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News on the latest technological processes and equipment used in all stages of the steelmaking process.

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Kenwal Steel Installs Digital Lumens Intelligent LED Lighting System

04 March 2015 - Digital Lumens announced that Kenwal Steel Corp., one of North America’s largest and most-respected flat-rolled steel distributors, has upgraded the lighting in its 100,000-square-foot steel mill in Detroit, Mich., to the Digital Lumens Intelligent LED Lighting System.

Harsco Acquires Transportation Safety Products Provider Protran Technology

03 March 2015 - Harsco Corporation has acquired Protran Technology, a New Jersey-based leader in the design and production of safety systems for transportation and industrial applications. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Zhejiang Kingland Puts Spiral Pipe Plant from PWS into Operation

03 March 2015 - Zhejiang Kingland Pipe Industry, based in Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, has successfully commissioned a spiral pipe plant supplied by PWS.

Gerdau’s New Structural Steel Mill in Mexico Starting Up Operations

02 March 2015 - With the start of steel production scheduled for the first quarter of 2015, the melt shop of Gerdau's new steel mill in Mexico is in its final testing period.

Red Bud to Provide Multi-Blanking Line to Magic Coil Products

02 March 2015 - Magic Coil Products LLC of Butler, Ind., recently ordered a Red Bud Industries’ precision multi-blanking line.

ArcelorMittal USA Idling Indiana Harbor Long Carbon Facility

27 February 2015 - ArcelorMittal will idle its Indiana Harbor Long Carbon (IHLC) facility beginning with the electric arc furnace on 1 March 2015, followed by the rolling mill operation in Q2 2015, pending customer requirements.

Terex Material Handling Unveils Innovative Demag Crane Design

27 February 2015 - Terex Material Handling has launched the Demag V-type crane design, a revolutionary crane that sets a new industry standard and weighs up to 17% less than comparable box-section profile girders.

NLMK Generates Significant Savings through PCI Implementation at Novolipetsk

26 February 2015 - Russia’s NLMK Group made a saving of 425 million rubles in 2014 through the use of pulverized coal injection (PCI) technology at two blast furnaces at its Novolipetsk production site in Lipetsk.

MTAG Switzerland to Deliver Vacuum Degassing Installation to ArcelorMittal Hunedoara

25 February 2015 - MTAG Switzerland has signed a contract to supply a 100-metric-ton turnkey vacuum degassing installation with a dry mechanical pumping system to Romanian long product producer ArcelorMittal Hunedoara.

Tenova Goodfellow to Supply Two EFSOP Holistic Optimization Systems to SDI

24 February 2015 - Steel Dynamics Inc. has confirmed an order with Tenova Goodfellow for the supply and purchase of two EFSOP holistic optimization® systems, including water detection, for both EAF batteries at its Butler, Ind., steelmaking facility.

New Cold Rolling Mill from Primetals Technologies Produces First Coil at Tangshan

23 February 2015 - The cold rolling mill supplied by Primetals Technologies to Tangshan Iron and Steel Group Co. Ltd., a Chinese steel producer, has now been brought into production and the first coil was rolled in January 2015.

MMK Introduces Advanced IT Solutions

23 February 2015 - Russia’s OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) in 2014 launched a strategic program for the adoption of advanced IT in operational and management processes.

Fives Selected for Five New High-End Automotive Steel Projects

13 February 2015 - Fives, an international engineering group which designs and supplies process technologies to various industries, has been awarded five new processing line contracts for the automotive steel market, making it in this field a dominant equipment provider to steelmakers.

MMK Carrying Out Large-Scale Blast Furnace Modernization

13 February 2015 - OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) is carrying out technical upgrades to its blast furnace No. 8.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Casts Unique Format of Round Billets for Tube Production

12 February 2015 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava has begun production of continuous cast billets with a unique small diameter of 130 mm.

TMK and RUSNANO Expand High-Tech Pipe Production

11 February 2015 - Russian tubular products producer TMK and state-owned RUSNANO Corp. are running a joint project at TMK’s Seversky pipe plant to expand the production of high-tech pipe with improved performance for the oil and gas industry.

Primetals Technologies Revamps Two Wire Rod Mills for China’s Zenith Steel

10 February 2015 - The upgrade increases rolling speed to 105 m/s. Expanded product line allows entry into fine grain rebar markets. Integrated solution includes electrical/automation revamp.

TMW Modifies Expansion Plans to Adapt to New Opportunities

09 February 2015 - The Material Works, Ltd. (TMW) announced today that the unprecedented acceptance and growth of Eco Pickled Surface (EPS) technology has forced reconsideration of its plans to open a flat rolled toll processing center adjacent to the Big River Steel mill being currently under construction. TMW will instead expand the capacity of its present Red Bud, Illinois facility to include a new EPS processing and technology center and associated equipment to process the new generation of higher strength steels.

Germany's Stahlwerk Thüringen Hopes to Expand Range of Heavy Sections

05 February 2015 - The company is planning to expand its range of beams to produce wider dimensions that can bear heavier loads.

Ajax TOCCO to Supply Channel Induction Zinc Holding Furnace to Mining Company

04 February 2015 - Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic Corporation received an order from a large mining company in Mexico for one (1) stationary channel induction furnace for holding and maintaining at temperature a bath of molten Zinc.