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Commerce to Investigate Oil Country Tubular from P.R. China

30 April 2009 - The U.S. Department of Commerce will initiate antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of oil country tubular goods from P.R. China.

Commerce to Investigate Oil Country Tubular from P.R. China

30 April 2009 - The U.S. Department of Commerce will initiate antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of oil country tubular goods from P.R. China.

NLMK and DBO Holdings Sign Settlement Agreement

12 March 2009 - Novolipetsk Steel signs settlement agreement with DBO Holdings regarding the companies’ dispute over NLMK’s proposed acquisition of John Maneely Co., a U.S.-based producer of steel pipe and tube.

NLMK and DBO Holdings Sign Settlement Agreement

12 March 2009 - Novolipetsk Steel signs settlement agreement with DBO Holdings regarding the companies’ dispute over NLMK’s proposed acquisition of John Maneely Co., a U.S.-based producer of steel pipe and tube.

Timken Expands Hot Rolled Tube Capabilities

13 February 2009 - Timken begins producing hot rolled seamless mechanical steel tubing up to a maximum outside diameter of 13 inches, making it the only North American manufacturer capable of producing hot rolled seamless mechanical tubing in this size range.

Timken Expands Hot Rolled Tube Capabilities

13 February 2009 - Timken begins producing hot rolled seamless mechanical steel tubing up to a maximum outside diameter of 13 inches, making it the only North American manufacturer capable of producing hot rolled seamless mechanical tubing in this size range.

Conros Group to Add Two ERW Pipe Mills in 2009

11 December 2008 - The Conros Group is adding two new ERW pipe mills for the manufacture of larger diameter pipe and API Line Pipe as well as square and rectangular hollow structural sections.

Tenova to Supply Four Furnaces for Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil’s New Pipe Mill

20 October 2008 - Tenova Italimpianti Deutschland will provide engineering, fabrication, and supervision of erection and commissioning for four reheat furnaces to be installed in Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil’s new pipe mill in Minas de Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Baosteel Puts Large Diameter Longitudinal Welding Pipe Line into Production

01 October 2008 - Baosteel officially puts its Large Diameter Longitudinal Welding Pipe Production Line into production, the first such line in China.

SMS Meer to Supply PQF Tube Mill for ArcelorMittal JV in Saudi Arabia

05 September 2008 - SMS Meer will supply a PQF (premium quality finishing) seamless tube plant for ArcelorMittal’s joint venture OCTG plant with the Saudi Bin Jarallah Group.

SMS Meer to Supply Seamless Tube Plant with PQF for Baosteel Subsidiary Yantai

08 August 2008 - SMS Meer will supply an 18-inch premium quality tube finishing plant for Yantai Baosteel Pipe Co.

Sumitomo Metals Expands Capacity for High-End Seamless Pipe Products

10 July 2008 - Sumitomo Metal Industries completes expansion work to add production capacity for high-end seamless pipes, at Steel Tube Works in Amagasaki and Wakayama Steel Works, both part of Sumitomo Metals’ Pipe & Tube Co.

U. S. Steel Breaks Ground on Heat Recovery Coke Plant at Granite City

06 May 2008 - United States Steel and SunCoke Energy break ground on a $570 million joint capital investment program to construct a new state-of-the-art 650,000 ton/year coke facility adjacent to U. S. Steel’s Granite City Works.

Linde, ArcelorMittal to Highlight Flameless Oxyfuel Technology at AISTech

02 May 2008 - Linde and ArcelorMittal will describe the benefits of using flameless oxyfuel technology in a continuous steel reheat furnace next week at AISTech 2008 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.

Commerce Finds Unfair Dumping of Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Turkey

09 April 2008 - The U.S. Department of Commerce announces its affirmative final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on imports of light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Turkey.

PSI BT to Implement Production Management System for V&M Tubes Facility

02 April 2008 - PSI BT GmbH will implement PSImetals, a production management system, for Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes’ tube mill in Aulnoye, France.

SMS Meer to Supply PQF Seamless Tube Mill for Vallourec & Sumitomo do Brasil

12 March 2008 - Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil has awarded a contract to SMS Meer to supply a new Premium Quality Finishing seamless tube plant.

United Spiral Pipe Breaks Ground for New Facility

03 March 2008 - United Spiral Pipe—a joint venture of United States Steel, Posco, and SeAH Steel—breaks ground for a new state-of-the-art spiral welded pipe manufacturing facility in Pittsburg, Calif.

Latrobe Specialty Steel to Expand Vacuum Remelting Facility

23 January 2008 - Latrobe Specialty Steel will triple its vacuum melting capacity with a major expansion at its Latrobe remelt facility.

Danieli and Kocks to Upgrade Seversky Seamless Tube Mill

21 January 2008 - Friedrich Kocks will supply the 3-stand extractor and 14-stand sizing mill for Danieli’s conversion of an existing Pilger mill into a continuous 14-inch seamless tube mill for TMK Group’s Seversky Truboprokatny Zavod subsidiary.