Steel News

Essar Steel Appoints New Executive Vice Chairman

12 August 2013 - Essar Steel India Ltd announced the appointment of Mr.Firdose A. Vandrevala as executive vice chairman effective 12 August 2013. 

Danieli Automation to Supply HiGAUGE 7052 to Xining SBQ Mill

09 August 2013 - Danieli Automation has been selected to supply the dimensional measurement and quality certification for the final products at Xining Special Steel Co.'s SBQ mill in China.

Salzgitter Revises Guidance In View of Persisting Structural Crisis in European Steel Industry

09 August 2013 - Salzgitter AG is revising its guidance for the financial year 2013 in view of the persisting structural crisis in the European steel industry.

Mechel Begins Delivering Coal Supplies to China Via New Railway Route

09 August 2013 - Russia’s Mechel OAO announced that it has started supplying coal concentrate to the People's Republic of China by rail through new border checkpoint Makhalino — Hunchun.

ThyssenKrupp's New Eco-Friendly Push Boat Transports Ore and Coal from Rotteram to Duisburg

09 August 2013 - A modern line-haul push boat, part of a fleet operated by shipping company ThyssenKrupp Veerhaven B.V., a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe, went into service a few weeks ago.

ArcelorMittal Recognized for Supply Chain Excellence by JCB

09 August 2013 - ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Europe (FCE) has received an award for supply chain Quality, Cost, Innovation, Delivery and Management (QCIDM) from JCB — the world’s largest privately owned manufacturer of construction equipment.

Severstal-Gonvarri-Kaluga Increases Sales Volume by 23% in First Half of Year

09 August 2013 - Severstal-Gonvarri-Kaluga, (part of the Severstal Russian Steel Division) reported a 23% increase in sales volume up to 44,500 tonnes in the first half of 2013 compared with the first half of 2012.

ArcelorMittal Dommeldange Creates New Wind Turbine with Innovative Manufacturer

08 August 2013 - ArcelorMittal Dommeldange in Luxembourg has partnered up with local wind tower manufacturer Smart Wind Integrated Renewables Lëtzebuerg (Swirl) to produce a new generation of vertical axis wind turbines.

Danieli Corus Commissions India's Largest Blast Furnace

08 August 2013 - Danieli Corus BV has commissioned the greenfield blast furnace No. 5 built for SAIL (Steel Authority of India Limited) at its Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha, India.

Siemens to Modernize Offgas Cooling in Eisenhüttenstadt for ArcelorMittal

08 August 2013 - ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt in Germany has awarded Siemens Metals Technologies an order to equip the off-gas cleaning system on LD (BOF) converter No. 2 with a new cooling stack.

Tata Steel Rail Contract to Link Saudi Arabia's Two Holy Cities

08 August 2013 - Tata Steel has won an order to manufacture 60,000 tonnes of high-quality rail for a new high-speed line linking the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.

Ukraine's Metinvest Reports Metallurgical and Mining Divisions' Quarterly Results

08 August 2013 - Metinvest B.V., the parent company of a vertically integrated group of steel and mining companies, announced its operational results for the second quarter and the first six months ended 30 June 2013.

Arch Coal Reports Second Quarter 2013 Results

08 August 2013 - Despite achieving a sequential improvement in its earnings, Arch Coal, Inc. reported a net loss of US$72.2 million in the second quarter of 2013 as it faced weak coal market conditions.

General Steel Forging Ahead Despite Challenging Macro Environment

08 August 2013 - General Steel Holdings, Inc., a leading non-state-owned steel producer in China, announced its results for the first quarter which was marked by a challenging macro environment.

ArcelorMittal to Invest €17.2 Million In Its Asturias Site

07 August 2013 - ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Europe’s management announced that it intends to make several investments at their Avilés site, located in Asturias. Amounting to a total of €17.2 million, the main improvements resulting from these investments are related to product quality, internal logistics and customer service.

voestalpine Defies Weak Economy: Reports Largely Stable Performance in First Quarter of 2013/14

07 August 2013 - Despite the definite cooling of the macroeconomic environment in the most important global economic regions, the voestalpine Group’s performance continued to be stable both as far as revenue and results are concerned.

Mechel Announces Quarterly Results

07 August 2013 - As it reported its quarterly earnings results, Mechel said sales of metallurgical coal were up while iron ore sales declined. It noted the launch of the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant in July will give a new impulse to the steel segment's development and have a positive impact on its results this year.

Study: NanoSteel's Sheet Steels Have Potential to Achieve 30% Weight Reduction in Automotive Structures

06 August 2013 - The NanoSteel® Co. announced the results of an automotive light-weighting study conducted by EDAG, Inc. demonstrating the potential for the company’s advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) to enable a 30% reduction of weight in the BIW structure of a mass market sedan.

Siemens Modernizes Continuous Caster at ArcelorMittal Bremen

06 August 2013 - German steel producer ArcelorMittal Bremen GmbH has awarded Siemens Metals Technologies an order to modernize its continuous slab casting plant.

Alpha Natural Resources Increases Met Coal Shipments in Second Quarter

06 August 2013 - Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. said it continues to proactively address changing market conditions by optimizing its mine portfolio and idling additional uneconomic metallurgical and thermal coal capacity, and it anticipates additional actions may be required between now and the end of the year.