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Harsco Extends, Expands Role at Two Overseas Mills

23 January 2017 - Mill services contractor Harsco Corp. has signed agreements worth more than US$100 million to provide services to mills in China and Brazil, the company announced on Monday.

Report: Serbian Mill Ends Seven Years of Losses

20 January 2017 - Less than a year after acquiring Serbia’s Zelezara Smederevo steel works, China’s Hesteel Group said it has returned the facility to profitability, reports Xinhua, China’s official news agency.

Tubemaker Starts Up Revamped ERW Line

20 January 2017 - SMS group has completed upgrades to a high-frequency ERW tube line for Italy’s Arvedi Tubi Acciaio.

Russian Steelmaker Selects Primetals for Blast Furnace Automation

19 January 2017 - Primetals Technologies has won an order to supply the instrumentation and the automation and electrical equipment for a Russian steel works’ new blast furnace.

China Exceeds 2016 Capacity Cut Target, But Much More Remains

19 January 2017 - Although China cut up to 80 million metric tons of steel capacity last year, much of it was already idle and did little to reduce output, reports the Reuters news service.

U.S. Commerce Department Affirms Hefty Duties on Chinese Plate

18 January 2017 - The U.S. Commerce Department has made its final determinations on a trade case on Chinese cut-to-length plate, setting anti-dumping and countervailing margins of more than 300 percent.

Fire Puts Japanese Plate Mill Out of Commission For Eight Months

18 January 2017 - A heavy plate mill in Japan is likely to remain off-line for the next eight months following a fire that damaged the facility.

Tenova Acquires U.S.-Based Material Handling Systems Business

17 January 2017 - Tenova TAKRAF has acquired the assets of FMC Technologies’ materials handling systems unit for an undisclosed amount, the company has announced.

Vietnamese Steel Processor Orders New Paint Line

16 January 2017 - Vietnam’s Ton Dong A Corp. has awarded a contract to Danieli Fata Hunter for a continuous coil coating line at its new plant in the province of Binh Duong province.

Tata Steel Puts Eyes in the Sky

16 January 2017 - Puns not intended, but Tata Steel has launched a pilot program that employs unmanned aerial vehicles to help monitor operations at one of its iron ore mines, the steelmaker announced on Monday.

Tata Negotiating Pay-Out to End pension Fund Guarantee Held on Steel Plant

13 January 2017 - Trustees of Tata Steel’s U.K. pension fund are negotiating a potential pay-out from the steelmaker in exchange for releasing a guarantee held on its Dutch steel works, according to reports.

Nippon Steel Asks for Production Help Following Fire

13 January 2017 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has asked competitors for help in meeting orders after a fire damaged its heavy plate mill in western Japan.

China Exported Less Steel in 2016 -- About 4 Million Fewer Metric Tons

13 January 2017 - China’s steel exports fell 3.5 percent in 2016 as the country executed on plans to curtail capacity and as improved domestic demand diverted supply, reports the Reuters news service.

Danieli Acquires Italian Robotics Company

12 January 2017 - Danieli has acquired Italy’s Telerobot Labs, which designs and builds robotic systems for a number of fields, the equipment manufacturer has announced.

ArcelorMittal Enlists New Modeling Software to Improve Processes

12 January 2017 - ArcelorMittal is investing in specialized software to help it model the behavior of raw materials charged into its blast furnaces.

Altra Industrial Finalizes Purchase of Clutches and Brakes Maker

06 January 2017 - U.S.-based Altra Industrial Motion Corp. has closed on its deal to acquire the Stromag unit of Britain’s GKN plc.

Tenova HYL Strikes Up Partnership with Mill Byproducts Recycler

04 January 2017 - Tenova HYL and Diproinduca Canada Ltd. have formed an alliance that will further develop and commercialize technology designed to reuse iron ore fines in direct reduction plants.

Konecranes Finalizes Terex Deal, Targets EUR140 Million in Synergies

04 January 2017 - Konecranes has closed on its deal to acquire the material handling and port solutions business of U.S.-based Terex Corp., the company has announced.

Stainless Producer Contracts Fives for New Processing Line

28 December 2016 - The Fives industrial engineering firm has won a contract to install a new stainless processing line at China’s Chengde Stainless Steel Co.

U.S. Crude Steel Production Expected to Rise in 2017

28 December 2016 - U.S. crude steel production is expected to rise by around 4.4% in 2017, reports the (London) Financial Times newspaper.

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