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

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Herr-Voss Stamco Receives Order for New Strand Extensioner® Slitting Line

06 December 2012 - Herr-Voss Stamco recently received an order for a new state-of-the-art slitting line.

Rio Tinto, Fer et Titane Launches Two Major Environmental Improvement Projects in Quebec

06 December 2012 - Rio Tinto, Fer et Titane plans to initiate two major environmental improvement projects at its metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy in Quebec, Canada, at an investment of CAD$107 million.

Penn Stainless Products Installs New Koike Aronson Plasma Cutting System

05 December 2012 - Service center Penn Stainless Products in Quakerstown, Pa., has recently installed two new Koike Aronson Versagraph Millennium Series Plasma Cutting Systems (Model 3100).

Vallourec Doubles the Capacity of Its VAM® Connection Technology Center in Houston

03 December 2012 - Vallourec announced the expansion of its VAM® connection Technology Center in Houston which will enable the company to support its customers’ needs with new, innovative products, and to respond to their increased demand to qualify existing product lines to the new standards for extreme well conditions.

Tata Steel to Work With SMS Mevac on Vacuum Induction Melting

03 December 2012 - Tata Steel has announced a new collaboration with technology company SMS Mevac, which will design a new facility for the production of high-purity vacuum induction melted (VIM) steels for the aerospace industry at Tata’s Specialty Steels business in Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire.

voestalpine Celebrates 60 Years of the LD Process

30 November 2012 - The voestalpine Stahlwelt in Linz, Austria, is currently hosting a special exhibition on 60 years of the LD process, showing how this innovation has changed the world. The LD process was one of the century’s most significant industrial inventions, revolutionizing the global steel industry at a stroke.

SMS Siemag to Modernize Hot Strip Mill at Baosteel

27 November 2012 - Baoshan Iron & Steel (Baosteel) has awarded SMS Siemag a contract for the modernization of its hot strip mill no. 1 in Shanghai, China. The modernization is designed to increase the production of both the hot strip mill and the continuous caster and to allow the two production stages to be more flexibly coordinated.

Siemens Modernizes Billet Caster at Feralpi Calvisano

27 November 2012 - Acciaierie di Calvisano, belonging to the Feralpi Group of Italy, has commissioned Siemens Metals Technologies with the modernization of the billet caster in the Calvisano works in Italy.

Siemens Receives Order for Four Continuous Casting Lines for Major Steelmaking Project in Vietnam

26 November 2012 - Siemens Metals Technologies received an order from the Taiwanese steelmaking company Formosa Heavy Industries Co. to supply four continuous casting lines as part of the new construction of a steelmaking plant in Vung Ang, Vietnam.

Siemens Receives Order for Four Continuous Casting Lines for Major Steelmaking Project in Vietnam

26 November 2012 - Siemens Metals Technologies received an order from the Taiwanese steelmaking company Formosa Heavy Industries Co. to supply four continuous casting lines as part of the new construction of a steelmaking plant in Vung Ang, Vietnam.

NLMK Indiana Production Beats All-Time Record

26 November 2012 - NLMK Indiana recently broke all time production records. In addition, the company will commission new equipment for its EAF, casting and rolling operations in Q4 2012 and 2013.

Tenova Strip Processing Receives Final Acceptance for Electrolytic Tinning Line in China

26 November 2012 - Tenova Strip Processing has successfully received the FAC (Final Acceptance Certificate) for its high-speed electrolytic tinning line in Jiangsu Dajiang Metal Material plant in China, one of the fastest in the world (550 m/min), which produces 250,000 tonnes per year of tin plate.

Chinese Pipe Producer Commissions Largest Mandrel Mill in the World

23 November 2012 - After a construction period of around two years, Jiangsu Tianhuai Steel Pipe from Jiangsu Province in Eastern China recently commissioned a new 20" PQF® tube mill supplied by SMS Meer for seamless tubes.

Agellis Receives Order from South American Steel Plant

22 November 2012 - AGELLIS Group, which develops and sells products and solutions to the global metals industry, has received an order totaling €120,000 for a measurement system from a South American steel plant.

U. S. Steel Clairton Coke Project to Come On-Line By End of November

21 November 2012 - U. S. Steel’s US$500 million Clairton C-Battery project, the largest capital project in the history of the company’s Mon Valley steel works, is set to come on-line by the end of this month, Mon Valley Works general manager Scott Buckiso told a recent meeting of the Pittsburgh chapters of the AIST and AWMI.

Siemens Modernizing EAF at Swiss Steel

21 November 2012 - To shorten process times and cut conversion costs, Swiss Steel AG has placed an order with Siemens Metals Technologies for major modernization work on the company’s electric arc furnace in Emmenbrücke, in the Lucerne canton.

Tata Steel Commissions New Coke Oven Battery

21 November 2012 - Tata Steel commissioned the new coke oven battery #10 and by-product plant at its Jamshedpur facility in India.

Xilin Iron & Steel Orders New Wire Rod Mill from SMS Meer

21 November 2012 - Xilin Iron & Steel from Heilongjiang Province, China, is increasing its production capacities with a new high-speed wire rod mill from SMS Meer

VISA Steel and SunCoke Energy Announce Indian Joint Venture

20 November 2012 - VISA Steel Limited and SunCoke Energy, Inc. announced that they have entered into agreements to form a cokemaking joint venture in India.

CCR Technologies to Supply 2-Strand Billet Caster to Gerdau Corsa

19 November 2012 - CCR Technologies Inc. of Ontario, Canada, has been awarded the complete turnkey supply of a 2-strand billet caster for Gerdau Corsa of Mexico.