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Hoesch Hohenlimburg Investing in Quality and Performance

07 November 2013 - Major investments are underway at Hoesch Hohenlimburg, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe.

SMS Mill Services Awarded Slab Conditioning Contract with Severstal North America

06 November 2013 - SMS Mill Services Michigan, LLC (SMS) has been awarded a steel slab conditioning services agreement with Severstal North America (SNA) at its Dearborn, Mich., operation.

Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals to Supply Pickling Tandem Cold Mill to Baotou

06 November 2013 - Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Inc. received an order for a second pickling tandem cold mill from Baotou Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. of Inner Mongolia in the People's Republic of China.

Shougang LanzaTech Joint Venture Earns Sustainability Certification

05 November 2013 - Beijing Shougang LanzaTech New Energy Science & Technology Co. has earned RSB’s sustainability certification for the joint venture’s facility that converts waste steel mill gases to sustainable biofuels.

Zink Körner Supplies Efficient and Eco-Friendly Galvanizing Furnace to Wiegel

04 November 2013 - Zink Körner has successfully implemented an order for Wiegel Neuwied Feuerverzinken GmbH & Co KG, covering the supply of a batch-galvanizing furnace for the new Neuwied facilities.

Tata Steel Invests in Gelsenkirchen Production Plant

04 November 2013 - Europe’s second largest steel producer Tata Steel is expanding its production plant in Gelsenkirchen, in the Ruhr region of Germany.

Tenaris Invests in Community Education and Health Services in Argentina

04 November 2013 - With the signing of two social development agreements, Tenaris and Fundación Hermanos Agustín y Enrique Rocca are working to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Campana, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Danieli Corus to Supply Two Sublance-Based BOF Process Control Systems for Chinese Steelmaker

01 November 2013 - Danieli Corus has been awarded an order for the design and supply of two complete sublance systems and a SDM level 2 model for Rizhao Steel Group in China.

Outokumpu Introduces New High-Chromium Ferritic and Austenitic Grades

31 October 2013 - Outokumpu continues to bring new innovations to market and is now expanding its product range with two new high-chromium stainless steel grades, ferritic grade EN 1.4622 and austenitic grade EN 1.4420.

SMS Meer Hosts First International Tube and Pipe Symposium

30 October 2013 - Two hundred fifty customers from 23 countries came to the first SMS Meer Tube and Pipe Symposium in Mönchengladbach, Germany, in September.

Gerdau Midlothian Successfully Starts Up Lime/Dololime Sidewall Injection System from MORE

30 October 2013 - Gerdau Midlothian, located in Midlothian, Texas, commissioned the lime and dololime fix injection technology supplied from MORE srl (Italy) on EAF A and EAF B.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Puts Blast Furnace 9 in Duisburg Back into Operation

29 October 2013 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe’s blast furnace 9 in Duisburg-Hamborn has been fired up again and has started a new campaign.

Magnetek Introduces IMPULSE®∙T Variable Frequency Crane Controls

29 October 2013 - Magnetek, Inc., a leading provider of digital power and motion control systems, announced the introduction of their IMPULSE∙T Variable Frequency Crane Controls.

Metinvest to Upgrade Azovstal's Blast Furnace No. 4

29 October 2013 - Metinvest Group will invest over US$ 92 million to upgrade Azovstal’s blast furnace No. 4. The work will increase the furnace’s annual output by 25% to 1.1 million tons of iron.

voestalpine Commences Operations at Visionary Cold Rolling Center in Kematen

28 October 2013 - The voestalpine Group is opening one of the world’s most modern cold rolling centers for the production of high quality strip steel in Kematen an der Ybbs in Lower Austria.

Converter Successfully Revamped by SMS Siemag at ArcelorMittal Gent

28 October 2013 - ArcelorMittal Gent in Belgium successfully commissioned the converter modernized by SMS Siemag according to schedule.

AIST Announces December Publication of The Making, Shaping And Treating Of Steel®, 11th Edition, Flat Products Volume

28 October 2013 - The Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) is proud to announce the upcoming release of The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel®, 11th Edition, Flat Products Volume.

NLMK's Stoilensky Improves System of Handling and Storing Iron Ore Waste

28 October 2013 - Stoilensky, NLMK Group’s iron ore producer, is going ahead with production testing the first stage of its thickening unit at the tailings department as part of the plant’s program aimed at enhancing the efficiency of its existing infrastructure.

Metalloinvest Confirms High Quality of Its Steel Products

28 October 2013 - Ural Steel (part of Metalloinvest) has successfully passed the audit of its steel products for compliance with European standards.

Yenakiieve Steel Installs New Blast Air Turbine-Compressor Unit

25 October 2013 - Metinvest Group’s Yenakiieve Steel installed a new turbine and compressor unit to provide additional blast air to the plant’s blast furnaces last week.