Steel News

Magnetation Announces First Production at New Iron Ore Concentrate Plant

02 January 2015 - Magnetation LLC has successfully produced its first iron ore concentrate at its new plant, Plant Four, located near Grand Rapids, Minn.

EVRAZ North America and Local USW Reach Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement

02 January 2015 - EVRAZ North America announced that a tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement has been reached with United Steelworkers Union locals 5890 (Regina, Sask., Canada) and 6673 (Calgary, Alta., Canada). A ratification date has not yet been scheduled due to the holidays.

ISSF: Global Stainless Steel Production Up 9% in First Nine Months of 2014

02 January 2015 - The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has released figures for the first nine months of 2014 showing that stainless steel melt shop production increased by 8.9% year–on–year to 30.9 million metric tons. Production increased in all regions except for Central and Eastern Europe.

Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery USA Announces Name Change

02 January 2015 - Effective 2 December 2014, Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery USA Inc. has changed its name to Primetals Technologies U.S.A. Holdings Inc.

AIIS: U.S. Steel Imports Decline for First Time in Three Months

02 January 2015 - U.S. steel imports fell by more than 18% in November, marking the first decline in three months, according to analysis from the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS).

New Wire Rope Scanning Technology from SCX Improves Safety, Reduces Downtime

01 January 2015 - The chance of unplanned downtime and accidents resulting from defective cranes used for metal manufacturing could be reduced by new wire rope scanning technology from SCX.

Vallourec Supplies Seamless Pipes to Support Magnetic Levitation Train

01 January 2015 - Vallourec has supplied seamless steel pipes to create a high road for the tracks of a magnetic levitation train prototype.

JSW Steel Inaugurates New Cold Rolling Mill Complex

01 January 2015 - JSW Steel’s new greenfield cold rolling mill at the Vijayanagar works was inaugurated on 25 April 2014.

NLMK Group Opens Trade Office in Brazil

01 January 2015 - NLMK Group announced the opening of its trade office in São Paolo, Brazil, and a logistics office in São Francisco do Sul, Brazil.

Oschatz Creates Oschatz Filtertechnology Subsidiary

01 January 2015 - Oschatz is continuing to expand: At the end of 2014, the Essen, Germany-based plant construction company founded a strategic subsidiary, Oschatz Filtertechnology.

EUROFER: EU Trade Policy Needs to Become More Reactive and Effective

01 January 2015 - Securing an international level playing field has become increasingly challenging, EUROFER says: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with major emerging, resource-rich economies are not concluded while protectionist measures are cumulating in all steel regions of the world outside the EU.

JP Steel Plantech Signs Cooperation Agreement with Küttner

31 December 2014 - JP Steel Plantech Co. has agreed to strengthen mutual cooperation realted to iron and steel technology with German engineering company Küttner GmbH & Co. KG with the signing of a basic cooperation agreement.

Oxlean Manufacturing Expanding Steel Fabrication Plant with US$2.1 Million Investment

31 December 2014 - Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Oxlean Manufacturing LLC President and CEO Dale Huval announced the company will invest US$2.1 million to expand and modernize the steel fabrication facility it acquired in Walker, La., earlier this year.

worldsteel: Global Steel Production Flat in November 2014

31 December 2014 - World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 131 million tonnes (Mt) in November 2014, a 0.1% increase compared to November 2013.

Alpha Natural Resources Completes Sale of Amfire Mining Assets to Rosebud Mining

31 December 2014 - Alpha Natural Resources Inc. announced that its subsidiary AMFIRE Mining Co. LLC has completed the previously announced divestiture of substantially all of its assets to Rosebud Mining Co.

Process Sensors Introduces New Self-Contained Pyrometer Models

31 December 2014 - Process Sensors Corporation introduces its newest self-contained pyrometer models, the stand-alone PSC-G54NL/NV and PSC-S54NL/NV.

Danieli Automation to Revamp Wire Rod Mill Automation and Drives for PT Pulogadung Steel

31 December 2014 - To revamp the automation and drives of the wire rod mill in operation at the Jakarta, Indonesia, operations of PT Pulogadung Steel, Danieli Automation will replace the armature and the field regulator cards of six DC converters for six stands of the rolling mill.

ArcelorMittal Providing 310,000 Metric Tons of Steel for Gas Pipeline Across Europe

30 December 2014 - To enable the construction of one of the largest oil and gas pipelines in the world — the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) — ArcelorMittal is providing 310,000 metric tons of hot rolled coils from its production site in Bremen, Germany, more than one third of all the hot rolled coils needed for the TANAP project.

World's First Application of New In-Line Rail Hardening from Siemens Goes Commercial at Baotou

30 December 2014 - Siemens Metals Technologies has received notice from Baotou Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd. that the in-line “Injector Dual-phase Rail Hardening” (Idrha+) achieved the expected performances for the rail R60 U75V gr.340 according to TB/T2344-2012 norm and has therefore entered the regular commercial production.

Arch Coal Announces Retirement of Treasurer; Names Successor

30 December 2014 - Arch Coal Inc. announced that James E. Florczak, Arch's treasurer, will retire at the end of January after a 16-year career with Arch Coal. He will be succeeded by Matthew C. Giljum, who will become vice president, finance and treasurer at that time.