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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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LanzaTech-Baosteel Waste-Gas-To-Ethanol Project to Enter Commercialization Phase
30 November 2012 - In early November 2012 the Baosteel Waste Gas to Ethanol Technology Review Panel of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) completed its due diligence on the LanzaTech-Baosteel pre-commercial facility located in Shanghai, reporting that the project can now officially enter the commercialization phase, scaling the process further to make steel mill waste gas-biofuel a commercial reality in China.
SDI Announces Management Appointments at Its OmniSource Subsidiary
29 November 2012 - Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced senior management appointments at its wholly-owned OmniSource Corporation subsidiary.
ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Europe Cuts Energy Bills with Turbine Technology
29 November 2012 - ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Europe (FCE) has reduced its energy bills by more than 3% a year, and cut its CO2-equivalent emissions by around 176,000 tonnes a year, thanks to the use of a new technology, the company reports.
ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Europe Cuts Energy Bills with Turbine Technology
29 November 2012 - ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Europe (FCE) has reduced its energy bills by more than 3% a year, and cut its CO2-equivalent emissions by around 176,000 tonnes a year, thanks to the use of a new technology, the company reports.
Ruukki Metals Completes Employer-Employee Negotiations
29 November 2012 - Employer-employee negotiations affecting Ruukki Metals and Ruukki’s Marketing and Communications function have now been completed; the negotiations have resulted in a workforce reduction of about 250 persons.
Ruukki Metals Completes Employer-Employee Negotiations
29 November 2012 - Employer-employee negotiations affecting Ruukki Metals and Ruukki’s Marketing and Communications function have now been completed; the negotiations have resulted in a workforce reduction of about 250 persons.
Storm Adds to Chaos at Troubled Italy Steel Plant
28 November 2012 - A violent storm hit the troubled ILVA steel plant in southern Italy, injuring dozens and adding to disruption at the huge site, which is already caught in a widening pollution scandal that could cost billions, Reuters reports.
Magnetation to Build Iron Ore Pellet Plant in Indiana
28 November 2012 - Magnetation LLC has selected Reynolds, Ind., as the site to build its new iron ore pellet plant.
Magnetation to Build Iron Ore Pellet Plant in Indiana
28 November 2012 - Magnetation LLC has selected Reynolds, Ind., as the site to build its new iron ore pellet plant.
Sandvik Implements Further Structural Measures, Adjusts Capacity and Costs
28 November 2012 - Global industrial group Sandvik is implementing a number of measures to adjust costs due to the weaker market demand that was experienced during the third quarter and that has persisted thus far into the fourth quarter.
Sandvik Implements Further Structural Measures, Adjusts Capacity and Costs
28 November 2012 - Global industrial group Sandvik is implementing a number of measures to adjust costs due to the weaker market demand that was experienced during the third quarter and that has persisted thus far into the fourth quarter.
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe and Solliance Researching Applications for New Generation of Solar Cells
28 November 2012 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe and Solliance are counting on a highly promising form of power generation: organic photovoltaics (OPV).
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe and Solliance Researching Applications for New Generation of Solar Cells
28 November 2012 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe and Solliance are counting on a highly promising form of power generation: organic photovoltaics (OPV).
Carpenter Technology Announces Retirement of Senior Vice President
27 November 2012 - Mark Kamon, senior vice president – commercial specialty alloy operations, announced that he will retire from Carpenter Technology effective 31 December 2012.
SMS Siemag to Modernize Hot Strip Mill at Baosteel
27 November 2012 - Baoshan Iron & Steel (Baosteel) has awarded SMS Siemag a contract for the modernization of its hot strip mill no. 1 in Shanghai, China. The modernization is designed to increase the production of both the hot strip mill and the continuous caster and to allow the two production stages to be more flexibly coordinated.
Schnitzer Provides Market Outlook for First Quarter of Fiscal 2013
27 November 2012 - Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. announced its market outlook for its first quarter of fiscal 2013, expecting softer demand in its ferrous metals recycling business and steday market conditions and lower raw material costs in its steel manufacturing business.
Italy Races to Save Ilva Plant as Workers Storm Factory
27 November 2012 - Workers stormed Europe’s biggest steel plant ILVA on Tuesday, faced with closure over allegations of an environmental disaster, as the Italian government raced to save 20,000 jobs at risk, Reuters reports.
Siemens Modernizes Billet Caster at Feralpi Calvisano
27 November 2012 - Acciaierie di Calvisano, belonging to the Feralpi Group of Italy, has commissioned Siemens Metals Technologies with the modernization of the billet caster in the Calvisano works in Italy.
Gerdau Eyeing US$336 Million in Savings Due to Electricity Price Reductions
27 November 2012 - Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau’s CEO André Gerdau Johannpeter is expecting savings of about 700 million reais (US$336 million) annually on production costs due to a reduction in the tax on electricity prices recently announced by President Dilma Rousseff, Business News Americas reported local press as saying.
Siemens Receives Order for Four Continuous Casting Lines for Major Steelmaking Project in Vietnam
26 November 2012 - Siemens Metals Technologies received an order from the Taiwanese steelmaking company Formosa Heavy Industries Co. to supply four continuous casting lines as part of the new construction of a steelmaking plant in Vung Ang, Vietnam.