16 July 2012 - The International Commercial Code (ICC) Evaluation Services, developer of the International Building Code (IBC), recently issued AC 429 Acceptance Criteria for High-Strength Steel Reinforcing Bars, expanding the applications of high-strength concrete reinforcing steel bars (rebar) up to 100 ksi.

ArcelorMittal Hunedoara Starts Production at New Profiles Rolling Mill in Romania

13 July 2012 - Romanian steel producer ArcelorMittal Hunedoara has started commercial production at its new rolling mill, following a €43 million investment.

SMS Siemag to Modernize CSP® Plant at Nucor Steel Berkeley

13 July 2012 - Nucor Steel has awarded SMS Siemag a contract for the modernization of its CSP® plant in Berkeley in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The revamp is designed to increase the finished-strip width from 1680 to 1880 mm and to allow the production of thinner strip gages.

Emirates Steel is Fourth Rebar Manufacturer Worldwide to be Certified by ASME

12 July 2012 - Emirates Steel has been awarded a Quality System Certificate as a Material Organization from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for the manufacture of concrete reinforcing bar. It is the fourth rebar manufacturer worldwide to be awarded this certificate and the first in the GCC.

BlueScope Steel Receives Federal Solar Grant

12 July 2012 - Australia's BlueScope Steel has won AUD$2.3 million in Federal Emerging Renewables Program funding to develop a prototype building-integrated solar PV system.

ArcelorMittal Galati Invests €1.2 Million to Improve Sintering Machines

12 July 2012 - ArcelorMittal Galati of Romania recently invested over €1.2 million at its sintering machines No. 5 and 6 to improve its performances. The project included the design, the engineering and building of a quick lime injection unit.

Nanjing Iron and Steel Plans to Build New Steel Mill

12 July 2012 - The Chinese Iron and Steel Association (CISA) said Jiangsu Province-based steel producer Nanjing Iron and Steel Co. is planning to build a new steel mill, including a continuous casting workshop, with an annual steel production capacity of 3.5 million tonnes.

Pro-Tec Plans to Add Third Line to Ohio Facility

11 July 2012 - Pro-Tec Coating in Leipsic, Ohio, is planning to add a new process line in the first quarter of 2013.

Angang to Cut Costs and Emissions with Expanded Slag Processing

11 July 2012 - China’s Anshan Iron & Steel (Angang) plans to invest heavily in slag processing this year, increasing capacity from under 1m tonnes/year currently to 5m tonnes/year by the end of the year by installing four new slag milling units supplied by Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Polysius.

Sidor Celebrates 50th Anniversary

11 July 2012 - Venezuelan steelmaker Sidor is celebrating 50 years of steelmaking.

ArcelorMittal Develops Safer Crash Barriers

11 July 2012 - ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions Czech Republic has introduced to the market a new, lighter and safer road safety barrier made from micro-alloyed steel.

ArcelorMittal Belval Recovers Used Tires in Steelmaking Process

11 July 2012 - By recycling used tires instead of coal in the EAF process, the ArcelorMittal Belval site in Luxembourg is preserving natural resources, decreasing costs, and reducing CO2 emissions and global warming.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Awards SMS Siemag Contract for Continuous Caster Revamp

10 July 2012 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe has awarded SMS Siemag a contract covering the comprehensive and detailed planning for the revamp of its continuous caster no. 1 at the Duisburg-Beeckerwerth works.

SAIL, Kobe Steel Seal Pact to Bring Environmentally-Friendly Steelmaking to India

10 July 2012 - India’s largest steel maker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Kobe Steel of Japan today signed a memorandum of agreement to set up a 0.5 million tonne per annum iron nugget making plant using Kobe’s patented ITmK3 technology at SAIL’s Alloy Steels Plant in Durgapur, West Bengal, India.

Praxair China Starts Up New Air Separation Plant for Meishan Steel

10 July 2012 - Praxair China has started up a new air separation plant in Nanjing, Jiangsu province for Meishan Iron and Steel, a subsidiary of the Baosteel Group.

Centro Combustion to Supply New Walking Beam Reheating Furnace to Jayaswal Neco

10 July 2012 - Indian steelmaker Jayaswal Neco Industries has awarded Danieli Centro Combustion Furnaces a contract to design and supply a new walking beam furnace for reheating billets and blooms.

AHMSA Investing $980 Million in Mexico

10 July 2012 - Mexican steelmaker Ahmsa and its Minera del Norte unit have started projects in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila that will cost $980 million and create more than 3,000 jobs.

Air Liquide Announces New Investment to Supply Mexican Steelmakers

10 July 2012 - Air Liquide announced a new investment in northern Mexico to build a new air separation unit and a steam methane reformer in Pesquería, Nuevo León. The announcement came as the company also entered into a long term contract to supply nitrogen and hydrogen to steel manufacturers Ternium and Tenigal.

Wuhan Iron and Steel Forms Information Technology Joint Venture

09 July 2012 - Camelot Information Systems Inc. and Wuhan Iron and Steel Engineering Technologies Group have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture to create a platform upon which to develop and grow the IT applications business for the iron and steel industry.

Algeria and Qatar Ink MoU for Construction of New Algerian Steel Mill

09 July 2012 - Qatar and Algeria have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of an iron and steel production facility in Algeria which will have a production capacity of 5 million tonnes per year.

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