Steel News

Lucchini Group to Idle Piombino Blast Furnace During the Month of August

09 July 2012 - Italian steel producer Lucchini Group announced that its Piombino based blast furnace will remain idle for four straight weeks in August 2012.

Two New Environmental Projects Launched at ArcelorMittal Zenica

09 July 2012 - ArcelorMittal Zenica, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has started to implement two major environmental projects at its blast furnace and coke plant.

Metinvest Revamps MMKI Heat Station No. 1

06 July 2012 - At the first heat station of MMKI, part of Metinvest Group, large-scale construction of turboblower No. 3 was accomplished and commissioned on June 21.

Danieli Corus Receives Order for CSH Blast Furnace Reline

06 July 2012 - Danieli Corus has received an order from Chile's CAP Acero (Compañía Siderúrgica Huachipato) for design and supply for the reline of its Talcahuano blast furnace No. 2.

NLMK Temporarily Reducing Pig Iron Production

06 July 2012 - NLMK announced it is idling the No. 2 blast furnace at its Lipetsk plant for a period of 60 days beginning today due to a deterioration in demand for pig iron in Russia and abroad.

SMS Siemag Receives Order for Record-Capacity Stainless Annealing and Pickling Line

05 July 2012 - Chinese stainless steel producer TISCO (Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Company) awarded SMS Siemag an order to supply the world’s highest-capacity annealing and pickling line for stainless hot strip.

TMK Announces New Executive Appointments

05 July 2012 - TMK, one of the world's leading producers of tubular products for the oil and gas industry, has appointed Vladimir Oborsky as CEO of Trade House TMK and Andrei Parkhomchuk as Senior Vice President of Trade House TMK.

Siemens to Supply Vacuum Decarburization Plant for Foundry in Austria

05 July 2012 - The voestalpine Giesserei Linz GmbH, part of the Steel Division of the listed voestalpine corporation, ordered a 50-ton vacuum oxygen decarburization (VOD) plant with mechanical vacuum pumps from Siemens VAI Metals Technologies.

Tenova LOI Italimpianti to Supply Walking Beam Furnace to BMM Ispat

05 July 2012 - Tenova LOI Italimpianti, together with Tenova Hypertherm, signed a contract with BMM Ispat Ltd. for a 160 tonne/hour walking beam furnace.

Agellis Receives Measuring Instrument Upgrade Order

05 July 2012 - AGELLIS Group, which develops and sells systems and solutions to the global metals industry, has received an upgrade order totaling 0.8 million SEK (US$0.12 million) for a measuring instrument for a smelter plant in Europe.

Agellis Receives Order for Delivery to Argentinean Steel Plant

05 July 2012 - AGELLIS Group, which sells level measurement and slag indication systems to global metals producers, has received an order worth more than 2.1 million SEK (US$0.3 million) for two instruments to be supplied to an Argentinean steelworks.

Severstal to Upgrade Cherepovets Steel Mill to Reduce Non-Organic Dust Emissions

05 July 2012 - OAO Severstal announced a plan to cut its non-organic dust emissions across its sintering production facilties by 33% at its Cherepovets Steel Mill by 2015.

Metinvest Began Idle Run at the PCI Unit of PJSC Ilyich Iron & Steel Works

05 July 2012 - At the PJSC Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, Metinvest is finishing a great building of the pulverized coal injection unit. An idle run is being practiced at the pulverized coal injection unit and full operational tests should begin this month.

Outokumpu Divests Part of Its European Stock Operations

04 July 2012 - Outokumpu is consolidating the group’s stocking operations into a smaller number of locations in Europe and deepening cooperation with independent distributors.

Milestone Anniversary at ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe: Duisburg-Beeckerwerth Steel Mill Turns 50

03 July 2012 - The team at the Beeckerwerth BOF meltshop of ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe in Duisburg has reason to celebrate: Built as a greenfield project in a period of just under two years, the plant started up in 1962 and celebrated its 50th anniversary at the end of June 2012.

Danieli Centro Combustion Acquires Olivotto Ferre

03 July 2012 - Danieli Centro Combustion has acquired Olivotto-Ferré, a global leader in the supply of industrial heating and heat treatment facilities in protective atmospheres for both the ferrous and non ferrous metallurgical industries.

JSW and ArcelorMittal Poland Sign Letter of Intent

03 July 2012 - JSW and ArcelorMittal Poland have signed a letter of intent to prolong their cooperation in the supply of coking coal, coke gas and coke for the next few years, as well as to extend the supplies of blast furnace gas and the exchange of technical expertise.

CMC Appoints John Elmore SVP and President of CMC International

02 July 2012 - Commercial Metals Company announced that effective today, Mr. John Elmore has been selected to serve as Senior Vice President of the company and President of the company's International division, succeeding Mr. Hanns Zollner who will retire as of 1 January 2013.

MMK Signs Long-Term Contract for Gas Supplies from NOVATEK

02 July 2012 - Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) signed a long-term gas supply contract with OOO NOVATEK-Chelyabinsk to support the group’s operating performance and future development.

U. S. Steel Names Christian Korn Vice President-Commercial, Europe

29 June 2012 - United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) announced today that Christian Korn has been named vice president – commercial, Europe.