Steel News

TMK IPSCO Facility in Brookfield, Ohio, Commissions Second Thread Line

04 March 2011 - This week, TMK IPSCO’s Premium pipe threading facility in Brookfield, Ohio, began a two-week commissioning phase for its second thread line, which will allow the facility to thread more and larger pipe to meet the expanding demand in the oil and gas industry.

Don B. Daily Memorial Fund to Promote Steel Industry Safety and Health

03 March 2011 - SMA and the AIST Foundation are partnering to commemorate the life and industry service of Don B. Daily by establishing the Don B. Daily Memorial Fund to promote a safe workplace for the steel manufacturing industry and to increase the number of students studying health and safety awareness in manufacturing.

L.B. Foster Facility Achieves One Million Man Hours without Lost Time Accident

01 March 2011 - L.B. Foster’s Birmingham, Ala., steel line pipe coating facility has achieved one million man hours without a Lost Time Accident.

Essar Steel Honored for Work in Water Conservation

25 February 2011 - Essar Steel was conferred the first prize in the ‘Water Reuse Project of the Year 2010-11’ category by Water Digest for its outstanding work in water conservation.

Tenova Goodfellow, ArcelorMittal Dofasco to Collaborate on EAF Energy Project

23 February 2011 - Tenova Goodfellow has signed a contribution agreement with Sustainable Development Technology Canada to demonstrate the company’s proprietary “Next Gen Energy Efficiency Breakthrough Technology” System in collaboration with leading Canadian steel producer, ArcelorMittal Dofasco.

Posco and LanzaTech to Collaborate on Renewable Energy

21 February 2011 - Posco has signed a memorandum of understanding with LanzaTech for implementation of gas fermentation technology to convert the steelmaker’s flue gases to ethanol and other value-added products.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Implements Unique Cleaning Car

15 February 2011 - ArcelorMittal’s Ostrava's facility in the Czech Republic recently implemented a unique cleaning car, sucking bulldozer GapVax 9000, to support cleaning of its premises.

Mechel Announces Re-Launch of Nerungrinskaya Washing Plant

15 February 2011 - Mechel OAO has re-launched the Nerungrinskaya washing plant at Yakutugol OAO, following the accident on December 26 that resulted in the collapse of three thickeners.

Lakeside Steel Completes Removal of PCB Waste from Welland Site

01 February 2011 - Lakeside Steel Inc. has completed the removal of PCB materials previously stored onsite at the Welland, Ont., facility of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lakeside Steel Corp.

NLMK Completes Installation of New Waste Neutralization Plant

31 January 2011 - NLMK has finished the installation of a new environmentally friendly industrial waste neutralization plant with the capacity to process 1200 tonnes of waste per annum. The neutralization process combines waste incineration with high-temperature thermal decomposition.

OSHA Cites U.S. Steel, Power Piping Following July 2010 Explosion

14 January 2011 - OSHA has cited U.S. Steel Corp. and Power Piping Co. with safety citations for failing to provide an effective energy control procedure and exposing workers to burns following an explosion at U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works facility in July 2010.

EPA, DOJ and Indiana Reach Proposed Settlement on Westville, Ind., Superfund Site

30 December 2010 - U.S. EPA Region 5, U.S. DOJ, Indiana DEM and the Office of the Indiana Attorney General have reached a proposed settlement with a group of 13 potentially responsible parties who will pay for and complete the final phase of cleanup at the Cam-Or Superfund site in Westville, Ind.

Mechel Reports Accident at Nerungrinskaya Washing Plant

28 December 2010 - Mechel OAO announced this week the collapse of three thickeners at its Yakutugol OAO subsidiary’s Nerungrinskaya washing plant. There were no casualties or injuries.

Outotec Launches New CO2 Removal Pilot Plant

20 December 2010 - Outotec has commissioned a new CO2 removal pilot plant at its R&D center in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, complementing the company's circulating fluidized bed (CFB) pilot plant.

VSB Produces First Steel Pipe from Steelworks in Brazil

20 December 2010 - Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil Ltda (VSB) began a test operation at its integrated seamless pipe steelworks, successfully piercing its first billet recently. Following the completion of the rolling mill, upstream facilities including charcoal blast furnaces will begin operation in the second quarter of 2011.

Logan Aluminum to Resolve Allegations of Clean Air Act Violations

09 December 2010 - The Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. EPA, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky have filed a complaint and entered into a consent decree with Logan Aluminum Inc. to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act’s National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Secondary Aluminum Production occurring at the company’s Russellville, Ky., facility.

OSHA Fines Republic Engineered Products

08 December 2010 - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued Republic Engineered Products Inc. two willful and four serious citations for exposing its workers to fall hazards and failing to maintain equipment and walkways at its Canton, Ohio, facility.

Court Reverses Power Siting Board Decision on Middletown Coke Facility

03 December 2010 - The Supreme Court of Ohio has reversed the Ohio Power Siting Board’s approval of siting for Middletown Coke Company’s proposed SunCoke Energy facility.

ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih Recognized for Environmental Excellence

22 November 2010 - ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih has won the award for ecological excellence in the national "Environmental Quality and Safety" competition as a result of several projects that improved the environmental performance of the company last year.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Builds Dedusting System

17 November 2010 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe has begun a project in Duisburg that it says will reduce particulate emissions by 450 tonnes per year. The company is building an additional filter to capture sinter plant dust. Completion is scheduled for October 2011.