Steel News

Valin ArcelorMittal Automotive Steel Inaugurates Landmark Automotive Steel Plant in China

16 June 2014 - Valin ArcelorMittal Automotive Steel Co (VAMA) today officially opened its new advanced automotive steel plant in China, beginning a new era of automotive manufacturing in the country.

Timken Announces Record Date and Distribution Date for Spinoff of Steel Business

16 June 2014 - Timken Shareholders to Receive TimkenSteel Shares as a Pro-rata Dividend

Opening Day at ArcelorMittal Tube Plant in Ostrava Attracts Record-Breaking Number of Visitors

16 June 2014 - On Saturday June 7, to mark the 65th anniversary of its tube rolling mill, ArcelorMittal tubular products Ostrava invited employees as well as their families and friends to an open day event.

Gijón High-Strength Plate Creates Safe Connection Between Luxembourg and Germany

13 June 2014 - The use of high-strength steel met the architectural brief for a new bridge spanning the Moselle river, linking Grevenmacher in Luxembourg and Wellen in Germany.

2014 World Cup Final Stadium Build is Success with Sandvik Duplex Stainless Steels

12 June 2014 - Crucial roof construction work at the Brazil stadium that will host the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final was completed successfully and on time, due to fast delivery of duplex stainless steels by Sandvik Materials Technology.

Alpha Natural Resources Affiliates Recognized for Safety Performance

11 June 2014 - Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR), a leading U.S. coal supplier, today announced that four of its affiliate operations received the Holmes Safety Award from the state of West Virginia for their safety accomplishments.

Timken Announces Major Investment to Accelerate Product Development and Line Expansion

11 June 2014 - The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com) today announced that it has fundamentally redesigned its engineering, product management and business systems teams, bringing together talent and tools in a new way to drive development of its product lines and advance its technical capabilities to better meet customer needs.

Outokumpu's Lean Duplexes Receive National Technical Approval in Germany

11 June 2014 - Outokumpu’s lean duplex grades LDX 2101® (EN 1.4162) and LDX 2404® (EN 1.4662) just recently received general approval AbZ (Allgemeine bauaufsichtliche Zulassung) by the German national building authority DIBt (Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik).

New Grade of GOES Improves Transformer Efficiency

09 June 2014 - Leading steel producer ArcelorMittal has developed a new intermediate class of grain oriented electrical steels (GOES), helping transformer manufacturers to meet environmental targets.

Vladimir Lisin Re-Elected Chairman of NLMK’s Board of Directors

09 June 2014 - NLMK’s Board of Directors today held its first meeting since the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting.

U. S. Steel Vice President And Controller Greg Zovko To Retire

06 June 2014 - United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer David B. Burritt announced today that Vice President and Controller Gregory A. Zovko has informed the company of his plan to retire effective June 30 after 31 years with the company.

MMFX Steel Appoints New VP of Sales and Marketing

06 June 2014 - MMFX® Steel Corporation of America has appointed Kevin McKown as the new vice president of sales and marketing.

Siemens To Supply ArcelorMittal Gent With Performance-Enhanced LiquiRob

06 June 2014 - Belgian steel producer ArcelorMittal Gent has ordered a LiquiRob casting platform robot from Siemens Metals Technologies to be installed on continuous slab caster CC2.

JSW Steel Wins Prime Minister’s Trophy For Excellence In Performance

06 June 2014 - JSW Steel, India’s leading steel manufacturer has won the prestigious Prime Minister’s Trophy for excellence in performance for the year 2012-13.

BlueScope Completes Acquisition of New Zealand Downstream Long Products Business From Fletcher Building

06 June 2014 - BlueScope advises that the acquisition of the downstream long-products rolling and marketing operations of Fletcher Building’s Pacific Steel Group completed today.

AK Steel Announces Executive Promotions

05 June 2014 - AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said today that its Board of Directors has approved the promotion of the following Executive Officers, effective May 30, 2014.

American Iron and Steel Steel Institute Elects New Chairman

05 June 2014 - The Board of Directors of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has elected Mike Rippey, president and CEO of ArcelorMittal USA, to serve as chairman of the Institute until May 2015.

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.

Siemens Wins Order For Mulpic Intensive Plate Cooling System From China Steel In Taiwan

03 June 2014 - China Steel Corporation (CSC), a Taiwanese steel producer, has ordered a Mulpic (multi-purpose interrupted cooling) system from Siemens Metals Technologies.

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.