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

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SMS Siemag to Supply New High-Performance Hot Strip Mill for Baosteel

08 July 2013 - Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron & Steel Co. has placed an order with SMS Siemag for the supply of a new 2,250 mm hot strip mill.

Broner's MES and Integrated Scheduling Solution Goes Live at SSI UK

05 July 2013 - Broner Metals Solutions announced its MES and scheduling modules have been put into operation at Sahaviriya Steel Industries’ (SSI) UK Teesside steel operations.

Continuous Annealing Line from SMS Siemag Successfully Commissioned at PRO-TEC

03 July 2013 - PRO-TEC Coating Co. successfully started hot commissioning of the continuous annealing line supplied by SMS Siemag and installed at the works in Leipsic, Ohio. The line will be used to produce ultrahigh-strength steel strips.

Siemens Providing High Accuracy Slitting Line to Anshan Iron and Steel

03 July 2013 - Siemens Metals Technologies has signed an order with China's Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corp. to equip a new slitting line.

Siemens Acquires Rolling Mill Repair and Refurbishing Specialist

01 July 2013 - Siemens Industry, Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of Service Guide, Inc., an Ohio-based company that has provided repair and refurbishing services for steel and aluminum mills since 1964.

Siemens to Supply Two Arvedi ESP Lines to Chinese Mill

28 June 2013 - A Chinese steel producer has placed an order with Siemens Metals Technologies for the supply of two Arvedi ESP (endless strip production) lines.

ArcelorMittal Belval Increases Energy Efficiency with New Furnace

28 June 2013 - ArcelorMittal Belval and Differdange has started the modernized electric arc furnace at the Esch-Belval steel works in Luxembourg, as planned.

Can-Eng Furnaces Successfully Start Up Two New Q&T Furnace Lines

27 June 2013 - Can-Eng Furnaces International Limited announced the successful start-up of two rotary screw hearth bar quench and temper furnace lines, one in Detroit and the other in Chicago.

Siemens Modernizes Dedusting Plant in Turkish Steel Works

26 June 2013 - Turkish steel producer Diler Demir Çelik End.Ve Tic. A.Ş. (Diler) has awarded Siemens Metals Technologies an order to modernize the dedusting plant at the company's finger-shaft furnace in the Dilovası steelworks.

Bri-Steel Establishes New Benchmark in Large Seamless Pipe Manufacturing in North America

25 June 2013 - Bri-Steel Manufacturing has successfully produced 36 inch diameter seamless carbon steel pipe — the largest seamless steel pipe manufactured to date in North America.

Danieli Corus to Upgrade PCI System for Tata Steel

24 June 2013 - Danieli Corus has received an order from Tata Steel for the engineering, materials supply, supervision and erection services for upgrading the PCI system at its blast furnace “G” in Jamshedpur, India.

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.