Steel News

Magnetek Introduces New Telemotive MBT Transmitter

15 October 2013 - Magnetek, Inc., a provider of digital power and motion control systems, announced the launch of their Telemotive MBT radio remote control, one of the smallest and lightest bellybox controls available on the market today.

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.

Oschatz Providing Three Converter Cooling Stacks for Chinese Steel Works

14 October 2013 - Germany-based plant constructor Oschatz was awarded a new contract from Baosteel Group Corp.

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.

Indian Producer Orders Newly Designed Rebar Rolling Mill from Siemens

14 October 2013 - The Indian steel producer Kalika Steel Alloys Pvt. Ltd. (Kalika Steel) has placed an order with Siemens Metals Technologies to supply a rolling mill for reinforcing steels.

SYSTEMS Spray-Cooled Supplying New EAF Upper Shells and Roofs to Nucor-Yamato Steel

14 October 2013 - SYSTEMS Spray-Cooled, Inc. (SSCI) of Nashville, Tenn., has recently been awarded the contract to design and supply new larger and taller Spray-Cooled™ EAF upper shells and EAF roofs to Nucor-Yamato Steel for the company’s single bucket charge upgrade on its two existing EAFs in Blytheville, Ark.

Beta LaserMike Releases New High-Speed Diameter and Ovality Gauge Series

14 October 2013 - Beta LaserMike, a global provider of precision measurement and control solutions, has released its new family of high-speed AccuScan 5000 diameter and ovality gauges.

Sims Metal Management Appoints Galdino Claro as New Chief Executive

11 October 2013 - The chairman of Sims Metal Management Limited, Mr. Geoff Brunsdon, announced the appointment of Mr. Galdino Claro as chief executive officer and managing director of the company, commencing 4 November 2013.

Siemens Metals Technologies Names New CEO

11 October 2013 - Effective 1 November 2013, Albrecht Neumann will assume the position of CEO of the Siemens Metals Technologies Business Unit.

TMS International Receives 43 Safety Awards from the National Slag Association

11 October 2013 - TMS International Corp., the parent company of Tube City IMS Corp., a leading provider of outsourced industrial services to steel mills globally, announced that several of the company's sites received a total of 43 Safety Awards from the National Slag Association (NSA) for 2012, the most of any steel mill services company.

CMI FPE Appoints New Managing Director

11 October 2013 - Following the departure of Sanjoy Das, Jean Marc Kohlgruber, president-CMI Industry and chairman of CMI FPE Ltd. (CMI FPE) announced that Raman Madhok has been appointed as managing director of CMI FPE, effective 9 October 2013.

Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery and IHI Metaltech Complete Integration of Rolling Mill Business

10 October 2013 - On 1 October 2013, Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Inc. (MH) and IHI Metaltech Co., Ltd. (IHIMT), a wholly owned subsidiary of IHI, completed procedures that had been in progress based on a basic agreement on integration of the rolling mill business announced on 13 June 2013.

Outotec Recognized for Climate Change Transparency Reporting

10 October 2013 - Outotec was recognized in the Nordic Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) for the fifth consecutive year with regard to the quality of climate change data it has submitted.

Colson Caster Announces Made in the USA Initiative

10 October 2013 - Colson Caster, a manufacturer of standard and custom application caster and wheel products, announced its first wave of a new marketing campaign: Made in the USA.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Deploys Quintiq Software Platform

09 October 2013 - Quintiq, a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization (SCP&O), announced that ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG (TKSE) is using its software to optimize customer orders for increased delivery performance.

CMI Refurbishes Pickling Line of NLMK La Louvière

07 October 2013 - NLMK La Louvière of Belgium chose the CMI Group to refurbish a pickling line that was damaged by a fire. Based on its expertise, CMI has proposed an optimal refurbishment combining both repair and replacement of components.

Outokumpu VDM Orders Peeling Line for Forged Products from SMS Meer

04 October 2013 - Outokumpu VDM of Germany has placed an order with SMS Meer to supply a PMH 320 rotary peeling machine including finishing equipment for its plant in Unna.

Platts Forms Value-in-Use Pricing Partnership with German Analytics Company

04 October 2013 - Expanding its analytics capabilities in iron ore, Platts, a leading global energy, metals and agriculture information provider, has formed a commercial partnership with Minerals Value Services GmbH (MVS), a privately-held Munich, Germany-based company specializing in determining value-in-use for miners, mills and traders in the iron ore and steelmaking industries.

SeAH Steel Puts Pipe Forming Press from SMS Meer Into Operation

02 October 2013 - In Pohang, South Korea, tube manufacturer SeAH Steel Corporation has taken a JCO® pipe forming press from SMS Meer into service.

Siemens Modernizing Blast Furnace at Vizag Steel in India

30 September 2013 - Siemens Metals Technologies has received an order from the state-owned Indian Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) to thoroughly modernize blast furnace No. 2 at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (Vizag Steel).