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AIST's Steel News provides the steel community with technological and innovative news on the people, producers and suppliers in the North American and international steel communities.
EVRAZ North America Supports Approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline
17 November 2014 - EVRAZ North America announced it fully supports approval of the Keystone XL pipeline and is pleased the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation (by a vote of 252-161) to approve the permit application that would allow the pipeline project to move forward.
Konecranes Safety Training Addresses Revised ASME Requirements for Overhead Cranes
14 November 2014 - Overhead crane manufacturer Konecranes upholds its position as a global leader by promoting occupational health and safety excellence, both in the advanced design of its equipment and by providing the crane safety training its customers need.
ITC Rules Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from Six Countries Injures U.S. Industry
14 November 2014 - The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that the U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) from China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value and are subsidized by the governments of China and Taiwan.
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.
