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Primetals Technologies to Modernize Rolling Mill Drives for AMAG Rolling in Austria

31 March 2015 - Primetals Technologies has won an order from AMAG rolling GmbH, located in Ranshofen, Austria, to modernize the entire drive technology on its four-high hot rolling stand.

SMS Mevac Commissions VOD Facility at Fujian Fuxin Special Steel

27 March 2015 - After the successful start-up of the stainless steel melt shop of Fujian Fuxin Special Steel (part of Formosa Plastics Corporation) in Zhangzhou, China, by the SMS group in 2014, last month the Duplex VOD X-eed unit supplied by SMS Mevac, Germany, was put into operation. This plant represents the extension phase of the melt shop.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Develops New Type of Steel for Power Gen industry

26 March 2015 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava has developed and started producing a new type of steel with high value addition: Steel grade 16Mo3 with addition of molybdenum belongs to the family of low-alloyed steels with increased thermal resistance and resistance to high temperature corrosion and creep.

Metinvest Launches New Steel Grade Plates Critically Important for Ukraine’s Ag-Machine Sector

26 March 2015 - Ilyich Iron & Steel Works of Mariupol is launching the production of boron-added 30MnB5 steel plates for quenching and tempering, which increases the service life of components in agricultural machinery.

U. S. Steel Issues Statement Regarding OSHA Citations

25 March 2015 - United States Steel Corporation issued the following statement in response to recent Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citations.

New Power Plant Halves Energy Costs, CO2 Emissions at Tata Steel Plant in Germany

25 March 2015 - Tata Steel has almost halved energy costs at its steel facility in Düsseldorf after building an innovative new power plant.

New Fine Dust Extraction Technology from SMS Group to Be Employed by Chinese Steelmaker

25 March 2015 - Shougang Qian'An Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. has placed an order with the SMS group to retrofit its steelworks with three hydro-hybrid filter systems.

NLMK Group Increases Use of Secondary Energy Sources at Novolipetsk

24 March 2015 - NLMK Group, a Russian manufacturer of high value added steel products, has begun hot testing of a new ‘green energy’ top-pressure recovery turbine (TRT) facility at its Lipetsk production site. Another turbine is under construction in parallel, with launch scheduled for 2016.

Munroe Responds to Disaster, Turns Job in 10 Days

23 March 2015 - On 27 March 2014, a major U.S. steel producer in the Great Lakes region experienced a catastrophic failure of a giant collector duct pipe that collapsed and crashed through the roof of the company’s BOP shop.

Large Woodings Goggle Valve Bound for Detroit Steelmaker

23 March 2015 - A large steelmaking facility is going big, having placed an order for the design and production of a very large hydraulic goggle valve from Woodings Industrial.

SMS Siemag Supplying Continuous Pickling Line to Turkey’s Tezcan

23 March 2015 - Turkish steel service center Tezcan has placed an order with SMS Siemag for the supply of a continuous pickling line.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Selects Contractor for New Environmental Projects

20 March 2015 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava has obtained up to 90% subsidy from the EU for another six environmental projects within the 48th call.

ThyssenKrupp Implements IDEAL Laser Welder into Existing HDG Line

20 March 2015 - The implementation of a laser welding machine into an existing hot dip galvanizing line (HDGL) a ThyssenKrupp in Germany (TKSE) set an example for IDEAL’s unique solutions.

U. S. Steel to Build EAF and Tubular Coupling Facility in Alabama

19 March 2015 - United States Steel Corporation announced two capital investment projects valued at a total of US$277.5 million.

EVRAZ ZSMK Signs Off on PCI Plant from Paul Wurth

19 March 2015 - EVRAZ ZSMK of Novokuznetsk, Russia has issued in favor of Paul Wurth a final acceptance certificate for the pulverized coal injection plant designed and delivered by the Luxembourg-based plant builder.

Metinvest Establishes New Maintenance Company for Its Metallurgical Assets

19 March 2015 - Metinvest Group created Metinvest-PromService, LLC based on the maintenance departments of Ilyich Iron & Steel Works of Mariupol, Azovstal, and Yenakiieve Steel.

ArcelorMittal Galati Continues Energy Efficiency Investment Program

18 March 2015 - ArcelorMittal Galati in Romania has invested more than €7m to upgrade a set of turbine blowers, aimed at reducing energy consumption at blast furnace No. 5.

ArcelorMittal Liege Starts Up Tension Leveler from JP Steel Plantech

18 March 2015 - JP Steel Plantech Co. announced the start-up of commercial operations of an in-line tension leveler for a continuous annealing line to produce super high-strength steel sheet for automotives at ArcelorMittal’s Liege Steel Works in Belgium.

Metinvest’s Ilyich Iron and Steel Works Restarts Pipe Electric Welding Shop

17 March 2015 - The pipe electric welding shop of Metinvest Group’s Ilyich Iron & Steel Works of Mariupol, Ukraine, which suspended operations in the second half of December 2014, will now be relaunched and operate at full capacity.

Tyasa Issues Final Acceptance of Minimill Meltshop from Primetals Technologies

16 March 2015 - Talleres y Aceros S.A. de C.V. (Tyasa), a Mexican steel producer, issued Primetals Technologies with the final acceptance certificate for a new mini-mill meltshop late in 2014.

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