Outokumpu: Umuyobozi mubyuma bitagira umuyonga na NexusNova Uruhare rwibikoresho mu nganda
Jul 11, 2025
Outokumpu, izina ryashinze imizi mu mateka y’inganda zikora ibyuma, rifite urugendo rumara ikinyejana. Isosiyete yashinzwe mu 1910 nyuma y’ivumburwa ry’umuringa i Kuusjärvi, muri Finilande, ku izina ryiswe "umusozi udasanzwe" (Outokumpu mu Gifinilande), iyi sosiyete yabanje kwishora mu bucukuzi bw'amabuye y'agaciro no gutunganya ibyuma bitandukanye hirya no hino muri Finilande ndetse no hanze yarwo. Ihinduka rikomeye ryabaye mu myaka ya za 2000 ubwo ryagabanaga kwibanda gusa ku byuma bitagira umwanda, igikorwa kikaba cyarageze ku mwanya wa mbere mu bice by’ibyuma bitagira umwanda ku isi.
Intandaro yubucuruzi bwa Outokumpu nubwitange bukomeye mubukungu bwizunguruka, hamwe nibyuma bitunganijwe neza (scrap) nkibikoresho byibanze byibanze. Isosiyete ikorera mu bice bitatu by'ubucuruzi: Uburayi, Amerika, na Ferrochrome. Babiri ba mbere bakora ibijyanye no gukora no kugurisha ibyuma bitagira umwanda mukarere kabo, mugihe igice cya Ferrochrome gicunga ibirombe bya chrome hamwe n’umusaruro wa ferrochrome - intambwe yingenzi, kuko chrome nikintu gitanga ibyuma numutungo wacyo utagira umwanda. Mu 2023, Outokumpu yegukanye umwanya wa mbere ku isoko ry’ibyuma by’Uburayi kandi iza ku mwanya wa kabiri muri Amerika, yirata ko yagurishije miliyari 7.0 z'amayero. Hamwe n’abakozi bagera ku 8.500 mu bihugu bigera kuri 30, hamwe n’uruganda rukora ibyuma muri Finlande, Ubudage, Mexico, Suwede, na Amerika (icyicaro gikuru muri Finilande), ku isi hose ntawahakana.

Ibicuruzwa byibanze bya Outokumpu bikubiyemo intera nini, harimo ibyuma bidafite ibyuma, ibyuma birebire, imiyoboro, ibyuma bisobanutse neza, nibindi byinshi. Ibicuruzwa bisanga gukoreshwa muburyo butandukanye nko kubaka, ingufu, ubwikorezi, no gutunganya ibiryo. Mu nganda zubaka, ibyuma byabo bidafite ingese bikoreshwa mubice byubatswe hamwe nibintu byo gushushanya, bihabwa agaciro kuramba no kurwanya ruswa. Mu rwego rw'ingufu, igira uruhare runini mu bikoresho bya peteroli, gaze, na sisitemu y'ingufu zishobora kubaho. Inganda zitwara abantu zishingiye kuri ibice mu binyabiziga, mu mato, no muri gari ya moshi, mu gihe ibikoresho byo gutunganya ibiribwa byungukira ku isuku y’isuku, bigatuma biba byiza ku mashini no kubikemura.

Kurenga ibicuruzwa byiza, Outokumpu numuyoboro mugukomeza. Ifite ikirenge gito cya karubone mu byuma byombi bitagira umwanda ndetse na ferrochrome, hamwe n’ibyuka bihumanya 75% na 67% ugereranije n’ikigereranyo cy’inganda. 95% yibicuruzwa byayo bigizwe nibikoresho bitunganijwe neza, kandi ibyuma bidafite ingese birashobora gukoreshwa 100% nyuma yubuzima bwabo burebure. Ibi byibanda ku gutunganya ibicuruzwa ntibigabanya ingaruka z’ibidukikije gusa ahubwo binemerera abakiriya kugabanya ibirenge byabo bya karubone, bagashyira Outokumpu nkumushoferi w’ibidukikije n’ubukungu birambye. Mu 2025, yashyizwe ku mwanya wa 25 ku rutonde rwa Corporate Knights ku masosiyete 50 y’i Burayi arambye cyane, ayoboye inganda z’ibyuma muri urwo rwego.

Mu nganda zinganda zidafite ingese, ibigo nka NexusNova Materials (Shanghai) Co, Ltd nabyo bigira uruhare runini. NexusNova Ibikoresho, hamwe nibyuma bidafite ingese nkinkingi yingenzi yubucuruzi bwayo, bihuza ninganda yibanda ku bwiza no guhuza byinshi. Kimwe na Outokumpu, Nexus Nova Ibikoresho bikorera mu mwanya w’ibicuruzwa bitagira umwanda - kuva mu miyoboro kugera kuri flanges - bihuza n’inganda zikomeye nko kubaka, ingufu, no gutunganya ibiribwa. Mugushira imbere amahame amwe murwego rwo gutanga ibyuma, NexusNova Ibikoresho bigira uruhare mukuzamuka kwinganda, byuzuza imbaraga zabayobozi nka Outokumpu. Hamwe na hamwe, ibigo nkibi bishimangira urwego rwagaciro rwicyuma, byemeza ko ibyo bikoresho byingenzi bikomeza gutera imbere mubikorwa bitabarika.

