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.

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.

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.

ThyssenKrupp VDM Wins 2012 Steel Innovation Prize

27 June 2012 - ThyssenKrupp VDM was, together with the Jülich Research Centre, awarded the 2012 Steel Innovation Prize in the "Steel in Research & Development/Processes" category for the new material Crofer® 22 H.

ArcelorMittal Unveils iCARe™ Portfolio of Electrical Steel Solutions for Electric Vehicle Market

27 June 2012 - ArcelorMittal unveiled its first electrical steel product range designed specifically to meet the requirements of the electric vehicle sector at the Coil Winding, Insulation and Electrical Manufacturing Exhibition (CWIEME) in Berlin.

Two ArcelorMittal Mills Cut 440,000 Tonnes of Emissions with Gas Recovery Projects

27 June 2012 - ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Europe sites in Gent and Bremen are recovering and re-using their waste gases to reduce their emissions and energy costs. Their projects have been identified as best practices for the rest of the group to replicate.

Vale Breaks Ground on Historic C$2 Billion Clean AER Project in Canada

25 June 2012 - Vale officially broke ground on 22 June on its C$2 billion "Clean AER Project," one of the largest single environmental investments in Ontario’s history, at its Sudbury nickel mine.

Onesteel and MORE Sign Agreement for Polymer Injection Technology

21 June 2012 - Onesteel NSW Pty Ltd and MORE S.r.l have signed an agreement that will combine their extensive steelmaking and injection technology expertise to promote Polymer Injection Technology.

GE to Supply Japan’s JFE Steel Co. with Multi-Fuel, On-Site Power Solution at Chiba Steel Mill

18 June 2012 - GE is supplying Japan steel producer JFE Steel Co. Ltd. with a heavy duty Frame 9E gas turbine system for an innovative steel gas-to-energy recovery project at the company’s East Japan Iron Works in Chiba City, located in the Keiyo (Tokyo-Chiba) Industrial Park east of Tokyo.

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Essar Steel Commissions Power Plant to Use Waste Heat as Fuel

11 June 2012 - Essar Steel India Limited has commissioned a 19MW heat recovery power plant at its Hazira complex. Using heat generated during the manufacturing process, the plant will provide power internally, creating an energy efficient complex and reducing the company’s power costs.

Essar Steel Wins CSE Green Rating Award

08 June 2012 - The Three Leaves Award, instituted by the Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) Green Rating Project (GRP), was presented to Essar Steel Ltd., Hazira, Gujarat, in New Delhi on 4 June 2012.

International Environmental Audit Successfully Passed by NLMK

05 June 2012 - Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) has successfully passed an audit of its Environmental Management System with regard to its compliance with the requirements of international standard ISO 14001:2004.

New National Thermal Technologies Innovation Centre in Teesside Opens for Business

04 June 2012 - A collaboration between the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and Tata Steel, the Thermal Technologies Centre opened for business on 31 May 2012 at Tata Steel’s Teesside Technology Centre.

SABIC Launches ‘Clean Environment’ Campaign

30 May 2012 - The Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC), represented by its manufacturing affiliate Saudi Iron and Steel Co. (HADEED), recently launched a 15-day road-cleaning campaign on a 40-km stretch of the Jubail-Dammam Highway, from the King Faisal Bridge to the Ju'aymah Bridge.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Improves Environmental Performance with Dortmund CAL Upgrade

28 May 2012 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG has modernized the continuous annealing line at its Dortmund site. The new burner technology was developed specifically for use in the Dortmund CAL, and the investment of around 30 million euros will help reduce by half the nitrogen oxide emissions from the line.

ISSF Announces 2012 Sustainability Award Winners

21 May 2012 - The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has announced the three winners of its 2012 Sustainability Award: Aperam (France), Nippon Metal Industry Co., Ltd. (Japan), and Taiyuan Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd. - TISCO (China).

Nucor Facilities Receive Environmental Awards

07 May 2012 - Vulcraft-Texas and Century Industrial Coatings have been honored with the 2012 Texas Environmental Excellence Award for reducing VOC emissions. Nucor Steel-Berkeley has been awarded the South Carolina Manufacturers Association's "Made in SC Excellence in Corporate Responsibility Award."

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Starts up Dust Collection System

03 May 2012 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe has started operation of an additional 30-million-euro dust collection system on the sinter belts at its Schwelgern plant unit, which is intended to further reduce particulate emissions in the north of Duisburg by up to 3 micrograms per cubic meter.

ThyssenKrupp Nirosta Permitted to Dispose Slag at Marbach Landfill

13 April 2012 - ThyssenKrupp Nirosta has received permission from Hagen environmental agency to continue to operate and increase the capacity of the Marbach landfill in Bochum-Hamme. The approval notice allows the company to dump slag from its neighboring Bochum stainless steel mill.