Steel News

OEMK Confirms Compliance of Environmental Management System with International Standards

19 July 2013 - Russia's Oskol Electrometallurgical Plant (OEMK) confirmed compliance of its environmental management system with the ISO 14001:2004 standard following the annual compliance audit.

Chinese Company Orders Stainless Steel Tandem Cold Mill from Siemens

18 July 2013 - Siemens Metals Technologies has received an order from Beihai Chengde Stainless Steel Co., China, to supply a Power X-HI type, five-stand, continuous tandem cold rolling mill and a heavy laser welding for the Beihai plant in Guangxi Province.

Tenova Expands Offerings in Secondary Metallurgy with Acquisition of Technometal

18 July 2013 - Tenova has completed the acquisition of Technometal GmbH, a secondary metallurgy plantmaker based in Germany.

ArcelorMittal Galati Launches ENERGIZE Project to Increase Energy Efficiency

18 July 2013 - ArcelorMittal Galati in Romania has launched ENERGIZE, a project to increase energy efficiency and reduce associated costs.

EVRAZ North America Orders Heat Treatment System from SMS Elotherm

18 July 2013 - EVRAZ North America has ordered an Elotherm TemperLine™ heat treatment system for its tubular products plant in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. With this unit, EVRAZ is increasing its capacity for heat-treated pipe by over 150%.

SMS Siemag Successfully Modernizes Acroni Heavy-Plate Mill

17 July 2013 - Slovenian steelmaker Acroni has commissioned a new 2.6-m X-Roll® heavy-plate mill stand from SMS Innse of Italy and a new roller-type quench supplied by Drever International of Belgium, two subsidiaries of SMS Siemag.

Mechel Announces Launch of Universal Rolling Mill at Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant

16 July 2013 - Mechel OAO announced the launch of its universal rolling mill at the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant.

South Steel Commissions Minimill Supplied by SMS Concast and SMS Meer

16 July 2013 - South Steel in Jizan, Saudi Arabia, has commissioned a minimill from SMS Meer and SMS Concast which will produce up to 1 million tonnes of billets and roll up to 500,000 tonnes of rebar per year.

Danieli Corus to Supply Sublance Systems and BOF Process Control for Shagang

15 July 2013 - Danieli Corus has been awarded an order for the design and supply of three complete sublance systems and a static-dynamic BOF process control model for the No. 1 steel plant operated by China’s Shagang (Jiangsu Shagang Group Co. Ltd.).

Ratner Steel Installs Third Red Bud Stretcher Leveler

15 July 2013 - Ratner Steel of Roseville, Minn., recently installed a 77” wide by .500” cut-to-length Line with a SUREGRIP® adjustable stretcher leveler from Red Bud Industries. 

PSI China Awarded New Contract in Chinese Steel Sector

12 July 2013 - PSI China signed a contract with the Valin ArcelorMittal Automotive Steel Co., Ltd (VAMA) to implement the production management solution PSImetals.

Danieli Corus Receives Order from Tata Steel

12 July 2013 - Danieli Corus has received an order from Tata Steel for a blow-down, salamander tap and blow-in services for blast furnace “G” at Jamshedpur.

Praxair Recognizes Employee Zero Waste Efforts With Global Tree Planting Program

11 July 2013 - In recognition of Praxair, Inc. employee efforts to achieve zero waste around the world, the Praxair Foundation is implementing “Praxair’s Greenway Project,” a new sustainability program that will plant or preserve 250,000 trees globally this year.

Siemens to Deliver Dephosphorization Plant to Indian Steel Producer

11 July 2013 - The Indian steel manufacturer Vandana Global Ltd. has ordered a treatment stand for dephosphorization of liquid steel from Siemens Metals Technologies.

Canadian Aboriginal Group Will Not Back Down in Fight Against Rio Tinto's IOC

11 July 2013 - The Innu First Nation of Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam wishes to remind potential purchasers of Rio Tinto's share of Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) that the Canadian Aboriginal group continues to fiercely oppose IOC's mining, railway and port operations within their traditional territory.

China Steel Successfully Commissions New Paul Wurth INBA System

10 July 2013 - China Steel Corp. (CSC) has successfully commissioned the first of two new slag granulation systems with INBA® dewatering technology for its blast furnace no. 4 at the Kaohsiung steel works in Taiwan.

Advocacy Groups Push Dow Jones to Remove POSCO from Its Sustainability Index

10 July 2013 - Prominent human rights, labor rights and advocacy groups appealed to the Dow Jones recently to remove POSCO from the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices.

SMS Mevac to Supply 150-Ton X-eed VOD Facility to Chinese Stainless Producer

10 July 2013 - SMS Mevac GmbH has received an order for the supply of an X-eed Duplex VOD facility from Fujian Fuxin Special Steel (part of Formosa Plastics Corp.), based in Zhangzhou, China.

Vallourec Inaugurates New R&D Center in Rio de Janeiro

09 July 2013 - Vallourec, a world leader in premium tubular solutions, announced the inauguration of a new research center in Rio de Janeiro.

VELCO Installs Automatic Gunning Installation for Finnish Stainless Producer

09 July 2013 - At the beginning of this year VELCO set up a fully automatic gunning installation for the maintenance of standing ladles for a Finnish stainless steel producer. The gunning system is designed for four ladles which are transported by rail carriage into a gunning hall.