Steel News

Praxair Names New Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

14 November 2014 - Praxair Inc. announced that senior vice president, general counsel & corporate secretary, Jim Breedlove, will retire on 27 February 2015, after 10 years of service with Praxair.

MGOK’s Integrated Management Systems Comply with International Standards

14 November 2014 - Mikhailovsky GOK (part of Metalloinvest) successfully passed an external audit of its integrated management system.

Fives and CEA Tech Planning Plant of the Future

14 November 2014 - Fives recently signed a framework agreement with CEA Tech.

Republic Steel’s New EAF Produces 1,000th Heat

13 November 2014 - Republic Steel has produced the 1,000th heat at its Lorain, Ohio, plant after a US$120 million capital investment for a new electric arc furnace.

AIIS: U.S. Steel Exports Decline in September

13 November 2014 - The United States’ steel exports declined slightly in September 2014, though they remained just above their level of a year earlier, the American Institute for International Steel reports.

CAN-ENG Furnaces Contracted to Build Four Rotary Hearth and Tempering Furnace Systems

13 November 2014 - CAN-ENG Furnaces International Limited has received an order from a large international mining and materials supplier with locations spread throughout North and South America and East Asia.

NLMK Becomes Preferred Supplier of Transformer Steel for Alstom

13 November 2014 - Russia’s NLMK Group received the status of preferred category A supplier of transformer steel by the Alstom international group.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Simplifies Corporate Structure, Merges with ArcelorMittal Frýdek-Místek

13 November 2014 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava has simplified its corporate structure and streamlined its internal processes, principally through a merger with its subsidiary, ArcelorMittal Frýdek-Místek, a cold rolling mill that mainly produces electrical steels.

VSW Tests Equipment at New Coating Line

13 November 2014 - Vyksa Steel Works (VSW, based in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia, part of OMK) has held successful trials of technological equipment at the new external anti-corrosion coating line for large diameter pipes (AKP-1).

Ural Steel Names New Managing Director

13 November 2014 - Evgeny Maslov has been confirmed as managing director of Ural Steel by decision of the Board of Directors of Management Company Metalloinvest.

ArcelorMittal Supplying Steel for the Euro 2016 Football Stadium in Bordeaux

12 November 2014 - ArcelorMittal’s sites in France, Luxembourg, and Spain are supplying steel for the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux in the southwest of France, a new stadium which is to be home to the town’s Girondins de Bordeaux football club.

Tata Steel Expands Range of Full-Finish Products for Car Body Panels

12 November 2014 - Tata Steel has unveiled three new products for car manufacturers to help make their vehicles more stylish and affordable.

EUROFER Names New Director General

12 November 2014 - Axel Eggert was nominated director general of EUROFER on 1 November 2014.

ANDRITZ Receives Order for Second Expansion of Stainless Cold Rolling Mill in Taiwan

12 November 2014 - International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Walsin Lihwa to supply a stretch-bend-leveling line, a rolling mill, and a regeneration plant for the stainless steel cold rolling mill in Taichung, Taiwan. Start-up is scheduled for the third quarter of 2016.

Samuel Divisions Receive Inaugural Supplier Performance Award from Precision Resource

12 November 2014 - Samuel Midwest and Samuel Automotive are honored to receive the first ever Supplier Performance Award from Precision Resource Inc.

SMS Supplies Ladle Degassing Plant and Steckel Mill to Project in Venezuela

11 November 2014 - SMS Siemag has been awarded an order for the supply of plants for the second construction stage of a new integrated steel making and processing complex of Siderúrgica Nacional (SN) in Venezuela.

voestalpine Opens Place of Remembrance: Historical Exhibit 1938–1945

11 November 2014 - In a new permanent exhibit, voestalpine considers the fate of laborers under the National Socialist regime, forced to work at the Reichswerke Hermann Göring in Linz, the site of today’s voestalpine Group headquarters.

Ternium: Steel Demand in U.S. & Mexico Remains Healthy

11 November 2014 - Ternium S.A. announced its results for the third quarter and first nine months ended 30 September 2014.

JSW Steel Accepts Sublance-Based Process Control Systems from Danieli Corus

11 November 2014 - On 5 October 2014, the performance acceptance tests for four sublance systems and static and dynamic process model/level 2 systems supplied by Danieli Corus and installed at the No. 2 BOF steel plant operated by JSW Steel in Toranagallu, India, were successfully completed.

Konecranes Makes Apprenticeship Rally Cry

11 November 2014 - Leading lifting equipment specialist, Konecranes, is aiming to make its voice heard when it comes to promoting the need for continued advancements in apprenticeship provision in the UK.