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Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal and China Steel Begin Commercial Ops at Vietnam Joint Venture

15 October 2013 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. and China Steel Corp.'s joint venture, China Steel Sumikin Vietnam Joint Stock Company, plans to begin commercial operations in November of this year.

ArcelorMittal Opens New Tailored Blanks Facility in Slovakia

15 October 2013 - ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks has opened a new production facility in Senica, Slovakia, capable of producing 4 million laser-welded blanks (LWBs) a year, to meet growing demand for steel for the automotive industry.

SMS Concast Revamps Casting Machine for Taiwanese Steelmaker

15 October 2013 - Feng Hsin Iron & Steel has successfully commissioned the upgraded casting machine at its plant in Taichung City, Taiwan.

Oschatz Providing Three Converter Cooling Stacks for Chinese Steel Works

14 October 2013 - Germany-based plant constructor Oschatz was awarded a new contract from Baosteel Group Corp.

SMS Concast Provides Molds for Siderperú's New Continuous Caster

14 October 2013 - Empresa Siderúrgica Del Perú (Siderperú), a company of the Gerdau Group, has revamped its continuous casting machine in Chimbote, Peru, thereby significantly improving its production process.

Indian Producer Orders Newly Designed Rebar Rolling Mill from Siemens

14 October 2013 - The Indian steel producer Kalika Steel Alloys Pvt. Ltd. (Kalika Steel) has placed an order with Siemens Metals Technologies to supply a rolling mill for reinforcing steels.

BlueScope Steel Acquires OneSteel Sheet & Coil Distribution Assets

14 October 2013 - BlueScope announced it has agreed to acquire from Arrium Limited its OneSteel sheet and coil processing and distribution businesses in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Australia.

Sims Metal Management Appoints Galdino Claro as New Chief Executive

11 October 2013 - The chairman of Sims Metal Management Limited, Mr. Geoff Brunsdon, announced the appointment of Mr. Galdino Claro as chief executive officer and managing director of the company, commencing 4 November 2013.

Siemens Metals Technologies Names New CEO

11 October 2013 - Effective 1 November 2013, Albrecht Neumann will assume the position of CEO of the Siemens Metals Technologies Business Unit.

Inspiring a Generation: Worldsteel Launches Short Films Showcasing Careers in Steel Industry

11 October 2013 - The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has launched a series of films lifting the lid on the global industry.

CMI FPE Appoints New Managing Director

11 October 2013 - Following the departure of Sanjoy Das, Jean Marc Kohlgruber, president-CMI Industry and chairman of CMI FPE Ltd. (CMI FPE) announced that Raman Madhok has been appointed as managing director of CMI FPE, effective 9 October 2013.

U. S. Steel Kosice Helps to Open Steel Park Entertainment and Technical Center

11 October 2013 - On 4 October, the Steel Park entertainment and technical center in Kosice, Slovakia, was officially opened, which was founded with the aim of supporting creativity within the Kosice—European Capital of Culture 2013 project.

ThyssenKrupp Steel's Hot Strip Mill in Duisburg-Beeckerwerth Produces 200 Millionth Ton of Steel

10 October 2013 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe’s hot strip mill No. 2 in Beeckerwerth has now produced its 200 millionth ton of steel.

Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery and IHI Metaltech Complete Integration of Rolling Mill Business

10 October 2013 - On 1 October 2013, Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery, Inc. (MH) and IHI Metaltech Co., Ltd. (IHIMT), a wholly owned subsidiary of IHI, completed procedures that had been in progress based on a basic agreement on integration of the rolling mill business announced on 13 June 2013.

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