Steel News

Authorities Approve Business Integration of Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metals

20 March 2012 - Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Industries have undergone merger reviews by the relevant authorities both inside and outside of Japan for the business integration of the two companies, which is scheduled to take place this October.

Posco Provides Training for Indonesian Joint Venture

20 March 2012 - The steel plate department at Posco Pohang Works recently invited 15 Krakatau Posco employees to participate in an introductory training session that included an orientation, lectures on basic knowledge in plate production, and on-site practical training.

Cherepovets Steel Mill Reduces Energy Consumption by 25%

19 March 2012 - ОАО Severstal’s Cherepovets Steel Mill has reduced specific steelmaking energy consumption to 5.620 Gcal per tonne, down 25% from 1999 levels, the launch year of the company’s energy-saving program.

Tata Steel Opens Steel Distribution Center at Teesside

19 March 2012 - The new center will be responsible for managing and distributing around 100,000 tonnes of the company’s construction steel stock from the Teesside Beam Mill, the sections mill in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, and Tata Steel’s tubes mills in Corby, Northamptonshire.

SSAB Wear Plate to be used for Allseas Fleet

19 March 2012 - SSAB has obtained its largest order ever for wear plate, Hardox HiTuf, from the Dutch company Geha BV, which specializes in wear components.

Zhangjiagang Hongchang Orders Two Twin-Ladle Furnaces from Siemens

16 March 2012 - Zhangjiagang Hongchang Plate Co. Ltd. has awarded Siemens VAI Metals Technologies an order to supply two twin-ladle furnaces for its new converter steelworks in the city of Zhangjiagang in Jiangsu Province. Both secondary metallurgical facilities are scheduled for commissioning in spring 2013.

SMS Siemag Modernizes Converter at ArcelorMittal

16 March 2012 - ArcelorMittal Asturias, Spain, recently took into operation a new converter that features SMS Siemag’s lamella suspension and a 25% higher specific volume compared to the site’s first converter.

Baosteel Steel Canmaking to Begin Lid Making

16 March 2012 - Baosteel Canmaking recently began lid making for Baosteel Metal’s five subordinating canmaking companies. Completion of its canmaking project enables the company to form a complete industrial chain in the packaging business.

Metinvest Commences Sales of Welded Pipes from Lugansk Pipe Works

16 March 2012 - Metinvest Eurasia recently commenced sales of electric-welded pipes from Lugansk Pipe Works (LTZ). In February, pipe shipments from LTZ to Metinvest Eurasia warehouses comprised around 4000 tonnes.

Tata Steel Selected as Most Admired Indian Company

15 March 2012 - Tata Steel topped the list of India's 50 most-admired companies in a survey conducted by Fortune India and global management consultancy Hay Group.

ThyssenKrupp GfT Bautechnik to Supply Pipe, Sheet Pile to Seal Dam in Israel

15 March 2012 - Dead Sea Works Ltd. has awarded ThyssenKrupp GfT Bautechnik GmbH a contract to seal a dam in the southern Dead Sea. The contract includes delivery of some 38,000 tonnes of sheet piles and around 17,000 tonnes of pipe.

JSW Steel to Invest in Manufacture of Electric Steel

14 March 2012 - JSW Steel plans to set up an electrical steel manufacturing facility of 0.6 million tonnes per annum capacity at its integrated steel works at Vijayanagar.

Voestalpine to Close TSTG Schienentechnik

14 March 2012 - The Management Board of voestalpine AG decided to end production at its Duisberg subsidiary, TSTG Schienentechnik GmbH & Co KG, due to the site’s inability to operate cost-effectively. Closure will occur at the end of 2012 at the earliest.

Gestamp Severstal Vsevolozhsk Meets Ford’s Highest Quality Standard

14 March 2012 - ООО Gestamp Severstal Vsevolozhsk, a joint project of Severstal and Gestamp Automocion for the manufacture of automotive metal components, has been awarded the highest production quality standard, Q1 (Quality 1), by Ford.

Posco Completes Construction of Stainless Cold Mill in Vietnam

13 March 2012 - Posco recently completed the construction of an annual 150,000-tonne scale stainless cold-rolled factory within the Nhon Trach Industrial Complex located near Ho Chi Minh. Posco plans to install an additional rolling machine by 2015 to increase annual production to 285,000 tonnes.

SMS Siemag to Supply 2nd Rolling Mill with MEERdrive Finishing Block to South Steel

13 March 2012 - South Steel Company, part of Pan Kingdom Invest, Saudi Arabia, has placed an order with SMS Meer to design and deliver a combined 500,000 tonne/year wire rod and bar mill to be built in Jizan Economic City in southern Saudi Arabia.

Tata Steel Website Refreshed with New Features, Improved Visitor Interface

12 March 2012 - Valueabled.com, Tata Steel's attempt to trigger a debate on the role of values in Indian society, has unveiled a new avatar along with new sections and new means of accessing the site, including a WAP version and Tablet Application. Most of these changes were triggered through the website's fans and followers.

Harsco Awarded New Contract for Alfa Acciai Mill in Brescia

12 March 2012 - Harsco Corp. has been awarded a new six-year contract for steel mill services at Alfa Acciai Group’s Brescia steel mill in northern Italy. Harsco will develop and manage a new scrap yard and provide services for processing the mill’s EAF slag.

Mechel Reports Suspension of Smelting at Otelu Rosu

12 March 2012 - Mechel OAO reports that the company has temporarily halted smelting production at its Otelu Rosu facility due damages to the facility’s EAF when slag and steel leaked through the unit’s inner lining.

ArcelorMittal Appoints Head of Health, Safety, Security, Environment & Sustainability

12 March 2012 - ArcelorMittal announced the appointment of Suresh Rajapakse as Vice President and Head of Health, Safety, Security, Environment & Sustainability for Mining, effective from February 5, 2012.