been awarded a contract

to provide a Link 16 network managementsystem to the Finnish Air Force. Supportingthe operation o Finlands F-18 aircrat,the system will enable ground commandand control operators to connect to, andmaintain contact with, their ast jets acrossthe entire country.

BAE Systems will work in partnership withRockwell Collins, the prime contractorand team leader or the Ground Stationprogramme.

Under the contract, BAE Systems willprovide all the sotware to set up theinrastructure, congure and control the

various remote sites and congure andmanage the Link 16 network. BAE Systemswill also provide a simulation environ-ment which that will provide the FinnishAir Force with the ability to participate inhigh idelity collaborative trainingexercises whilst still supporting liveoperations.

Built upon a set o proven systems thenetwork management system provides alow risk, innovative solution to meet thecomplex operational requirements o theFinnish Air Force, along with the challengeso the terrain and environment in whichthe system will operate.

The Link 16 network management solutionoered by BAE Systems allows the FinnishAir Force to dynamically monitor the con-nectivity between the various groundsites and the aircrat, and to continuously

measure how the network is perormingto maintain an uninterrupted service.

Paul Burke BAE Systems Business Directorsaid: We are delighted to be part o theteam delivering this capability as we haveunparalleled experience in the provisiono complex data link network manage-ment and support systems. The solutionor the Finnish Air Force is based on sys-tems successully delivered by us to theUK MOD that allow monitoring and ma-nagement o the UKs Link 16 network,achieving greater than 99% reliability overthe period since their introduction.


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eltronis

Consumer study showschanging TV behaviourEricssons ConsumerLab has released theresults o a recent study called MultiScreen Media Consumption 2010. Datawas collected in China, Germany, Spain,Sweden, Taiwan, the UK and US. Thesample in the study is representative omore than 300 million consumers.

The study shows that people are spen-ding up to 35 percent o their leisuretime watching TV and video content, andthat consumers are becoming moreaware o new technologies, which in turnare creating new patterns o mediaconsumption.

At least once a week, 93 percent are stillwatching scheduled linear broadcastTV, but the role o broadcast TV is changingowing to the introduction o new distri-bution channels. More than 70 percento consumers surveyed are streaming,downloading or watching recordedbroadcast TV on a weekly basis, and50 percent are using internet-based on-demand TV/video every week

Broadcast live content is still very importantto consumers, but the ability to decidewhen and how to watch TV will aect therole o linear or scheduled broadcastcontent. The consumers are requesting apersonalized, easy-to-use, high-quality,

on-demand service without commercialbreaks as their next TV service.

Anders Erlandsson, Senior Advisor atEricsson ConsumerLab, says: The con-clusion o our study is that the cons umptionis ragmented and complex. There are ewestablished consumption patterns andits a trial-and-error market with lots ocuriosity around it. The consumer islooking or a solution that can oer themthe reedom to choose what they want,when they want it and how they want it.The user experience is in ocus, rather thanthe technical platorm.

Data shows a clear correlation betweenwhich eatures consumers nd importantand their willingness to pay or them.

Today, the consumer spending is notproportionate to the viewing timeinvested. The average consumer spendsEUR 38 per month on their TV viewing,and almost 60 percent o that relates tobroadcast TV. However, since the timespent watching broadcast TV accountsor only about 40 percent o the total TV/video consumption, it is clear thatconsumers are not paying or what theyuse the most. Ericsson ConsumerLabindings show clearly that consumerspending will shit in the uture, witha signiicant increase in on-demandspending, provided that consumer re-quirements or high quality, ease o useand access to the right content are met.

The study also covers consumers attitudesto the touch screen tablet and how it tsinto their TV consumption; 37 percent arevery interested in using a tablet as a re-mote control.

At Ericsson ConsumerLab studies ocuson how consumers act and what theythink about telecom and TV products andservices, helping operators understandtheir customers and develop revenue-generating strategies.

Sony announcesVideo On Demand

powered by Qriocityextending into Europe.Also announces plansfor Music Unlimitedpowered by Qriocitycloud-based musicserviceIn November 2009, Sony Corporation(Sony) said that it was developing anetwork service platorm called SonyOnline Services (SOLS), which is now calledQriocity. Qriocity is a network service

new consumer music experience willurther enhance the value o music, thuscreating new opportunities or the in-dustry. Details o the service plan will beannounced in the uture.

We are excited to oer our customershigh quality, cloud-based entertainmentexperiences across many o Sonys net-work-enabled devices, said Kazuo Hirai,President o Networked Products & Ser-vices Group, Sony Corporation. Servicespowered by Qriocity will revolutionizethe way that users play, listen, watch,share, communicate, learn, discover andcreate their digital entertainment con-tent.

Consumers rate Nokiaas Indias Most TrustedBrand for third year inrowNokia has been ranked No.1 in TheEconomic Times-Brand Equitys annualMost Trusted Brands survey or 2010 inIndia, marking Nokias recognition asIndias most trusted brand or three con-secutive years. Nokia has appeared in thesurvey since 2005, and has held the rstposition in 2008, 2009 and now, 2010.

Nokias leadership rating over the yearsin this survey is also an indicator o thedramatic impact mobility has on Indiasconsumers over the years. India has beenamong the astest growing telecommarkets in the world with an estimatedcurrent mobile subscriber base in excesso 670 million subscribers.

Nokia has always been a consumer-centric company and a consumer awardor trust is the pinnacle o all awards. Thisaward is a testament to our teams deepocus and determined eorts to betterunderstand the needs o the evolvingIndian consumer and connect with them.Our initiatives or India - ranging rommade in India, made or India handsets,services such as Nokia Lie Tools andextensive retail and care networks - are aproo o the act that we are continuouslystriving to make a positive impact on the

lives o our con sumers, said D. Shivakumar,Managing Director, Nokia India Pvt. Ltd.

The award marks the celebration o15 years o mobility and Nokia in India.The rst mobile phone call was made ona Nokia phone using Nokia network onJuly 31, 1995.

Brand Equitys Most Trusted Brands surveyjudges 300 brands rom consumer pro-ducts and services. Consumers across13 Indian cities evaluate the brand onseven key attributes.

platorm that connects many o Sonysnetwork-enabled devices and allowsconsumers to enjoy high quality enter-tainment across multiple devices. ViaQriocity, Sony will deliver a variety odigital entertainment content and servicesthat are powered by Qriocity, includingvideo, music, game applications, ande-books over time, and through theseservices, and in combination with itsnetworked devices, Sony aims to bringnew and exciting entertainment ex-periences to customers.

At the IFA 2010 show in Berlin, Sony haveannounced that Video On Demandpowered by Qriocity, a premiumstreaming video service, will be availablethis all in ve European countries includ-ing France, Germany, Italy, Spain and theU.K. With Video On Demand powered byQriocity, customers can choose romhundreds o box oice hits rom 20th

Century Fox Home Entertainment, Lions-gate, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.(MGM), NBC Universal InternationalTelevision Distribution, Paramount Pic-tures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,The Walt Disney Company, and WarnerBros. Digital Distribution, as well as popularcontent rom top local studios. Manymovies are available in High Denition(HD) as well as Standard Denition (SD),and all can be rented at the touch o abutton on Sonys 2010 models o network-enabled BRAVIA TVs and Blu-ray Discplayers, and Blu-ray Home Theater sys-tems. Video On Demand powered byQriocity has been available in the U.S.since April 2010.

Sony also announced plans to introduceMusic Unlimited powered by Qriocity,a new, cloud-based, digital music service.Available by years end, Music Unlimitedpowered by Qriocity will give music loversaccess to millions o songs stored andsynchronized through the cloud. MusicUnlimited powered by Qriocity willinitially be available across Sonys 2010models o network-enabled BRAVIA TVs,Blu-ray Disc players, Blu-ray Home Theatersystems , as well as PlayStation3 computerentertainment systems and VAIOs andother personal computers, and willbecome increasingly available on a rangeo Sonys portable devices.

Music Unlimited powered by Qriocitybrings together the eatures cited as mostimportant by music enthusiasts. Withaccess to a huge library o songs throughthe cloud, users can discover new musicthrough channels personalized to theirtastes on multiple devices and withoutthe requirement to manage digital musicles. The convenience resulting rom this


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shown by the special Trans-EuropeanNetwork status assigned to the pipeline.Dmitry Medvedev noted that the NordStream will ensure reliable supplies toEurope at air and reasonable prices.

Later on, in her video address to the eventparticipants German Counselor AngelaMerkel underlined that the gas pipelineconstruction is not a political, but aneconomic project.

Welding o the rst joint o the gas pipelinewas started up by Matthias Warnig, Ma-naging Director o Nord Stream AG. Lateron, in the vicinity o the pavilions, twopipes were welded together. One o themwas marked as Russia, the other asEurope. National ags o the countriesparticipating in the project were placedon the pipes. Dmitry Medvedev put hissignature on one o them and wrote ashort wish: Good luck!Thus, the NordStream gas pipeline construction wasocially launched.

Beavers take over theworkAt the same time, over 600 kilometersaway rom the Portovaya Bay shore in thevicinity o Swedens Gotland Island, agigantic pipe-laying vessel Castoro 6

which is translated rom Italian as a bea-ver was laying the 4th kilometer o therst string o the gas pipeline on the BalticSea bottom.

According to Marco Casirati, ManagerPre-Commissioning and Russian Landall(Wet Section), Nord Stream AG, pipewelding or the gas pipeline is carried outon board the vessel. The ends o two pipes,12 meters long each with the diameter o1,153 millimeters, are treated in a specialway in order to shape them or subsequentwelding together. Owing to a special

technology the process, which takes halan hour onshore, is accomplished in 5 to7 minutes. Welded joint testing is carriedout on board the vessel as well everysingle millimeter is subject to automaticultrasonic control in order to detectpotential aults. Once the joints pass therequired checkup procedure, they arecovered by corrosion-proo shrunk-onrings with a mechanical protectioncoating.

The manuacturer covers the pipes withan internal riction-reducing and an ex-


Gazprom/ Celebrations

were held at the Portovaya

compressor station in the

Vyborg District, Leningrad

Oblast on the occasion of the start-up of the Nord Stream gas

pipeline construction in the Baltic Sea.

The gas pipeline, which is to link the gastransmission systems o Russia and theEuropean Union, will satisy some 25 per

cent o additional European demand ornatural gas as soon as in 2 years and ahal. So ar, in the location rom whereRussian gas will start its voyage to G ermanythere are a reinorced concrete platormwith the area o dozens o square metersto accommodate guests, and the whitepavilions surrounded by scarce northernvegetation. Once you leave the pavedroadway or vehicles and helicopters, youeel a yellowish sand under your eet several hundred thousand cubic meterso soil were brought here and backlledor the compressor station construction.

The bay itsel with the gas pipeline landallcan not be seen rom here. However, you

can eel the gusts o salty wind rom theBaltic Sea.

Inside the pavilions everything is abso-lutely ready to welcome the distinguishedguests a conerence hall equipped withhuge displays, a big hall or media menrom all over Europe.

In hal an hour the distinguished guestsstart arriving Dmitry Medvedev, Presidento Russia; Guenther Oettinger, EU EnergyCommissioner; Alexey Miller, Chairmano the Gazprom Management Committee;Gerhard Schroeder, Chairman o the NordStream AG ShareholdersCommittee; as

well as heads o the European companiesholding stakes in Nord Stream AG.

In his welcoming address to the eventparticipants Dmitry Medvedev noted thatthe project had been preceded withunparalleled preparatory work. Franklyspeaking, it sometimes seemed to me thiswould never end. However, it ended andeverything necessary was done to gua-rantee environmental saety and reliabilityo the project,Russias President said. Heemphasized that the Nord Stream gaspipeline is a key element o the globalenergy security. It is a ramework projector the energy dialogue between Russiaand the European Union. This is clearly

Solitairevessel

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev

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ternal corrosion-resistant coating. Sub-sequently, at two plants located on theBaltic Sea shore in Mukran (Germany) andKotka (Finland) the pipes are covered witha concrete coating 60 to 110 millimetersthick to make them heavier and ensurestability on the sea bottom. Ultimately,the weight o each pipe increases n earlytwoold and reaches 25 tons.

Two-thirds o all pipes have already beensupplied to various warehousing terminals

on the shore allowing or prompt deliveryon board the vessel.

Equipment and personnel o all vesselsare capable o carrying out pipe layingoperations 24 hours a day 7 days a week.Meanwhile, in order to minimize the en-vironmental impact construction activitieswill be suspended or the herring spawningperiod and the periods when migratorybirds stop over here. At the same time,the project participants say that at the

operating stage the gas pipeline willattract sh populations as an articial ree.The gas pipeline will consist o threeoshore sections with various wall thick-nesses rom 27 to 41 millimeters cor-responding to a pressure decrease romVyborg to Greiswald.

The bulk o the Nord Stream constructionactivities will be assumed by the Castoro6 vessel. It will lay the pipes at the near-shore pipeline section close to the Russianlandall and the oshore section rom the

350th to the 1,196th kilometer until mid-2011. From September 2010 to January2011 the Solitaire vessel (translated as arecluse) will join the Nord Stream gaspipeline construction to lay the pipes romthe 7.5th to the 350th kilometer in theGul o Finland.

The near-shore section close to the Ger-man landall will be constructed by theCastoro 10 vessel, which will be involvedin the operations rom June 2010 to pullthe pipe onshore in the Bay o Greiswald.

Nord Stram Gas Giplin: Rady for Ta-off The operations here will be carried outuntil 2010.

In 2011 construction o the rst string willbe completed. At the same time, con-struction o the second string will start.The second string will increase the gaspipeline capacity rom 27.5 to 55 billioncubic meters. In 2012 the second stringwill cross the German shoreline in thevicinity o Greiswald.

Time bridgeIt was here in Greiswald when 300 yearsago a Danish painter Andreas Moellercreated a portrait o Ekaterina I whichbecame the project symbol. Shortly beorethe celebrations dedicated to the irst

joint welding Alexey Miller presented thepainting to Dmitry Medvedev. This por-trait is symbolic. It was painted in Greis-wald a German town which is the ulti-mate point o the Nord Stream gaspipeline,said Alexey Miller. The portraitwas created in 1712; and exactly 300 yearslater, in 2012, the second string o theNord Stream will reach Germany and the

gas pipeline will be brought to projectedcapacity,he added.

According to Mikhail Piotrovsky, Directoro the State Hermitage Museum, so arGazprom has managed to have the pain-ting exhibited in the Museum. However,the portrait could later be given to theHermitage as a present.

In 2012 a mail stamp will be printed withthis portrait on it. There will be an old mapo the Baltic Sea on the stamp with thecurrent route o the Nord Stream gas pipe-line. A copy o the portrait will be perma-nently kept at the Portovaya compressorstation.

The portrait o Ekaterina I was createdwithin a year ater her wedding with PeterI during a visit o the spouses to the towno Greiswald. During the rule o Peter Ithere was an unprecedented expansiono ties between Russia and Europe,said

Alexey Miller.

300 years passed and the Nord Streamgas pipeline construction project evi-denced a robust and equal partnershipbetween Russia and the European Union,and became a symbol o political, econo-mic and cultural ties among the countries.

In honorofNord Stream completion a unique mail stamp will

beprinted. Photo: AlexeyMillerand Directorof State Hermitage

Museum MikhailPiotrovsky

Pipe laying or Phase 1 o the gas pipelineconstruction will be carried out by the Castoro6 and Castoro 10 vessels o Saipem S.p.A, aswell as by the Solitaire vessel o Allseas Group

SA these are the worlds largest pipe layingvessels.

Until April 2011, the bulk o pipe laying ope-rations will be carried out by the Castoro 6 se-

mi-submersible vessel. It is planned to lay anaverage o 2.5 kilometers o pipe per day.

From September 2010 to January 2011 theSolitaire vessel will join pipe laying operati-

ons. Unlike Castoro, it is a dynamic positioningvessel that does not use anchors. The positio-ning system ensures the vessel operation evenin harsh weather conditions.

In the second hal o 2010 the Castoro 10 pipelaying vessel will be working in the vicinityo the Nord Stream gas pipeline landall inGermany. The design o this vessel allows or

its operation in shallow waters. All the pipesor Phase 1 o the gas pipeline constructionhave been manuactured so ar. It is plannedto launch manuacturing o pipes or Phase 2in this AprilMay. 75 per cent o Phase 1 pipes

will be supplied by EUROPIPE, 25 per cent byVyksa Steel Works (VSW). 65 per cent o Phase2 pipes will be supplied by EUROPIPE, 25 percent by VSW and 10 per cent by Sumitomo

rom Japan.

Nord Stream will become the rst gas pipeli-ne to run under the Baltic Sea. Many aspectso this pipeline construction are similar tothose o other ofshore gas pipelines in theNorth and Black Seas. However, I may say thatNord Stream is the most secure gas pipelinein terms o the environmental impact. At thesame time, the pipe laying speed will be uni-que 2.5 kilometers a day. This speed is veryhard to achieve; however, it is achievable.

Written by: Marco Casirati

Manager Pre--Commissioning

and Russian Landfall(Wet Section),Nord Stream AG

Marco Casirati

Nord Stream is the most secure gas pipelinein terms of the environmental impact


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FLUXYSNatural Gas expansion

Big hangs ar taing pla at FluxysAS. It s part of an ongoing programmof invstmnt, whih involvs svralmajor projts. Dian Mannion tas aloo at what has bn happning.

As well as being the independent operatoro the Belgian natural gas transmissiongrid, Fluxys AS also looks ater the storageinrastructure, and operates both theZeebrugge LNG terminal and theZeebrugge hub. The Fluxys grid, which is,one o the best-interconnected gasinrastructures in Western Europe,acilitates the ow o natural gas to androm many Western countries, and has18 interconnection points.

In 2009 Fluxys AS earned revenue o

688 million, an increase o 95.8 millionon the previous years gure, with a netprot o 105.2 million. Fluxys has a naturalgas storage capacity o 650 million m3(n),which is contained at its plant in Loenhout.It has pipelines extending to 3,900 kilo-metres, a sta o more than 1000, andtransports approximately 17.5 billion cubicmetres o natural gas or the Belgianmarket alone.

O the 1000 sta employed by Fluxys ASmore than hal are involved in imple-menting saety measures in an industrywhere saety is a major issue. As part otheir saety controls Fluxys carry outrigorous testing and adopt practicalprocedures, such as checking pipes andwelding, and ensuring that pipelines aresituated deep underground.

Despite this however, pipes can becomedamaged by third parties and this canunortunately lead to disaster. In responseto the Ghislenghien case o which FluxysAS were acquitted on the grounds thatthey did not make any mistakes, DanielTermont, Chairman o the Board oDirectors comments:

Fluxys will have to make special eortsover the next 10 years to continueexplaining the rigorousness o its saetypolicy to authorized representatives andresidents o those municipalities wherenew acilities are necessary.

The LNG terminal andZeebrugge hubZeebrugge is the trading point or liqueednatural gas (LNG) between Belgium and


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FLUXYSNatural Gas expansion Plans include:

Increasing transmission capacity by 35 %

Facilitating use o the grid by as many sources aspossible

Strengthening the position o Fluxys as a crossroads orgas supplies to and rom North-western Europe

Enhancements to the way in which the grid operates

Improvements to the underground storage acility inLoenhout

Environmental controls

Ensuring appropriate saety measures are carried out

The RTR2 project is one o the crucial projects beingundertaken. It relates to the construction o a second gaspipeline rom Opwijk to Zomergem, which will help tosecure the supply o natural gas in Belgium and North-western Europe. For this reason it is regarded as a priorityproject by the Euro commission, which is providing 35 million

euros towards its development.Other projects entail increasing the capacity o both theEast to West Axis and the North to South Axis. Additionally,research is being undertaken regarding the possibility oan underground storage area in the Campines region atLimburg, and added enhancements to the LNG terminal atZeebrugge.

With respect to these investments the Chairman o theBoard o Directors, Daniel Termont, states:

In 2009, Fluxys sharpened its vision and its strategy.Continued development o our role as a crossroads or gasows in North-western Europe remains the top priority to enhance the security o supply and the smooth operationo the market. In this regard, the Board o Directors oers its ull support in implementing the robust programmeo investments in new inrastructure in Belgium and theprojects aiming at Fluxysinternational development onthe North-western European natural g as market.

Future for EuropeIn the uture the North-western European gas markets willbecome one entity with Belgium joining orces with theUK, Germany, the Netherlands, France and Luxembourg.

Fluxys AS is preparing or Belgium to play an importantpart in this amalgamation, and wants to build on its existingreputation and excellent position in the market. It is thereorevital or Fluxys to continue improving its grid inrastructurein order to make it more attractive to uture partner countries.With regard to Fluxysdesire to play a key role in this processo integration, the Chairman o the Board points out:

We wish to continue making the Fluxys grid more attractiveso as to ensure that the North-western European gas marketcan provide suppliers with sucient capacity and harmonizedservices For Fluxys, this broadening o scope is crucialto ully realizing its mission o serving the public interestby contributing to enhancing security o supply and thesmooth operation o the market.

North-western Europe with both the LNGterminal and the gas hub situated there.The terminal has docks or loading andunloading o ships as well as an area ortemporary storage o gas. Any LNG keptin temporary storage is either reloadedonto LNG container ships or regasied sothat it can be put back into the grid. SinceFluxys began using the Zeebrugge LNGterminal in 1987, 1,200 LNG ships havedocked there.

Unused gas which has been unloaded atZeebrugge can be utilised or the Belgianmarket or traded via the Zeebrugge huband transported to other Europeanmarkets. Zeebrugge is ideally placed orthe trading o gas, with two main gas owspassing through. These are rom Russiain the East to the United Kingdom in theWest, and rom Norway in the North to

the countries o Southern Europe.Consequently, the Zeebrugge hub hasbecome established as one o the chienatural gas spot markets in Europe.

Record investmentsThe nature o gas transmission meansthat regular maintenance work has to becarried out, such as the repair andreplacement o pipes and taking steps tomake sure that gas is supplied at therequisite pressure levels, but Fluxys maderecord investments in 2009, devoting226 million to the inrastructure. Fluxysinvestment plans are not only or theshort term as it is planning to spend ahuge amount o 2.8 billion over the next10 years.

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In ths soially-onsious tims, nrgyprovidrs must loo byond th basibusinss onsidrations of supply anddmand. With a prolaimd standardof Dobra enrgia or good nrgy, PkPenrgtya S.A. tas its rsponsibilitissriously.

PKP Energetyka S.A. is an award-winningPolish electricity provider. Originallyocused on the traction power needs orail carriers the company also oers supplyto individual householders and businesses.In 2001, in accordance with EU directives

regarding transport and rail services, thePolish State Railways (PKP = Polskie KolejePastwowe) became the PKP Group, aconglomerate o independent commercialentities; one o these entities was PKPEnergetyka.

The company conducts the sale anddistribution o electricity, the provision ogeneral electric power services includingelectric power cables, lighting, switchingstations, energy management andconsultancy across the power sector andengages in large-scale contracting in the

eld o traction power. Everything is co-

ordinated by the companys Warsaw

headquarters.

However, PKP Energetykas role goes

beyond simply that o an electricity

provider. As Tadeusz Skobel, Chairman o

the Management Board says, The ex-

pression good energyis important or us

not only rom a technological point o

view (or example in ensuring a reliable

supply o high quality energy) but also in

interpersonal relations. We consider that

these two ways o understanding goodenergy are equally important.

Powering the railwaysProviding traction power or rail carrierscan be a particularly complex niche in theenergy market. However, it is a niche towhich PKP Energetyka bring a high degreeo expertise. Firstly, in order to ensure anappropriate line capacity in other words,ensure that there is sucient power to

keep the trains running the appropriatelevel o power is ordered (the companydoes not produce its own electricity... yet).Then, to ensure continuity and reliabilityo supply, the traction substations areprovided with back-up power. Largeluctuations in rail traic, especially ingoods deliveries, can complicate mattersbut PKP Energetyka Branches use state-o-the-art IT systems to accurately orecastdemand, taking into account the highvariability o usage. This enables thecompany to keep the power at the properlevel and to orecast exactly the prole o

electricity use, both o which combine tooptimise the purchase price or theconsumer.

In addition to supplying the power itsel,PKP Energetyka also maintain the tractionnetwork, the distribution grid used toprovide access to the power. Teamsconstantly monitor the network statusand traction maintenance trains are keptin readiness nationwide to deal with anyrepairs which may be necessary.

The traction maintenance trains orm justpart o the array o modern equipment

PkP eNeRGeTYkARahing Outwards

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used to ensure the smooth running oPolands railways. As well as mobilelaboratories and power emergency vehicles,the companys agship technology is thePWST train one o only seven in use acrossEurope used or repair and ongoingmodernisation o the traction networklines. With this unit, the replacement o akilometre section o line can be completed

within just 12 hours; made possible by theact that it disassembles old lines andmounts the news one simultaneously.

OngoingdiversificationWith an eye on the non-electric rail market,the company has applied to trade liquiduels and in late April 2010, the EnergyRegulation Oice granted a 20-yearconcession. Initially the new Fuel Depart-ment will sell diesel at twelve railway

stations across the country, their locationschosen to ensure that all rail carriers usingcombustion engines will be sure o equalaccess to the new service.

In 2009, under the principle o Third PartyAccess (TPA) that is part o the EuropeanUnion energy policy, PKP Energetykagained 150 new consumers outside o thePKP Group; a 300% increase on 2008 that

led to additional sales o 470,429 GWh oelectricity. A welcome increase in businessin the midst o a global recession.

As or international business, various legaland technical obstacles prevent the tradeo energy outside o Poland. However,other departments are not so restrictedin the sale o their services and PKP Ener-getyka contributed to the construction othe Madrid-Valladolid AVE high speed raillink in Spain. They worked mainly on theconstruction o the traction power net-work, including in the 28km Guadarramatunnel, the ourth longest in Europe.

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Finally, in order to have a hand in all aspects o theirenergy market, PKP Energetyka are exploring thepossibilities o expanding into electricity production.Current plans involve a system based on biogas anaordable and renewable green uel which is entirelyin keeping with the companys railway background, railoten being cited as the most eco-riendly method omass public transport.

Clearly, PKP Energetyka are striving in a number odirections beyond simply providing electricity to Polishrail carriers and with greater autonomy and expansionin mind, the company is hoping to be selected orprivatisation shortly.

Recognition of excellencePKP Energetyka is not short o awards or its business andthe way in which it conducts it. Recently (April 2010) thecompany was recertied as meeting ISO standards in theareas o quality management, environmental management

and occupational health and saety. In 2008, it was awardedthe Solid Company certicate or caring or ecology andcustomersrights and in the same year, phase one o themodernisation o the Warsaw-d railway line achievedsecond prize or Road and Rail Construction o the Year.PKP Energetyka is regularly mentioned avourably in thePolish business and national press, including Rzeczpospolita,Polityka and Newsweek Polska.

Looking beyond business isgood for businessWith all this recognition it is not surprising that PKPEnergetyka go beyond their everyday business in orderto address broader social issues. In line with TadeuszSkobels view o what good energy means, companypolicy includes socially responsible programmes such assupporting the Energy or Lie campaign which promotesthe idea o voluntary blood donations. In the Good CSRPractices competition or corporate social responsibilitythe jury awarded PKP Energetyka the Laurel o Respon-sibility or their eorts; a act appreciated by Mr. Skobel:I am proud o my employees or their seless desire tobring help to the needy.

The futureWith a company direction ounded on expansion andcorporate responsibility, the last words belong to TadeuszSkobel: We operate through 15 branches located allround the country, which gives us an advantage when itcomes to reacting quickly to customersneeds. Ourproessional, experienced workorce and highly specialisedtechnical equipment are two more aces up our sleeve.Apart rom that, we also have the greatest experience onthe demanding railway market. Can you show me anothercompany in the Polish market with that potential?

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With vr-growing o-prssurs,ping up with salating onsumrdmands for hap hat and nrgy an

b a hallng. klag Wrm ps itsustomrs happy but without sarifiingth nvironmnt.

Kelag Wrme is a heat and energy pro-vider, operating in the Austrian marketbut beginning to look urther abroad.As part o the Kelag Group the Austrian

energy utility Kelag Wrme is one othree main subsidiaries. The other twoare Kelag Netz, which manages thedistribution networks or electricity andnatural gas in Southern Austria; andKelag International, looking ater theoreign concerns o the Group (mainlyhydro- and wind-power projects inCentral and Eastern Europe).

The Kelag Groups irst steps into theheating market were taken in 1989 when

it began to supply heat to a districtnetwork in its home region o Carinthia.Growing rom there, in 1999 the Groupacquired the heating supply company,Wrmebetriebe GmbH, enabling it toexpand its heat provision nationally. 2007saw the acquisition o sterreichischeFernwrme GmbH, consolidating Kelagsposition as a major supplier within Austria.Finally, in 2008, the 40 years o work andexperience rom these two companies

were brought together under the singleumbrella o Kelag Wrme GmbH.

Keeping Austria warmDistrict heating is a system in which heatis distributed rom a central heat-genera-ting plant to the customer via insulatedpipes. The usual medium or the heat iswater, although steam is sometimes used.

The heating plants may use ossil uels,but can also rely on greener options. Moreand more, district heating is seen as anenvironmentally-sound approach, oeringbetter pollution control and having a lowcarbon ootprint.

As the largest district heat supplier inAustria, Kelag Wrme supplies 78 districtnetworks across the country and managesa total o 1000 heating plants in order tomeet the demands o their varied

keLAG WRMe GmbHGrn and Growing

Dipl.-Ing. HaraldKogler,KelagGroup BoardMember


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