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Construction Projects at Gerdau Special Steel Mill in Monroe, Mich., Making Progress

06 March 2013 - Gerdau’s $155.6 million capital improvement projects at its special steel mill in Monroe, Mich., are making progress. The company completed construction of a new continuous caster in October 2012 and plans to begin construction of a new vacuum degasser this spring.

Siemens Modernizes BGH Long Rolling Mills in Germany and Poland

06 March 2013 - Siemens Metals Technologies has equipped two long rolling mills belonging to BGH Edelstahlwerke GmbH with new drive and automation equipment.

CSI Orders 24-Inch HF Tube Welding Line from SMS Meer

05 March 2013 - California Steel Industries (CSI) has placed an order with SMS Meer for the delivery of a 24-inch HF tube welding line for its new ERW pipe mill in Fontana, Calif.

Berry Metal Brings Industry Expertise to Enhance Development of Energy-Efficient Ironmaking Technology

04 March 2013 - Berry Metal Co., in collaboration with the American Iron & Steel Institute and the University of Utah, is lending its expertise to the development of a breakthrough flash ironmaking process aimed at establishing an energy-efficient and environmentally preferred alternative to the traditional blast furnace process.

Berry Metal Brings Industry Expertise to Enhance Development of Energy-Efficient Ironmaking Technology

04 March 2013 - Berry Metal Co., in collaboration with the American Iron & Steel Institute and the University of Utah, is lending its expertise to the development of a breakthrough flash ironmaking process aimed at establishing an energy-efficient and environmentally preferred alternative to the traditional blast furnace process.

Kashima Steel Works Completes Full Restoration of Facilities Damaged by Japanese Earthquake

04 March 2013 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has constructed a new gas holder to replace the one damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011, completing the restoration of all the company’s production facilities damaged by the quake.

Tata Steel Commissions Coke Oven Battery No. 10 at Jamshedpur

04 March 2013 - On 3 March 2013, Tata Steel commissioned and inaugurated its 700,000 tonne per year coke oven battery No. 10 and by-product plant at its Jamshedpur facility in India.

ISRA VISION Parsytec Installs Surface Inspection Technology for China Steel Corp.

01 March 2013 - China Steel Corp. decided to use ISRA VISION Parsytec's technology at its continuous annealing line no. 2 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Tenova Core Installs Consteel System at Steel Plant in Ecuador

28 February 2013 - Tenova Core recently completed the installation and commissioning of a Consteel® system for the Ecuadorian steelmaker Andec, at the company’s Guayaquil works. It is the first Consteel® installation in the region and the world’s most compact Consteel system.

EVRAZ North America to Begin Heat Treat and Threading Expansion at Calgary

28 February 2013 - EVRAZ North America announced Board approval of its plan to expand heat treat and threading capacity at its Calgary, Alberta, tubular facility. The multimillion dollar project, which will commence next month, includes expanding heat treat capacity by over 150% and threading capacity by about 40%.

Oxy-Arc and TCT Complete Installation of 4 Billet Caster Cutting Machines at Simec Mexicali

26 February 2013 - Oxy-Arc International Inc. and its partner, Torch Cutting Technologies recently completed the commissioning of four TCT billet caster cutting machines along with an oxy-arc gas-saving manifold system, machine torches, and tips at Simec International's facility in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.

Oxy-Arc and TCT complete installation of 4 billet caster cutting machines at Simec Mexicali

26 February 2013 - Oxy-Arc International Inc. and its partner, Torch Cutting Technologies, S.L. (TCT), recently completed the commissioning of four TCT Billet Caster Cutting Machines (BCCM) along with an Oxy-Arc gas-saving manifold system, machine torches, and tips at Simec International 6, S.A. de C.V.’s facility in Mexicali, BCN, Mexico.

Tata Steel Saves Energy With Heat Retention Boxes at IJmuiden

26 February 2013 - Tata Steel will save 10 million cubic meters of gas a year — enough to power 5,500 homes — at its IJmuiden plant in the Netherlands through the use of newly installed heat-retention boxes.

USAMP and A/SP Receive US$6 Million Award for Advanced High-Strength Steel Project

25 February 2013 - The United States Automotive Materials Partnership LLC (USAMP), in collaboration with the Auto/Steel Partnership (A/SP), received a competitively solicited award for US$6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its “Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Approach to Development of Lightweight, Third-Generation Advanced High-Strength Steels (3GAHSS)” project.

Woodings Ships Three New Hydraulic Distributor Tops to BaoGang Steel

25 February 2013 - Woodings Industrial has completed and shipped three new hydraulic distributor tops to BaoGang Steel Group — China's largest steel manufacturer in the northwest area — for use on the company’s two new high-capacity blast furnaces.

Honda Develops New Technology to Join Steel and Aluminum

25 February 2013 - Honda Motor Co. announced the development of a new technology to join steel and aluminum and further applied this technology to the mass production of vehicles, initially to the North American version of the all-new Acura RLX but plans to expand its application to other models.

SMS Elex to Modernize Electrostatic Precipitator at Salzgitter Flachstahl

21 February 2013 - In addition to a new converter vessel with lamella suspension system supplied by SMS Siemag, converter A in Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH’s steel plant in Germany will also be equipped with new filter technology developed and patented by SMS Elex.

Ferrex Engineering Introduces SteelMES, Bringing High Performance to Manufacturing

20 February 2013 - Ferrex Engineering has introduced the SteelMES system to bring total visibility to steel plants from raw materials to the finished product. SteelMES measures performance with real-time tracking of throughput expenses and production, helping to reduce costs.

CVS Technologies to Provide Rebar Plant to Llamkos Galva Steel

20 February 2013 - The Llamkos Galva Steel Co. and CVS Technologies signed a contract for a turnkey plant to produce 210,000 tonnes per year of rebar.

SMS Siemag Successfully Modernizes Coiler at Tata Steel IJuiden

19 February 2013 - Tata Steel this month granted SMS Siemag the final acceptance for the modernization of coiler No. 3 in its IJmuiden, Netherlands, hot strip plant.