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ThyssenKrupp Celebrates Milestone on Duisburg-Bruckhausen CRM

13 July 2011 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG’s casting-rolling mill (CRM) in Duisburg-Bruckhausen recently produced its 20 millionth tonne of hot strip.

SMS Elotherm to Modernize Galvanizing Line for Wuppermann Staal

13 July 2011 - Wuppermann Staal Nederland B.V. has placed an order with SMS Elotherm to modernize the strip galvanizing line originally delivered in 2000.

Broner to Provide Scheduling Solution for Tata Steel Scunthorpe Plant

13 July 2011 - Tata Steel Long Products has selected Broner Metals Solutions to implement an integrated scheduling solution for steelmaking and casting, slab yard and plate mill together with comprehensive MES facilities for tracking, quality and inventory management.

Praxair China to Supply Combustion Technology for Shandong Guangfu EAF

13 July 2011 - Praxair (China) Investment has signed a combustion equipment contract with Shandong Guangfu Group to implement Praxair’s oxy-fuel technology at the company’s 100-tonne EAF.

Severstal’s Putu Iron Ore Resource Estimated at 3.2 Billion Tonnes

12 July 2011 - An independent mineral resource report has estimated a 3.2 billion tonnes deposit at the Putu iron ore project in Liberia, of which OAO Severstal is the majority stakeholder.

Hitachi Metals Introduces New Alloys for Use in Fuel Cells

12 July 2011 - Hitachi Metals, Ltd. has successfully developed new metal interconnect materials with higher oxidation resistance and strength for use in solid oxide fuel cells.

ArcelorMittal and Peabody Submit Proposal to Acquire Macarthur Coal

12 July 2011 - ArcelorMittal and Peabody Energy Corp. have made an indicative, nonbinding and conditional proposal to make an off-market takeover bid to acquire up to 100% of the issued securities of Macarthur Coal Limited.

Baosteel Silicon Steel Contributes to Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway

12 July 2011 - The Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, which began operation on June 30, uses high-quality silicon steel from Baosteel for the locomotive and the transformer in the high-speed rail line.

Domestic Stainless Producers Respond to ITC’s Mixed Findings

12 July 2011 - The Specialty Steel Industry of North America issued a statement in response to the U.S. International Trade Commission’s sunset-review determinations this week regarding stainless steel sheet and strip from Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and Taiwan.

ITC Makes Decision on Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from Multiple Countries

11 July 2011 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that revoking the existing countervailing duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip from Korea and the existing antidumping duty orders on stainless steel sheet and strip from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.

ALJ Releases Third Quarter 2011 Revenue Performance

11 July 2011 - ALJ Regional Holdings, the parent company of Kentucky Electric Steel, reported revenues of $43.3 million the third quarter and revenues of $116.2 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2011.

NLMK Reports Transformer Failure

11 July 2011 - NLMK reports the failure of a transformer at its Urals-based long products plant NSMMZ, resulting in the stoppage of one of the plant’s two EAFs.

Kocks to Upgrade Wire Rod & Bar Mill for JSW Steel

11 July 2011 - JSW Steel Ltd., India, places an order with Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG, Germany, for a 3-roll reducing & sizing block (RSB) for their wire rod and bar mill in Salem in the state of Tamil Nadu.

TMS Announces New Contracts in Dunkerque, Abu Dhabi

11 July 2011 - Tube City IMS has secured new contracts for outsourced services at steel mills in Dunkerque, France, and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

voestalpine Supports Caritas Japan Project

08 July 2011 - Dr. Wolfgang Eder, Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of voestalpine AG, recently presented a check for more than EUR 350,000 to the Caritas Foundation to help rebuild the Fujinosono Children’s Home in Ichinoseki, following the severe earthquakes and tsunami of this past spring.

JSW Steel Reports 9% Increase in Crude Steel Production for Q1 FY 2012

08 July 2011 - JSW Steel Limited reported the production of 1.71 million tonnes of crude steel in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, a 9% increase over the first quarter of fiscal year 2011.

BHP Billiton Iron Ore Reports Fatality at Port Operations

08 July 2011 - BHP Billiton Iron Ore reports that a significant incident resulting in a fatality occurred on Thursday, July 7 at the company’s port operations in Port Hedland, Western Australia.

ArcelorMittal Poland Receives Environmental Awards

08 July 2011 - ArcelorMittal Poland recently received two awards in the Eco-laurels competition organized by the Polish Chamber of Ecology, one for noise reduction and another for granulated slag production.

NLMK Completes Purchase of 50% Interest in Steel Invest and Finance

08 July 2011 - NLMK has completed its deal to purchase the remaining 50% interest in Steel Invest and Finance from Duferco Group, making SIF a 100% owned indirect subsidiary of NLMK.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Supplies Materials for Landmark Building

07 July 2011 - The Heydar Aliyev Congress Center, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, is currently being built in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, with an envelope made from more than 30,000 square meters of steel construction elements from ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe.

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