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worldsteel Announces 7th Steeluniversity.com Challenge Launch Dates

22 October 2012 - The World Steel Association announced the 7th steeluniversity.org Challenge will begin with the Round 1 Regional Championship in November 2012 and will finish with the Round 2 World Championship in February 2013.

Jemison Demsey Metals Selects Butech Bliss for New Stretch Leveling CTL Line

19 October 2012 - Butech Bliss has been selected to design, manufacture, and install a new 5/8" x 96" wide heavy gauge stretch leveling cut-to-length Line for installation at Jemison Demsey Metals’ new coil processing center in Decatur, Ala.

ArcelorMittal Poland Starts Up Investment at its Kraków Unit

19 October 2012 - ArcelorMittal Poland continues its investment program with the commencement of a coke gas cleaning installation in the Kraków coke plant.

Siemens to Modernize EAF for ArcelorMittal Esch-Belval in Luxemburg

18 October 2012 - ArcelorMittal Esch-Belval has awarded Siemens Metals Technologies an order to renew core components of its electric arc furnace in the Esch-sur-Alzette steel works in Luxemburg.

Siemens Develops Converter Suspension System With Improved Design

17 October 2012 - With the newly developed Simetal Conlink 2.0, Siemens Metals Technologies is offering steelmakers an especially robust converter suspension system with minimum space requirements.

Metinvest Decommissions Two Coke Batteries at Azovstal

17 October 2012 - Metinvest is set to decommission two coking batteries (#6 and #7) at its Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Ukraine.

CMI FPE to Supply a Reversing Cold Rolling Mill to Tezcan Galvaniz

16 October 2012 - CMI FPE Ltd., an Indian subsidiary of CMI Industry, has entered into a new agreement with Tezcan Galvaniz A.S. of Turkey for the design, manufacture and supply of a 6 Hi reversing cold rolling mill.

Tata Steel Invests in New Finishing Line in Netherlands

16 October 2012 - Tata Steel Europe is building a new finishing line for hot-dipped galvanized steel at its IJmuiden works in the Netherlands.

ArcelorMittal Unveils New Collection of Chromium-Free Organic Coated Steels for Construction

16 October 2012 - ArcelorMittal has launched a range of organic coated steels that have eliminated the need for the chemical Strontium chromate (SrCrO4).

Siemens Extends Its Range of Solutions for Pickling Plants

15 October 2012 - Siemens Metals Technologies has acquired the know-how for acid regeneration from Acreg Process Technology GmbH, Vienna, Austria, thus extending its portfolio for pickling plants in the steel industry.

ArcelorMittal Skopje Presents New €3.5m Galvanizing Furnace

15 October 2012 - Macedonia's ArcelorMittal Skopje has presented its new €3.5m galvanizing furnace to its partners, as part of the company’s 2012 Customer Day.

Herr-Voss Stamco Receives Another Order for Its ELT™ Enhanced Leveling Technology

12 October 2012 - Herr-Voss Stamco recently received an order from a service center for an ELT™cut-to-length line. This is the fourth installation of Herr-Voss Stamco’s ELT™ in the last 18 months.

Tenova Strip Processing to Supply Two Process Lines to Southern Steel Sheet Corp.

12 October 2012 - Tenova Strip Processing has signed two contracts with Southern Steel Sheet Corporation, a joint venture of Vietnam Steel Group with Japan's Sumitomo and Malaysia's Federal Iron Works for the production of high quality galvanized and color coated coils.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Contracts SMS Siemag for Revamp of Duisburg-Beeckerwerth Continuous Caster

12 October 2012 - Following the engineering order in March 2012, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe has now contracted SMS Siemag to provide the delivery for the revamp of its continuous caster no. 1 at the Duisburg-Beeckerwerth works in Germany.

Butech Bliss and Nelson Steel Consulting & Technology Supply Push-Pull Pickling Line to Processor in Monterrey, Mexico

11 October 2012 - Butech Bliss and Nelson Steel Consulting & Technology Group have teamed up and provided a mill duty, 0.500” (12.7mm) by 72” (1,828mm) push-pull pickling line, project coordination, start-up, commissioning and training services to a major steel processor in Monterrey, Mexico.

Butech Bliss and Nelson Steel Consulting & Technology Supply Push-Pull Pickling Line to Processor in Monterrey, Mexico

11 October 2012 - Butech Bliss and Nelson Steel Consulting & Technology Group have teamed up and provided a mill duty, 0.500” (12.7mm) by 72” (1,828mm) push-pull pickling line, project coordination, start-up, commissioning and training services to a major steel processor in Monterrey, Mexico.

NLMK Lipetsk Issues Final Acceptance Certificate for New Blast Furnace

11 October 2012 - In addition to the basic design, the Paul Wurth Group has executed engineering and supply of a new 3.4 million ton per year blast furnace, including shell and tower structure, the refractory lining and the cooling system, for NLMK's Lipetsk works in Russia.

McNeilus Steel Expands, Projects 50 New Jobs

09 October 2012 - McNeilus Steel Inc. broke ground Monday on a $15 million coil processing facility in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

ArcelorMittal Invests €7.2m in a New Galvanizing Line for Florange

08 October 2012 - ArcelorMittal Florange has recently started test runs at its new galvanizing line in Sainte-Agathe, France. The line will be used to coat Usibor®, a press-hardened boron steel used in automotive applications.

Interpipe Steel Opens New Plant in Ukraine

08 October 2012 - On 4 October, in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, the electric steel melting complex Interpipe Steel - the first metallurgical plant built from scratch since Ukraine became independent - was opened. President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovich participated in the opening ceremony.