Steel News

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Tests Retroreflective Strips on Safety Barriers

06 March 2013 - Retroreflective strips installed into the hollow part of safety barriers are being tested by ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions Czech Republic (AMDS), a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Ostrava.

ArcelorMittal Announces Approval of Phase Two of Its Liberia Operations

05 March 2013 - ArcelorMittal’s board has approved plans for phase two of its mining operations in Liberia. For the second phase of the project, annual capacity of the iron ore mine will increase from four million tonnes a year to 15 million tonnes a year in 2015.

Danieli Automation to Provide MES System for Severstal Balakovo

05 March 2013 - Danieli Automation has been awarded the contract for the supply of the Q3MET — the MES system oriented to the steel industry to optimize production, planning and scheduling of customer orders — for Severstal Balakovo in Russia.

Sandvik Materials Technology President Wins Prestigious Award

05 March 2013 - Petra Einarsson, president of Sandvik Materials Technology, was named the 2013 winner of the prestigious award “Most powerful woman in business in Sweden.”

Serbia to Restart Its Sole Steel Plant After Sale Fails

04 March 2013 - Serbia plans to restart one furnace at Zelezara Smederevo d.o.o., its sole steel producer, after NPO Uralvagonzavod OAO of Russia dropped plans to buy the state-owned company, Bloomberg reports.

Tata Steel Takes Delivery of First Iron Ore Cargo from Northland Resources

04 March 2013 - Tata Steel has taken delivery of the first shipment of high-grade iron ore from a new iron ore supplier, Northland Resources.

Outokumpu Appoints Senior Vice President – Sales, Stainless Coil EMEA

04 March 2013 - Olli-Matti Saksi has been appointed as Outokumpu’s senior vice president – sales, Business Area Stainless Coil EMEA as of 2 April 2013.

Kashima Steel Works Completes Full Restoration of Facilities Damaged by Japanese Earthquake

04 March 2013 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has constructed a new gas holder to replace the one damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011, completing the restoration of all the company’s production facilities damaged by the quake.

NLMK Reports Continued Environmental Improvements

04 March 2013 - In 2012, Novolipetsk, NLMK’s main production site in Lipetsk, Russia, completed 120 environmental projects as compared to 100 in 2011, with investments totaling approximately RUB 1.3 billion as compared to RUB3.9 billion in 2011.

Tata Steel Commissions Coke Oven Battery No. 10 at Jamshedpur

04 March 2013 - On 3 March 2013, Tata Steel commissioned and inaugurated its 700,000 tonne per year coke oven battery No. 10 and by-product plant at its Jamshedpur facility in India.

Windows of Opportunity: An Interview with Tenova HYL

01 March 2013 - The perfect storm is brewing for Monterrey, Mexico-based Tenova HYL: with the steel industry focusing on sustainability and with shale plays making natural gas abundant and affordable, the direct reduction (DR) plant supplier is a step ahead of the technology curve, and working hard to stay there.

Severstal Announces Full March Order Book at Cherepovets Steel Mill

01 March 2013 - Cherepovets Steel Mill, part of Severstal Russian Steel, a division within OAO Severstal has already completed its order book for March and has employed its rolling facilities at full utilization.

German Federal Cartel Investigating voestalpine Deutschland

01 March 2013 - The offices of voestalpine's German subsidiary voestalpine Deutschland GmbH in Munich were searched on 28 February 2013 by the Federal Cartel Office due to alleged violation of antitrust law regarding steel deliveries to the German automotive industry. voestalpine says it supports the investigation by the authority.

NLMK Approves Upstream Efficiency Enhancement Program at Main Production Site

01 March 2013 - The NLMK Group has decided to introduce certain operational improvements at its site in Novolipetsk, Russia in order to further improve process efficiency and optimize the use of resources.

ISRA VISION Parsytec Installs Surface Inspection Technology for China Steel Corp.

01 March 2013 - China Steel Corp. decided to use ISRA VISION Parsytec's technology at its continuous annealing line no. 2 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Tenaris and Zalau City Hall Partner to Open Laboratory in Technical School

01 March 2013 - Silcotub, Tenaris’s mill in Romania, in partnership with Zalau City Hall inaugurated a modern laboratory of pneumatics and hydraulics with state-of-the-art equipment in the “Mihai Viteazul” technical high school in Salaj County, Romania.

Danieli Reports Results and Outlook for 2012-2013

28 February 2013 - As it reported its results for the first half of its fiscal year, Danieli said it anticipates demand for new steel plants to be lower in the next few years due to slower growth in steel demand. At the same time, it noted there will be increased demand for the restructuring and upgrading of existing plants.

Tenova Core Installs Consteel System at Steel Plant in Ecuador

28 February 2013 - Tenova Core recently completed the installation and commissioning of a Consteel® system for the Ecuadorian steelmaker Andec, at the company’s Guayaquil works. It is the first Consteel® installation in the region and the world’s most compact Consteel system.

Danieli Supplying Tata Steel with Automation System for Inline Skinpass Mill

27 February 2013 - India's Tata Steel has placed an order with Danieli Automation for the replacement of the existing automation system of its inline skin pass mill with a state-of-art HiPAC control system.

ArcelorMittal Appoints New Head of Human Resources

27 February 2013 - ArcelorMittal has appointed Henri Blaffart as executive vice president and head of human resources (HR), effective 1 April 2013.