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EUROFER Disappointed by ENVI Decision on Backloading

19 February 2013 - EUROFER is disappointed by the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee’s vote to pave the way for withholding CO2 emissions allowances from the European carbon market.

Tata Steel Europe Working to Prove Green Auto Technologies of the Future

19 February 2013 - A project was recently launched at Tata Steel Europe's Brinsworth site in Rotherham to help develop groundbreaking green technologies which will power the cars of the future.

Agellis Receives Order from SMS Concast for Steel Mill in U.S.

15 February 2013 - The AGELLIS Group, which develops and sells products and solutions to the global metals industry, has received an order totaling €110,000 for measurement systems from SMS Concast.

Wheatland Tube Launches Interactive iPad App

15 February 2013 - Wheatland Tube, a division of JMC Steel Group, announced the launch of its newest app, the Wheatland Electric Catalog, available for the iPad®, developed on Apple's iOS 6 platform.

PSI China Wins Important Steel Contract from Chinese Steelmaker

15 February 2013 - PSI China received an order for the implementation of the production management system PSImetals at JISCO TianFeng Stainless Company.

New Metal Engineering to Provide Equipment for California Steel Industries

15 February 2013 - New Metal Engineering, LLC, has received an order for a new heavy crop shear from California Steel Industries, Inc.

ArcelorMittal Florange Launches Line to Produce Extra-Wide Usibor® for the Auto Industry

14 February 2013 - Investments of more than €7 million in ArcelorMittal Florange mean that the site’s cold rolling mill now owns the first processing line in the world to produce Usibor® Alusi steel in widths of up to 1,850mm.

Warren Steel Holdings Announces Facility Upgrades and Additions

14 February 2013 - Warren Steel Holdings (WSH), a producer and supplier of high-quality continuously cast carbon and alloy steel products, announced that it has successfully renovated its existing rail siding and introduced several key new pieces of analytical equipment, including a scanning electron microscope.

Severstal Expresses Condolences to Families of Vorkutinskaya Mine Accident Victims

13 February 2013 - The management of OAO Severstal and Vorkutaugol are expressing their deepest condolences to the families and friends of the miners who were tragically killed in an accident at the Vorkutinskaya mine in Russia on Monday, 11 February 2013.

Ruukki Reports A Signficant Decrease in Emissions at Its Raahe Works

13 February 2013 - Process changes and the replacement of dust removal devices significantly reduced particulate emissions in 2012 at Ruukki’s Raahe Works in Finland, in line with company targets to reduce emissions by over 80% compared to 2011.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Reducing Lime Dust Emissions By 100 Tons Per Year

12 February 2013 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava has invested in reducing dust emissions and the improvement of working conditions at its steel plant, completing the installation of equipment for the dedusting of lime routes.

Tenova Goodfellow Launches Breakthrough Water Detection Technology for the EAF

12 February 2013 - Tenova Goodfellow Inc. has developed breakthrough water detection technology that combines continuous and reliable EAF off-gas analysis for both H20 vapor and H2 together with proprietary software that provides EAF operators with three distinct real-time alerts indicating the likelihood of a water leak.

Ruukki Studying New Grades of Iron Pellets with Severstal

11 February 2013 - Ruukki Metals has initiated cooperation with Russian PJSC Karelsky Okatysh, a fully-owned subsidiary of the Severstal Group, to develop new grades of iron pellets.

SMS Concast to Supply EAF to El Marakby Steel

06 February 2013 - SMS Concast is supplying a 350,000 tonne per year electric arc furnace to long steel producer El Marakby Steel in Giza, Egypt.

Danieli Corus Successfully Hot Commissions First Sublance System for JSW Steel

05 February 2013 - On 4 February 2013, Danieli Corus and JSW Steel successfully started the operation of the first sublance in India, proving the feasibility of sublance-based BOF process control in the Indian steel industry, where exceptional slag compositions found in BOF shops were previously thought to be prohibitive.

Siemens Applying New Rail Technology for First Time in Chinese Long Products Rolling Mill

05 February 2013 - Chinese steel producer Baotou Iron & Steel has awarded Siemens Metals Technologies an order for the supply of a new facility for the inline thermal treatment of heavy-duty rails, to be installed in one of the two company's long product rolling mills in Baotou, Inner Mongolia. This will include the world's first application of an advanced technology for rail hardening.

Cliffs Coal Operations Awarded Environmental Management Certification

04 February 2013 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. announced that its North American Coal operations have been ISO 14001 certified.

Abinsk Electric Steel Works Orders Two Roughing Stands from SMS Meer

04 February 2013 - Abinsk Electric Steel Works from the Krasnodar Region of Russia has placed an order with SMS Meer to upgrade its high-speed rebar rolling mill.

NLMK Kaluga Works Installation Approaches Completion

04 February 2013 - The installation of main facilities at NLMK Kaluga’s EAF and rolling shops in Russia is now in its closing stage.

U. S. Steel Commissions US$500 Million C Battery at Clairton Coke Works

01 February 2013 - On 31 January 2013, the United States Steel Corporation successfully commissioned the largest capital project in the history of the company’s Mon Valley steel works — the more than 900,000 tons per year C battery at its Clairton coke plant.

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