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SMS Concast Supplies World’s Largest Continuous Caster for Blooms

19 September 2013 - Dongbei Special Steel in Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China, successfully commissioned an 800-mm bloom continuous caster from SMS Concast. That means the company is now operating its third continuous bloom caster supplied by SMS Concast.

ArcelorMittal to Supply Highly-Resistant Steel Wires to Technip for Offshore Oil and Gas Fields

19 September 2013 - ArcelorMittal and Technip, a world leader in engineering as well as offshore and onshore construction for the energy industry, have signed an important five-year contract valued at over €200 million for the supply of high-performance steel wires. This is ArcelorMittal’s most significant European contract for its wire activities.

ATI Announces Operations Management Changes

19 September 2013 - Allegheny Technologies Inc. announced that John D. Sims has been named executive vice president, high performance forgings and castings, primary titanium operations, and engineered alloys.

Siemens Continuous Caster Produces World's Thickest Stainless Steel Slabs At Posco

19 September 2013 - A single-strand continuous stainless steel slab caster capable of casting the world's thickest stainless steel slabs was brought into operation in July for Pohang Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. (Posco) in Pohang, South Korea.

SSAB Reducing Emissions With Use of Natural Gas

19 September 2013 - SSAB in Borlänge, Sweden, is converting one of the reheating furnaces in its rolling mill to natural gas, thereby achieving SSAB’s environmental target of reducing nitrogen oxide emissions to 300 tonnes/year.

EVRAZ Signs Agreement to Sell Iron Ore Mining Asset VGOK

19 September 2013 - EVRAZ plc announced that it has signed a binding agreement for the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary EVRAZ Vysokogorsky Iron Ore Mining and Processing Plant (VGOK) to NPRO URAL for US$20 million, calculated on a debt free basis.

U. S. Steel To Kick Off Annual United Way Campaign With Public Party

19 September 2013 - United States Steel Corporation will kick off its Pittsburgh-area 2013 United Way employee campaign by hosting its annual Party on the Plaza event Friday, 20 September 2013, from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on the plaza outside of the U. S. Steel Tower in downtown Pittsburgh.

ATI CEO Comments on Trade Case Filed Against Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel Imports

19 September 2013 - Allegheny Technologies Inc. president and CEO Rich Harshman comments on the antidumping and countervailing duty petitions filed against seven countries.

Republic Steel Increasing Steel Production

18 September 2013 - Republic Steel announced that it has restarted steel production on the #7 Furnace at its Canton, Ohio, melt shop that experienced a transformer failure on 2 August 2013.

U.S. Producers of Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel File Trade Case Against Seven Countries

18 September 2013 - AK Steel Corporation and ATI Allegheny Ludlum, the two U.S. producers of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES), as well as the United Steelworkers (USW), which represents workers engaged in the production of GOES at ATI Allegheny Ludlum, filed antidumping duty petitions on 18 September charging that unfairly traded imports of GOES from seven countries are causing material injury to the domestic industry.

AUMUND to Supply DRI Hot Transport Conveyor to JSW in India

18 September 2013 - AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH is supplying a hot transport conveyor (HTC) for the direct charging of hot DRI into the electric arc furnace at JSW Toranagallu in Karnataka Province, India.

Reuters: Italy May Change Law to Restart Riva Steel Ops

18 September 2013 - Italy may change the law to allow steelmaker Riva Acciaio to use cash seized as part of a move against the group's parent to ensure it can restart production at plants suspended last week and preserve jobs, the industry minister said on Wednesday, Reuters reports.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Launches Power Plant Denitrification Project

18 September 2013 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava has launched an investment project to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions at its power plant in the Czech Republic.

Steel Dynamics Provides Third Quarter Earnings Guidance

18 September 2013 - As it reported its earnings guidance for the third quarter of 2013, Steel Dynamics Inc. noted that increased profitability from the company's sheet operations is related to both higher volume and metal spread.

Steel Dynamics Provides Third Quarter Earnings Guidance

18 September 2013 - As it reported its earnings guidance for the third quarter of 2013, Steel Dynamics Inc. noted that increased profitability from the company's sheet operations is related to both higher volume and metal spread.

ArcelorMittal Develops New Range of Steels for the European Solar Construction Market

18 September 2013 - ArcelorMittal has developed, as part of a research project led by the company’s research and development teams, a range of photovoltaic products based on steel.

New Millennium Iron Announces First Shipment from Tata Steel Minerals Canada's Direct Shipping Ore Project

17 September 2013 - New Millennium Iron Corp. (NML) announced that Tata Steel Minerals Canada (TSMC), in which NML has a 20% interest, has made the first shipment of products from its Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) Project.

Nucor Announces Guidance for Third Quarter Earnings

17 September 2013 - Nucor Corporation announced guidance for its third quarter ending 28 September 2013 noting that the strongest end markets continue to be in manufactured goods including energy and automotive.

Schnitzer Steel Announces Change to Media Contact

17 September 2013 - Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. announced that Tom Zelenka, vice president of environmental and public affairs, has assumed responsibility for media relations and communications.

Report: Pakistan Steel Production Cycle Comes to a Halt

17 September 2013 - The production cycle at the Pakistan Steel Mills — the country’s largest industrial complex — appears to have come to a halt, mainly because of non-availability of raw material and severe financial crunch, according to Pakistani newspaper Dawn.