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Siemens to Supply Two Arvedi ESP Lines to Chinese Mill
28 June 2013 - A Chinese steel producer has placed an order with Siemens Metals Technologies for the supply of two Arvedi ESP (endless strip production) lines.
Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals and IHI Metaltech Reach Integration Agreement
28 June 2013 - Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery (MH), IHI Corp. (IHI) and IHI Metaltech Co. (IHIMT), a wholly owned subsidiary of IHI, have reached a basic agreement on the integration of their businesses centering on rolling mills.
ArcelorMittal Belval Increases Energy Efficiency with New Furnace
28 June 2013 - ArcelorMittal Belval and Differdange has started the modernized electric arc furnace at the Esch-Belval steel works in Luxembourg, as planned.
Severstal to Supply Pipes for the Power of Siberia Project
28 June 2013 - Severstal announced that the Izhora Pipe Mill and Mill 5000 at the Cherepovets Steel Mill's third sheet rolling shop is ready to supply pipes for Gazprom's major new gas transmission project, called Power of Siberia.
Ruukki Helps in Developing Lighter Car
27 June 2013 - Ruukki has been involved the SåNätt research project in Sweden, which was aimed at developing concepts and systems to achieve cost-efficient weight saving of 20–40% in the Volvo V60 passenger car.
SteelBenchmarker: Hot Rolled Band Prices Turning Up?
27 June 2013 - The bi-monthly SteelBenchmarker™ United States HRB spot price for 24 June 2013 rose 2.5% to US$668 per tonne for the second consecutive time.
Sandvik Appoints New Head of Group Communications
27 June 2013 - Jessica Alm, head of communications at Sandvik Coromant, has been appointed executive vice president and head of group communications as well as member of the group executive management of Sandvik AB.
Emirates Steel Targets New Range of Structural Steel for Offshore Installations
27 June 2013 - Emirates Steel's US$1.6bn heavy sections mill, which started production in early 2012, is diversifying its product range and is now developing structural steel with enhanced mechanical properties that are often specified in offshore oil, gas and petrochemical projects.
EVRAZ Highveld to Acquire Interest in Waste Slag Processor
26 June 2013 - EVRAZ Highveld Steel and Vanadium has entered into an agreement to subscribe for 20% of the issued shares in Nyanza Light Metals, which will construct a waste slag processing plant at EVRAZ's steel works in South Africa.
Siemens Modernizes Dedusting Plant in Turkish Steel Works
26 June 2013 - Turkish steel producer Diler Demir Çelik End.Ve Tic. A.Ş. (Diler) has awarded Siemens Metals Technologies an order to modernize the dedusting plant at the company's finger-shaft furnace in the Dilovası steelworks.
China Embracing Green Technology from SMS Group
26 June 2013 - In front of more than 200 representatives from the industrial and political areas at a recent conference in China, the SMS group laid out how eco plant-oriented solutions can improve the running of metallurgical plants in both environmental and financial terms.
Severstal Ranked as Second Most Competitive Global Steelmaker
25 June 2013 - OAO Severstal has been ranked as the second most competitive global steelmaker in a June 2013 report by World Steel Dynamics (WSD).
ArcelorMittal Unveils New Ultra-Lightweight Car Door Solutions
25 June 2013 - ArcelorMittal unveiled its new, innovative ultra-lightweight car door solutions, demonstrating that a 27% weight and cost saving can be achieved without compromising safety and structural requirements.
Ruukki Expanding Global Sales Network
25 June 2013 - Ruukki is to expand its global sales network for special steels by opening new offices and by recruiting more than 40 experts to strengthen sales and technical services. Growth in special steels is being pursued in Asia, Africa and in the Americas as well as in Europe.
Vallourec Appoints Vice President of Group Communications
25 June 2013 - Vallourec announced the appointment of Laurence Pernot as vice president of group communications.
Metinvest Increasing Funding for Local Social Programs
25 June 2013 - Ukraine’s Metinvest has signed a social partnership agreement for 2013 with the Luhansk Regional Administration and Luhansk Regional Council. It plans to increase its financing of social programs in the region to UAH 9.5 million (US$1.2 million) this year.
Danieli Corus to Upgrade PCI System for Tata Steel
24 June 2013 - Danieli Corus has received an order from Tata Steel for the engineering, materials supply, supervision and erection services for upgrading the PCI system at its blast furnace “G” in Jamshedpur, India.
CMI Group Director Hans Joachim Kruger Passes Away
24 June 2013 - It is with deep regret that the CMI Group announced the death of Hans Joachim Kruger, CMI director since June 2002. He died on Sunday 16 June 2013.
World Crude Steel Production Up 2.6% Year-on-Year in May
24 June 2013 - World crude steel production for the 63 countries reporting to the World Steel Association was 136 million tonnes in May 2013, an increase of 2.6% compared to May 2012.
Taylor-Winfield Technologies Helped Germany Company Solve Material Handling Problem
24 June 2013 - Ervin Industries, a manufacturer of cast steel and stainless steel abrasives, turned to Taylor-Winfield’s BOLTECH product line to solve a challenging material handling problem for its new Amasteel abrasive manufacturing facility in Glaubitz, Saxony, Germany.
