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Steel Dynamics to Expand Bar Processing at Pittsboro

01 December 2005 - Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced plans to expand operations at its Bar Products mill in Pittsboro, Ind., with additional downstream finishing operations for its special-bar-quality (SBQ) steel bar production.

Mittal to Restructure Weirton Plant Around Tinplate Operations

01 December 2005 - Mittal Steel USA announced to employees at its Weirton, W.Va., facility that it does not plan to restart the plant's ironmaking and steelmaking operations.

Danieli to Supply Bar Finishing Line for Cogne

01 December 2005 - Cogne Acciai Speciali, Italy, has contracted Danieli for the supply of a new state-of-the-art finishing line for its special steel bar mill. The company’s goals for the new mill are to maximize plant efficiency, material yield and final product quality.

Gerdau Piratini Inaugurates Danieli Bar Finishing Line

01 December 2005 - Gerdau Aços Especiais Piratini, Brazil, has started up a new Danieli Centro Maskin automatic bar straightening, inspection and conditioning line at the company’s specialty steel plant in Charqueadas.

SMS Demag Commissions 2nd LD Converter at Trinecke Zelezarny

01 December 2005 - SMS Demag AG, Germany, has successfully commissioned the second LD converter in the oxygen steelmaking plant of Czech steelmaker Trinecké Zelezárny. The final acceptance certificate was granted after four weeks.

Danieli to Supply SBQ Mill for Hunan Valin Xiangtan

01 December 2005 - Hunan Valin Xiangtan, P.R. China, has awarded Danieli a contract for a new 120 tonne/hour special bar quality mill.

Concast to Provide Bloom Caster for Jiangyin Xing Cheng Special Steel

01 December 2005 - Jiangyin Xing Cheng Special Steel Works Co. Ltd., P.R. China, has placed an order with Concast AG, Switzerland, for the supply of a three-strand bloom caster.

NTS Steel Orders Billet Inspection and Conditioning Plant from Danieli

01 December 2005 - NTS Steel, Thailand, recently awarded Danieli Centro Maskin (DCMK) an order to upgrade its Chonburi plant. The upgrade will feature an inspection and conditioning plant for processing 130x130 to 160x160 mm, 6- to 12-meter long engineering steel billets.

SMS Demag to Modernize Erdemir Converters

01 December 2005 - Eregli Iron & Steel Works (Erdemir), Turkey, recently awarded SMS Demag AG, Germany, a contract to modernize the converter suspension system on three 120-tonne converter vessels.

Danieli to Supply Bar Mill for Stomana Industry

01 December 2005 - Stomana Industry SA, Bulgaria, will install a new Danieli bar mill at its Pernik steel works, with the aim of expanding production capacity and improving product quality.

Siemens VAI to Supply Continuous Pickle Line for Zaporizhstal

01 December 2005 - The Siemens Group Industrial Solutions and Services (I&S) received a contract from Zaporizhstal JSC for the supply of a new continuous-pickling line at the company's steel works in Zaporozhje, Ukraine. The pickling line will have a nominal pickling capacity of 1,350,000 tonne/year.

SMS Demag to Supply CCM and Skinpass Mill for JSW Steel

01 December 2005 - Jindal South West (JSW) Steel Ltd., India, has awarded a contract to SMS Demag AG, Germany, for the supply of a Compact Cold Mill (CCM) and skinpass mill. With its investment, JSW Steel will become the first to operate a CCM on the Indian subcontinent.

Essar Steel Restarts Third DC EAF

01 December 2005 - Essar Steel, India, recently restarted operation of its third 150-tonne DC electric arc furnace at the company’s Hazira Works. The restart follows Danieli Centro Met’s completion of a major upgrade of the EAF to increase plant productivity.

SMS Demag Completes Modernization of Georgsmarienhutte DC EAF

01 December 2005 - SMS Demag AG, Germany, has successfully completed the extensive modernization of Georgsmarienhütte GmbH’s 125-tonne DC electric arc furnace. Georgsmarienhütte granted their acceptance immediately after hot commissioning.

Corrugados Azpeitia Starts up Danieli Spooler Line

01 December 2005 - Corrugados Azpeitia SL, Spain, has added a new Danieli Spooler line to its existing bar mill in Azpeitia.

New China Flat Mill to Use Morgoil Bearings

01 December 2005 - Morgan Construction Co.’s Morgoil® Bearing Division has received a contract to manufacture its bearings for Laiwu Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., P.R. China, for a new flat mill the company is building.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Employees Receive Special Bonus

01 December 2005 - The almost 20,000 employees of ThyssenKrupp Steel AG are to share in the record earnings of the largest single company in the ThyssenKrupp Group.

Siemens VAI to Replace Cosipa Slab Caster

01 December 2005 - Siemens’ Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has received an order from flat-steel producer Companhia Siderúrgica Paulista (Cosipa), Brazil, to replace their existing Slab Caster No. 3 located in Cubatão.

SeAH Steel Starts up SMS Demag Galvanizing Line

01 December 2005 - SeAH Steel, South Korea, recently started production on the galvanizing line supplied by SMS Demag.

SeAH Besteel Orders New Danieli Meltshop

01 December 2005 - SeAH Besteel, Korea, recently contracted Danieli Centro Met for the supply of a new 80-tonne EAF and a new bloom caster. The new equipment will help the Kunsan special steel plant to increase its current productivity.

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