Steel News

ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih Steel Bars Named Best Domestic Product

31 August 2010 - Deformed reinforcing steel bars produced by OJSC ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih were recently recognized in Ukraine as a “Best domestic product 2010” after receiving high marks in product quality, domestic and foreign sales, and positive feedback from customers, among other categories.

Air Liquide Invests in New Production Units in Middle East

31 August 2010 - Air Liquide continues its development in the Middle East, investing almost €60 million in new production units in Egypt, Qatar, and Syria to support customers from the steel sector.

ThyssenKrupp Nirosta Consolidates Stainless Steel Service Center Operations

31 August 2010 - ThyssenKrupp Nirosta plans to consolidate all its stainless steel service center operations in a single unit, operating under the name ThyssenKrupp Nirosta. The new structure will take effect at the start of the new fiscal year on October 1, 2010.

Posco-South Asia Begins Operation

30 August 2010 - Posco-South Asia was officially launched in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 25 to help establish a global steel network in emerging markets of the Southeast Asia region, including Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia, as well as Southwest Asia including India.

ThyssenKrupp’s Duisburg-Bruckhausen Meltshop Reaches Production Milestone

30 August 2010 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe’s BOF meltshop in Duisburg-Bruckhausen produced on August 25 its 150 millionth tonne of crude steel.

ArcelorMittal Monlevade Contracts Paul Wurth Group for Blast Furnace Construction

30 August 2010 - ArcelorMittal awarded to the Paul Wurth Group a design and supply contract for the new “B” furnace and all auxiliary plants that will form the base of capacity expansion at ArcelorMittal’s Monlevade plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil. “B“ blast furnace is scheduled to be commissioned in May 2012.

Corus, SSI Sign MoU for Potential Sale of Teesside Cast Products

30 August 2010 - Corus UK Ltd. and Sahaviriya Steel Industries Public Co. Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that sets the scope of a potential transaction whereby SSI would acquire from Corus the Teesside Cast Products business.

Outokumpu Stainless Steel Used to Construct Spillway Control System

27 August 2010 - Hydroplus has selected Outokumpu’s lean duplex LDX 2101 stainless steel in the upgrade of the La Para dam in Adelaide, Australia, with Fusegates, the company’s proprietary technology to increase reservoir storage capacity.

Gerdau Açominas Selects Tenova to Supply Walking Beam Furnaces

27 August 2010 - Gerdau Açominas and Tenova LOI Italimpianti have agreed upon the supply of two walking beam furnaces for slabs to be installed in the new Plate/Steckel mills of the Gerdau Açominas Plant in Ouro Branco, Brazil. The furnaces will each have a production capacity of 220/265 tonnes per hour.

ThyssenKrupp Nirosta Produces Stainless Steel for Financial-Center Facades

27 August 2010 - Construction of a new business district on Sowwah Island is progressing, including a five-building complex housing the United Arab Emirates’ new financial center. The stainless steel materials for the building facades were recently manufactured at the Krefeld and Dillenburg plants of ThyssenKrupp Nirosta.

Tenova to Supply Roll Shop for Bokaro Steel Plant

26 August 2010 - Tenova S.p.A’s Pomini Roll Grinder business unit recently signed a turnkey contract with SAIL - Bokaro Steel Plant for the supply of roll shop equipment for the upcoming new cold rolling mill complex, which will have an annual production capacity of 1,200,000 tonnes.

Salzgitter Flachstahl Contracts SMS Siemag to Implement Near-Net Caster

26 August 2010 - Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH has placed an order with SMS Siemag for the construction of a near-net-shape caster in Peine, Germany. This will be the first time the casting concept has been implemented on an industrial scale, enabling the casting of HSD steels.

Siemens Receives Order from Gerdau Açominas for Rolling Mills

26 August 2010 - Gerdau Açominas has ordered a plate mill and a Steckel mill from Siemens VAI Metals Technologies, to be constructed at Ouro Branco in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. A second strand will also be added to the existing Siemens VAI continuous slab caster that initiated production a year ago.

Baosteel Xinjiang Bayi Steel Accelerates Coke Production Capacity

26 August 2010 - Bayi Steel Coking Coal Group is accelerating the capacity expansion of each of its mines, with the aim of increasing coal production capacity to 7 million tonnes in the next three years.

Green Initiatives Discussed at Posco Meeting

25 August 2010 - Posco recently held its first Posco Family Green Growth Committee meeting to check the current status and pending plans for its “green” projects and to prepare countermeasures to greenhouse gas regulations.

Air Products to Build Third Air Separation Unit at ArcelorMittal Belgium

25 August 2010 - Air Products will build a third on-site air separation unit at ArcelorMittal’s Gent site as part of a new long-term contract to supply oxygen, nitrogen and argon to ArcelorMittal Belgium NV.

Vale Comes to Agreement with Liberia on Infrastructure Development

24 August 2010 - VBG - Vale BSGR Ltd. entered into an agreement with the government of the Republic of Liberia, laying down the main terms and conditions to be included in a definitive agreement on an infrastructure project to be implemented by a Liberian subsidiary of Vale BSGR.

Tata Steel Begins Construction of Gopalpur Industrial Park

24 August 2010 - Tata Steel has broken ground for the Gopalpur Industrial Park in southern Odisha. The company has proposed anchor investments of Rs 1000 crore for a 50,000-tonnes-per-annum Ferro Chrome Plant and a 400,000-tonnes-per-annum Rebar Steel Mill at the park.

SAIL Commissions Second Ladle Furnace at Rourkela Steel Plant

24 August 2010 - Steel Authority of India Ltd. Chairman C.S. Verma has inaugurated the second ladle furnace of Steel Melting Shop-II at Rourkela Steel Plant. The 150-tonne ladle furnace will enhance the production capacity from the current 1.68 million tonnes per annum to 1.85 million tonnes of liquid steel per annum.

Siemens to Supply Water Treatment Plant for New Minimill in Slovakia

24 August 2010 - Slovakia Steel Mills has placed an order with Siemens to supply a water treatment plant to process water for direct and indirect cooling at the company’s new minimill in Strážské, which is designed to produce around 600,000 tonnes of structural steel per year.