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Tata Steel Enhances Quality Control for Bar and Rod
07 December 2012 - Tata Steel has invested almost £1.5 million in new technology to improve the quality of the steel bar and wire rod output at its Rotherham and Scunthorpe works in the UK.
AIST Conducts Second International Steel Academy in Istanbul, Turkey
07 December 2012 - The Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) recently completed the second AIST International Steel Academy (ISA) at The Hilton Istanbul in Istanbul, Turkey, 3–6 December 2012.
ArcelorMittal Tube Plant in Ostrava Supplies Tubes for Polish Gas Pipeline
07 December 2012 - The Czech Republic's ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava willl participate in the construction of the backbone network of gas pipelines in Poland with no less than one third of the volume of the supplies of spirally welded tubes.
Voestalpine Stahl Places Order for New Charging Car with SCHALKE
07 December 2012 - In October 2012 voestalpine Stahl AG in Austria placed an order for designing and manufacturing a new charging car with Schalker Eisenhütte.
Siderperu Launches Second Phase of Metal Operators Development Project
07 December 2012 - Siderperu, Gerdau’s operation in Peru, launched the second phase of its Metal Operators Development project in the city of Chimbote. The program is geared toward low-income workers and aims to train professionals for work in the steel industry.
JFE to Delay Decision on $3.6 Billion Steel Plant in Vietnam
06 December 2012 - JFE Holdings Inc., Japan’s second- biggest steelmaker, will push back a decision on whether to build a $3.6 billion integrated steel mill in Vietnam, its first outside Japan, as it assesses competitive risks, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.
ArcelorMittal Ostrava to Launch Production of a New Type of Steel
06 December 2012 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava is going to produce Arcorox® weathering steel – the steel grade allocated to the ArcelorMittal group. The new grade has a higher content of copper enabling to form a patina layer, which protects the steel against atmospheric corrosion.
World Steel Association Announces Regional Champions of the 7th steeluniversity Challenge
06 December 2012 - The World Steel Association (worldsteel) announced the regional champions of the 7th steeluniversity Challenge.
Gerdau Invests in a New Water Treatment Plant in Spain
06 December 2012 - Gerdau’s plant in Reinosa, Spain, invested €700,000 in a new treatment plant of the water used in the steel manufacturing process.
ThyssenKrupp AG Announces Personnel Changes on Its Executive Board
06 December 2012 - The personnel committee of the supervisory board, in close cooperation with Dr. Heinrich Hiesinger, CEO of ThyssenKrupp AG, have agreed to propose to the supervisory board in its meeting on 10 December 2012 to release the executive board members Dr. Olaf Berlien (50), Dr. Jürgen Claassen (54) and Edwin Eichler (54) from their functions effective 31 December 2012.
SMS Group Notices Customer Reluctance to Place Orders
05 December 2012 - The SMS group has noticed a reluctance among its customers to place orders, not only because of the weak steel market, but also due to the expected effects on the global financial system of Europe's national debt and euro crisis.
SSAB Announces Price Increases
05 December 2012 - SSAB EMEA is raising its prices for hot rolled, cold rolled and galvanized coil, as well as heavy plate, by at least SEK 300 (US$45) per tonne for orders acknowledged after 5 December 2012.
Tata Steel UK Orders Two Smarton® Konecranes
05 December 2012 - TATA Steel at Brierley Hill in the West Midlands has ordered two SMARTON® cranes for coil lifting from East Kilbride based Konecranes UK Industrial Crane Division.
TMK Acquires Controlling Stake in Pipe Plant in Oman
05 December 2012 - TMK, one of the world’s leading producers of tubular products for the oil and gas industry, has acquired 55% of Gulf International Pipe Industry L.L.C. (GIPI) located in Oman.
ArcelorMittal Liberia Gets New CEO
04 December 2012 - Antonio Carlos has been appointed as CEO of ArcelorMittal Liberia, following Rajesh Goel’s decision to retire from the company, according to a local media report.
France Announces ArcelorMittal Steelworks Deal
04 December 2012 - The French government backed away on Friday from a threat to nationalize a steelworks, saying it secured promises from the owner, ArcelorMittal, to invest and avoid any forced layoffs at the site where the company has idled two blast furnaces, according to a Reuters report.
Atlas Tube Donates Materials to Help Rebuild Haiti Trade School
03 December 2012 - Atlas Tube, a division of JMC Steel Group, has donated 16 tons of steel hollow structural sections (HSS) to help rebuild L’École Lakay, a trade school located in Haiti that was severely damaged in the 2010 earthquake.
Tata Steel to Work With SMS Mevac on Vacuum Induction Melting
03 December 2012 - Tata Steel has announced a new collaboration with technology company SMS Mevac, which will design a new facility for the production of high-purity vacuum induction melted (VIM) steels for the aerospace industry at Tata’s Specialty Steels business in Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire.
voestalpine Celebrates 60 Years of the LD Process
30 November 2012 - The voestalpine Stahlwelt in Linz, Austria, is currently hosting a special exhibition on 60 years of the LD process, showing how this innovation has changed the world. The LD process was one of the century’s most significant industrial inventions, revolutionizing the global steel industry at a stroke.
EVRAZ Announces Agreement to Sell Railcar Subsidiary
30 November 2012 - EVRAZ plc has signed an agreement for disposal of its Russian railcar operating subsidiary EvrazTrans to Russian freight rail operator NefteTransService.
