Steel News

Steel Plantech Makes Successful Hot Run of Hyundai Steel's Plant Expansion

28 November 2013 - Steel Plantech announced a successful hot run was held in early September 2013 of Phase III of the 4 million ton per year expansion of the No.2 steelmaking plant at Hyundai Steel’s Dangjin Works.

worldsteel Promotes Green Manufacturing in China

28 November 2013 - On 21 November 2013, the World Steel Association (worldsteel) co-hosted a major one day conference in China on "Green Manufacturing, the Future of Steel and Automotive."

Rautaruukki and Ruukki Group Settle Name Dispute

28 November 2013 - Rautaruukki Corporation (Ruukki) and Ruukki Group Plc have settled their name dispute.

Latin American Apparent Steel Use Reached 50 Million Tons in First Nine Months of Year

28 November 2013 - Alacero reported that apparent steel use in Latin America reached 50 million tons in the first three quarters of 2013, in line with the same period of 2012, while finished steel production grew 1%to reach 41 million tons.

SteelBenchmarker: HRB Prices Falter

27 November 2013 - The bi-monthly SteelBenchmarker™ World export HRB price for 25 November 2013 rose 0.4% to US$559 per tonne for the second consecutive time.

Metalloinvest Discusses Cooperation Prospects with Bridge Builders

27 November 2013 - Representatives of Metalloinvest, Russian bridge and steel building companies, as well as employees of the national research centers recently participated in a Coordination Council held at Ural Steel.

POSCO Officially Launches 1% Sharing Foundation

26 November 2013 - POSCO hosted the inaugural meeting of the POSCO 1% Sharing Foundation at the Seoul POSCO Center on 18 November, and decided to donate US$ 300,000 to support victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

Ruukki Completes Employee Negotiations, Avoids Plant Closure

26 November 2013 - The employer-employee negotiations initiated in October by Ruukki Building Systems at its Peräseinäjoki plant in Finland have now been completed.

Outokumpu Sells Electricity Distribution Network at Tornio Site

26 November 2013 - Outokumpu is selling the electricity distribution network at its Tornio site in Finland to InfraVia European Fund II.

Salzgitter Flachstahl Wins Energy Efficiency Prize

25 November 2013 - Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH (SZFG) has been awarded first prize under the Energy Efficiency Award 2013 by the Deutsche Energie Agentur GmbH (dena).

NLMK Group Optimizes Energy Sector Management

25 November 2013 - NLMK Group continues to optimize its energy sector management, appointing a new group vice president for energy.

worldsteel Announces the steeluniversity Challenge Regional Champions

22 November 2013 - The World Steel Association (worldsteel) announced the regional champions for the 8th steeluniversity Challenge.

ArcelorMittal Zenica's New Blast Furnace Filter System Begins Operations

22 November 2013 - ArcelorMittal has reached an important milestone in its ongoing environmental program with the official start of operations of a major new filter system for its blast furnace.

Tenaris Inaugurates State-of-the-Art OCTG Premium Line in Romania

21 November 2013 - Part of a US$62 mililon investment, Tenaris inaugurated on 20 November a new premium OCTG finishing line in Romania for specialized products used by the oil and gas industry.

Outokumpu Exec's Long-Term Study on Cancer at Steel Mills Published in Medical Journal

21 November 2013 - The British Medical Journal has published an article by Outokumpu’s chief medical officer Markku Huvinen.

World Crude Steel Production Up 6.6% in October 2013

20 November 2013 - World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 134 million tonnes in October 2013, an increase of 6.6% compared to October 2012.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Commissions New SMS Siemag Converter

20 November 2013 - After a modernization by SMS Siemag, the 400-ton converter at ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG successfully produced the first heat at the Duisburg-Bruckhausen Works in September 2013.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Completes Desulfurization of Coke Plant

20 November 2013 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava has completed the optimization of the coke oven gas desulfurization process.

SSAB Introduces Green Pre-Coated Steel

19 November 2013 - SSAB announced the worldwide launch of GreenCoat, a new pre-coated sheet steel developed from rapeseed oil instead of traditional fossil oil based solvents.

SMS Siemag Commissions EAF at TMK Plant in Russia

19 November 2013 - SMS Siemag has successfully commissioned an electric steelmaking plant at Taganrog Metallurgical Works (OAO TAGMET) of the TMK Group in Russia.