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News on the latest technological processes and equipment used in all stages of the steelmaking process.
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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.
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.
SunCoke Energy Extends Cokemaking Agreement with ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor
09 September 2013 - SunCoke Energy, Inc. and ArcelorMittal have agreed to a 10-year extension of their existing contract, under which SunCoke provides 1.22 million tons of metallurgical coke annually to ArcelorMittal from its Indiana Harbor cokemaking operation located in East Chicago, Ind.
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.
Plain Dealer: ArcelorMittal Cleveland to Invest $55 Million in Blast Furnace
05 September 2013 - The ArcelorMittal steel mill in Cleveland will invest US$55 million in one of its two blast furnaces, according to Mark Granakis, president of Local 979 of the United Steelworkers, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe to Modernize Converter Plant and Waste-Heat Boiler at Duisburg-Bruckhausen
04 September 2013 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe is investing € 20 million in one of its core facilities in Duisburg. From 3 August to 17 September 2013 the company will be replacing the first of two converters and parts of the associated waste-heat boiler system at the Bruckhausen oxygen steelmaking plant (Ox 1).
SMS Siemag Receives Order for Integrated Steelworks for Greenfield Project in Venezuela
04 September 2013 - SMS Siemag has been awarded a major order by Siderúrgica Nacional in Venezuela for the supply of a new integrated plant complex for the production and processing of steel.
Tenova LOI Thermprocess to Supply Galvanizing Equipment for Poland
04 September 2013 - LOI Thermprocess — a company of the Tenova Group — has received through its Polish subsidiary a contract from the Polish/German company Metalcynk to supply a variety of equipment for a new galvanizing plant.
PTC Seamless Tube Corp. to Establish Manufacturing Operations in Kentucky
03 September 2013 - Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced PTC Seamless Tube Corp., a subsidiary of PTC Group Holdings Corp., plans to create up to 283 jobs in Hopkinsville, Ky., where the company expects to invest more than US$102 million to establish a manufacturing operation.
Platts: Russia's Severstal Opts Out of Two Iron Projects to Cut Capex
02 September 2013 - Russian steel and mining group Severstal has withdrawn from further participation in Amapa, its iron ore mining joint venture in northern Brazil with SPG Mineracao, and an iron plant project in North America to cut capital expenditure, chief financial officer Alexei Kulichenko, told a press conference Thursday, Platts reports.
CMI FPE to Supply Continuous Galvanizing Line and Skin Pass Mill to UAE Steelmaker
30 August 2013 - CMI Industry’s Indian subsidiary CMI FPE Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Al Ghurair Iron & Steel (AGIS) of the United Arab Emirates to supply a new skin pass mill as well as a new continuous galvanizing line equipped with the patented CMI Blowstab® technology.
Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery to Supply Tandem Cold Mill to Baosteel
29 August 2013 - Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Inc. and Mitsubishi Corp. jointly received an order for a tandem cold mill from China's Baosteel.
Danieli Automation to Supply Arvedi with 3 Q-Robot ZINC Systems
29 August 2013 - To reduce the need for manual labor and increase zinc yield, Arvedi has chosen Danieli Automation’s Q-Robot ZINC system for hot-dip galvanizing lines on the strength of its well-established reputation among dross removal systems and decided to order 3 new systems for its plants in Cremona, Italy.
Stieber Clutch Introduces Compact, Reliable Backstops
29 August 2013 - Stieber Clutch recently launched its new RDBK load sharing, high-speed, releasable backstop featuring a compact design with increased torque capacity compared to conventional designs, which helps avoid the over specification of gearboxes to meet large outside diameter requirements of some backstops.
SSAB Selects Quintiq's Platform to Optimize Supply Chain Planning
28 August 2013 - Quintiq, a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization (SCP&O), announced that SSAB has chosen its platform to optimize supply chain processes across its production plants.
POSCO Completes Stainless Plant in Turkey
28 August 2013 - POSCO completed construction of POSCO ASSAN TST, its stainless cold rolled plant with an annual production scale of 200,000 tons in the Izmit Industrial Complex located in Turkey’s Kocaeli Province, on 15 August 2013.
Tata Steel Orders Seven Konecranes for Two UK Facilities
26 August 2013 - Tata Steel has ordered seven Konecranes for two of its facilities in the United Kingdom.
IDEAL Laser Coil Joining Technology Being Used at ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel
26 August 2013 - IDEAL-Werk recently commissioned a laser welding machine at ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel Gelsenkirchen in Germany.
ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih Celebrates Two Successful Years of Continuous Casting
26 August 2013 - The beginning of August marked an eventful period at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, as the Ukrainian plant not only celebrated its 79th anniversary, but also two successful years of continuous casting.
Zink Körner Starts Up High-Efficiency Galvanizing Plant In Russia
22 August 2013 - In February 2013, Zink Körner received the Final Acceptance Certificate for a hot-dip galvanizing furnace it installed in 2012 at Tochinvest Zinc, a manufacturer of steel parts in Russia.
