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Posco’s Gwangyang Steel Plates Certified by EU Safety Standards

23 March 2012 - Posco recently obtained the CE-Mark, or the European Safety Certification, for eighteen steel plate products manufactured at the company’s Gwangyang Steel Works.

ISRA Vision Parsytec to Supply Inspection System for ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt

22 March 2012 - ArcelorMittal has awarded a contract to ISRA Vision Parsytec to supply an inspection system for the company’s Eisenhüttenstadt site in Germany.

Global Stainless Production Reaches New Record in 2011

22 March 2012 - World crude steel production grew by 3.3% in 2011, reaching a total of 32.1 million tonnes according to the latest report from the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF). The 2011 total represents a new stainless steel production record for a single year.

OAO Severstal Completes Upgrade Project at Izhora Pipe Mill

21 March 2012 - OAO Severstal announces that its Izhora Pipe Mill (IPM), part of the Severstal Russian Steel Division, is completing an upgrade project worth over 82 million rubles (US $2.8 million).

Mechel Smelts First Ferrosilicon on New Electric Furnace at Bratsk Plant

21 March 2012 - Mechel OAO has conducted the first smelting of ferrosilicon on its newly installed ferroalloy electric furnace at the Bratsk Ferroalloy Plant of the group’s ferroalloys division. This is the first of four electric furnaces to be installed at the plant.

February World Crude Steel Production Up 1.9% vs. February 2011

21 March 2012 - World crude steel production for the 59 countries reporting to the World Steel Association stood at 119.2 million tonnes for February 2012, 1.9% higher in comparison with February 2011 and 2.1% higher than the previous month, January 2012.

Essar Commissions Two Relocated Corex Units

21 March 2012 - Essar Steel India recently commissioned two Corex C-2000 plants originally supplied by Siemens VAI Metals Technologies and relocated from Korea to India at the Hazira steelworks. The plants have been modernized by Siemens with new special equipment and automation systems.

Baosteel Signs High-strength Marine Heavy Plate Procurement Contract

20 March 2012 - Baosteel and a joint-venture shipbuilding enterprise recently signed a high-strength marine heavy plate procurement contract; the products will be used for large domestic container ship manufacturing.

Authorities Approve Business Integration of Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metals

20 March 2012 - Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Industries have undergone merger reviews by the relevant authorities both inside and outside of Japan for the business integration of the two companies, which is scheduled to take place this October.

Posco Provides Training for Indonesian Joint Venture

20 March 2012 - The steel plate department at Posco Pohang Works recently invited 15 Krakatau Posco employees to participate in an introductory training session that included an orientation, lectures on basic knowledge in plate production, and on-site practical training.

Cherepovets Steel Mill Reduces Energy Consumption by 25%

19 March 2012 - ОАО Severstal’s Cherepovets Steel Mill has reduced specific steelmaking energy consumption to 5.620 Gcal per tonne, down 25% from 1999 levels, the launch year of the company’s energy-saving program.

Tata Steel Opens Steel Distribution Center at Teesside

19 March 2012 - The new center will be responsible for managing and distributing around 100,000 tonnes of the company’s construction steel stock from the Teesside Beam Mill, the sections mill in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, and Tata Steel’s tubes mills in Corby, Northamptonshire.

SSAB Wear Plate to be used for Allseas Fleet

19 March 2012 - SSAB has obtained its largest order ever for wear plate, Hardox HiTuf, from the Dutch company Geha BV, which specializes in wear components.

Zhangjiagang Hongchang Orders Two Twin-Ladle Furnaces from Siemens

16 March 2012 - Zhangjiagang Hongchang Plate Co. Ltd. has awarded Siemens VAI Metals Technologies an order to supply two twin-ladle furnaces for its new converter steelworks in the city of Zhangjiagang in Jiangsu Province. Both secondary metallurgical facilities are scheduled for commissioning in spring 2013.

SMS Siemag Modernizes Converter at ArcelorMittal

16 March 2012 - ArcelorMittal Asturias, Spain, recently took into operation a new converter that features SMS Siemag’s lamella suspension and a 25% higher specific volume compared to the site’s first converter.

Baosteel Steel Canmaking to Begin Lid Making

16 March 2012 - Baosteel Canmaking recently began lid making for Baosteel Metal’s five subordinating canmaking companies. Completion of its canmaking project enables the company to form a complete industrial chain in the packaging business.

Metinvest Commences Sales of Welded Pipes from Lugansk Pipe Works

16 March 2012 - Metinvest Eurasia recently commenced sales of electric-welded pipes from Lugansk Pipe Works (LTZ). In February, pipe shipments from LTZ to Metinvest Eurasia warehouses comprised around 4000 tonnes.

Tata Steel Selected as Most Admired Indian Company

15 March 2012 - Tata Steel topped the list of India's 50 most-admired companies in a survey conducted by Fortune India and global management consultancy Hay Group.

ThyssenKrupp GfT Bautechnik to Supply Pipe, Sheet Pile to Seal Dam in Israel

15 March 2012 - Dead Sea Works Ltd. has awarded ThyssenKrupp GfT Bautechnik GmbH a contract to seal a dam in the southern Dead Sea. The contract includes delivery of some 38,000 tonnes of sheet piles and around 17,000 tonnes of pipe.

JSW Steel to Invest in Manufacture of Electric Steel

14 March 2012 - JSW Steel plans to set up an electrical steel manufacturing facility of 0.6 million tonnes per annum capacity at its integrated steel works at Vijayanagar.

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