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Timken Expands Product Offering of High-Performance Spherical Roller Bearings

29 April 2015 - The Timken Company expects to prompt a spherical revolution with its recent introduction of medium bore high-performance Timken® spherical roller bearings, including new steel cage sizes.

Air Products Signs Agreement With Big River Steel

28 April 2015 - Air Products announced that it has signed a product supply agreement with Big River Steel, LLC. Under the terms of the agreement, Air Products will operate an air separation unit (ASU) producing multiple industrial gases and a PRISM® hydrogen generator. The onstream target for all the units is July 2016.

Klesch Group Invests in Trentino (Italy) Steel Plant

28 April 2015 - The Swiss multinational company, owned by Gary Klesch, bought out Borgo Valsugana’s steel plant, aiming at re-launching its production.

Harsco Begins Multi-Year Contract to Support India's Largest Stainless Steel Producer

27 April 2015 - Diversified global industrial company Harsco Corporation announced it has begun its previously announced multi-year contract to provide onsite material processing services to India's largest stainless steel producer, Jindal Stainless Limited (JSL).

Anglo American's Chief Executive, Mark Cutifani, Addresses Shareholders at 2015 Annual General Meeting

27 April 2015 - Anglo American plc held its Annual General Meeting for shareholders in London on the 23rd of April. Mark Cutifani, Chief Executive, made the following remarks.

POSCO to Construct Iron Manufacturing Plant in Turkmenistan Valued at $1 billion

27 April 2015 - POSCO Group will construct an iron manufacturing plant in Turkmenistan. Daewoo International signed a MOU for the construction project of the iron manufacturing plant for producing reinforced steel and pipe with a value of 1 billion dollars with the Ministry of Industry of Turkmenistan while attending the summit of both Korea and Turkmenistan on April 13th.

Arch Coal Announces Board of Directors Succession Plan

27 April 2015 - John Eaves Elected to Succeed Wes Taylor as Chairman of the Board; Paul Hanrahan Elected Lead Independent Director; Paul Lang Elected President and Chief Operating Officer

Mark Bula of Big River Steel Addresses Association of Women in the Metal Industries

24 April 2015 - The Pittsburgh Chapter of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI) held an industry dinner on Thursday, 23 April 2015. Mark Bula, chief commercial officer for Big River Steel, was the keynote speaker.

Oerlikon’s Drive Systems Segment Inaugurates Third Plant in India

24 April 2015 - Oerlikon’s Drive Systems Segment inaugurates its third plant at Sanand in Gujarat, India. This is the 10th production facility for the Segment globally.

Shandong Iron and Steel Group Acquires Remaining Stake in Tonkolili Iron Ore Project

24 April 2015 - Shandong Iron and Steel announces that it has acquired the 75 per cent stake in the Tonkolili Iron Ore mine in Sierra Leone it does not already own.

China Steel Corporation Approves Investment in LanzaTech Commercial Project

23 April 2015 - Taiwan’s largest integrated steel maker, China Steel Corporation (CSC), has announced formal Board approval of a 1400M TWD ($46M USD) capital investment in a LanzaTech commercial ethanol facility. This follows the successful demonstration of the revolutionary carbon recycling platform at the White Biotech (WBT) Demonstration Plant in Kaohsiung using steel mill off gases for ethanol production.

Largest AUMUND Conveyor for Hot Sinter Material Goes to Japan

23 April 2015 - With the order for delivery of the largest pan conveyor for the transport of hot sintering material to Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal, the Division Metallurgy of AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH at Rheinberg/ Germany won an outstanding reference project in Japan.

Phoenix™ to supply system for monitoring refractory temperature in ladles

22 April 2015 - A major manufacturer of refractory materials for the steel and foundry industries has recently placed an order on Phoenix™ for a ‘Hot Box’ system to monitor refractory temperatures in the linings of steel ladles.

A.G.T. Revolutionizes Thickness Gauging with Keyence Laser Sensors

21 April 2015 - Advanced Gauging Technologies (A.G.T.), L.L.C. in Plain City, Ohio, is a leading supplier of quality, affordable thickness gauges to the metals industry. The company’s newest gauge, the AGT800 is revolutionizing the way companies measure material by using patent pending laser triangulation technology instead of radioactive isotopes.

SSAB Is Launching Strenx, a New Brand for High-Strength Steels

21 April 2015 - SSAB is launching Strenx, a new high-strength structural steel product brand, which offers the most extensive portfolio of high-strength steels on the market. This will open up new competitive possibilities for customers to make stronger, lighter and more sustainable products.

ArcelorMittal Steel in the Largest Oil Discovery of Recent Years

20 April 2015 - ArcelorMittal will supply some 15,000 tonnes of clad plate to aid one of the largest and toughest oil projects of the last 30 years.

TimkenSteel Commissions World's Largest Jumbo Bloom Vertical Caster

20 April 2015 - TimkenSteel, a leader in customized alloy steel products and services, held an open house ceremony on Friday, 17 April, to celebrate the commissioning of its jumbo bloom vertical caster, the largest of its kind in the world, at the Faircrest Steel Plant in Canton.

HARTING's Ha-VIS preLink®: One Ethernet Cabling System for All Device Connectivity Needs

20 April 2015 - HARTING’s newly released Ha-VIS preLink® is an ingenious, Ethernet cabling system for the full gamut of industrial applications. It is based on the simplicity of a termination block the user wires separately, then snaps securely into any one of seven mating profiles: RJ45, PushPull RJ45, M12 D-coded, M12 X-coded, RJ45 HARTING Industrial Form Factor, RJ45 Keystone and a preLink® extender for cable extensions and transitions, solid-stranded.

Vollmer: Optical Thickness Measurement Directly in the Mill

16 April 2015 - The new "VTLG" laser strip thickness measuring system is compact and robust, and thanks to its design features is the only laser strip thickness measuring device that measures the strip thickness in the mill during rolling.

Warren Steel Holdings Successfully Upgrades Caster With Electromagnetic Stirring Capabilities

10 April 2015 - Warren Steel Holdings, LLC, a leading producer and global supplier of high-quality carbon and alloy steel continuously cast products, announced that it has installed and successfully tested new electromagnetic stirring (“EMS”) capabilities at its on-site caster.