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SMS Siemag Revamping 20-Roll Cold Mill at Outokumpu Nirosta

15 October 2014 - Outokumpu Nirosta in Krefeld, Germany, has awarded SMS Siemag an order to modernize the 20-roll cold mill “SG3” of type MB 21BB-61“.

ArcelorMittal Scoops Two Top Industry Awards for Innovation and Best Website

13 October 2014 - ArcelorMittal has won two World Steel Association ‘Steelie’ awards at the fifth annual ‘Steelie’ awards ceremony held during the 48th worldsteel conference in Moscow on 6 October 2014.

TimkenSteel to Build New US$40 Million Q&T Facility in Northeast Ohio

09 October 2014 - TimkenSteel announced the decision to locate an advanced quench-and-temper facility in Northeast Ohio to produce more value-added steel for demanding applications.

Essar Steel Minnesota Closes Financing for 7 MTPA Pellet Project

09 October 2014 - Essar Steel Minnesota LLC (ESML) has succeeded in reaching a major financial milestone by closing the financing to complete construction of its fully permitted open-pit iron ore mine, crushing, concentrating and pelletizing facilities, which will have an annual pellet production capacity of 7 million tons.

NLMK and Siemens Implement Large-Scale Environmental Project at Novolipetsk

08 October 2014 - NLMK Group has concluded a contract with Siemens VAI for undertaking the main works as part of a large-scale project of upgrading both gas exhaust equipment and emission collection and cleaning systems at the Novolipetsk BOF operations in Russia.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Modernizing Medium Section Rolling Mill in Czech Republic

06 October 2014 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava has invested 200 million crowns (US$9.2 million) into the modernization of the medium section rolling mill and has launched production of a unique product branded AMTB (ArcelorMittal threaded bars), designed for the construction sector.

Metinvest Modernizing BOF at Ilyich Iron & Steel Works

06 October 2014 - In September, a large-scale general repair of basic oxygen furnace No. 1 commenced at Metinvest Group’s PJSC Ilyich Iron & Steel Works in Ukraine.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Modernizing Blast Furnace Hot Stoves

03 October 2014 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava is modernizing three hot-blast stoves used for the heating of air blown to its blast furnaces.

NLMK Enhances Efficiency of Blast Furnace Operations

02 October 2014 - NLMK Group, a leading manufacturer of steel and rolled products with high added value in Russia, has upgraded air-blowing equipment used in blast furnace operations in Lipetsk.

Magnetation Begins Production at New Iron Ore Pellet Plant

30 September 2014 - Magnetation LLC has successfully produced its first iron ore pellets at its new pellet plant in Reynolds, Ind.

UHT to Deliver AOD Converter to Specialty Steelmaker in India

30 September 2014 - Danieli has awarded UHT the order for the supply of an AOD as a part of Danieli’s project for two new meltshops and one heavy bar mill for specialty and stainless steel at Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd, Jharsuguda, Orissa state, India.

Superior Tube Secures AS9100 Certification

30 September 2014 - Superior Tube, a manufacturer of precision tubing for the aerospace industry and other safety critical applications, announced that it is now certified to AS9100, having been successfully assessed by the independent certification organization, Det Norske Veritas.

CSI’s New Pipe Mill Starts Up in Conjunction with 30-Year Anniversary

29 September 2014 - California Steel Industries Inc. (CSI) announced that its subsidiary, CSI Tubular Products Inc. (CSITP), has produced the first pipe off its new electrical resistance welded (ERW) pipe mill at the company's site near Fontana, Calif., and is taking fourth quarter customer orders for the new mill, as it grows its existing pipe business.

Continuous Caster Supplied by SMS Siemag Begins Production at Ternium Siderar

29 September 2014 - Ternium Siderar and SMS Siemag have successfully commissioned the X-Cast® two-strand continuous slab caster, which was supplied by SMS Siemag, at the company’s San Nicolás, Argentina, location.

Siemens Modernizing Cooling Conveyor for Keystone Steel & Wire

25 September 2014 - U.S. producer Keystone Steel and Wire Co. placed an order with Siemens Metals Technologies to upgrade the cooling conveyors of a two-strand wire rod mill in its Bartonville, Ill., production facility.

BOF Hot Trials Commence at SAIL’s Burnpur Plant

23 September 2014 - On a visit to ISP Burnpur, SAIL chairman C.S. Verma witnessed the start-up of the first basic oxygen furnace (BOF) on 14 September 2014.

Siemens Boosts Capacity of AHSMA’s Plate Heat Treatment Line

19 September 2014 - Mexican steel producer Altos Hornos de México S.A.B de C.V. (AHMSA) has commissioned Siemens Metals Technologies to expand the annual capacity of its planned normalizing line at its Monclova plant to 300,000 metric tons of plate per year.

Tata Steel Europe Opens New Automotive Finishing Line

18 September 2014 - Tata Steel has opened a new finishing line at its IJmuiden steelworks in the Netherlands to strengthen the supply of high-value steels to the automotive sector and other markets.

Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Commissions Revamped Duplex RH-TOP Plant from SMS Mevac

18 September 2014 - After the successful commissioning of the new 80-ton Duplex RH-TOP plant No. 2 (Ruhrstahl Heraeus process) last April, Taigang Group International Trade Co. Ltd., and the plant operator Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. (TISCO), both located in Taiyuan, China, have successfully revamped and commissioned the existing 80-ton Duplex RH-TOP plant No. 1.

Friedrich Kocks to Supply 3-Roll RSB to Chinese Stainless Producer

17 September 2014 - The privately owned Chinese company Taizhou Daming Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. is set to upgrade its existing bar mill with the implementation of a KOCKS 3-roll Reducing & Sizing Block RSB®.