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JP Steel Plantech to Supply New SBQ Mill to Jatim Taman Steel

09 March 2015 - Jatim Taman Steel has placed an order with JP Steel Plantech Co for a new SBQ mill to produce special round bar and flat bar.

Rizhao Produces First Coil on Arvedi ESP Plant from Primetals Technologies

06 March 2015 - In February, Chinese steel producer Rizhao Steel Group Co. Ltd. rolled the first coil on the ArvediESP (Endless Strip Production) plant No. 1 supplied by Primetals Technologies.

Metinvest-SMC Opens New Warehouse in Ukraine

06 March 2015 - Metinvest-SMC, Metinvest Group's wholesale and retail sales channel in Ukraine, opened a new warehouse to hold a buffer stock of pipe products and a retail metal center.

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih Supplies Rebar for New Volkswagen Dealer in Ukraine

06 March 2015 - ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih has supplied more than 700 tons of 8-28mm rebar for the construction of a new, flagship Volkswagen car showroom, Volkswagen Center Kryvyi Rih, which opened in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, in February 2015.

Esmark Reaffirms Continued Interest in Železara Smederevo Steel Works

05 March 2015 - Esmark Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James P. Bouchard announced that, despite the recent efforts to reach a definitive agreement with the Republic of Serbia for the restructuring and revitalization of the Železara Smederevo Steel Works, Esmark continues to believe its comprehensive business plan and world-class management team provide the best possible future for the mill.

Metinvest Resumes HDG Production at Ilyich Works

05 March 2015 - Hot-dip galvanized (HDG) production at Ilyich Iron & Steel Works of Mariupol, Ukraine, which had been idled since January, will start on 5 March 2015.

Vallourec Announces 2014 Results; Oil Prices Force Workforce Reductions

05 March 2015 - Vallourec announced its results for the full year 2014.

NLMK Group Funding for Social Programs Up 14% in 2014

05 March 2015 - NLMK Group increased funding for social programs in 2014 by 14% to 2.9 billion rubles.

Industry Leaders Chosen for Significant Contributions to AIST and Global Iron and Steel Industry

04 March 2015 - The Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) recognizes, through peer reviews, the active leadership and significant contributions of individuals or companies to AIST and the global iron and steel industry.

ISRA VISION Names New Executive Director of Group Operations

04 March 2015 - ISRA VISION AG, one of the world’s top companies for industrial image processing as well as globally leading in surface inspection of web materials and 3D machine vision applications, is reinforcing its Executive Board for the important Operations segment with an internationally experienced expert.

MMK Increases Steel Shipments to Shipbuilders

04 March 2015 - Russia's OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) supplied 78,000 metric tons of metal products to shipbuilders in 2014, which represents a 37.2% growth y-o-y.

Zhejiang Kingland Puts Spiral Pipe Plant from PWS into Operation

03 March 2015 - Zhejiang Kingland Pipe Industry, based in Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, has successfully commissioned a spiral pipe plant supplied by PWS.

Alacero: 2014 Latin America Steel Production Fell While Imports Rose

02 March 2015 - End of the year figures show that the Latin American steel market did not grow during 2014, impacted by the global and regional economic deceleration, said Latin America’s steel association Alacero.

Terex Material Handling Unveils Innovative Demag Crane Design

27 February 2015 - Terex Material Handling has launched the Demag V-type crane design, a revolutionary crane that sets a new industry standard and weighs up to 17% less than comparable box-section profile girders.

SteelBenchmarker: HRB Prices Heading for the Bottom

27 February 2015 - In its 214th report, the SteelBenchmarker released nine steel products and three USA scrap prices. Of these, here are four benchmark prices for hot-rolled band for 23 February 2015:

NLMK Generates Significant Savings through PCI Implementation at Novolipetsk

26 February 2015 - Russia’s NLMK Group made a saving of 425 million rubles in 2014 through the use of pulverized coal injection (PCI) technology at two blast furnaces at its Novolipetsk production site in Lipetsk.

Alberto Iperti Appointed CEO of Tamini

26 February 2015 - Alberto Iperti has been appointed CEO of Tamini, a worldwide leader in the manufacturing and service of energy transformer and a subsidiary of Terna, the company that transmits and dispatches electricity on the high voltage grid throughout Italy.

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