FACTS & NEWS

2 VFMSTA: Review of activities of the VFMSTA in 2017

5 Pham Chi Cuong: Metallurgy ST Association on opinion draft of the VUSTA on the mining project Thach Khe, Ha Tinh

7 Pham Tuyen - Quynh Nga: Thach Khe iron mining: The invest-ment decision was wrong

9 VSA: Vietnam steel industry in 7 months of the year 2017

12 Nguyen Van Sua: World crude steel output in June and first 6 months of 2017

RESEARCH

31 Nguyen Hoang Viet: Spark plasma sintering of mechanical- ly milled Cu-10 % vol. TiC nano-composites

36 Le Trung Kien, Nguyen Dac Trung: Study on the mechanical properties of rocket B41M body made by upsetting from aluminum alloy Д16 tubes

41 Nguyen Thi Thao, Truong Ngoc Than, Duong Ngoc Binh, Nguyen Ba Phuong: Rutile and hematite recovery from aerated product of the becher process

ENVIRONMENT

47 VNSTEEL: VNSTEEL toward "greening" of the production process

48 VNSTEEL: SSCV to minimize harmful effects due to the

Production process

50 Nguyen Duc Khien: Worries about decision of the Ministry of Natural resources and Environment to allow the Vinh Tan 1 factory to throw out sewage sludge into the sea of Binh Thuan province