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AK Steel Reports Incident at Middletown Works Blast Furnace

24 June 2013 - AK Steel Corporation said today that the blast furnace at its Middletown Works facility in Ohio experienced a mechanical failure in the charging apparatus internal to the furnace on 22 June 2013.

New Vertical Caster from Siemens Expands Product Range for Chinese Steel Mill

24 June 2013 - The Chinese company Zhongyuan Special Steel Co. has placed an order with Siemens Metals Technologies for a vertical continuous caster to produce heavy blooms with a round cross-section.

Corinth Pipeworks Orders Pipe Mill from SMS Meer

21 June 2013 - Corinth Pipeworks in Athens, Greece, has signed a contract with SMS Meer for the supply of a JCOE® large-diameter pipe mill for longitudinally welded pipes.

NLMK Quality Management System Meets International Standards, Audit Confirms

21 June 2013 - A combined audit by the British Standards Institution has confirmed that NLMK Lipetsk production site management systems meet international standards.

Vapormatt Launches Profelis In-Line Wet Blasting

20 June 2013 - Vapormatt has launched the Profelis, an in-line wet blasting, cleaning and drying system that offers exceptionally high quality results with all continuous wire, cable and strip products. 

TMK Seversky Tube Works Orders Threading Machines from SMS Meer

19 June 2013 - TMK’s OAO Seversky Tube Works in Polevskoy, Sverdlovsk, Russia, has placed an order with SMS Meer for two new threading machines, including transport facilities.

JFE Steel to Construct Continuous Galvanizing Line for Autos in Indonesia

19 June 2013 - JFE Steel Corporation announced that it will construct Indonesia’s first continuous galvanizing line (CGL) for automobiles in the city of Bekasi just outside of Jakarta.

Accenture and GE Form Alliance to Develop Advanced Applications That Leverage Industrial Strength Big Data

19 June 2013 - Accenture and GE have formed a strategic global alliance to develop technology and analytics applications that help companies across a range of industries take advantage of the massive amounts of industrial strength big data that is generated through their business operations.

SMDI Seeks R&D Proposals to Develop Steels for Future Manufacturing of Pipe and Tube for Natural Gas Industry

18 June 2013 - The Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI) is seeking R&D proposals for research to identify steels used in the manufacture of pipes and tubes with properties expected to be needed by 2025 for gathering and transporting natural gas, as well as the processes needed to produce those steels.

SMDI Seeks R&D Proposals to Develop Steels for Future Manufacturing of Pipe and Tube for Natural Gas Industry

18 June 2013 - The Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI) is seeking R&D proposals for research to identify steels used in the manufacture of pipes and tubes with properties expected to be needed by 2025 for gathering and transporting natural gas, as well as the processes needed to produce those steels.

SMS Meer to Provide Vallourec Star with Cross-Roll Piercing Mill

18 June 2013 - SMS Meer has received an order from Vallourec Star (previously V&M Star) for the delivery of a cross-roll piercing mill for the multi-stand pipe mill (MPM) at its Youngstown site in Ohio.

Metinvest Says Best Available Technology Will Be Used in EMZ's New Sinter Plant

18 June 2013 - Metinvest has signed a contract with the metallurgical equipment manufacturer Siemens VAI for the detailed engineering of a new sinter plant at the Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works (EMZ).

AUMUND Commissions New Conveyor at Tata Steel IJmuiden

17 June 2013 - The successful commissioning of an AUMUND metal plate conveyor type KZB-S 2400/250/6 has now been completed at Tata Steel's plant in IJmuiden in the Netherlands.

Tangshan Orders Cold Rolling Complex from Siemens

17 June 2013 - Siemens Metals Technologies has won an order worth more than € 100 million from the Chinese Tangshan Iron and Steel Group to supply a complete cold rolling complex.

Mechel Reports Successful Sample Production of Rail Rolls at Chelyabinsk Rolling Mill

13 June 2013 - Mechel OAO reported that hot testing of rail rolls production at Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant's universal rolling mill has begun.

SMS Siemag to Supply Cold Rolling and Strip Processing Lines for Record Strip Width to Benxi

12 June 2013 - Chinese Bengang Steel Plates Co. Ltd. (Benxi) has placed an order with SMS Siemag for the supply of a pickling line/tandem cold mill and two continuous annealing lines.

Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery and CONCAST India Form Partnership

11 June 2013 - Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Inc. and CONCAST (INDIA) LIMITED have decided to enter into a strategic partnership together to capitalize on the individual strengths of both companies.

Metinvest-SMC Expands Steel Processing Service

11 June 2013 - Metinvest-SMC, Metinvest Group’s retail sales network in Ukraine, has installed a cutting and slitting line for processing uncoated and galvanized steel coils.

Indev Wins Contract to Supply Coating Weight Gauge to ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor

11 June 2013 - Indev Gauging Systems has won a contract to provide a coating weight gauge for ArcelorMittal’s Indiana Harbor aluminizing line.

Desulfurization of Coke Plant at ArcelorMittal Ostrava Nearing Completion

10 June 2013 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava has launched the final stage of its coke oven gas desulphurization process optimization. By the end of the year the company plans to commission two new pieces of equipment at the coke plant that will reduce concentration of hydrogen sulfide in cleaned coke oven gas.