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Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Reports Power Failure at Nagoya Works

20 January 2014 - At the Nagoya Works of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) in Japan, a power failure occurred around 11:50 a.m., Friday, 17 January 2014, due to a failure in the substation facility of its power plant.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava’s Hot Strip Mill Installs New X-Ray Gauge from Thermo Scientific

20 January 2014 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava’s Steckel rolling mill P1500, which has been producing hot-rolled strips since 1999, recently commissioned a new universal X-ray gauge for 22 million crowns.

POSCO Considering Undersea Tunnel to Connect Gwangyang Steelworks and Yeosu Industrial Complex

17 January 2014 - POSCO's Gwangyang Steelworks and Yeosu Industrial Complex are beginning to review an undersea tunnel project to exchange by-product gas.

POSCO Launches New Integrated Management System

16 January 2014 - POSCO launched POSPIA 3.0, the POSCO Family’s unique future management system, on 1 January 2014 at POSCO Indonesia’s integrated steelworks.

Questek Working Closely with Consortium for Advanced Materials Research Center

15 January 2014 - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded US$25 million over five years to a Chicago-based consortium led by Northwestern University to establish a new center of excellence for advanced materials research.

Nippon Steel and WISCO Tinplate Joint Venture Begins Operations in China

15 January 2014 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. and Wuhan Iron and Steel (WISCO), announced the start-up of its WISCO-NIPPON STEEL Tinplate Co., Ltd (WINSteel) joint venture in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, on 31 December 2013.

ArcelorMittal Bremen Orders Sampling and Packaging Line from SMS Logistiksysteme

15 January 2014 - ArcelorMittal Bremen has placed an order with SMS Logistiksysteme, both of Germany, for the supply of a fully automated sampling station for X-grade line pipe steels, including a connected packaging line.

Vallourec Inaugurates Its First Premium Finishing Plant in the Middle East

15 January 2014 - Vallourec, a leader in premium tubular solutions, announced the inauguration of its new premium finishing plant for OCTG in Saudi Arabia: Vallourec Saudi Arabia.

Report: Consumers View AHSS as Answer to Safety, Performance and Fuel Efficiency

14 January 2014 - At the 2014 North American International Auto Show today the steel industry unveiled conclusive findings from a recent market research study regarding the role of steel in automobiles, revealing an overwhelmingly positive perception of steel across the consumer market.

Tata Steel Opens UK’s Largest Plate Service Center

14 January 2014 - On 14 January 2014, Tata Steel opened the UK’s largest profiling center for steel plate in the West Midlands, increasing its plate processing capacity in the region by up to 50%.

ThyssenKrupp Initiates Project to Convert Steel Production Process Gases into Chemicals

13 January 2014 - In collaboration with partners from research and industry, ThyssenKrupp AG is initiating a cross-sector technology transfer project focusing on converting process gases from steel production into valuable chemicals.

Advanced Steel Featured On 2014 North American Truck of the Year Winner

13 January 2014 - The Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI) — a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute — announced that the 2014 North American Car and Truck/Utility of the Year (NACTOY) truck award winner again features a significant amount of advanced high-strength steel, which offers significant lightweighting benefits at a lower cost.

SMS Siemag Replaces Ladle Turret at Salzgitter's Continuous Caster

10 January 2014 - SMS Siemag has supplied and successfully put into operation a new ladle turret for the continuous caster No. 2 at Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH (SZFG) in Germany.

Tata Steel Announces Track Supply Deal with French Rail Operator

10 January 2014 - Tata Steel Europe has won a two-year contract to supply more than 200,000 tonnes of track to French rail operator SNCF.

SMS Siemag Revamps Converter for Salzgitter Flachstahl

09 January 2014 - Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Germany, has successfully put into operation a new converter vessel supplied by SMS Siemag for converter A at the Salzgitter steelworks.

Butech Bliss to Build Fulton County Processing’s New HCL Pickling Line

08 January 2014 - Fulton County Processing (FCP), a northwest Ohio-based, state-of-the-art steel coil processing company, announced that Butech Bliss and Nelson Steel will be installing a new hydrochloric push/pull pickling line set to be operational in late 2014.

Krakatau Posco Begins Operation of Plate Rolling Mill in Indonesia

06 January 2014 - Krakatau Posco's integrated blast furnace steel mill, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, began operations on 23 December 2013 in Cilegon City in the northwestern region of Indonesia’s island of Java.

Cintas and ASSE Seek Nominations for Safety Innovation Award

06 January 2014 - In collaboration with the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Cintas Corp., a leading provider of on-site safety services and training solutions, announced a call for nominations for the inaugural Innovation Award in Occupational Safety Management.

Fives Delivers Annealing and Pickling Line to Chinese Steelmaker

03 January 2014 - Fives has just signed off on an annealing and pickling line for hot-rolled stainless steel strips (HAPL) for the steelmaker SWSS (South West Stainless Steel).

Taylor-Winfield Technologies Unveils New Welding Technology

03 January 2014 - Taylor-Winfield Technologies’ assistant chief engineer, Mike Prokop, recently addressed The American Welding Society with information on a new process to flash weld advanced high-strength steels (AHSS).

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