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MMK Locks In Four-Year Supply of Iron Ore
22 December 2016 - Russia’s OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has signed a long-term iron ore supply agreement with the Eurasian Resources Group, contracting for more than 30 million metric tons over the next four years.
Sweden's SSAB Contracts for Automation System Upgrade
22 December 2016 - SSAB Europe has awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for a new automation system at its mill in Raahe, Finland.
SDI Starts Up New Paint Line at Mississippi Sheet Mill
21 December 2016 - Steel Dynamics Inc. has finished installing a new continuous paint line at its Mississippi sheet plant and coated its first coil there, according to the vendor on the project.
SMS Completes First Round of Upgrades to Exhaust System at Swedish Mill
21 December 2016 - Swedish tool steel maker Uddeholm AB is modernizing the EAF offgas system at its Hagfors site and has completed the first phase of work, according to the vendor on the project.
U.S. Steel to Close Tube Lines at Ohio, Texas Plants
21 December 2016 - United States Steel Corp. is permanently closing one of the two seamless tube mills at its Lorain, Ohio, plant and a welded tube mill at its Lone Star, Texas, plant, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.
Nucor to Buy Republic Conduit, Pushing Recent Pipe and Tube Investments to Nearly US$1B
15 December 2016 - Nucor Corp. has signed an agreement to acquire Republic Conduit from Luxembourg-based Tenaris S.A. for US$335 million, the steelmaker said on Thursday.
Acquisition Expands Texas Service Center's Processing Capabilities
15 December 2016 - North Shore Steel, a steel service center in Houston, Texas, has acquired the operating assets of Houston Blow Pipe, a 100-year-old plate processor, the company has announced.
Big River Rolls Out Its First Coil
14 December 2016 - Big River Steel has fired up the meltshop and hot mill at its US$1.3 billion facility and has produced its first coil, the steelmaker announced on Wednesday.
U.S. Steel to Restart Idled Strip Mill
13 December 2016 - United States Steel Corp. said it will bring back up the idled hot strip mill at its Granite City Works in Illinois to maintain production as other mills undergo maintenance outages, the steelmaker announced on Tuesday.
Synalloy Acquiring Stainless Pipe and Tube Operation
13 December 2016 - A subsidiary of Virginia-based Synalloy Corp. is acquiring the stainless pipe and tube operations of Marcegaglia USA for US$15 million to US$16 million, the company announced on Tuesday.
SAIL Fires Up New Silicomanganese Furnace
13 December 2016 - Steel Authority of India Ltd. has announced that its Chandrapur ferroalloy plant has begun ramping up a new silicomanganese furnace, said to be India’s largest.
German Steelmaker Upgrades Process Automation System
13 December 2016 - Primetals Technologies has won a contract to install level 2 process optimization system for a twin RH degassing plant and its two downstream treatment stations at Germany’s Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH.
Stelco Takes Another Step Toward Completing Restructuring
12 December 2016 - Canada’s Stelco Inc. said it will move ahead with plans to be sold to New York investment firm Bedrock Industries and will seek court approval for the deal.
Steel Researchers Enter New Phase of Belt Casting Study
12 December 2016 - Researchers in the United Kingdom and Canada are undertaking a research project that will explore belt casting’s potential to lower energy costs and as a production route for certain advanced high-strength steels.
Western Tube & Conduit Sold to Zekelman Industries
06 December 2016 - Zekelman Industries is acquiring Western Tube & Conduit Corp. for an undisclosed amount, the company announced on Tuesday.
Nucor Stakes Another Claim in HSS Market
06 December 2016 - Nucor Corp. has signed a deal to acquire Alabama-based Southland Tube Inc., America’s third-largest producer of hollow structural sections, for US$130 million.
Tenaris Chairman Says Company is Positioned to Take Advantage of Drilling Recovery
06 December 2016 - Tenaris chairman and chief executive Paolo Rocca, whose company is building a US$1.8 billion seamless tube mill in Bay City, Texas, said he believes the Donald Trump presidency will be good for business.
SMS Wraps Up Project on German EAF
05 December 2016 - SMS group has completed upgrades to an electric arc furnace at Germany’s Georgsmarienhütte GmbH, the equipment manufacturer has announced.
U.S. Steel Canada No More. It's Stelco Now.
02 December 2016 - In a move to reassert itself as a Canadian steelmaker that’s now independent of its Pittsburgh-based parent, U.S. Steel Canada is bringing back the Stelco name.
Commerce Department Finalizes Anti-Dumping Duties on Cut-to-Length Plate
01 December 2016 - The U.S. Department of Commerce has set final dumping rates of between 42% and 94.1% on cut-to-length plate from Turkey, Brazil and South Africa.
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