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ArcelorMittal Kazakhstan Coal Pioneers Methane Power Project
01 October 2012 - ArcelorMittal Kazakhstan’s coal mining team is deploying technology to use gas from the country’s mines to generate electricity.
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Announces Change to Management Board
01 October 2012 - Dr. Jost A. Massenberg (56), longstanding Chief Sales Officer of ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, is leaving the company at his own request to take on a new professional challenge.
ArcelorMittal Ostrava Helps Reduce Emissions from Local Household Heating
01 October 2012 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava in the Czech Republic has given 5 million crowns (US$257,630) in order to support the replacement of old environment-unfriendly household boilers in the region.
ArcelorMittal Atlantique and Lorraine Announce Intention to Permanently Close the Liquid Phase in Florange
01 October 2012 - ArcelorMittal Atlantique and Lorraine met today with its central works council to discuss its intention to present a proposal for the future of its Florange plant.
ArcelorMittal Atlantique and Lorraine Announce Intention to Permanently Close the Liquid Phase in Florange
01 October 2012 - ArcelorMittal Atlantique and Lorraine met today with its central works council to discuss its intention to present a proposal for the future of its Florange plant.
Outokumpu Submits Alternative Remedy Proposal Related to Inoxum Transaction
01 October 2012 - Following the market testing of Outokumpu’s initial remedy proposal announced on 20 September 2012, the EU Commission has informed Outokumpu that the divestment of the Swedish melting and coil operations may not be sufficient to permit the approval of the Inoxum transaction.
Brisk Demand Makes India a Bright Spot for Global Steelmakers
28 September 2012 - India is emerging as the sole bright spot for global steelmakers as brisk demand coupled with scarcity of raw material looks set to buoy imports by Asia’s third-largest economy in the next two years, bucking a slowdown that has hit even top consumer China, Reuters reports.
Ilva Told Cut Pollution From Toxic Steelworks or Lose License
28 September 2012 - Steelmaker ILVA must follow a court order to drastically reduce pollution from its factory in southern Italy, Europe’s biggest steelworks, or risk losing its environmental authorization, the Environment Ministry warned on Friday, according to a Reuters report.
ThyssenKrupp Sells Tailored Blanks to Wuhan Iron and Steel
28 September 2012 - ThyssenKrupp AG has signed an agreement with Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation (WISCO) for the sale of for its subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks, which produces tailored steel blanks for the auto industry.
TMK Commissions New Production Lines at TMK-INOX
27 September 2012 - TMK-INOX, a subsidiary of TMK, has commissioned a shop manufacturing stainless steel and alloy-based welded precision pipes in Russia.
General Steel Provides Operational Update for First Half of 2012
27 September 2012 - General Steel Holdings, Inc., one of China’s leading non-state-owned producers of steel products and aggregators of domestic steel, today announced select preliminary financial results for the first half of 2012 and provided an update on its operations and strategic initiatives.
Ruukki Revises 2012 Guidance Due to Weak Steel Markets
27 September 2012 - Rautaruukki (Ruukki) has revised its guidance for 2012. Instead of growing about 5% as estimated earlier, net sales are now estimated to remain at the same level as the previous year.
Ruukki Announces Layoffs to Improve Efficiencies, Cut Costs
27 September 2012 - Ruukki Metals is to initiate employer-employee negotiations concerning the efficiency of its operations. The negotiations affect most of Ruukki Metals’ production organization in Finland, which means a total of around 3,500 persons.
Report Says ArcelorMittal Closing French Steel Mill
27 September 2012 - A French minister raced on Thursday to the last blast furnaces in the Lorraine region, once the heart of the nation’s steel industry, after a report that the idled plant would close in a blow to the Socialist government’s fight against unemployment, according to a Reuters report.
Agellis Receives Order from South African Steel Plant
27 September 2012 - Agellis Group, which develops and sells products and solutions to the global metals industry, has received one order totaling €177,000 for measurement systems from a South African steel plant.
New Siemens Wire Rod Mill to Boost Capacity for Chinese Quality Steelmaker
26 September 2012 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies will supply the Weiyuan Iron & Steel Company, Ltd with a new wire rod mill to expand annual production by 650,000 tons per year.
ArcelorMittal to Boost Productivity Using UCC as a Service From Siemens Enterprise Communications
26 September 2012 - Seeking to consolidate and optimize its worldwide communications infrastructure, ArcelorMittal has chosen Siemens Enterprise Communications to deliver a global Private Cloud Service for Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) based on a centralized OpenScape UCC Solution.
ArcelorMittal to Boost Productivity Using UCC as a Service From Siemens Enterprise Communications
26 September 2012 - Seeking to consolidate and optimize its worldwide communications infrastructure, ArcelorMittal has chosen Siemens Enterprise Communications to deliver a global Private Cloud Service for Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) based on a centralized OpenScape UCC Solution.
Tenaris Donates New Exhibit to Norwegian Museum
26 September 2012 - In late August Tenaris donated to Norsk Oljemuseum, the Norwegian Petroleum Museum, a new exhibit that represents a casing and tubing string typically used for oil and gas production in the North Sea.
U.S. Steel Europe Opens Milan Office
26 September 2012 - U. S. Steel Europe announced, in line with its new commercial strategy, the opening of a sales office in Milan, Italy. The new sales office will work to identify additional sales opportunities and expand U. S. Steel Europe’s commercial presence in Italy.
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