Well, today was just a normal day at work… I am doing loads of project work and trying to keep on top of that, as well as juggle other projects which are still going on in Sheffield while I am away...

Well, weekend 1 in Tornio is almost over… I can’t say I have achived much, however it’s been nice to relax and chill out in the apartment. On saturday I thought I should have a bit of a look aroun...

Today we had a big Infrastructure monthly meeting which I was invited along to. I was warned that the meeting would be in Finnish, but the supporting slides were in English. Everyone was also very ...

A morning at the Tornio Research Centre (TRC)… I got to see all the machines they use to test samples when they come in from the different areas of the plant. We started off in the “mini meltshop”,...

Today I went to the ferro chrome mill, which is the next process on from Kemi Mine. A good statistic to know is that they use the same amount of power that 3 homes use in a year… Just in 2.5 hours ...

Brilliant day at the Kemi Mine… Had a good presentation about what they do and how they do it, then we had a look at the biggest of the (now unused) open mines. It was 800m across and very deep… Bu...

Saturday 24th July 2010 - Saturday 31st July 2010 Well… Last week did not gone very well, so I was hoping that my trip to Tornio would go a little bit better. After we had broken down Saturday Ju...

Well, for those of you who don’t know (and I guess for those who do), I am going to be involved in Job Rotation within my company (Outokumpu). I was approached by my boss on Tuesday 15th June (ish...