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Continuous Casting
Includes news about all types of continuous casting processes, including strip, thin strip, bloom, billet and beam.
Latest News
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Investing €90 Million to Modernize Continuous Caster in Duisburg-Beeckerwerth
29 July 2014 - The current reline of blast furnace 2 in Duisburg-Schwelgern is being used as an opportunity to modernize a further key facility of ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe: Work has started on revamping one of the continuous casters in Duisburg-Beeckerwerth.
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.
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.
Jindal Shadeed Commissions Integrated Steel Plant in Oman
28 April 2014 - Jindal Shadeed Iron & Steel, a wholly owned subsidiary of India’s Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (JSPL) has successfully commissioned its 2-million-metric-ton-per-year integrated steel plant (ISP) in Sohar, Oman.
STEC-Roll from SMS Siemag Optimizes Casting Process at SSAB Iowa
22 April 2014 - For its continuous slab caster in Montpelier, Iowa, SSAB ordered twelve STEC roll lines from SMS Siemag for use in the casting bow.
SMS Siemag Starts Up Ecoplants Special Steel Plant at Fuxin Special Steel
08 April 2014 - Fuxin Special Steel Co. Ltd. of Taiwan successfully commissioned a steelworks supplied by SMS Siemag for manufacturing stainless steel slabs at its Zhangzhou location in the Chinese Fujian Province.
Hyundai Orders Continuous Bloom Caster, Long-Product Rolling Mills from Siemens
28 March 2014 - For a new special steel mill in Dangjin, Korean steelmaker Hyundai Steel has placed an order with Siemens Metals Technologies for a continuous bloom casting machine, a large bar rolling mill and a small bar and wire rod mill.
Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Orders Semi-Continuous Billet Mill from SMS Meer
26 March 2014 - For its new integrated steel plant in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam, Formosa Ha Tinh Steel has placed an order with SMS Meer for a semi-continuous billet mill.
Industeel Belgium to Invest €18 Million in Continuous Casting Line
25 March 2014 - ArcelorMittal recently approved an €18 million investment to upgrade the continuous casting line at its Industeel Belgium site in Charleroi.
German ArcelorMittal Mill Upgrading Caster with STEC-ROLL from SMS Siemag
10 March 2014 - ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt has ordered 44 STEC-ROLL® lines from SMS Siemag to upgrade the first strand of a two-strand slab caster at its mill in Germany.
JP Steel Plantech to Supply EAF and Continuous Caster to Japanese Steelmaker
04 March 2014 - JP Steel Plantech Co. (SPCO) has been awarded orders from Topy Industries, Ltd. for a new steelmaking plant consisting of an electric arc furnace and a continuous casting machine for its Toyohashi Factory in Aichi, Japan.
Siemens Puts Three Continuous Slab Casters into Operation for Tisco
20 February 2014 - In the last quarter of 2013, three continuous slab casters from Siemens Metals Technologies were put into operation at Chinese steel producer Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group Corp (Tisco).
Siemens to Modernize Continuous Slab Caster for HKM
05 February 2014 - Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH (HKM) has awarded Siemens Metals Technologies an order to modernize slab caster No. 3 in its Duisburg-Huckingen plant in Germany.
SAIL’s Rourkela Steel Plant Doubles Production Capacity with New SMS Siemag Slab Caster
30 January 2014 - In 2013, SAIL’s Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in Orissa, India, successfully cast the first slabs on the X-Cast® continuous caster supplied by SMS Siemag.
Continuous Caster from Siemens Commences Operation at Jindal Steel
23 January 2014 - At the Angul plant of Indian steel producer Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (JSPL), a single-strand continuous casting machine from Siemens Metals Technologies commenced operation in August 2013.
SMS Siemag Replaces Ladle Turret at Salzgitter's Continuous Caster
10 January 2014 - SMS Siemag has supplied and successfully put into operation a new ladle turret for the continuous caster No. 2 at Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH (SZFG) in Germany.
Second Continuous Slab Caster from Siemens Starts Up at JSW Steel
16 December 2013 - In August 2013, a new continuous slab caster from Siemens Metals Technologies began operating at the Toranagallu steelworks of Indian steel producer Jindal South West Steel Ltd. (JSW Steel).
ArcelorMittal Ostrava Commissions Continuous Casting Facility
09 December 2013 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava has officially commissioned its continuous casting facility, with the Czech Prime Minister Jiří Rusnok attending a formal ceremony to mark the occasion.
Štore Steel Orders Billet Caster from SMS Concast
04 December 2013 - Štore Steel from Štore, Slovenia, has ordered a new two-strand continuous caster for billets from SMS Concast of Switzerland.
