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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.

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.