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JSW Steel Puts Casters, Strip Mill on Order
21 December 2017 - India’s JSW Steel Ltd. has ordered a new hot strip mill and two continuous slab casters for its Dolvi plant in Maharashtra as a part of a project that will double the integrated plant’s capacity to 10 million metric tons annually.
China Scraps Steel Export Tax
15 December 2017 - China is reducing or altogether eliminating its export tax on certain steel products, a move that likely will inflame trade tensions with the U.S. and European Union, according to reports.
Official: SAIL Joint Venture Plant to Be Operational in 3 Years
15 December 2017 - The Steel Authority of India’s planned joint venture auto steel mill will be producing steel within three years, India Steel Secretary Aruna Sharma told the Reuters news service.
Russian, Chinese Steel Engineering Firms Form Collaborative Relationship
15 December 2017 - Industrial engineer NLMK Engineering has signed a three-year cooperation agreement with China’s state-owned WISDRI Engineering & Research Incorporation Ltd., NLMK has announced.
Primetals Lands Order for New Continuous Casters
14 December 2017 - Primetals Technologies has won a contract to supply two continuous slab casters to a new Chinese mill.
Harsco Signs New Services Contract with Middle East Steelmaker
14 December 2017 - Mill services contractor Harsco Corp. has renewed a multi-year services agreement with SULB Co.’s Al-Hidd plant in Bahrain.
SSAB Reaches Settlement Over Unplanned Outage
13 December 2017 - Sweden’s SSAB has settled with its insurance company and an equipment supplier for SEK315 million (approximately US$37.4 million) over an unplanned shutdown in late 2016 and early 2017.
SAIL Board of Directors OKs Term Sheet for Auto Steel Joint Venture
13 December 2017 - The board of directors at the Steel of Authority of India Ltd. has voted to proceed with planning for a joint-venture automotive steel plant with ArcelorMittal, reports the Press Trust of India.
JFE Steel Selects Equipment Supplier for Replacement Sintering Plant
12 December 2017 - Primetals Technologies has won a contract to build a 4.8-million-metric-ton sinter plant for Japan’s JFE Steel, the equipment supplier has announced.
Swiss Steel to Trial Quality Control Software Package
12 December 2017 - SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH Group’s Swiss Steel Emmenbrücke has placed an order with MET/Con for a quality management system, according to an announcement.
India Sees Two New Mills on the Horizon
08 December 2017 - India’s central government is looking at setting up an electric arc furnace mill in the state of Telangana, according to reports.
Sandvik Strikes Deal to Sell Tooling Components Manufacturer
08 December 2017 - U.S.-based private equity firm KKR has reached an agreement to acquire Sandvik Hyperion, a manufacturer of industrial tooling components, for about US$472.3 million.
Partnership Aims to Improve Services for Japan's Continuous Casting Plants
08 December 2017 - SMS group K.K. in Japan has established a partnership with Japan Engineering Network Co. (JEN) to provide repair services for continuous casting molds.
Chinese Mill Issues Acceptance Certificate on Caster Upgrades
07 December 2017 - China’s Changzhou Zhongtian Iron & Steel has signed off on upgrades to a continuous bloom caster at its mill, according to the equipment supplier on the project.
Global Steel Production Grew in 2016. Here's How Much.
05 December 2017 - Global crude steel production rose 0.5% to nearly 1.63 billion metric tons in 2016, according to the World Steel Association’s latest annual statistical yearbook.
Indian Steelmaker Lights New Blast Furnace
05 December 2017 - India’s Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd. has tapped the first batch of hot metal from the new No. 2 blast furnace at its Rengali facility in Odisha, according to the furnace builder.
Steel Countries Reach Initial Agreement on Excess Capacity
01 December 2017 - Roughly three dozen nations have agreed to a set of principles addressing the world’s excess steel capacity, but some industry representatives say more action is needed to solve the problem.
Mittal: Steel May See Better Times Over the Next Several Years
01 December 2017 - The steel industry recovery might be a “multiyear phenomena,” ArcelorMittal chief financial officer Aditya Mittal tells Bloomberg news service.
India Looks to EAFs to Meet National Production Goal
01 December 2017 - India Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh said his country will encourage electric arc furnace production as a way to increase steel output, reports the Press Trust of India.
Italian Steelmaker Adding Continuous Rolling Capabilities to Rebar Mill
30 November 2017 - Primetals Technologies has received an order for its ERT-EBROS billet welding system from Italy’s Ferriera Valsabbia S.p.A., which plans to install the technology at its Odolo mill in the province of Brescia.
