Steel News

AHMSA receives international quality certificate for CR mill No. 2

23 June 2014 - Mexican steelmaker Altos Hornos de México has received an international quality certificate for its cold rolling (CR) mill No. 2.

SSAB Considers Expanding Iowa Facility

20 June 2014 - The potential expansion would increase melting and casting capabilities by up to 1.2 million tons above current melting capacity. This represents roughly an additional 800,000 tons per year of finished product along with 400,000 tons of melting capacity to be transferred as slab to SSAB’s Mobile facility for rolling and finishing.

AMM Article: DRI Output to Soar by 2020: Midrex

20 June 2014 - Midrex Technologies Inc. expects direct-reduced iron (DRI) output in the United States to surpass 10 million tons annually "sometime near the end of the decade," director of marketing Henry P. Gaines said.

SMS Siemag’s Converter-Vessel Changing Concept Successfully Implemented at PT Krakatau-Posco Company

19 June 2014 - PT Krakatau-Posco Company (PTKP), Indonesia, and SMS Siemag (www.sms-siemag.com), Germany, have successfully put into operation the efficient converter-vessel changing concept involving a 300 ton change-vessel converter, a changing car as well as highly effective environmental technology for the converter shop.

PSI Strengthens Arcelormittal Ties, With Production Management Master Agreement

04 June 2014 - PSI Metals has signed a Master Agreement with ArcelorMittal, defining the governance of the close collaboration with respect to production management solutions.

Acroni Orders Two Furnaces and the World's First MultiFlex-Quench® for the Heat Treatment of Heavy Plate

04 June 2014 - The Slovenian steelmaker Acroni has placed an order with SMS Siemag (www.sms-siemag.com), Germany, to deliver a heat treatment line and revamp a stainless-steel annealing and picking line.

Damping System From Siemens Reduces Vibrations of AOD Converters

04 June 2014 - A new damping system from Siemens Metals Technologies was brought into operation in March at the Steel Making Plant North of the Chinese producer, Taiyuan Iron & Steel.

Synthesis Energy, ZCM-SES, and Midrex Sign Marketing Agreement for Clean Coal-based DRI Facilities

03 June 2014 - Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (SES) (NASDAQ: SYMX) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, SES Technologies, LLC, Shanghai-based ZCM-SES Sino-U.S. Clean Energy Technologies Limited (ZCM-SES), and Midrex Technologies, Inc. (Midrex), a subsidiary of Kobe Steel Limited (ADR-OTC:KBSTY), have entered into an exclusive agreement for the joint marketing of coal gasification-based direct reduced iron (DRI) facilities in China.

Broner’s Integrated Scheduling Solution Goes Live at CSN in Brazil

03 June 2014 - Broner Metals Solutions, worldwide specialist provider of integrated MES (manufacturing execution systems), supply chain and scheduling solutions for metals, announced its newly integrated casting and hot mill scheduling solutions are now live in production at CSN’s Volta Redonda steelmaking site in Brazil, which will enable them to achieve significant inventory reductions.

ITZ Commissions New Gap Closing Press from SMS Meer

02 June 2014 - Izhorsky Trubny Zavod (ITZ), based in Kolpino near St. Petersburg, Russia, has commissioned a new 25-MN GCP® gap closing press supplied by SMS Meer.

SMS Siemag Modernizing Caster Head for Salzgitter Flachstahl

02 June 2014 - Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH has awarded SMS Siemag the contract for revamping the head of the casting machine of continuous caster No. 2 at its Salzgitter, Germany, location.

Metinvest Launches Revamp of BF at PJSC Azovstal Iron & Steel Works

02 June 2014 - Metinvest Group will invest around 1 billion UAH (US$85 million) in revamping the No. 4 blast furnace at PJSC Azovstal Iron & Steel Works in Ukraine.

Metinvest Group's Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works Carries Out Major Overhaul of 160-ton BOF

30 May 2014 - Metinvest Group's Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works carried out a major overhaul of its 160-ton basic oxygen furnace (BOF) with a partial reconstruction of gas offtake.

Posco Specialty Steel Commissions Peeling Machine from SMS Meer

29 May 2014 - Posco Specialty Steel, based in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, South Korea, has successfully commissioned a peeling machine of the type-PMS 250 including polishing unit supplied by SMS Meer.

INTECO to Build ESR Plant for Uddeholm in Sweden

28 May 2014 - INTECO announced a contract to supply a 30-metric-ton electroslag remelting (ESR) plant to Uddeholms AB in Sweden.

SMS Siemag to Revamp Converter C at Salzgitter Flachstahl

27 May 2014 - Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH has contracted SMS Siemag to revamp converter C in its Salzgitter, Germany, steelworks.

Nucor Steel Indiana Commissions First EAF ZoloSCAN System

27 May 2014 - Nucor Steel Indiana, in Crawfordsville Ind., has successfully commissioned the first ZoloSCAN-EAF laser off-gas diagnostic system for electric arc furnace steelmaking.

Konecranes Canada Announces New Technician Training Center in Burlington, Ontario

27 May 2014 - Konecranes, a leading global manufacturer of lifting technology, announced a new technician training center at its recently relocated headquarters in Burlington, Ont., Canada.

ThyssenKrupp Steel to Modernize Europe’s Biggest Blast Furnace

26 May 2014 - After 21 years, Europe’s biggest blast furnace, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe’s blast furnace No. 2 in Duisburg-Schwelgern, has ended its first campaign.

SMS Siemag to Modernize Record-Breaking CSP® Caster at JSW Steel

23 May 2014 - JSW Steel Ltd. has placed an order with SMS Siemag for a comprehensive revamp of one of the CSP® casters at the company’s Dolvi location in the state of Maharashtra, India.