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Tata Steel Completes Upgrade of UK Automotive Coating Line

10 June 2013 - Tata Steel has completed an upgrade of its corrosion-resistant coating line in South Wales to improve and expand the company’s range of high-value, high-formability automotive steels.

Large-Scale Environmental Project Successfully Implemented at Metalloinvest

07 June 2013 - Metalloinvest announced that a new gas purification unit has been launched at electric arc furnaces 3 and 4 at OEMK (part of Metalloinvest) in Russia.

Danieli Automation Provides First Q-ROBOT to Mexican Market

06 June 2013 - In December 2012, the Gerdau Corsa electric meltshop in Tlalnepantla, Mexico, ordered from Danieli Automation a Q-ROBOT Melt system for its EAF, to enhance safety during EAF operations.

ANDRITZ to Supply HDG and Annealing Equipment to Chinese Mill

06 June 2013 - ANDRITZ has received an order from Tangshan Iron and Steel Group in China to supply furnaces and process equipment for a hot-dip galvanizing plant with an annual capacity of 415,000 tons and a continuous annealing line with an annual capacity of 770,000 tons.

Borusan Mannesmann Pipe Partners with Siemens for First U.S. Manufacturing Facility

04 June 2013 - Borusan Mannesmann, a Turkish steel pipe manufacturer and leading player in the European market, has turned to Siemens for the expansion of its operations in the U.S.

Pakistan's First Direct Reduction Plant Begins Operations

31 May 2013 - Saudi Arabia’s Al-Tuwairqi Holding announced that its new MIDREX® MEGAMOD® direct reduction plant at Tuwairqi Steel Mills, Ltd. in Karachi, Pakistan, began operating at the beginning of this year.

NLMK Kaluga Launches Test Production

31 May 2013 - NLMK Kaluga, NLMK Group’s plant specializing in the production of steel and long products for construction, has cast the first tonne of steel as part of hot testing at its EAF and rolling shops.

NLMK Optimizes Pig Iron Capacity Utilization

30 May 2013 - NLMK announced that starting from 30 May 2013 and as part of its program aimed at increasing the efficiency of production and resource use, it is idling its 1.3 million tonnes per year blast furnace #3 at its main production site in Lipetsk.

voestalpine Sees Significant Interest in Its Texas HBI

29 May 2013 - The first customer of voestalpine's new HBI facility being built in Texas has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to purchase HBI.

NLMK Expands Capacity and Efficiency of Auxiliary Material Production

29 May 2013 - NLMK has commissioned an 800 tonnes per day lime kiln (256,000 tonnes per year) for the production of metallurgical lime used in steelmaking.

Tenaris Invests in Brazilian Mill to Support Deepwater Challenges

27 May 2013 - Next week, Tenaris will start up two new presses at its mill in Pindamonhangaba — the result of an US$180 million investment — which will produce casing and tubing for use in offshore applications.

Severstal to Improve Heavy Plate Quality for South Stream and Power of Siberia Oil and Gas Projects

23 May 2013 - More than 200 million rubles are to be invested into a large-scale project to upgrade the equipment at plate-rolling facility No.3 of Severstal's Cherepovets steel mill.

Kentucky Electric Steel Announces $6 Million Capital Improvement Project

23 May 2013 - Kentucky Electric Steel's parent company Optima Specialty Steel has committed US$6 million in capital to provide KES with the ability to produce high-quality round bars with diameters up to 3.75 inches.

Essar Steel Becomes Extra-Wide Plate Manufacturer

23 May 2013 - Essar Steel has joined the ranks of international steel producers who manufacture extra wide plates.

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih Repairs Blast Furnace in Record Time

22 May 2013 - ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the largest producer of rolled steel in Ukraine, has finished the overhaul of its blast furnace number seven after just 26 days. A total of 17 operations were performed on the blast furnace.

Russula to Upgrade Special Metals Co. Rolling Mill

21 May 2013 - Russula has been selected by Special Metals Company, a PCC company, to upgrade the automation system and drives for its Huntington, W.Va., wire mill.

Kobe Steel, U. S. Steel Announce Commercial Production Begins at PRO-TEC CAL Joint Venture

20 May 2013 - Kobe Steel and U. S. Steel announced that the continuous annealing line at their joint venture, PRO-TEC Coating, has commenced commercial production of advanced high-strength steel sheet for automobiles.

MORE to Supply Severstal Columbus with Pneumatic Lime/Dolo-Lime Injection System

20 May 2013 - Severstal Columbus, located in Columbus, Miss., has placed an order with MORE srl (Gemona Del Friuli -Italy) to supply a new pneumatic lime/dolo-lime injection system for its two 165-ton electric arc furnaces.

Hebei Puyang Iron and Steel Orders Medium Slab Caster from SMS Siemag

17 May 2013 - China's Hebei Puyang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd (Puyang Steel) has awarded SMS Siemag Technology (Beijing) Co. a contract for the supply of a medium slab caster to be installed at the works in Wuan City, Hebei Province.

Tenaris’ Dopeless® Technology Run for First Time in Brazil

17 May 2013 - Tenaris’ Dopeless® technology was run for the first time in Brazil, in a Petrobras deepwater offshore operation, during the first half of this year.