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ArcelorMittal Commissions US$63.2 Million Energy Recovery and Reuse Project

18 December 2012 - ArcelorMittal has commissioned its US$63.2 million energy recovery and reuse project, which produces 333,000 MWh of electricity per year, providing significant energy and environmental benefits to ArcelorMittal and the Northwest Indiana region.

JSW Steel and JFE Sign Agreement for Electrical Steel Technology

17 December 2012 - India’s JSW Steel Ltd and Japan’s JFE Steel Corporation have signed an agreement where JFE will provide technology for the production of non-oriented electrical steel sheets (CRNGO) at the JSW’s Vijayanagar plant in Karnataka.

SMS Mevac to Design a VIM Furnace for Tata Steel Speciality Steels

14 December 2012 - Tata Steel Speciality Steels, UK, has chosen SMS Mevac, Germany, to design a VIM X-eed® vacuum induction melting furnace for its Stocksbridge site. The facility will produce high-purity steels and specialist alloys for the aerospace industry.

Electrical Engineers Help Power the Steel Industry

12 December 2012 - Electricity is the main power source behind the steel industry. In fact, a single steel plant can consume as much electricity as a large city. But there are people behind that power. These are electrical engineers.

€200 Million Modernization Project Complete at Zentralkokerei Saar in Germany

12 December 2012 - Following the construction of the new Battery 3 and its commissioning in 2010, the totally renovated Battery 1 has now also been successfully commissioned at Zentralkokerei Saar GmbH (ZKS), a joint subsidiary of AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke and Saarstahl AG, in Germany.

Concast Founder Irving Rossi Honored by American Metal Market

10 December 2012 - For his achievements in continuous casting technology, Irving Rossi, founder of the Swiss company Concast, has been awarded a place in the “Hall of Fame” of the American trade journal American Metal Market.

Third Siemens Continuous Slab Caster Goes Into Operation at Dragon Steel

10 December 2012 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies put a new two-strand continuous casting plant with the capacity to produce two million tons of slabs into operation in August at the Taiwanese steelmaker Dragon Steel Co.

CAN-ENG Furnaces International Ships Bright Tube Annealing Furnace for JMC Steel Group

10 December 2012 - CAN-ENG Furnaces International Limited is pleased to announce the shipment of a bright tube annealing furnace for the JMC Steel Group. The 25,000 lbs/hr line will be installed in Wheatland, Pa., as part of JMC Steel's Wheatland Tube Division expansion.

SMS Elotherm to Provide Tailor-Made Induction Heating Technology for Ovako

07 December 2012 - SMS Elotherm has been awarded two orders for induction heating equipment by Ovako Tube and Ring AB in Hofors, Sweden.

Tata Steel Enhances Quality Control for Bar and Rod

07 December 2012 - Tata Steel has invested almost £1.5 million in new technology to improve the quality of the steel bar and wire rod output at its Rotherham and Scunthorpe works in the UK.

Voestalpine Stahl Places Order for New Charging Car with SCHALKE

07 December 2012 - In October 2012 voestalpine Stahl AG in Austria placed an order for designing and manufacturing a new charging car with Schalker Eisenhütte.

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.