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

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Tenaris Introduces Its TenarisHydril BlueDock™ Connectors

13 September 2012 - Tenaris has extended its range of TenarisHydril premium connection products to include BlueDock™ connectors designed to serve oil and gas customers operating in offshore and HP/HT environments.

JFE Launches Oxidation- and Corrosion-Resistant Coated Steel Sheet for Hot Press Forming

13 September 2012 - JFE Steel Corporation announced the launch of JAGTM (JFE Advanced Guard), an excellent oxidation- and corrosion-resistant coated steel sheet for hot press forming that reduces the weight of automotive structural parts.

Danieli Corus Receives Order from JSW Steel

11 September 2012 - Danieli Corus has received an order for four sublance-based BOF process control systems from JSW Steel.

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Manufacturing Crack-Resistant Lightweight Components

11 September 2012 - Cold cracking in high-strength steel presents major quality assurance challenges for the automotive and machine-building industries, since cracks are difficult to predict – until now. A new process can determine, as early as the design stage, if critical conditions for such damage can be prevented.

Wheatland Tube Introduces New FasTrak Plus Electrical Metallic Tubing

04 September 2012 - Wheatland Tube, a division of JMC Steel Group, has introduced FasTrakTM Plus — electrical metallic tubing (EMT) with a new interior diameter (ID) coating that delivers excellent slip properties.

Kalyani-Gerdau Chooses Quad Infotech to Provide a Complete MES System for Indian Steel Plant

04 September 2012 - Quad Infotech has been awarded an order by Kalyani-Gerdau Steel to provide a comprehensive manufacturing execution system in its steel plant in Tadipatri near Bangalore, India.

Marubeni-Itochu to Boost Capacity at OCTG Threading Company in Malaysia

30 August 2012 - Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. announced it will increase processing capacity at Sobena Offshore Inc., an OCTG threading company operated in Malaysia by Marubeni-Itochu Tubular Asia), a Singapore-based MISI Group steel pipe sales company.

Tubos Reunidos Orders RH Plant from SMS Mevac

29 August 2012 - Spain’s Tubos Reunidos S.L.U. has ordered a 400,000 tonne/year RH plant from Germany's SMS Mevac for the production of seamless tubes.

Essar Steel Wins Global Pipe Orders Worth US$72 Million

29 August 2012 - Essar Steel has received two sizeable orders from the Middle East and Africa for manufacturing of API grade steel pipes worth Rs 400 crore (US$72 million).

TMK Ships High-Grade Line Pipes for Offshore Mining Project in Papua New Guinea

28 August 2012 - Russia's TMK has made a shipment of seamless line pipes for the Solwara 1 offshore mining project of Nautilus Minerals Inc. in the Bismark Sea off of Papua New Guinea.

Auto Tubing Maker STI Plans Expansion

15 August 2012 - Seymour Tubing Inc. (STI) will spend $20 million to expand its automotive tubing plant in Seymour, Ind.

Henan Huifeng Pipe Commissions Third Seamless Pipe Production Line

10 August 2012 - Chinese pipe producer Henan Huifeng Pipe Co. has started trial production on its new 340 mm diameter seamless pipe production line, which has a designed annual capacity of 200,000 tonnes. The line is part of the third phase of the company's seamless pipe production project.

Hengyang Valin Steel Commissions PQF® Seamless Tube Mill

07 August 2012 - China's Hengyang Valin Steel Tube has commissioned a new 500,000 tonnes/year PQF® seamless tube mill from SMS Meer.

Japanese Group Establishes Automotive Steel Pipe and Tube Joint Venture in Mexico

06 August 2012 - Nippon Steel Corporation, Sumitomo Pipe & Tube Co., Sumitomo Corporation, and Metal One Corporation have established a joint venture company in Mexico to build a manufacturing and sales base for automotive steel pipe and tubes, as demand is expected to grow significantly there in the future.

Kingland Pipeline to Expand Output Capacity of Spiral Welded Pipe Project

02 August 2012 - Zhejiang Province-based Chinese pipe producer Zhejiang Kingland Pipline and Technologies Co. Ltd announced it will expand and upgrade its 120,000 tonne capacity spiral welded pipe project to an annual output capacity of 200,000 tonnes.

California Steel Industries Announces New Pipe Mill

31 July 2012 - California Steel Industries, Inc. (CSI) announced plans for a new ERW pipe mill on the company's site near Fontana, Calif.

Vallourec Reports Commercial Success of the VAM® 21 Connection in the Middle East

30 July 2012 - Vallourec, a world leader in premium tubular solutions, announced it has received orders for VAM® 21 premium threaded connections in the Middle East totaling almost 15,000 tons since the beginning of the year.

Severstal to Produce New Pipes for Gazprom

26 July 2012 - Severstal's Izhora Pipe Mill, which specializes in large diameter pipes production using strip produced by Severstal's Cherepovets Steel Mill, and Gazprom have signed a long-term scientific and technical cooperation agreement.

ABUL KHAIR Orders Two-Stand Compact Cold Mill from SMS Siemag

17 July 2012 - ABUL KHAIR Strip Processing, based in Bangladesh, has awarded SMS Siemag an order to supply a two-stand Compact Cold Mill (CCM®), designed for the production of ultra-thin strips and an annual production capacity of 185,000 tonnes.

Fire at Welspun Plant Causes Major Damage

16 July 2012 - A fire at the Welspun pipe plant in Little Rock, Ark., in the early morning of Saturday, 14 July 2012 has caused more than $1.5 million in damages and shutdown the facility temporarily.