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News on the latest technological processes and equipment used in all stages of the steelmaking process.
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Universal Stainless to Purchase Assets of Patriot Special Metals
15 June 2011 - Universal Stainless & Alloy Products has signed an agreement to purchase the assets of Patriot Special Metals, a substantially completed greenfield facility located in North Jackson, Ohio.
Wheatland Tube to Expand Drawn Over Mandrel Product Line
14 June 2011 - Wheatland Tube announced plans to make a significant investment in its Drawn Over Mandrel Mechanical Tubing product capacity and product capabilities.
U. S. Steel, Lambda Technologies Enter Technology Agreement
15 March 2011 - U. S. Steel Tubular Products enters into an agreement with Surface Enhancement Technologies that will make the company the exclusive tubular products manufacturer to utilize Low Plasticity Burnishing.
TMK IPSCO Facility in Brookfield, Ohio, Commissions Second Thread Line
04 March 2011 - This week, TMK IPSCO’s Premium pipe threading facility in Brookfield, Ohio, began a two-week commissioning phase for its second thread line, which will allow the facility to thread more and larger pipe to meet the expanding demand in the oil and gas industry.
VSB Produces First Steel Pipe from Steelworks in Brazil
20 December 2010 - Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil Ltda (VSB) began a test operation at its integrated seamless pipe steelworks, successfully piercing its first billet recently. Following the completion of the rolling mill, upstream facilities including charcoal blast furnaces will begin operation in the second quarter of 2011.
Siemens Modernizes Qatar Steelworks
29 September 2010 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has won an order to modernize Qatar Steel Co.'s steelworks in Mesaieed, Qatar, with the goal of expanding billet production capacity by up to 30% while reducing specific consumption values and waste gas emissions.
Severstal TPZ Sheksna Commissions New Line from SMS Meer
13 September 2010 - Severstal TPZ Sheksna successfully commissioned in June 2010 the RD-410 welded tube line supplied by SMS Meer. The new line has an annual capacity of 300,000 tonnes; the main products are structurals that are used as supporting elements in the construction industry.
Industry Group Applauds Introduction of ENFORCE Act of 2010
06 August 2010 - Members of the Committee on Pipe and Tube Imports and its Customs Task Force applauded the introduction this week of the ENFORCE Act of 2010, legislation to end the circumvention and evasion of customs duties.
Vallourec Plans to Expand Plant in China
02 August 2010 - Vallourec plans to expand its V & M Changzhou plant in China, enabling the production of 60,000 tonnes of seamless pipes per year to serve the local demand for power plants. Operations are expected to begin by mid-2012.
Tenova Core to Supply Furnaces for V&M Star Youngstown Expansion
29 July 2010 - V&M Star has contracted Tenova Core to design and supply two pipe heat treating furnaces for the company’s Youngstown, Ohio, facility.
OJSC ArcelorMittal Provides Pipe for Orjonikidze Mine Repair
15 June 2010 - OJSC ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih has provided 700 meters of pipe for repair of the gas pipeline to the Horky village that was destroyed after an accident at the Orjonikidze mine.
Industry Task Force Applauds UL Action on Electrical Metallic Tubing from China
20 May 2010 - Members of the Committee on Pipe and Tube Imports and its Customs Task Force are applauding recent efforts by Underwriters Laboratories to notify the public about unsafe Chinese electrical metallic tubing.
Commerce Preliminarily Finds Dumping of Seamless Pipe from China
23 April 2010 - The Department of Commerce announced on April 22 its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation on imports of certain seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from P.R. China.
Commerce Finds Dumping of OCTG from China
14 April 2010 - The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on April 9 its affirmative final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on imports of oil country tubular goods from P.R. China. Commerce determined that Chinese producers/exporters have sold OCTG in the United States at margins ranging from 29.94 to 99.14%.
Canadian Tribunal Delivers Mixed Findings on OCTG from China
24 March 2010 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal finds that dumped and subsidized coupling stock OCTG from China had not caused or threatened to the domestic industry, but that dumped and subsidized casing and tubing OCTG from China had.
Posteel Opens New Pipe Plant in Oman
19 March 2010 - Posteel recently opened Gulf International Pipe Industry (GIPI), a new 250,000-tonne production facility specializing in API pipes based in Sohar, Oman. Posteel will supply 100,000 tonnes of hot-rolled coils annually to GIPI, which are needed to produce the pipes.
Commerce Preliminarily Finds Subsidization of Seamless Pipe from China
25 February 2010 - The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced its affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation on imports of seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from P.R. China.
SMS Meer Commissions ERW Tube Welding Line at Arvedi
02 February 2010 - SMS Meer has successfully commissioned a 12-¾” ERW (electric resistance welding) tube welding line for heavy wall thicknesses at Arvedi Tube Acciaio S.p.A. in Cremona, Italy. The project was completed in one year.
Baoji Petroleum Steel Pipe to be 1st Chinese Manufacturer of Stretch-Reduced Welded Tube
13 January 2010 - Friedrich Kocks will supply a stretch reducing block and rotating hot saw for Baoji Petroleum Steel Pipe’s new welded tube plant being constructed in Baoji, China.
API Steel Pipe Factory Completed in Pittsburg
13 November 2009 - Posco has completed construction of an annual 270,000-tonne scale API steel pipe factory in Pittsburg, Calif. United Spiral Pipe, established jointly with U.S. Steel and Seah Steel, will manufacture and sell API-certified steel pipes designed for energy transportation.
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