Steel News

Arbitration Between ArcelorMittal and Senegal Continues

12 September 2013 - A new arbitration phase between ArcelorMittal and the State of Senegal is now being held.

JFE Steel's Earthquake-Resistant Linepipe Wins 2013 R&D 100 Award

11 September 2013 - JFE Steel Corporation announced that its earthquake-resistant linepipe HIPER® won the 2013 R&D 100 Award for Mechanical Systems, presented by the U.S. science and technology publication R&D Magazine.

World Steel Association Announces 8th Virtual Steelmaking Challenge

11 September 2013 - Each year since 2005, the World Steel Association (worldsteel) has hosted the steeluniversity Virtual Steelmaking Challenge, where students and young industry employees can test their skills using the sophisticated online process simulations.

Praxair India Signs Two Contracts with JSW Steel

11 September 2013 - Praxair India Private Limited, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., announced it has signed two long-term contracts with JSW Steel, to operate small on-site nitrogen plants in support of the company’s expansion efforts in the cities of Kalameshwar and Tarapur, located in the state of Maharashtra. The nitrogen will be used in the manufacturing processes for both cold rolled and galvanized steel at these locations.

SteelBenchmarker: HRB Prices in U.S. and China Take a Pause

11 September 2013 - The bi-monthly SteelBenchmarker™ Western European HRB price for 9 September 2013 showed Western Europe and world export prices up 1.5% and 1.2%, respectively, and prices in the U.S. and China down 0.3% and 0.6%, respectively.

Amsteel Mills Brings Modernized Wire Rod Mill from SMS Meer On Stream

11 September 2013 - SMS Meer has successfully upgraded the core components of a wire rod mill at Amsteel Mills in Banting, Malaysia. The modernization will enable the company to boost its productivity and to roll surface-quenched and tempered rebars at a speed of up to 105 meters per second.

ArcelorMittal's Brazil Operations Supply 5,000 Tonnes of Steel for South America's Largest Building

11 September 2013 - ArcelorMittal steel is being used to build South America’s tallest skyscraper, the 237m Infinity Coast Tower. The tower is under construction in Balneário Camboriú, a beach resort in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina.

CMI Industry Replaces Two Sinter Hoods for ArcelorMittal Asturias

10 September 2013 - CMI Industry is currently performing the replacement of the two sinter hoods at the ArcelorMittal Asturias steelmaking site in Gijon, Spain.

EUROFER: Decision on EU ETS Increases Unilateral Cost Burden for EU Industry

10 September 2013 - EUROFER has strong concerns about the European Commission’s decision on Member States' national implementation measures (NIMs) for the third EU ETS trading period.

NLMK Group's Metalware Production Renamed NLMK Metiz

10 September 2013 - UZPS, the Urals Precision Alloys Plant, part of NLMK Group’s Long Products Division specializing in the production of metalware, was rebranded and changed its name to NLMK Metiz (metalware).

New Ruukki Ramor 550 Steel Enables Increasingly Lighter Structures

10 September 2013 - Ruukki is expanding its range of Ramor protection steels with a new Ramor 550 grade designed for ballistic protection.

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Wins Global Orders for Metal Treatment Vacuum Systems

09 September 2013 - Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum recently won several orders globally for vacuum systems out of the metal treatment field, optimized for customer specific needs. Advantage of these vacuum solutions is the high flexibility due to the use of standard vacuum pumps in a versatile skid.

OMK's Trubodetal Plant Patents Unique Stamping Technology

06 September 2013 - Trubodetal JSC (Chelyabinsk, part of United Metallurgical Company, CJSC OMK) has been issued a patent for a unique technology for stamping T-bends to be used under high pressure.

Baosteel Wins Nine Prizes in Metallurgical Science and Technology Awards 2013

06 September 2013 - Recently, the China Iron & Steel Association and the Awards Committee of Metallurgical Science and Technology Awards of the Chinese Society for Metals officially announced the evaluation and selection results of Metallurgical Science and Technology Awards 2013. Out of a total of 76 award-winning projects, Baosteel won nine awards — the only Grand Prize awarded, two 1st place prizes, four 2nd place prizes, and two 3rd place prizes.

NLMK/Lipetsk University Educational Project Wins State Support in National Contest

06 September 2013 - A joint project from NLMK Group's Novolipetsk and its affiliated university, the Lipetsk State Technical University, has won an open contest organized by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science for a state grant to implement projects aimed at training highly-qualified personnel for companies of the Lipetsk region.

METALLOINVEST Announces Financial Results for First Half of 2013

06 September 2013 - METALLOINVEST announced its results for the first half of the year, saying it was marked by positive changes despite difficult conditions in the industry.

Severstal Russian Steel Implements Investment Program in First Half of 2013

06 September 2013 - The Russian Steel division of OAO Severstal, one of the world’s leading steel and steel-related mining companies, invested approximately 8 billion rubles (approx. US$240 million) in its operations in H1 2013, representing 41% of the division’s planned capital expenditure for 2013 as a whole.

Tata Steel's Lightweight Armor Steel Can Take a Punch

06 September 2013 - Tata Steel has received orders for more than 200 samples of its perforated armor steel, which has been exported to a number of countries worldwide, including Germany, France, the U.S. and India.

Emirates Steel Dispatches First Shipment of Structural Steel to the Americas

05 September 2013 - The first ever 'Made in UAE' shipment of structural steel landed recently in the American and Mexican ports of Huston and Altamira. It represented Emirates Steel's first ever export shipment to the Americas.

Nippon Steel and Baosteel Plan Capacity Expansion at Automotive Sheet JV in China

05 September 2013 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) and Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (Baosteel) are planning to construct a fourth hot-dip galvanizing line at their Baosteel-NSC Automotive Steel Sheets Co. (BNA) joint venture in China. Start of operations is planned for 2015.