Steel News

Sandvik Opens Mill Dedicated for Steam Generator Tubing

15 May 2012 - NLMK has commissioned a 5.8 million tonnes-per-year, two-station hot metal desulfurization unit at its main site in Lipetsk. The project was implemented together with ESM (USA) and investments totaled around RUR1.5 billion.

Gerdau to Replace Continuous Caster at St. Paul Facility

08 May 2012 - Gerdau plans to invest $50 million to replace the continuous caster at its St. Paul, Minn., mill. The investment will increase Special Bar Quality (SBQ) capacity by 100,000 tonnes and increase the mill’s total capacity to 550,000 tonnes.

Gerdau Announces Additional $21.6 Million Capital Investment in Michigan

08 May 2012 - Gerdau will spend an additional $21.6 million to increase its straightening and quality inspection capabilities at its North American special steel facility in Monroe, Mich.

Nucor Facilities Receive Environmental Awards

07 May 2012 - Vulcraft-Texas and Century Industrial Coatings have been honored with the 2012 Texas Environmental Excellence Award for reducing VOC emissions. Nucor Steel-Berkeley has been awarded the South Carolina Manufacturers Association's "Made in SC Excellence in Corporate Responsibility Award."

Vallourec Organizes Third Safety Day

04 May 2012 - Vallourec held a Safety Day with the theme of security for its 22,000 employees throughout the world as a reminder of the crucial role that safety plays in its company culture.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Starts up Dust Collection System

03 May 2012 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe has started operation of an additional 30-million-euro dust collection system on the sinter belts at its Schwelgern plant unit, which is intended to further reduce particulate emissions in the north of Duisburg by up to 3 micrograms per cubic meter.

AK Steel's Coshocton Works Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance

25 April 2012 - The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Division of Safety and Hygiene has recognized AK Steel's Coshocton Works for operating 2,952,729 hours without a lost-time injury between February 20, 2008 and August 5, 2011.

Posco-ICPC Celebrates National Safety Day

17 April 2012 - Posco-ICPC recently celebrated the 41st National Safety Day that featured high-profile government officials and included a safety quiz for shop-floor employees, after which the workers with the top five scores were given prizes.

Ruukki Reports Fire at Raahe Works

16 April 2012 - Ruukki reported that it sustained a fire at its Raahe Works caused by a breakout in the slag pot in the steel plant’s ladle furnace area.

ThyssenKrupp Nirosta Permitted to Dispose Slag at Marbach Landfill

13 April 2012 - ThyssenKrupp Nirosta has received permission from Hagen environmental agency to continue to operate and increase the capacity of the Marbach landfill in Bochum-Hamme. The approval notice allows the company to dump slag from its neighboring Bochum stainless steel mill.

OSHA Reaches Settlement with Republic to Include Additional Safety Measures, Training at Mills

13 April 2012 - The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement agreement with Republic Steel Inc. resolving citations issued by the department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration in May 2011 for violations found at the company's facility in Lorain, Ohio.

ArcelorMittal Liberia Kicks Off Railway Safety Campaign

11 April 2012 - ArcelorMittal recently began a month-long campaign to raise awareness of road and rail safety within the mine area and along the railway corridor between Yekepa and the port of Buchanan, Liberia.

Severstal Projects Approved to Receive Financing under Kyoto Protocol

10 April 2012 - The Ministry of Economic Development has approved several of ОАО Severstal’s environmental projects to receive financing under the Kyoto Protocol.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Cuts Annual Solid Emissions by 40%

05 April 2012 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava cut its emissions of solid pollutants by 40% over the past year, releasing 669 tonnes of dust particles into the air in 2011. A program of environmental investments worth close to three quarters of a billion Czech crowns was started this year that will cut sulfur dioxide emissions from its coking and steel plants.

Cherepovets Steel Mill to Increase Environmental Investments in 2012

03 April 2012 - ОАО Severstal announced that its Cherepovets Steel Mill plans to increase investments in environmental activities in 2012 to 1.25 billion rubles (more than US $42 million), about 57% more than last year.

AK Steel's Zanesville Works Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance

02 April 2012 - The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Division of Safety and Hygiene has recognized AK Steel's Zanesville Works for Outstanding Safety Performance.

AK Tube Plants Recognized for Safety Performance

29 March 2012 - The Columbus, Ind., and Walbridge, Ohio, plants of AK Tube LLC have each received the "Safety Award of Merit" from the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, International (FMA), a leading trade organization that serves the metal forming and fabricating industry.

Siemens to Supply Secondary Dedusting for Ruukki Steelworks in Finland

28 March 2012 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from Ruukki Metals Oy to supply and install equipment for a new secondary dedusting system in its converter steelworks in Raahe, Finland. The new system is scheduled to come into operation at the end of 2013.

Cherepovets Mill to Achieve Wastewater Discharge Reduction by 2013

27 March 2012 - ОАО Severstal announced that its Cherepovets Steel Mill will achieve a 200,000-m3 wastewater discharge reduction into bodies of water by 2013, by closing down two of the five current effluent discharge outlets.

Tata Steel Calls for LCA Approach to Building Sustainability

26 March 2012 - Tata Steel recently took part in a presentation on Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) at an Ecobuild sustainable building event in London, where Tata Steel sustainability expert John Dowling covered the steel industry view of LCA and why it is important to consider the whole life of buildings from cradle to grave.