Continuous Casting
Includes news about all types of continuous casting processes, including strip, thin strip, bloom, billet and beam.
Latest News
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.
SMS Concast Revamps Casting Machine for Taiwanese Steelmaker
15 October 2013 - Feng Hsin Iron & Steel has successfully commissioned the upgraded casting machine at its plant in Taichung City, Taiwan.
SMS Concast Provides Molds for Siderperú's New Continuous Caster
14 October 2013 - Empresa Siderúrgica Del Perú (Siderperú), a company of the Gerdau Group, has revamped its continuous casting machine in Chimbote, Peru, thereby significantly improving its production process.
ArcelorMittal Ostrava Announces US$53 Million Steel Shop Revamp
08 October 2013 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava is revamping the continuous casting machine (CCM) in its steel shop. The aim of the project, worth a billion crowns (US$53m) is to improve the quality of steel as well as to produce new high value added products.
Gerdau's Capex Projects Progressing at Special Steel Mill in Monroe, Mich.
25 September 2013 - Gerdau’s capital improvement projects at its special steel producing mill in Monroe, Mich., are making progress. The global steel company completed construction of its new continuous caster in October 2012 and dismantled the old caster in June.
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.
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.
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.
SMS Concast to Deliver Three-Strand Billet Casting Plant to Turkey
12 September 2013 - Asil Celik of Orhangazi, Turkey, has commissioned SMS Concast of Switzerland with the supply of a new three-strand billet caster.
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.
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.
Continuous Bloom Caster from Siemens Goes On Stream at Zenith Steel
15 August 2013 - In July, Siemens Metals Technologies put a continuous bloom caster into operation at Chinese steel producer Changzhou Zhongtian Iron & Steel (Zenith Steel).
Siemens Modernizes Continuous Caster at ArcelorMittal Bremen
06 August 2013 - German steel producer ArcelorMittal Bremen GmbH has awarded Siemens Metals Technologies an order to modernize its continuous slab casting plant.
Hebei Puyang Iron and Steel Orders Medium Slab Caster from SMS Siemag
17 May 2013 - China's Hebei Puyang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd (Puyang Steel) has awarded SMS Siemag Technology (Beijing) Co. a contract for the supply of a medium slab caster to be installed at the works in Wuan City, Hebei Province.
Siemens Receives FAC from Outokumpu for Stainless Steel Plant in the USA
17 May 2013 - At the beginning of April, Siemens Metals Technologies received the final acceptance certificate for the stainless steel works owned by Outokumpu Stainless in Calvert, Ala.
Siemens to Modernize Continuous Caster for HKM in Germany
10 May 2013 - Siemens Metals Technologies has received an order from Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH (HKM) to modernize the No. 1 continuous slab caster in the DuisburgHuckingen plant.
