Timeline

1990-2000

1990

Jaron Lanier popularizes the concept of Virtual Reality (VR)

1992

“The iron march”. March of the Basque workers of AHV together with the Asturian workers of ENSIDESA march to Madrid in defense of the steel activity

1992

Cierre de la última mina de Agruminsa en Gallarta, resultado de la fusión de ENSIDESA y AHV se crea la Corporación de la Siderurgia Integral (CSI)

1995

The two twin blast furnaces, known as 1 and 2, are turned off. Number 1 has remained for posterity, and number 2 was sold for scrap

1996

The internet starts, and networks with TCP/IP protocols become popular

1997

The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, opens to the public

1997

Inauguration of the Bizkaia Compact Steelworks (ACB) in the former AHV facilities

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