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China Scraps Steel Export Tax

15 December 2017 - China is reducing or altogether eliminating its export tax on certain steel products, a move that likely will inflame trade tensions with the U.S. and European Union, according to reports.

Official: SAIL Joint Venture Plant to Be Operational in 3 Years

15 December 2017 - The Steel Authority of India’s planned joint venture auto steel mill will be producing steel within three years, India Steel Secretary Aruna Sharma told the Reuters news service.

Russian, Chinese Steel Engineering Firms Form Collaborative Relationship

15 December 2017 - Industrial engineer NLMK Engineering has signed a three-year cooperation agreement with China’s state-owned WISDRI Engineering & Research Incorporation Ltd., NLMK has announced.

Researchers Develop Process for Making Anti-Bacterial Steel Surfaces

15 December 2017 - Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States said they have found way to imbue antimicrobial properties to stainless steel by way of an electrochemical etching process.

Primetals Lands Order for New Continuous Casters

14 December 2017 - Primetals Technologies has won a contract to supply two continuous slab casters to a new Chinese mill.

Harsco Signs New Services Contract with Middle East Steelmaker

14 December 2017 - Mill services contractor Harsco Corp. has renewed a multi-year services agreement with SULB Co.’s Al-Hidd plant in Bahrain.

Steel of West Virginia's Timothy Duke Announces Retirement (Update)

14 December 2017 - Timothy R. Duke, Steel of West Virginia Inc.'s veteran chief executive, said he’ll retire at year’s end, concluding a 31-year career with the company.

SSAB Reaches Settlement Over Unplanned Outage

13 December 2017 - Sweden’s SSAB has settled with its insurance company and an equipment supplier for SEK315 million (approximately US$37.4 million) over an unplanned shutdown in late 2016 and early 2017.

Tenaris Opens Bay City Seamless Mill

13 December 2017 - Tenaris cut the ribbon on its new US$1.8 billion seamless tube mill in Bay City, Texas, on Monday, ceremonially opening a mill that has been in the works for nearly five years.

SAIL Board of Directors OKs Term Sheet for Auto Steel Joint Venture

13 December 2017 - The board of directors at the Steel of Authority of India Ltd. has voted to proceed with planning for a joint-venture automotive steel plant with ArcelorMittal, reports the Press Trust of India.

Stelco Cashes Out US$100 Million in Raw Materials Inventory

12 December 2017 - Canada’s Stelco has closed on a deal that monetizes its raw materials inventory, generating US$100 million in proceeds, the company announced.

Cleveland-Cliffs Picks Up New Iron Ore Acreage in Minnesota

12 December 2017 - Iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has acquired ore-bearing property next to the former Essar Steel Minnesota project, a move that muddies the future for the company trying to advance the bankrupt mine and pellet plant.

JFE Steel Selects Equipment Supplier for Replacement Sintering Plant

12 December 2017 - Primetals Technologies has won a contract to build a 4.8-million-metric-ton sinter plant for Japan’s JFE Steel, the equipment supplier has announced.

Swiss Steel to Trial Quality Control Software Package

12 December 2017 - SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH Group’s Swiss Steel Emmenbrücke has placed an order with MET/Con for a quality management system, according to an announcement.

India Sees Two New Mills on the Horizon

08 December 2017 - India’s central government is looking at setting up an electric arc furnace mill in the state of Telangana, according to reports.

Allegheny Technologies Bags Big Order for Pipeline Repair

08 December 2017 - Stainless and specialty alloy producer Allegheny Technologies Inc. has landed a US$30 million order related to a pipeline repair project, the company has announced.

Sandvik Strikes Deal to Sell Tooling Components Manufacturer

08 December 2017 - U.S.-based private equity firm KKR has reached an agreement to acquire Sandvik Hyperion, a manufacturer of industrial tooling components, for about US$472.3 million.

Partnership Aims to Improve Services for Japan's Continuous Casting Plants

08 December 2017 - SMS group K.K. in Japan has established a partnership with Japan Engineering Network Co. (JEN) to provide repair services for continuous casting molds.

Commerce Department Slaps Tariffs on Steel Made in China but Finished in Vietnam

07 December 2017 - In a precedent-setting decision, the U.S. Department of Commerce has ruled that China is circumventing steel tariffs by shipping products to Vietnam for finishing before exporting them to the United States.

Chinese Mill Issues Acceptance Certificate on Caster Upgrades

07 December 2017 - China’s Changzhou Zhongtian Iron & Steel has signed off on upgrades to a continuous bloom caster at its mill, according to the equipment supplier on the project.

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