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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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Serbia to Restart Its Sole Steel Plant After Sale Fails
04 March 2013 - Serbia plans to restart one furnace at Zelezara Smederevo d.o.o., its sole steel producer, after NPO Uralvagonzavod OAO of Russia dropped plans to buy the state-owned company, Bloomberg reports.
PSI Metals to Supply Production Management System to California Steel
04 March 2013 - PSI Metals North America Inc. has been selected to implement a production management system based on its comprehensive suite of PSImetals applications to California Steel Industries Inc., of Fontana, Calif.
Tata Steel Takes Delivery of First Iron Ore Cargo from Northland Resources
04 March 2013 - Tata Steel has taken delivery of the first shipment of high-grade iron ore from a new iron ore supplier, Northland Resources.
Outokumpu Appoints Senior Vice President – Sales, Stainless Coil EMEA
04 March 2013 - Olli-Matti Saksi has been appointed as Outokumpu’s senior vice president – sales, Business Area Stainless Coil EMEA as of 2 April 2013.
Kashima Steel Works Completes Full Restoration of Facilities Damaged by Japanese Earthquake
04 March 2013 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has constructed a new gas holder to replace the one damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011, completing the restoration of all the company’s production facilities damaged by the quake.
NLMK Reports Continued Environmental Improvements
04 March 2013 - In 2012, Novolipetsk, NLMK’s main production site in Lipetsk, Russia, completed 120 environmental projects as compared to 100 in 2011, with investments totaling approximately RUB 1.3 billion as compared to RUB3.9 billion in 2011.
Tata Steel Commissions Coke Oven Battery No. 10 at Jamshedpur
04 March 2013 - On 3 March 2013, Tata Steel commissioned and inaugurated its 700,000 tonne per year coke oven battery No. 10 and by-product plant at its Jamshedpur facility in India.
Severstal Announces Full March Order Book at Cherepovets Steel Mill
01 March 2013 - Cherepovets Steel Mill, part of Severstal Russian Steel, a division within OAO Severstal has already completed its order book for March and has employed its rolling facilities at full utilization.
German Federal Cartel Investigating voestalpine Deutschland
01 March 2013 - The offices of voestalpine's German subsidiary voestalpine Deutschland GmbH in Munich were searched on 28 February 2013 by the Federal Cartel Office due to alleged violation of antitrust law regarding steel deliveries to the German automotive industry. voestalpine says it supports the investigation by the authority.
NLMK Approves Upstream Efficiency Enhancement Program at Main Production Site
01 March 2013 - The NLMK Group has decided to introduce certain operational improvements at its site in Novolipetsk, Russia in order to further improve process efficiency and optimize the use of resources.
ISRA VISION Parsytec Installs Surface Inspection Technology for China Steel Corp.
01 March 2013 - China Steel Corp. decided to use ISRA VISION Parsytec's technology at its continuous annealing line no. 2 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Tenova Core Installs Consteel System at Steel Plant in Ecuador
28 February 2013 - Tenova Core recently completed the installation and commissioning of a Consteel® system for the Ecuadorian steelmaker Andec, at the company’s Guayaquil works. It is the first Consteel® installation in the region and the world’s most compact Consteel system.
EVRAZ North America to Begin Heat Treat and Threading Expansion at Calgary
28 February 2013 - EVRAZ North America announced Board approval of its plan to expand heat treat and threading capacity at its Calgary, Alberta, tubular facility. The multimillion dollar project, which will commence next month, includes expanding heat treat capacity by over 150% and threading capacity by about 40%.
ArcelorMittal Dofasco Backing Study at University of Waterloo in Search of Lighter Steel
28 February 2013 - ArcelorMittal Dofasco is among a group of auto-industry companies financing a new study looking for lighter steel, The Hamilton Spectator reports. The Hamilton icon is backing a $1.1-million study at the University of Waterloo.
Grupo Simec Announces Operational Results for 2012 and 2011
28 February 2013 - Mexico's longs producer Grupo Simec announced its unaudited results of operations for the twelve-month period ended 31 December 2012 and 31 December 2011.
Schnitzer Provides Market Outlook for Second Quarter of Fiscal 2013
28 February 2013 - Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. announced its market outlook for the second quarter of fiscal 2013 ended 28 February 2013, including higher costs for raw materials and a typical seasonal slowdown in demand in its steel manufacturing business, Cascade Steel Rolling Mills.
Gerdau Employees Are Industry Champions of North America at Global Steel Competition
28 February 2013 - Richard Zhang and Kyle Cormier, employees at the Gerdau steel mill in Whitby, Canada, were industry champions of North America and won second place in the World Steel Association’s 7th annual Steel University Challenge, which took place on 19 February in Brussels, Belgium.
Danieli Supplying Tata Steel with Automation System for Inline Skinpass Mill
27 February 2013 - India's Tata Steel has placed an order with Danieli Automation for the replacement of the existing automation system of its inline skin pass mill with a state-of-art HiPAC control system.
ArcelorMittal Appoints New Head of Human Resources
27 February 2013 - ArcelorMittal has appointed Henri Blaffart as executive vice president and head of human resources (HR), effective 1 April 2013.
AK Steel Announces Price Increase for Carbon Steel Products
27 February 2013 - AK Steel said today that it will increase current spot market base prices for all carbon flat-rolled steel products by a minimum of $50 per ton, effective immediately with new orders.
