Steel News

MMFX Steel Hires New Regional Sales Manager to Lead Efforts in Canada

10 November 2014 - MMFX® Steel Corp. has appointed Richard St-Martin as its new regional sales manager for Eastern Canada.

First EAF Waste Heat Recovery ORC-Based System Now in Operation at German Steel Plant

10 November 2014 - Turboden —a leading company in the production of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) turbo-generators for distributed power generation employing renewable sources and waste heat, a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) — implemented the world’s first ORC-based heat recovery plant on an electric arc furnace (EAF).

NLMK Announces Passing of Deputy Chairman

10 November 2014 - It is with deep regret that the NLMK Group announced that Vladimir Skorokhodov, distinguished Russian metallurgical engineer and deputy chairman of the NLMK Board of Directors, passed away on 31 October 2014 at the age of 63.

Coke Battery No. 6 Launches Production at Ural Steel

10 November 2014 - The launch of the No. 6 coke oven battery (CB-6) has taken place at Ural Steel (part of Metalloinvest). The installation of CB-6 is part of Metalloinvest’s investment program to modernize production at Ural Steel.

EVRAZ Announces Organizational Changes

07 November 2014 - EVRAZ plc announced organizational and management changes effective 1 November 2014.

Sutor Subsidiary Honored as Environmental Protection Model Enterprise

07 November 2014 - Changshu Huaye Steel Strip Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Sutor Technology Group, was recently honored as a model enterprise for sustainable development and energy conservation by the government of Changshu City, China.

Tata Steel's Breakthrough XPF Range Opens Up New Potential for Lighter Vehicles

06 November 2014 - Tata Steel has unveiled a new range of breakthrough steels1 aimed at helping car makers reduce the weight of undercarriages and increase fuel efficiency.

Severstal Plans to Build New Coating Shop in Cherepovets

06 November 2014 - OAO Severstal has launched a project to build a new coating shop at its Cherepovets site in Russia. The total investments in the project will exceed 6 billion RUB.

NLMK Expands Production of Premium Quality Cold Rolled Steel

06 November 2014 - NLMK Group has begun hot-testing of eight new bell-type annealing furnace stands at its rolling operations at the Lipetsk site.

voestalpine’s Earnings Jump in First Half of Business Year

05 November 2014 - As it reported its earnings results, voestalpine said signs of a stabilizing or strengthening economy have faded, at least for Europe.

ArcelorMittal Earns Excellence Canada Award with Commitment to Healthy Workplace

05 November 2014 - ArcelorMittal Dofasco is the only steel company in a small group of elite, advanced manufacturing firms to meet the rigorous criteria of the Canada Awards for Excellence's Healthy Workplace, Gold Level.

voestalpine Expanding in China with New Plant in Special Steel Segment

05 November 2014 - voestalpine is again driving forward its activities in the promising Asian market. The Special Steel Division, the Group’s special steel sector, has signed a Letter of Intent to cooperate with Chinese foundry Kocel Machinery Co.

AK Steel's Third Quarter Performance Exceeded Expectations

04 November 2014 - As it reported its third quarter results, AK Steel commented on its recent acquisition of Severstal Dearborn, as well as the expected impact of a fourth quarter blast furnace outage.

Tata Steel Delivers on UK’s Longest New Domestic Railway in More Than a Century

04 November 2014 - Tata Steel has begun delivery of rail which will carry thousands of passengers every day on the longest, completely-new rail line to be built in the UK in more than 100 years.

MLP Steel Installs New Rolling Mill for Shapes and Profiles

03 November 2014 - MLP Steel LLC has installed a state-of-the-art rolling mill at its facility in Scottsdale, Pa., to add to the company’s capabilities of rolling special shapes and profiles.

ESTROP EBT Cleaning Manipulator from MORE Successfully Installed at TenarisTamsa

03 November 2014 - In September 2014, an ESTROP manipulator from Italy’s MORE srl was installed on TenarisTamsa’s 170-t EAF with the aim to increase the operators’ safety by avoiding the manual operation of the EBT tap hole cleaning.

Siemens to Modernize Pickling Line for ArcelorMittal Asturias in Spain

03 November 2014 - Spanish steel producer ArcelorMittal Asturias has awarded Siemens Metals Technologies an order to completely modernize the pickling line at its Avilés plant.

U. S. Steel Elects Two New Members to Board of Directors

03 November 2014 - United States Steel Corporation announced that Patricia Diaz Dennis and Robert J. Stevens have been elected to the company's board of directors effective 1 January 2015 to serve as directors until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which is expected to be held on 28 April 2015.

Oerlikon Leybold to Deliver Record-Sized Vacuum System for Siemens VAI for AHMSA Degassing Plant

31 October 2014 - Siemens Metals Technologies has ordered another mechanical vacuum system from Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum which will be used by end customer AHMSA in Mexico.

voestalpine Names New Head of Corporate Communications

31 October 2014 - From 1 January 2015, press spokesman Peter Felsbach will take over as head of corporate communications at the voestalpine Group.