Steel News

OMK Opens New U.S. Pipe Plant

07 March 2013 - On 26 February 2013, Russia's United Metallurgical Co. (OMK) held a grand opening ceremony for its new 200,000 tonnes per year, US$98 million OMK Tube plant in Houston, Texas.

Construction Projects at Gerdau Special Steel Mill in Monroe, Mich., Making Progress

06 March 2013 - Gerdau’s $155.6 million capital improvement projects at its special steel mill in Monroe, Mich., are making progress. The company completed construction of a new continuous caster in October 2012 and plans to begin construction of a new vacuum degasser this spring.

SSAB Earns Recognition as a John Deer "Partner-Level Supplier"

06 March 2013 - SSAB has earned recognition as a Partner-level supplier for 2012 in the John Deere Achieving Excellence Program. The Partner-level status is Deere & Company’s highest supplier rating.

Siemens Modernizes BGH Long Rolling Mills in Germany and Poland

06 March 2013 - Siemens Metals Technologies has equipped two long rolling mills belonging to BGH Edelstahlwerke GmbH with new drive and automation equipment.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Tests Retroreflective Strips on Safety Barriers

06 March 2013 - Retroreflective strips installed into the hollow part of safety barriers are being tested by ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions Czech Republic (AMDS), a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Ostrava.

SDI Announces John Nolan Will Lead New Product Development Initiative

06 March 2013 - Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced that John Nolan, vice president and general manager of the company's Structural and Rail Division, has been appointed to the newly created corporate level position of vice president – product development.

ArcelorMittal Announces Approval of Phase Two of Its Liberia Operations

05 March 2013 - ArcelorMittal’s board has approved plans for phase two of its mining operations in Liberia. For the second phase of the project, annual capacity of the iron ore mine will increase from four million tonnes a year to 15 million tonnes a year in 2015.

EVRAZ Stratcor Names New Customer Services Manager

05 March 2013 - Lesa White became the new customer services manager for EVRAZ Stratcor, Inc., a major producer of specialty-vanadium products, effective 1 March 2013.

Danieli Automation to Provide MES System for Severstal Balakovo

05 March 2013 - Danieli Automation has been awarded the contract for the supply of the Q3MET — the MES system oriented to the steel industry to optimize production, planning and scheduling of customer orders — for Severstal Balakovo in Russia.

CSI Orders 24-Inch HF Tube Welding Line from SMS Meer

05 March 2013 - California Steel Industries (CSI) has placed an order with SMS Meer for the delivery of a 24-inch HF tube welding line for its new ERW pipe mill in Fontana, Calif.

Sandvik Materials Technology President Wins Prestigious Award

05 March 2013 - Petra Einarsson, president of Sandvik Materials Technology, was named the 2013 winner of the prestigious award “Most powerful woman in business in Sweden.”

Serbia to Restart Its Sole Steel Plant After Sale Fails

04 March 2013 - Serbia plans to restart one furnace at Zelezara Smederevo d.o.o., its sole steel producer, after NPO Uralvagonzavod OAO of Russia dropped plans to buy the state-owned company, Bloomberg reports.

PSI Metals to Supply Production Management System to California Steel

04 March 2013 - PSI Metals North America Inc. has been selected to implement a production management system based on its comprehensive suite of PSImetals applications to California Steel Industries Inc., of Fontana, Calif.

Tata Steel Takes Delivery of First Iron Ore Cargo from Northland Resources

04 March 2013 - Tata Steel has taken delivery of the first shipment of high-grade iron ore from a new iron ore supplier, Northland Resources.

Outokumpu Appoints Senior Vice President – Sales, Stainless Coil EMEA

04 March 2013 - Olli-Matti Saksi has been appointed as Outokumpu’s senior vice president – sales, Business Area Stainless Coil EMEA as of 2 April 2013.

Kashima Steel Works Completes Full Restoration of Facilities Damaged by Japanese Earthquake

04 March 2013 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has constructed a new gas holder to replace the one damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011, completing the restoration of all the company’s production facilities damaged by the quake.

NLMK Reports Continued Environmental Improvements

04 March 2013 - In 2012, Novolipetsk, NLMK’s main production site in Lipetsk, Russia, completed 120 environmental projects as compared to 100 in 2011, with investments totaling approximately RUB 1.3 billion as compared to RUB3.9 billion in 2011.

Tata Steel Commissions Coke Oven Battery No. 10 at Jamshedpur

04 March 2013 - On 3 March 2013, Tata Steel commissioned and inaugurated its 700,000 tonne per year coke oven battery No. 10 and by-product plant at its Jamshedpur facility in India.

Severstal Announces Full March Order Book at Cherepovets Steel Mill

01 March 2013 - Cherepovets Steel Mill, part of Severstal Russian Steel, a division within OAO Severstal has already completed its order book for March and has employed its rolling facilities at full utilization.

German Federal Cartel Investigating voestalpine Deutschland

01 March 2013 - The offices of voestalpine's German subsidiary voestalpine Deutschland GmbH in Munich were searched on 28 February 2013 by the Federal Cartel Office due to alleged violation of antitrust law regarding steel deliveries to the German automotive industry. voestalpine says it supports the investigation by the authority.