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Partnership Aims to Improve Services for Japan's Continuous Casting Plants
08 December 2017 - SMS group K.K. in Japan has established a partnership with Japan Engineering Network Co. (JEN) to provide repair services for continuous casting molds.
SMS group Lands Supporting Order for Galvanizing Line Project
05 December 2017 - SMS group has received a supplementary order for a production planning system to serve the US$176 million pickling and galvanizing line it is building for Nucor Corp.’s Gallatin sheet mill in Kentucky.
TimkenSteel Puts New Heat Treat Facility Into Service
03 November 2017 - Ohio-based TimkenSteel has commissioned its new US$40 million heat treat plant and has begun processing orders, the company has announced.
Italian Mill Orders Remotely Operated Taphole Equipment
13 October 2017 - Italy’s Acciaierie Bertoli Safau has ordered an equipment package that will eliminate the need to man the eccentric bottom taphole sump panel.
AUMUND Wins Order for Replacement Rotary Discharge Machine
18 September 2017 - voestalpine’s integrated mill in Linz, Austria, has put a new rotary discharge machine on order.
Fire Damages New York Bar Finishing Plant
15 September 2017 - U.S.-based Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. is investigating the cause of a fire that damaged the pickling operation at its Dunkirk, N.Y., bar and rod finishing plant.
Harsco Signs Contracts With Argentinian, Mexican Mills
06 September 2017 - Mill services contractor Harsco Corp. has signed multi-year deals worth approximately US$50 million with two Latin American steelmakers.
After Hurricane Harvey, Tenaris Pushes Back Bay City Schedule
05 September 2017 - Tenaris SA said its Houston-area facilities are gradually returning to normal operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, but it has pushed back the start-up of rolling operations at its new Bay City, Texas, mill.
AUMUND Receives Order for Coal, Coke Handling Equipment
05 September 2017 - Baosteel Group’s Shanghai Meishan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. has placed an order with AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH for six rotary discharge machines that will be used to withdraw coal and coke from storage silos and covered stockpiles.
SBQ Meltshop Returns to Service
31 August 2017 - Production has resumed at an Illinois meltshop after a breakout disrupted operations for slightly more than two weeks.
Robotics Company Celebrates Sales Milestone
30 August 2017 - Italy’s Polytec has reached a milestone, installing its 100th robotic cell in a steel plant, the company has announced.
Mills Grapple With Graphite Electrode Shortage
22 August 2017 - Tight supplies of a key material and rising electric arc furnace steel production are crimping availability of graphite electrodes, sending prices through the roof, according to news and pricing service S&P Global Platts.
Doedijns Group Acquires U.S. Hydraulic Equipment Maintenance Business
18 August 2017 - Alabama-based Hadco Services Inc., which specializes in hydraulic equipment repair and maintenance, has been acquired by Logan Industries International Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of Doedijns Group International (DGI).
Primetals Gives ExxonMobil Lubricants Preferred Status for Rolling Mill Equipment
17 August 2017 - ExxonMobil and Primetals Technologies have struck up a partnership through which they’re offering incentives to customers who use ExxonMobil lubricants on certain Primetals equipment.
ArcelorMittal JV Upgrades Automated Coil Transport System
16 August 2017 - ArcelorMittal is investing US$5 million to replace unmanned carts that move coils at its I/N Tek and I/N Kote joint-venture plants in Indiana, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.
Integrated Steelmaker Retains Harsco for Scrap Management
09 August 2017 - Mill services contractor Harsco Corp. has renewed its scrap management contract with Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Co.'s Alexandria, Egypt, plant.
Chinese Steelmaker Contracts Primetals for Industry 4.0 Solution
08 August 2017 - China’s Rizhao Steel Group Co. Ltd. has ordered a newly developed IT system from Primetals Technologies to continuously monitor and manage product quality.
NLMK Hopes to Improve Iron Ore Production Through Predictive Analytics System
07 August 2017 - NLMK Group’s Stoilensky iron ore division is incorporating predictive analytics into its ore crushing and beneficiation operations in a bid to boost productivity.
Bloom Engineering Establishes Steel-Specific Sales Team
31 July 2017 - Industrial combustion and controls engineer Bloom Engineering is reorganizing its sales team, creating a unit that will focus specifically on the steel industry.
Transformer Maintenance Firm Launches Southern U.S. Expansion
31 July 2017 - SDMyers, an Ohio-based electrical transformer service firm, is opening two new regional offices in the southern U.S., the company has announced.
