Steel News

SMDI Honors Heimbuch for Auto/Steel Partnership Role

05 May 2011 - The Steel Market Development Institute announced Dr. Roger Heimbuch as recipient of the 2011 Market Development Industry Leadership Award for his work in the Auto/Steel Partnership as well as his contributions to increasing the use of AHSS in the automotive marketplace.

Sumitomo’s Kashima Steelworks Moves toward Normal Blast Furnaces Operation

04 May 2011 - Sumitomo Metal Industries’ Kashima Steelworks has now opened all the tuyeres of its two blast furnaces for the first time since they were struck March 11 by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

voestalpine Awarded Contract by Siemens Wind Power

04 May 2011 - voestalpine Anarbeitung GmbH has been awarded a major contract for the supply of roughly 20,000 tonnes of pre-cut heavy-plate shapes for Siemens Wind Power for the London Array offshore wind tower project in the U.K.

Mechel Announces Launch of E-Commerce System B2B-Mechel

04 May 2011 - Mechel OAO announced the launch of B2B-Mechel, an electronic trading system that will enable the company to automate all aspects of the purchase process.

Interruption of Operations at Severstal Columbus

04 May 2011 - Electrical power was interrupted at the OAO Severstal’s Columbus plant in Mississippi as a result of a severe storm earlier this week.

ThyssenKrupp Makes Donation for Alabama Disaster Relief

04 May 2011 - ThyssenKrupp Steel USA is donating $10,000 on behalf of its team to the Alabama Gulf Coast Red Cross Chapter earmarked specifically for disaster relief efforts in northern Alabama as a result of recent tornadoes.

Carpenter Technology to Expand Reading Facility

03 May 2011 - Carpenter Technology Corp. announced a significant expansion project at its Reading, Pa., facility that will allow for the installation of two additional Electroslag Remelting Furnaces and increase capacity for Forge Finishing and Annealing operations.

ThyssenKrupp Moves Ahead with Sale of Metal Forming Group

03 May 2011 - ThyssenKrupp and Gestamp Automoción S.L. have signed the sale and purchase contract for the transfer of the Metal Forming Group.

AK Steel Announces June 2011 Surcharges

03 May 2011 - AK Steel says it will add a $435 per ton surcharge to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in June 2011.

SSAB Announces Changes in Group Executive Committee

03 May 2011 - SSAB announced a change to its Group Executive Committee following the departure of SSAB Americas President David Britten.

TMK Ipsco Breaks Ground on R&D Center

03 May 2011 - TMK Ipsco has broken ground on a new 51,000 square-foot Research & Development Center in Houston, Tex., that will house its innovation initiatives, including new product design and development, experimental and validation testing, and advanced metallurgical research.

Essar Steel Algoma Names Hrusovsky as Chief Executive Officer

03 May 2011 - Essar Steel Algoma’s Board of Directors announces the pending appointment of James Hrusovsky, former CEO of Severstal Columbus, as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer.

China Steel Signs Partnership Agreement with JAC Motor

02 May 2011 - China Steel Corp. has signed a strategic partnership agreement with JAC Motor targeting the annual supply of more than 20,000 tonnes of cold rolled products beginning in 2012.

U. S. Steel Announces Vice President - Tubular Technology & Business Development

02 May 2011 - David L. Britten will join U. S. Steel effective May 3, 2011, to serve in the newly created position of Vice President – Tubular Technology & Business Development.

Vale Commences Pellet Production in Oman

02 May 2011 - Vale has started pellet production at its first pelletizing plant of its industrial complex in the coastal city of Sohar, Sultanate of Oman. The US$1.356 billion plant and distribution center will serve as a hub supplying iron ore products in the Middle East, North Africa, and India.

ThyssenKrupp Awards Four Refractory Contracts to Magnesita

02 May 2011 - ThyssenKrupp awards four contracts to Magnesita Refratários for provision of refractory solutions at its Beeckerwerth, Bruckhausen, and HKM integrated facilities in Germany, as well as its CSA facility in Brazil.

BHP Billiton Approves Samarco Expansion

02 May 2011 - BHP Billiton announced that the partners of Samarco had approved the US$3.5 billion Fourth Pellet Plant Project at Samarco (Brazil). The expansion will increase Samarco iron ore pellet production capacity by 8.3 million tonnes.

Allegheny Technologies Announces Chairman, Executive Appointments

02 May 2011 - Allegheny Technologies Inc. announced that Richard J. Harshman, 54, has officially taken over as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of ATI succeeding L. Patrick Hassey who has retired. The company also announced a number of executive title changes.

Posco-IPPC to Build Third Silicon Steel Processing Plant in India

29 April 2011 - Posco recently broke ground for construction of its third silicon steel-processing plant at Posco-IPPC in Hyderabad, India. The new plant will have an annual capacity of 24,000 tonnes.

Cliffs Oak Grove Mine Impacted by Severe Weather in Alabama

29 April 2011 - Cliffs Natural Resources reports that above-ground operations at its Oak Grove Mine in Alabama were struck this week by severe weather, including a tornado storm.