Steel News

Siemens Wins Order For Mulpic Intensive Plate Cooling System From China Steel In Taiwan

03 June 2014 - China Steel Corporation (CSC), a Taiwanese steel producer, has ordered a Mulpic (multi-purpose interrupted cooling) system from Siemens Metals Technologies.

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.

U. S. Steel to Idle Two Tubular Facilities in Pennsylvania And Texas

02 June 2014 - United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) announced today it will indefinitely idle two tubular manufacturing facilities in McKeesport, Pa., and Bellville, Texas, in early August, impacting approximately 260 employees as a result of business conditions which are influenced by unfairly traded tubular products imported into the United States.

Essar Steel Minnesota Denies Reports That It Will Be Sold

02 June 2014 - Essar Steel Minnesota LLC (ESML) categorically denies that Essar Global Fund Limited (EGFL), ESML’s ultimate shareholder, is considering selling the business, contrary to recent media reports.

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.

ArcelorMittal's Largest R&D Center Unveils New Steels For Lighter Cars

02 June 2014 - ArcelorMittal has launched the first product in a new series of advanced high strength steels (AHSS), with 10 automotive steel projects set for launch in 2014.

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.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Cuts Emissions with US$74 Million Boiler Investment

30 May 2014 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava, Czech Republic, is to build a new boiler as part of a US$150 million modernization program for the steelmaker’s power plant.

Tata Steel Reported Significant Improvement in First Quarter

30 May 2014 - Tata Steel said the improved and steady performance of operations across geographies, despite weak market conditions, led to significantly improved Group performance in the first quarter of the year.

ArcelorMittal Celebrates Groundbreaking Plan for East Nimba Nature Reserve

30 May 2014 - ArcelorMittal Liberia has announced a major landmark in its environmental program — the first-ever management plan for the East Nimba Nature Reserve (ENNR), a unique microclimate which is home to a number of endemic species.

NLMK Group Announces Environmental Programme 2020

30 May 2014 - NLMK Group is announcing the launch of the third stage of its environmental programme, covering the period up to 2020 (Environmental Programme 2020).

Schnitzer Provides Outlook for Third Quarter of Fiscal 2014

29 May 2014 - Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. announced its outlook for its third quarter of fiscal 2014 ending 31 May 2014.

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.

Mechel Announces Change in Management

29 May 2014 - Mechel OAO announced the appointment of Andrey Slivchenko as its new chief financial officer, replacing Stanislav Ploschenko.

NLMK DanSteel Joins European Offshore Wind Turbine Programme

29 May 2014 - NLMK DanSteel A/S, part of NLMK Europe Plate and Denmark’s only manufacturer of plates, has joined the European research and development programme aimed at improving the construction of foundations for offshore wind turbines in order to reduce their weight and cost, as well as raise the investment appeal of wind generation.