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Uzbek Metallurgical Plant Orders Ladle Furnace, Vacuum Degasser and Dedusting Plant from Adrem Invest

01 February 2013 - Uzbek Metallurgical plant has ordered from Adrem Invest SRL, an affiliated company of MTAG Technology AG and MTUS Technology Inc., a new 100 ton ladle furnace, vacuum degassing and de-dusting plant.

NLMK to Minimize Air Emissions with New Dedusting System

01 February 2013 - Novolipetsk, NLMK’s main production site in Lipetsk, Russia, continues to hot test its new dedusting systems and high-capacity new-generation filters at the hot metal pouring section in BOF shop No.2 – one of major sources of graphite emissions into the air.

China Gerui Advanced Materials Starts New Laminated Steel Processing Line

01 February 2013 - China Gerui Advanced Materials Group Limited, a leading high precision, cold-rolled steel producer in China, announced the introduction of a new laminated steel processing line at its existing production facilities in Zhengzhou, China.

Quad Engineering to Supply Complete Hot/Cold Strip Laboratory Mill to Natural Resources Canada

01 February 2013 - Natural Resources Canada’s CanmetMATERIALS laboratory has placed an order with Quad Engineering Inc. for the turnkey supply and installation of a complete hot/cold strip laboratory mill to be installed in Hamilton, Ont.

IMS Systems Now Producing Compact X-Ray Thickness Gauges for Reversing Cold Mills

30 January 2013 - IMS Systems, Inc. has begun manufacturing the XR X-ray Thickness Gauge at its facilities in suburban Pittsburgh. This development marks the first time in the company’s 33-year history that it is producing gauges outside of Germany, where its world headquarters are located.

Outokumpu Stainless USA Opens World-Class Melt Shop to the Media

30 January 2013 - Outokumpu Stainless USA opened the doors of its new melt shop for the first time on Thursday, 24 January 2013 for members of the media so they could get a first-hand view of the world class operation.

ArcelorMittal Declared Sector Leader in Sustainability

30 January 2013 - ArcelorMittal has been declared gold class within the steel sector in the 2013 RobecoSAM Sustainability Yearbook, which was presented to the world’s financial, political and cultural leaders at the World Economic Forum taking place in Davos this week.

Carpenter Technology and U. S. Steel Enter Agreement for Development of Lighter High-Strength Steel

30 January 2013 - Carpenter Technology Corp. has finalized the completion of a formal cooperation agreement with United States Steel Corporation which allows for the development of new light weighting steel for automotive applications.

Carpenter Technology and U. S. Steel Enter Agreement for Development of Lighter High-Strength Steel

30 January 2013 - Carpenter Technology Corp. has finalized the completion of a formal cooperation agreement with United States Steel Corporation which allows for the development of new light weighting steel for automotive applications.

BlueScope Steel Reveals Patented Technology Behind Next Generation Zincalume Steel

28 January 2013 - A video explanation of the patented technology behind a breakthrough innovation in the Australian steel industry is now available to view online,  BlueScope Steel announced.

FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies Introduces 8-Inch Version of Flexible Line Pipe

28 January 2013 - FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies, manufacturer of the next generation of steel line pipe, announced FlexSteel pipe is now available in 8-inch diameter up to 1,500 psi.

ArcelorMittal Galati Achieves Second Consecutive Year with Zero Work Related Fatalities

28 January 2013 - ArcelorMittal Galati in Romania achieved in 2012, for the first time in its history, the second consecutive year without recording any work related fatal accidents.

SMS Meer to Provide Large Bright-Steel Straightening Machine to German Company

25 January 2013 - Heinrich Geissler, a company of the GMH Group, based in Witten, Germany, has ordered a two-roll straightener for bright steel from SMS Meer.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava to Continue Supplying Environmentally Friendly Heat

25 January 2013 - The proximity to the ArcelorMittal Ostrava's metallurgical plant is paying off for the town of Vratimov in the Czech Republic: Thanks to the company, 500 households in the town of almost seven thousand inhabitants have environmentally friendly heat this year.

SMS Meer to Supply Wire Rod Outlet for Chinese Special Steel Mill

24 January 2013 - The Chinese company Jiangsu Shenyuan Special Steel from Shenyuan, Jiangsu Province, has awarded an order to SMS Meer for the supply of the wire rod outlet of a special steel rolling mill.

ArcelorMittal Restarts Two Blast Furnaces in Europe

23 January 2013 - ArcelorMittal announced that blast furnace B in Gijón, Spain, and blast furnace No. 2 in Dunkerque, France, restarted production mid-January. Both had been idled since summer 2012.

Paul Wurth to Supply Blast Furnace, Coke Oven Plant and Sinter Plant to Indonesian Company

23 January 2013 - Paul Wurth has been awarded contracts to supply Indonesia's PT Gunung Raja Paksi (Gunung Steel Group) with a blast furnace, coke making plant and sinter plant as it expands its production capacity to become one of the most comprehensive integrated steel mills in the region.

TenarisConfab Orders AGT® Expander from SMS Meer

22 January 2013 - Confab S.A. has ordered a mechanical expander with a newly developed straightener from SMS Meer for its Pindamonhangaba tube mill near São Paulo, Brazil.

Ellwood Group Successfully Commissions New VOD Unit

21 January 2013 - Ellwood National Steel in Irvine, Pa., announced the commissioning of its vacuum oxygen decarburization (VOD) unit for the production of stainless steel ingots for forging, ring rolling and as electrodes for VAR and ESR remelting.

Lighter-Weight Steel Use Touted at Auto Show

18 January 2013 - The benefits of lighter-weight, high-strength steel are on full display at the 2013 North American International Auto Show, the Detroit Free Press reports.