Steel News

Two New Environmental Projects Launched at ArcelorMittal Zenica

09 July 2012 - ArcelorMittal Zenica, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has started to implement two major environmental projects at its blast furnace and coke plant.

Metinvest Revamps MMKI Heat Station No. 1

06 July 2012 - At the first heat station of MMKI, part of Metinvest Group, large-scale construction of turboblower No. 3 was accomplished and commissioned on June 21.

Danieli Corus Receives Order for CSH Blast Furnace Reline

06 July 2012 - Danieli Corus has received an order from Chile's CAP Acero (Compañía Siderúrgica Huachipato) for design and supply for the reline of its Talcahuano blast furnace No. 2.

NLMK Temporarily Reducing Pig Iron Production

06 July 2012 - NLMK announced it is idling the No. 2 blast furnace at its Lipetsk plant for a period of 60 days beginning today due to a deterioration in demand for pig iron in Russia and abroad.

SMS Siemag Receives Order for Record-Capacity Stainless Annealing and Pickling Line

05 July 2012 - Chinese stainless steel producer TISCO (Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Company) awarded SMS Siemag an order to supply the world’s highest-capacity annealing and pickling line for stainless hot strip.

Siemens to Supply Vacuum Decarburization Plant for Foundry in Austria

05 July 2012 - The voestalpine Giesserei Linz GmbH, part of the Steel Division of the listed voestalpine corporation, ordered a 50-ton vacuum oxygen decarburization (VOD) plant with mechanical vacuum pumps from Siemens VAI Metals Technologies.

Severstal to Upgrade Cherepovets Steel Mill to Reduce Non-Organic Dust Emissions

05 July 2012 - OAO Severstal announced a plan to cut its non-organic dust emissions across its sintering production facilties by 33% at its Cherepovets Steel Mill by 2015.

Metinvest Began Idle Run at the PCI Unit of PJSC Ilyich Iron & Steel Works

05 July 2012 - At the PJSC Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, Metinvest is finishing a great building of the pulverized coal injection unit. An idle run is being practiced at the pulverized coal injection unit and full operational tests should begin this month.

Outokumpu Divests Part of Its European Stock Operations

04 July 2012 - Outokumpu is consolidating the group’s stocking operations into a smaller number of locations in Europe and deepening cooperation with independent distributors.

Milestone Anniversary at ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe: Duisburg-Beeckerwerth Steel Mill Turns 50

03 July 2012 - The team at the Beeckerwerth BOF meltshop of ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe in Duisburg has reason to celebrate: Built as a greenfield project in a period of just under two years, the plant started up in 1962 and celebrated its 50th anniversary at the end of June 2012.

JSW and ArcelorMittal Poland Sign Letter of Intent

03 July 2012 - JSW and ArcelorMittal Poland have signed a letter of intent to prolong their cooperation in the supply of coking coal, coke gas and coke for the next few years, as well as to extend the supplies of blast furnace gas and the exchange of technical expertise.

MISA Becomes Sole Owner of RSDC of Michigan

03 July 2012 - Marubeni-Itochu Steel America Inc. (MISA) has reached agreement with Steel Technologies to acquire 100% interest in RSDC of Michigan. The plant, located in Holt, Mich., was previously a 50/50 joint venture between the two companies.

CMC Appoints John Elmore SVP and President of CMC International

02 July 2012 - Commercial Metals Company announced that effective today, Mr. John Elmore has been selected to serve as Senior Vice President of the company and President of the company's International division, succeeding Mr. Hanns Zollner who will retire as of 1 January 2013.

U.S. Steel Shipments Down 3.1% from March to April

02 July 2012 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that for the month of April 2012, U.S. steel mills shipped 8,245,339 tons, a 3.1% decrease from the 8,512,825 tons shipped in the previous month.

U.S. Steel Announces New Executive Appointments

02 July 2012 - The United States Steel Corporation's Board of Directors has elected Mario Longhi to the position of executive vice president and chief operating officer. The company also announced the appointments of George F. Babcoke, Douglas R. Matthews and Michael S. Williams to the company's executive management committee.

MMFX Steel Appoints Technical Sales Manager

02 July 2012 - MMFX Steel Corporation of America has hired Recto (Jon) Colinares to serve as Technical Sales Manager. Mr. Colinares will provide engineering support as well as direct sales of MMFX2 corrosion-resistant and high-strength concrete reinforcing steel products.