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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
AK Steel Sets Maintenance and Project Outages at Mansfield, Middletown Facilities
26 July 2017 - AK Steel said it is investing US$26 million in the third quarter in upgrades to its Mansfield and Middletown Works in Ohio.
SMS Delivers Caster to New Billet Plant
19 July 2017 - SMS Concast has supplied a 6-strand caster to a greenfield steel plant in the Iranian province of Yazd, the company said Wednesday.
Danieli Wins Order for Caster Upgrade
30 June 2017 - The Steel Authority of India has awarded a contract to Danieli for improvements to a bloom caster at its Durgapur facility, the equipment supplier has announced.
This Steelmaker's Newest Hire Never Needs to Take a Break
15 June 2017 - German stainless producer Deutsche Edelstahlwerke GmbH has put a Primetals Technologies LiquiRob robot into service at its Siegen plant, improving safety and efficiency.
Primetals Wins Contract for Caster Modernization Project
01 June 2017 - Brazil’s Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has awarded Primetals Technologies a contract to overhaul one slab caster and modify two others at its Volta Redonda plant in Rio de Janeiro.
Gerdau Plans Modifications to Caster at Georgia Mill
23 March 2017 - Primetals Technologies has won a contract to modify the continuous caster at Gerdau’s Cartersville, Ga., USA, long products mill.
Rebuilt Caster at Spanish Mill Gets Up to Speed
21 March 2017 - ArcelorMittal Asturias has put a rebuilt slab caster at its Aviles plant in Spain back into service and is ramping up production, according to the equipment supplier on the project.
MMK Eyes Improvements to Slab Caster, Plate Mill
16 March 2017 - SMS group has won a contract to upgrade a continuous slab caster and the heavy plate mill at Russia’s Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works.
Its New Steel Works Now Open, an Open-Die Forger Sets a Casting Record
23 February 2017 - South Korea’s TAEWOONG Co. Ltd. has set a new steelmaking record, becoming the first to successfully produce 1,000 mm blooms on a curved continuous caster, according to an announcement.
Kobe Steel Adds Caster and Expands Bloom Mill Capacity at Kakogawa Works
27 January 2017 - Kobe Steel Ltd. has installed a new continuous caster and expanded a bloom mill at its integrated Kakogawa Works in western Japan, enabling a 65.5 billion yen consolidation (US$570 million) of its steelmaking operations.
Steel Researchers Enter New Phase of Belt Casting Study
12 December 2016 - Researchers in the United Kingdom and Canada are undertaking a research project that will explore belt casting’s potential to lower energy costs and as a production route for certain advanced high-strength steels.
SMS group Wins Caster Maintenance Contract
09 November 2016 - Gerdau Ouro Branco has awarded SMS group a three-year contract for maintenance services, the mill equipment maker has announced.
TimkenSteel's Vertical Caster Surpassing Expectations
31 October 2016 - TimkenSteel is keeping its vertical jumbo-bloom caster as busy as possible, with about 45% percent of the steel melted at its Faircrest, Ohio, mill being cast on the machine, TimkenSteel chairman and chief executive Tim Timken said on Friday.
Orissa Metaliks Prepares for November Start-Up of New Billet Caster
18 October 2016 - Indian steelmaker Orissa Metaliks Private Ltd. is preparing to start up a new three-strand billet caster next month, according to the equipment vendor on the project.
Danieli Tapped for Slab Caster Modernization
07 October 2016 - ArcelorMittal’s Galati steel works in Romania has awarded a contract to Danieli for upgrades to a 38-year-old slab caster, Danieli has announced.
Vietnamese Steelmaker Announces Plans for Mammoth US$10.6B Works
30 August 2016 - Vietnam’s Hoa Sen Group plans to build a giant US$10.6 billion steel works whose targeted capacity would exceed the country’s total production in 2015, reports the online VN Express News.
BlueScope Steel Exits Castrip Joint Venture
23 August 2016 - Australia’s BlueScope Steel Ltd. has divested its stake in Castrip LLC, its thin strip casting technology joint venture, for US$20 million, the steelmaker disclosed on Monday.
Slab Caster at New Brazilian Steel Works Now in Operation
17 August 2016 - Startup Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP) has put its new two-strand continuous slab caster into service, according to the equipment vendor, Primetals Technologies.
Chinese Steelmaker Acquires Castrip License
08 August 2016 - North Carolina-based Castrip LLC has licensed its casting technology to a Chinese steelmaker, marking the first time Castrip technology will be employed in an overseas facility.
Mitt Romney's Former Investment Firm Wants to Buy a Steel Mill
27 July 2016 - Bain Capital, the investment firm that was founded by former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, is part of a consortium of lenders looking to acquire Canada’s Essar Steel Algoma, reports the online SooToday.com
