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

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voestalpine Commences Operations at Visionary Cold Rolling Center in Kematen

28 October 2013 - The voestalpine Group is opening one of the world’s most modern cold rolling centers for the production of high quality strip steel in Kematen an der Ybbs in Lower Austria.

Converter Successfully Revamped by SMS Siemag at ArcelorMittal Gent

28 October 2013 - ArcelorMittal Gent in Belgium successfully commissioned the converter modernized by SMS Siemag according to schedule.

AIST Announces December Publication of The Making, Shaping And Treating Of Steel®, 11th Edition, Flat Products Volume

28 October 2013 - The Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) is proud to announce the upcoming release of The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel®, 11th Edition, Flat Products Volume.

NLMK's Stoilensky Improves System of Handling and Storing Iron Ore Waste

28 October 2013 - Stoilensky, NLMK Group’s iron ore producer, is going ahead with production testing the first stage of its thickening unit at the tailings department as part of the plant’s program aimed at enhancing the efficiency of its existing infrastructure.

Metalloinvest Confirms High Quality of Its Steel Products

28 October 2013 - Ural Steel (part of Metalloinvest) has successfully passed the audit of its steel products for compliance with European standards.

Yenakiieve Steel Installs New Blast Air Turbine-Compressor Unit

25 October 2013 - Metinvest Group’s Yenakiieve Steel installed a new turbine and compressor unit to provide additional blast air to the plant’s blast furnaces last week.

Siemens Modernizes Cooling Section of Hot Rolling Mill No. 2 at Wisco

24 October 2013 - Siemens Metals Technologies has won an order to modernize the cooling section in the hot rolling mill No. 2 of Wuhan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (Wisco) in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

Tata Steel Launches Long-Length Wear-Resistant Rail for the World Market

24 October 2013 - Tata Steel has launched a new state-of-the-art facility which will produce train track capable of lasting up to three times longer than standard rail.

Metalloinvest Grows Pig Iron Production Capacities

24 October 2013 - Metalloinvest is implementing a program for growing merchant pig iron production at Ural Steel, which includes modernization of the pig iron smelting facilities at the blast furnace plant.

Instron Introduces New Software to Reveal Local Deformation of Specimen and Component Surfaces

24 October 2013 - Instron, a leading provider of testing equipment designed to evaluate mechanical properties of materials and components, has revealed its new digital image correlation (DIC) software.

voestalpine Builds Europe's Most Modern Wire Rolling Mill in Austria

23 October 2013 - By 2016, voestalpine Austria Draht will have completed construction of Europe’s most modern wire rolling mill at its Leoben-Donawitz site in Austria.

Tata Steel to Build New Vacuum Induction Melting Furnace in UK

23 October 2013 - Tata Steel announced it will build a vacuum induction melting (VIM) furnace at its Stocksbridge site in South Yorkshire, UK, to enable it to tap into new market opportunities and develop innovative new products for the aerospace and oil & gas industries.

SMS Meer Acquires Interest in Austrian Measurement Technology Company

23 October 2013 - SMS Meer of Germany has acquired shares held by the Austrian measurement technology company TBK in Graz.

Qingdao Steel Orders Flat Bar Rolling Mill from Siemens

23 October 2013 - Siemens Metals Technologies has won an order to supply Chinese steel manufacturer Qingdao Special Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. with a flat bar rolling mill.

ArcelorMittal Acindar to Invest $100 Million in New Rolling Mill

23 October 2013 - ArcelorMittal Acindar is to invest US$100m in a new rolling mill in Santa Fe province, Argentina.

GE Upgrading Automation and Drives for POSCO-Thainox Annealing and Pickling Line

22 October 2013 - GE's Energy Management Services business is upgrading the automation and drives on the final annealing and pickling line at the POSCO-Thainox plant.

Quad Infotech Completes Implementation of QMOS MES System at Nucor Steel Utah

22 October 2013 - Quad Infotech Inc. has successfully commissioned implementation of QMOS at the Nucor Steel - Utah facility in Plymouth, Utah.

EAF with DRI Charging System from SMS Siemag Brought Into Operation at Jindal Steel

22 October 2013 - On 7 August 2013, SMS Siemag successfully commissioned an electric steelmaking plant for Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (JSPL).

Herr-Voss Stamco Installing New Strand Extensioner Slitting Line for Cascadia Metals

22 October 2013 - Herr-Voss Stamco is manufacturing a new Strand Extensioner® slitting line for Cascadia Metals Ltd. in Canada.

ArcelorMittal Wins Top Industry Awards for Innovation and Sustainability

21 October 2013 - ArcelorMittal is proud to announce that it has won two awards at the World Steel Association’s "Steelies."