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The latest news on the companies producing steel or raw materials used in the iron- and steelmaking process.
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AK Steel To Acquire Severstal Dearborn
21 July 2014 - AK Steel has signed an agreement to acquire Severstal North America's integrated steelmaking assets located in Dearborn, Michigan for US$700 million in cash.
Steel Dynamics Inc. To Acquire Severstal Columbus
21 July 2014 - Steel Dynamics Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Severstal Columbus LLC (Columbus) from OAO Severstal.
Insteel Reports Increasing Capacity Utilization in Quarterly Earnings Report
21 July 2014 - Insteel Industries Inc. announced financial results for its third quarter ended 28 June 2014.
KMS Installs PURON® HF Modules at Major Steel Mill in Inner Mongolia
21 July 2014 - Koch Membrane Systems Inc. (KMS), world-class developer and manufacturer of innovative membranes and membrane filtration systems, has installed its PURON® HF ultrafiltration (UF) modules at a major steel mill in Inner Mongolia, China.
North Star BlueScope Decides Not to Build DRI Facility in Ohio
18 July 2014 - North Star BlueScope Steel (NSBSS), jointly owned by BlueScope (50%) and Cargill Inc. (50%), has concluded a detailed scoping and development study for a potential direct reduction iron (DRI) plant at its Delta, Ohio, steelworks.
Ternium First in Mexico to Develop Steel with Improved Stress Resistance for Rims
18 July 2014 - Ternium Mexico is currently developing FB-540 steel grade, with a ferrite-bainite structure, used to manufacture rims for the automotive industry, thus, becoming the first company to produce this grade of steel in Mexico.
ArcelorMittal Ostrava Equipping Its Power Plant with Modern Boiler
18 July 2014 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava is continuing with its plans for modernization. Its subsidiary ArcelorMittal Energy Ostrava has just signed a contract to build a new fluidized bed* boiler.
Severstal and McKinsey to Evaluate Production Efficiency of BOF Cherepovets Mill
18 July 2014 - The Cherepovets Steel Mill (CherMK), part of the Russian Steel division of OAO Severstal, announced the launch of a project in conjunction with McKinsey, a global consultancy, to improve efficiency of basic oxygen steel production.
Severstal Agrees to Sell PBS Coals
18 July 2014 - OAO Severstal’s wholly-owned subsidiary 7027940 Canada Limited has entered into a definitive agreement with Corsa Coal Corp., a Canadian public company, for the sale of PBS Coals Inc., a metallurgical coal producer located in Pennsylvania, USA.
TimkenSteel to Invest US$40 Million in New Continuous Heat Treat Facility
17 July 2014 - TimkenSteel Corp. announced plans to open an additional continuous heat-treat facility in the U.S. to produce more value-added steel for demanding applications.
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal’s Ultrahigh-Tensile Steel Receives Nissan Global Supplier Award
17 July 2014 - Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) received Nissan’s Global Supplier Award for Innovation for the development of high-formability ultrahigh-tensile steel sheet of the 1.2GPa class.
U. S. Steel Košice Ending Dispute with Slovak Republic
17 July 2014 - U. S. Steel Global Holdings I B.V., a limited liability company existing under the law of the Netherlands and immediate parent company of U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o., owner of a fully integrated steelmaking plant in Košice, Slovakia, has agreed to cease its pending dispute in arbitration with the Slovak Republic.
Siemens Commissions Pickling Line-Tandem Cold Mill for VAMA
16 July 2014 - The coupled pickling line-tandem cold mill (PLTCM) supplied by Siemens Metals Technologies was commissioned for Valin ArcelorMittal Automotive Steel Co. Ltd. (VAMA) at the end of May 2014.
ArcelorMittal Shelby to Invest US$30 Million in Tube Mill Expansion
16 July 2014 - ArcelorMittal Shelby, a tubular product facility located in Shelby, Ohio, is pleased to announce plans for expansion as part of its growth strategy.
U. S. Steel President Testifies Before Commission in OCTG Trade Case
15 July 2014 - Today United States Steel Corporation president and CEO Mario Longhi issued the following statement regarding his testimony before the International Trade Commission (ITC) regarding the trade case on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) against nine countries including South Korea.
SSAB Announces Future Group Executive Committee and Divisional Structure
15 July 2014 - SSAB announced the future Group Executive Committee and divisional structure to be effective from 1 September 2014, pending the closing of the share exchange offer to Rautaruukki’s shareholders announced on 22 January 2014.
Siemens to Modernize Off-Gas Cleaning System in Tata Steel's Converter Steel Plant
15 July 2014 - Siemens Metals Technologies has received an order from Tata Steel to modernize the secondary emission system in LD2 shop in Jamshedpur, India.
ArcelorMittal USA Employee Honored for Contributions to ASTM Standards for Steel Sheet Products
15 July 2014 - Robert Puccia, senior metallurgical engineer at ArcelorMittal USA, Chicago, Ill., has received the ASTM International Award of Merit from Committee A05 on Metallic-Coated Iron and Steel Products.
European Commission Approves Merger of SSAB and Rautaruukki
14 July 2014 - Today, SSAB has received the required regulatory competition approval from the European Commission for the combination of SSAB and Rautaruukki Corp.
Friedrich Kocks to Supply 3-Roll RSB for Medium Section Mill in China
14 July 2014 - Friedrich Kocks has received an order to supply a 3-roll reducing & sizing block to Daye Special Steel Co. Ltd in China.