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Siemens and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Officially Launch Metals Joint Venture

07 January 2015 - As announced in May 2014, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Siemens have established a new joint-venture company named Primetals Technologies Ltd. for the metals industry.

Outotec to Provide Gas Cleaning Technology for Zinc Refinery in Peru

07 January 2015 - Outotec has been awarded a contract to supply gas cleaning technology for Votorantim Metais, part of the Votorantim Group, to the Cajamarquilla zinc refinery.

Plibrico Expands Refractory Materials Sales in South America

06 January 2015 - Plibrico Co. LLC announced the addition of Cermin Cerámicos y Minerales S.A.S. as the preferred exclusive agent for Plibrico material sales in Ecuador and Colombia.

Metalloinvest and NLMK Announce Contract Extension

06 January 2015 - Metalloinvest and Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) announced the extension of their existing long-term pellet supply contract until 31 December 2015.

Kobe Steel CEO Delivers New Year's Message to Employees

05 January 2015 - On 5 January, the first working day of 2015, president and CEO Hiroya Kawasaki gave a New Year's message to company employees.

ISSF: Global Stainless Steel Production Up 9% in First Nine Months of 2014

02 January 2015 - The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has released figures for the first nine months of 2014 showing that stainless steel melt shop production increased by 8.9% year–on–year to 30.9 million metric tons. Production increased in all regions except for Central and Eastern Europe.

New Wire Rope Scanning Technology from SCX Improves Safety, Reduces Downtime

01 January 2015 - The chance of unplanned downtime and accidents resulting from defective cranes used for metal manufacturing could be reduced by new wire rope scanning technology from SCX.

Vallourec Supplies Seamless Pipes to Support Magnetic Levitation Train

01 January 2015 - Vallourec has supplied seamless steel pipes to create a high road for the tracks of a magnetic levitation train prototype.

JSW Steel Inaugurates New Cold Rolling Mill Complex

01 January 2015 - JSW Steel’s new greenfield cold rolling mill at the Vijayanagar works was inaugurated on 25 April 2014.

NLMK Group Opens Trade Office in Brazil

01 January 2015 - NLMK Group announced the opening of its trade office in São Paolo, Brazil, and a logistics office in São Francisco do Sul, Brazil.

Oschatz Creates Oschatz Filtertechnology Subsidiary

01 January 2015 - Oschatz is continuing to expand: At the end of 2014, the Essen, Germany-based plant construction company founded a strategic subsidiary, Oschatz Filtertechnology.

EUROFER: EU Trade Policy Needs to Become More Reactive and Effective

01 January 2015 - Securing an international level playing field has become increasingly challenging, EUROFER says: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with major emerging, resource-rich economies are not concluded while protectionist measures are cumulating in all steel regions of the world outside the EU.

JP Steel Plantech Signs Cooperation Agreement with Küttner

31 December 2014 - JP Steel Plantech Co. has agreed to strengthen mutual cooperation realted to iron and steel technology with German engineering company Küttner GmbH & Co. KG with the signing of a basic cooperation agreement.

worldsteel: Global Steel Production Flat in November 2014

31 December 2014 - World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 131 million tonnes (Mt) in November 2014, a 0.1% increase compared to November 2013.

Danieli Automation to Revamp Wire Rod Mill Automation and Drives for PT Pulogadung Steel

31 December 2014 - To revamp the automation and drives of the wire rod mill in operation at the Jakarta, Indonesia, operations of PT Pulogadung Steel, Danieli Automation will replace the armature and the field regulator cards of six DC converters for six stands of the rolling mill.

ArcelorMittal Providing 310,000 Metric Tons of Steel for Gas Pipeline Across Europe

30 December 2014 - To enable the construction of one of the largest oil and gas pipelines in the world — the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) — ArcelorMittal is providing 310,000 metric tons of hot rolled coils from its production site in Bremen, Germany, more than one third of all the hot rolled coils needed for the TANAP project.

World's First Application of New In-Line Rail Hardening from Siemens Goes Commercial at Baotou

30 December 2014 - Siemens Metals Technologies has received notice from Baotou Iron & Steel (Group) Co. Ltd. that the in-line “Injector Dual-phase Rail Hardening” (Idrha+) achieved the expected performances for the rail R60 U75V gr.340 according to TB/T2344-2012 norm and has therefore entered the regular commercial production.

ArcelorMittal to Invest in New Dust Filters at Zenica Plant

30 December 2014 - ArcelorMittal Zenica, a steel producer located in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), announced the start of a major project to install advanced new dust filters in its basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant.

Mechel Reports Record Cargo Volumes at Trade Port Posiet

30 December 2014 - Mechel OAO reported that Trade Port Posiet's annual cargo volume reached 5 million metric tons of coal products by 25 December 2014. This is the best result in the Russian port's history.

Metinvest Works to Restore Transportation Routes After Bridge Explosion

30 December 2014 - Metinvest Group's Ilyich Iron & Steel Works of Mariupol and Azovstal employed temporary measures to receive raw materials and transport finished products before the railway connection is restored between the enterprises and Mariupol Merchant Sea Port.

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