Steel News

Damping System From Siemens Reduces Vibrations of AOD Converters

04 June 2014 - A new damping system from Siemens Metals Technologies was brought into operation in March at the Steel Making Plant North of the Chinese producer, Taiyuan Iron & Steel.

Synthesis Energy, ZCM-SES, and Midrex Sign Marketing Agreement for Clean Coal-based DRI Facilities

03 June 2014 - Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (SES) (NASDAQ: SYMX) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, SES Technologies, LLC, Shanghai-based ZCM-SES Sino-U.S. Clean Energy Technologies Limited (ZCM-SES), and Midrex Technologies, Inc. (Midrex), a subsidiary of Kobe Steel Limited (ADR-OTC:KBSTY), have entered into an exclusive agreement for the joint marketing of coal gasification-based direct reduced iron (DRI) facilities in China.

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.

ITZ Commissions New Gap Closing Press from SMS Meer

02 June 2014 - Izhorsky Trubny Zavod (ITZ), based in Kolpino near St. Petersburg, Russia, has commissioned a new 25-MN GCP® gap closing press supplied by SMS Meer.

SMS Siemag Modernizing Caster Head for Salzgitter Flachstahl

02 June 2014 - Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH has awarded SMS Siemag the contract for revamping the head of the casting machine of continuous caster No. 2 at its Salzgitter, Germany, location.

Metinvest Launches Revamp of BF at PJSC Azovstal Iron & Steel Works

02 June 2014 - Metinvest Group will invest around 1 billion UAH (US$85 million) in revamping the No. 4 blast furnace at PJSC Azovstal Iron & Steel Works in Ukraine.

Metinvest Group's Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works Carries Out Major Overhaul of 160-ton BOF

30 May 2014 - Metinvest Group's Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works carried out a major overhaul of its 160-ton basic oxygen furnace (BOF) with a partial reconstruction of gas offtake.

Posco Specialty Steel Commissions Peeling Machine from SMS Meer

29 May 2014 - Posco Specialty Steel, based in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, South Korea, has successfully commissioned a peeling machine of the type-PMS 250 including polishing unit supplied by SMS Meer.

INTECO to Build ESR Plant for Uddeholm in Sweden

28 May 2014 - INTECO announced a contract to supply a 30-metric-ton electroslag remelting (ESR) plant to Uddeholms AB in Sweden.

SMS Siemag to Revamp Converter C at Salzgitter Flachstahl

27 May 2014 - Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH has contracted SMS Siemag to revamp converter C in its Salzgitter, Germany, steelworks.

Nucor Steel Indiana Commissions First EAF ZoloSCAN System

27 May 2014 - Nucor Steel Indiana, in Crawfordsville Ind., has successfully commissioned the first ZoloSCAN-EAF laser off-gas diagnostic system for electric arc furnace steelmaking.

Konecranes Canada Announces New Technician Training Center in Burlington, Ontario

27 May 2014 - Konecranes, a leading global manufacturer of lifting technology, announced a new technician training center at its recently relocated headquarters in Burlington, Ont., Canada.

ThyssenKrupp Steel to Modernize Europe’s Biggest Blast Furnace

26 May 2014 - After 21 years, Europe’s biggest blast furnace, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe’s blast furnace No. 2 in Duisburg-Schwelgern, has ended its first campaign.

SMS Siemag to Modernize Record-Breaking CSP® Caster at JSW Steel

23 May 2014 - JSW Steel Ltd. has placed an order with SMS Siemag for a comprehensive revamp of one of the CSP® casters at the company’s Dolvi location in the state of Maharashtra, India.

Jindal Steel Orders Rebar Mill from SMS Meer

23 May 2014 - Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL) based in New Delhi, India, has placed an order with SMS Meer for the supply of a rebar mill. The new mill will be installed at JSPL’s Angul works in the state of Odisha.

Tata Steel’s Heavy Gauge Decoiler at Maastricht to Target High-Strength Steels Market

22 May 2014 - Tata Steel’s Service Center Maastricht subsidiary in the Netherlands is to commission a large heavy gauge decoiler by the end of 2014 which will serve the growing markets in Europe for high-strength steels, especially in the lifting & excavating sector.

Metalloinvest Begins Installation of Equipment for New Oxygen Facility at OEMK

21 May 2014 - A new oxygen facility with a cryogenic air-separation unit with a capacity of up to 20,000 Am3/h of oxygen is being installed at OEMK, part of Metalloinvest.

Outokumpu Completes Quarto Plate Investment in Sweden

21 May 2014 - On 20 May 2014, Outokumpu held a customer event in Degerfors, Sweden, to mark the finalization of a €100 million investment project at its quarto plate mill.

Tenova, Danieli, and Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Form Alliance for New Ironmaking Technologies

20 May 2014 - Tenova HYL and Danieli & C, have entered into an agreement with Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd. (NSENGI) to combine and commercialize their Energiron DR technology with an optimized blast furnace technology, as well as syngas technology (high efficiency coal gasification and steelworks by-product gas utilization technology) developed and owned by NSENGI.

Kobe Steel to Reline No. 3 Blast Furnace at Kakogawa Works

20 May 2014 - Kobe Steel, Ltd. plans to reline the No. 3 blast furnace at its Kakogawa Works in western Japan.