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Nippon Steel Explores Quantum Computing

20 April 2020 - Nippon Steel Corp. has begun collaborating with a developer of quantum software, the developer has announced. 

Nippon Steel Adjusts Production

08 April 2020 - Nippon Steel Corp. will bank two blast furnaces later this month and curtail coke production as it adjusts to lower demand, the company has said. 

Nippon Steel Orders Tenova’s Consteel® EAF

12 February 2020 - Tenova has landed a contract to build on of its Consteel electric arc furnace’s for Japan’s Nippon Steel Corp., Tenova has said. 

Nippon Steel Nisshin to Halt Blast Furnace

26 December 2019 - Nippon Steel Nisshin Co. Ltd. plans to bank a blast furnace in southern Japan next year, saying that a slowing market and other factors necessitated the move.

ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Establishes Board and Executive Management

18 December 2019 - The newly established joint venture between ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AMNSI), has announced its management structure, according to news site SteelGuru.

ArcelorMittal, Nippon Steel Look to Expand Essar Steel

16 December 2019 - ArcelorMittal and joint venture partner Nippon Steel Corp. have finalized their acquisition of Essar Steel India Ltd., completing a deal that gives both a foothold in the growing Indian steel market. 

Furnace at Nippon Steel’s Kimitsu Works Damaged in Typhoon

11 September 2019 - Nippon Steel Corp. has temporarily idled a steelmaking unit at its Kimitsu Steel Works after a chimney collapsed during a typhoon on Monday, according to the Reuters news service.

Japan's Steelmakers Raise Mandatory Retirement Age

09 April 2019 - Japan’s aging population has created ever-present labor shortages for employers, but four Japanese steelmakers have found one workaround: keep the employees they have longer.

Nippon Steel Adopts a New Name — and a Strategy Focusing on Overseas Growth

04 April 2019 - As it aims to further expand its overseas operations, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has officially changed its name to Nippon Steel Corp.

Report: Nippon Steel Looking for Advice on Splitting Brazil's Usiminas

24 August 2016 - Japan’s Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. is looking for help on drafting plans to split Brazil’s Usiminas between itself and Usiminas’ other controlling shareholder, Techint Group, reports the Reuters news service.

ASTM International Board Names Nippon Steel Employee as a Director

14 January 2015 - Jun Sasaki, Ph.D., general manager of the Control Research Laboratory at Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) in Futtsu, Japan, has been named a director on the ASTM International board for a three-year term.

ArcelorMittal and NSSMC Announce Further Investments in AM/NS Calvert

17 September 2014 - ArcelorMittal, in partnership with joint venture partner Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metals Corporation (NSSMC), announced two important investment projects that will further enhance the capabilities of AM/NS Calvert, the advanced steel finishing facility in Calvert, Ala.

New Continuous Annealing & Processing Line Inaugurated in India

03 September 2014 - The continuous annealing and processing line at Jamshedpur Continuous Annealing and Processing Co. Private Ltd. (JCAPCPL), a 600,000-metric-ton-per-annum facility for manufacturing automotive grade continuous annealed products, was inaugurated on 1 September 2014 at Steelennium Hall inside Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur Works.

PT Krakatau Nippon Steel Sumikin to Build New Galvanizing, Annealing and Processing Line in Indonesia

11 August 2014 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) and PT Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk (PTKS) executed on 11 August 2014 a definitive agreement concerning their joint venture, PT KRAKATAU NIPPON STEEL SUMIKIN (KNSS).

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal’s Ultrahigh-Tensile Steel Receives Nissan Global Supplier Award

17 July 2014 - Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) received Nissan’s Global Supplier Award for Innovation for the development of high-formability ultrahigh-tensile steel sheet of the 1.2GPa class.

ISSF Gives Sustainability Awards to Outokumpu and Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless

21 May 2014 - The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) presented its annual Sustainability Awards during the organization’s 18th conference (ISSF-18) held in Rome.

NSSMC Ready to Make World’s Longest Railway Rails

06 May 2014 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) has set up a system to manufacture and ship the world longest rails for railroads — 150-meter long rails — at Yawata Works in Japan.

I/N Tek & I/N Kote Announce New Leader

25 March 2014 - ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) announced the recent appointment of Thomas Cayia to president of I/N Tek & I/N Kote, the partners’ joint venture facilities located in New Carlisle, Ind.

AM/NS Calvert Announces New President for Acquired Facility

25 March 2014 - Joint venture partners ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) announced the recent appointment of Chris Richards to president of the newly created AM/NS Calvert, a state-of-the-art carbon steel processing facility in Calvert, Ala.

VAM USA to Build US$81 Million Pipe Threading Mill in Youngstown

14 March 2014 - The City of Youngstown received a confirmation on 13 March 2014 that the VAM USA LLC US$81 million pipe threading mill project will be located in Youngstown, Ohio.

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