Steel News

Air Liquide Signs Major Contract with ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe

10 February 2014 - Air Liquide is further strengthening its position in Germany by signing a major long-term supply contract with ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG in the Rhine-Ruhr area, one of the largest and leading industrial basins in Europe.

ArcelorMittal Sees Recovery in Underlying Steel Demand, Mild Restocking in Europe

10 February 2014 - ArcelorMittal announced results for its Flat Carbon Europe segment for the fourth quarter of 2013.

Hyundai Motor to Invest US$466 Million for Steel Mill Safety

10 February 2014 - Hyundai Motor Group chairman Chung Mong-koo has ordered 500 billion won (US$465.68 million) to be invested at the conglomerate's steel mill to bolster safety after a string of deaths and injuries, Yonhap News Agency reports.

ATI Acquires Dynamic Flowform

10 February 2014 - Allegheny Technologies Inc. has acquired Dynamic Flowform Corp.

NLMK Group Enters New Growth Phase with Launch of “Strategy 2017”

10 February 2014 - NLMK Group, the largest steel producer in Russia and an international steel company, announced the launch of its “Strategy 2017.”

Plibrico Refractory Materials Sales Expand to Middle East

07 February 2014 - Plibrico Co. LLC announced the appointment of Arab Business Interrelated Group (Arabbitc) as the preferred exclusive agent for Plibrico material sales in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman.

ArcelorMittal Cautiously Optimistic as it Reports 2013 Results

07 February 2014 - ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest integrated steel and mining company, announced results for the three and twelve-month periods ended 31 December 2013.

SSAB Announces Results of Challenging 2013

07 February 2014 - SSAB announced its fourth quarter and full year 2013 results, commenting on market conditions and providing an outlook for the North American and European markets in 2014.

Kennametal Receives Carnegie Science Honor for Digital Engineering Breakthrough

07 February 2014 - Kennametal Inc.’s Vice president of product engineering, Fred Patterson, representing a team of product and software engineers, will be honored with a 2014 Carnegie Science Award in the Advanced Manufacturing category at a ceremony on 9 May 2014.

FerrouSouth Solves Riddle of Wide, Heavy Gauge, High Strength CTL Flatness

07 February 2014 - Independent toll processor, FerrouSouth announced the completion and successful start-up a new 3-roll, coil set, crossbow, pre-flattener at the front end of The Eliminator — the company’s heavy gauge stretcher leveling line.

Alacero: Latin American Steel Imports from China Surge in 2013

07 February 2014 - Alacero reported Latin America imports 17% more finished steel products from China in 2013 than it did the year before.

AISI Lays Out Pro-Manufacturing Agenda for 2014

06 February 2014 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Board of Directors voted to approve the Institute’s 2014 Public Policy Agenda during their board meeting on 6 February 2014 in Washington, D.C.

2013–2014 FeMET Curriculum Development Program Selects Grant Recipients

06 February 2014 - The AIST Foundation's Ferrous Metallurgy Education Today (FeMET) Initiative announced the eight professors who have been awarded a FeMET Curriculum Development Grant for 2013–2014.

ArcelorMittal Modernizes Seamless Pipe Mill in Czech Republic

06 February 2014 - ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava (AMTPO) has completed a major investment project to modernize the manufacture of seamless small diameter pipes and increase its production capacity in the Czech Republic.

Preliminary Data Shows Large Increase in U.S. Imports in January 2014

06 February 2014 - Preliminary U.S. government data analyzed by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) showed U.S. steel imports rising significantly in January 2014.

Metalloinvest Says 2013 Operational Results Reflect Market Conditions

06 February 2014 - Metalloinvest, a global iron ore and HBI producer and a Russian steel producer, announced its operational results for the fourth quarter and full year 2013.

Global Stainless Steel Production Hits Third Quarter All-Time High

06 February 2014 - Preliminary figures released by the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) show that global stainless crude steel production increased by 5.5% for the first 9 months of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012.

ArcelorMittal Partners Up for Cutting-Edge Solar Air Heating Technology

06 February 2014 - ArcelorMittal has entered a partnership with the world leader in solar air heating, Conserval Engineering, to manufacture SolarWall®, a technology that uses solar radiation to heat buildings while reducing a building’s heating costs by up to 50%.

Layoffs Underway at U. S. Steel Canada

05 February 2014 - U. S. Steel is laying off nearly a quarter of the salaried staff of its Canadian operations as part of a companywide effort to reduce high administrative costs, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Siemens to Modernize Continuous Slab Caster for HKM

05 February 2014 - Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH (HKM) has awarded Siemens Metals Technologies an order to modernize slab caster No. 3 in its Duisburg-Huckingen plant in Germany.