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SMS Siemag to Modernize CSP® Plant at Nucor Steel Berkeley

13 July 2012 - Nucor Steel has awarded SMS Siemag a contract for the modernization of its CSP® plant in Berkeley in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The revamp is designed to increase the finished-strip width from 1680 to 1880 mm and to allow the production of thinner strip gages.

NanoSteel Wins R&D 100 Award for Breakthrough Steel Designs

12 July 2012 - The NanoSteel® Company has been awarded its fifth R&D 100 Award, by R&D Magazine, for the development of a new class of nano-structured powder metal alloys designed for making large scale industrial components.

Praxair China Starts Up New Air Separation Plant for Meishan Steel

10 July 2012 - Praxair China has started up a new air separation plant in Nanjing, Jiangsu province for Meishan Iron and Steel, a subsidiary of the Baosteel Group.

Leavitt Tube Renamed Maruichi Leavitt Pipe & Tube

02 July 2012 - Leavitt Tube Company has been renamed Maruichi Leavitt Pipe & Tube, LLC.

OMK Launches New Mill at Almetyevsk Pipe Plant

27 June 2012 - Russia's United Metallurgical Co. (OMK) has launched a new highly productive 10-65 mill by Italian MTM at its Almetyevsk Pipe Plant (APP).

OMK Signs Financing Agreement for New Pipe and Steelmaking Complex

27 June 2012 - The United Metallurgical Co. (OMK) has signed a cooperation agreement with Sberbank of Russia for the financing of the construction of an integrated pipe and steelmaking complex in the town of Chusovoy of the Perm Territory.

Investments in Technology Drive Customer Satisfaction at Michigan Seamless Tube

27 June 2012 - Michigan Seamless Tube continues to provide customers with unparalleled value by investing in new technologies that enhance the quality of its products, shorten lead times and save customers money over the long term.

VIZAG Selects Danieli Automation for MES Solutions at New Operations

25 June 2012 - The Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VIZAG) selected Danieli Automation for the supply of Manufacturing Execution System (MES) Level 3, including the network, at its expansion project in India.

Tenaris Announces $1.5 Billion Investment Plan for U.S. Operations

22 June 2012 - Tenaris announced a US$1.5 billion investment plan to expand its U.S. operations including the installation of a state-of-the-art seamless pipe mill, heat treatment and premium threading facilities.

Tenaris Inaugurates Finishing Line for Boiler Tubes in Romania

22 June 2012 - After a US$60 million investment in the construction of a dedicated finishing line carried out in conjunction with other improvements to the hot rolling mill, Tenaris officially inaugurated its new finishing facility for boiler tubes in Zalau.

SCHALKE Receives Order for Coke Oven Machinery in Brazil

22 June 2012 - Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP) - a Brazilian company - is building a new steel plant situated in Pecém in the state of Ceará, Brazil, and has placed an order for coke oven machinery from SCHALKE.

Marmon/Keystone Canada Increases Cutting Capabilities in Alberta

19 June 2012 - Marmon/Keystone Canada's Leduc, Alberta facility recently added a new Amada CMB 150 cold cut production saw with a 6" OD capacity to its already comprehensive cutting capabilities.

Arvedi ESP Process Permits Direct Production of Pipeline Steels

18 June 2012 - Ultra-thin hot strips rolled at the ESP line installed by Siemens at Acciaieria Arvedia SpA in Cremona, Italy, now meet the requirements for API grades up to X70.

Kingland Pipe Orders Spiral Pipe Welding Line

18 June 2012 - China's Zhejiang Kingland Pipe Industry awarded PWS, an SMS Meer company, a contract for the supply of off-line spiral pipe welding equipment.

Danieli Centro Combustion Wins Revamp Order from Vallourec

14 June 2012 - Danieli Centro Combustion has been awarded a new order from Vallourec & Mannesmann for the revamp of a tube heat treatment line.

NKKTubes Celebrates a Century in the Steel Industry

13 June 2012 - NKKTubes, Tenaris’s seamless tubes mill in Japan, is celebrating 100 years in the steel industry. Nihon Kokan KK (NKK) was inaugurated on June 8, 1912, starting an industrial project that continues even today as part of Tenaris.

Canadian Trade Tribunal Initiates Inquiry into Welded Carbon Steel Pipe

18 May 2012 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated a preliminary injury inquiry into a complaint by Novamerican Steel Inc. and Bolton Steel Tube Co. Ltd. that they have suffered injury as a result of the dumping of certain carbon steel welded pipe from Chinese Taipei, the Republic of India, the Sultanate of Oman, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, the Republic of Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates, and the subsidizing of these goods from the Republic of India, the Sultanate of Oman, and the United Arab Emirates.

Sandvik Opens Mill Dedicated for Steam Generator Tubing

15 May 2012 - NLMK has commissioned a 5.8 million tonnes-per-year, two-station hot metal desulfurization unit at its main site in Lipetsk. The project was implemented together with ESM (USA) and investments totaled around RUR1.5 billion.

Gerdau to Replace Continuous Caster at St. Paul Facility

08 May 2012 - Gerdau plans to invest $50 million to replace the continuous caster at its St. Paul, Minn., mill. The investment will increase Special Bar Quality (SBQ) capacity by 100,000 tonnes and increase the mill’s total capacity to 550,000 tonnes.

Gerdau Announces Additional $21.6 Million Capital Investment in Michigan

08 May 2012 - Gerdau will spend an additional $21.6 million to increase its straightening and quality inspection capabilities at its North American special steel facility in Monroe, Mich.

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