Steel News

EVRAZ ZSMK Signs Off on PCI Plant from Paul Wurth

19 March 2015 - EVRAZ ZSMK of Novokuznetsk, Russia has issued in favor of Paul Wurth a final acceptance certificate for the pulverized coal injection plant designed and delivered by the Luxembourg-based plant builder.

Bradbury Names New Manufacturing Engineer

19 March 2015 - The Bradbury Co. Inc. announced the appointment of Evan Evans to manufacturing engineer.

Samuel Steel Pickling Expands Surface Inspection Partnership with ISRA VISION Parsytec

18 March 2015 - Samuel Steel Pickling Inc., a specialist in pickling and value added services for steel production, recently expanded its facilities’ inspection systems.

ASSE and Cintas Give Last Call for Innovation Award Workplace Safety Nominations

18 March 2015 - The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and Cintas Corporation, a leading provider of safety training, personal protective equipment (PPE) and first-aid solutions, issued a last call for applications for the 2015 Award for Innovation in Occupational Safety Management.

ArcelorMittal Liege Starts Up Tension Leveler from JP Steel Plantech

18 March 2015 - JP Steel Plantech Co. announced the start-up of commercial operations of an in-line tension leveler for a continuous annealing line to produce super high-strength steel sheet for automotives at ArcelorMittal’s Liege Steel Works in Belgium.

Scrap Metal Services to Provide Mill Services for FRISA’s New Mexican Facility

17 March 2015 - Scrap Metal Services LLC (SMS), headquartered in Burnham, Ill., is pleased to announce that its mill services division (SMS Mill Services LLC) has been awarded an on-site slag management and processing operation at the new steelmaking facility being built at Frisa Forjado’s (FRISA) Santa Catarina, Mexico, location.

SMS Millcraft and SMS Meer Inc. Merge

17 March 2015 - Two SMS Group companies, SMS Millcraft LLC, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., and SMS Meer Inc., headquartered in Cranberry Township, Pa., the U.S. subsidiary of SMS Meer GmbH, have merged to become SMS Technical Services LLC.

Metinvest’s Ilyich Iron and Steel Works Restarts Pipe Electric Welding Shop

17 March 2015 - The pipe electric welding shop of Metinvest Group’s Ilyich Iron & Steel Works of Mariupol, Ukraine, which suspended operations in the second half of December 2014, will now be relaunched and operate at full capacity.

Mishawaka Sheet Metal Orders Red Bud Precision Blanking Line

17 March 2015 - Mishawaka Sheet Metal Inc., located in Elkhart, Ind., has ordered a precision blanking line from Red Bud Industries which will be installed later this year.

Tyasa Issues Final Acceptance of Minimill Meltshop from Primetals Technologies

16 March 2015 - Talleres y Aceros S.A. de C.V. (Tyasa), a Mexican steel producer, issued Primetals Technologies with the final acceptance certificate for a new mini-mill meltshop late in 2014.

SMS Siemag Upgrading 7-Stand Hot-Wide-Strip Mill at ArcelorMittal Gent

16 March 2015 - ArcelorMittal has awarded SMS Siemag the order to upgrade the 7-stand hot-wide-strip mill in Gent, Belgium.

Magnetation LLC Retains Financial Advisor and Legal Advisor

13 March 2015 - Magnetation LLC announced that it has retained The Blackstone Group as financial advisor and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as legal advisor to assist the company in evaluating alternatives to improve liquidity.

Woodings to Deliver Large Tuyere and Valve Order to Pittsburgh Steelmaker

12 March 2015 - A large Pittsburgh-based steel producer has selected Woodings Industrial to provide a sizable order of tuyere stocks and hot blast valves.

The Bradbury Group Names New Tooling Coordinator

11 March 2015 - Custom Rollforming Corp. (CRC) announced the appointment of Colton Snyder as the tooling coordinator.

New Guild International Laser Welder Allows Coil End Welding on Strip as Thin as .003”

11 March 2015 - New laser welding technology from Guild International is making coil end welding on strip as thin as .003” possible.

Platts China Steel Sentiment Index Rebounded in March

11 March 2015 - The outlook for China's steel market over the next month rebounded dramatically after the Chinese New Year holiday period on expectations of stronger domestic orders, according to the latest Platts China Steel Sentiment Index (Platts CSSI), which showed a headline reading of 72.2 out of a possible 100 points in March.

ABB to Build New Manufacturing, R&D Facility in Tennessee

10 March 2015 - ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, will invest US$30 million in building a new manufacturing site and expanding its customer experience center for its Low Voltage Products division near Memphis, Tenn.

Gerdau Steel India Commissions QMOS MES System from Quad Infotech

09 March 2015 - Gerdau Steel India Limited (GSIL) has completed the first phase of commissioning of the QMOS MES system at its integrated steel plant in Tadipatri, India.

Fives to Supply Two New Processing Line Furnaces to Baosteel Zhanjiang

09 March 2015 - International engineering group Fives was entrusted by Baosteel, the largest automotive steel producer in China, with the design and supply of two Stein Digiflex® vertical annealing furnaces for its new 1550-mm cold rolling mill project in Zhanjiang in southeastern Guangdong province of China.

JP Steel Plantech to Supply New SBQ Mill to Jatim Taman Steel

09 March 2015 - Jatim Taman Steel has placed an order with JP Steel Plantech Co for a new SBQ mill to produce special round bar and flat bar.