Steel News

India Escalates U.S. Steel Duties Dispute at WTO

13 July 2012 - India has asked the World Trade Organization to set up a panel to adjudicate on its dispute with the United States over U.S. duties on some imports of Indian steel products, the WTO said on Friday.

Simetal Quality Expert Automates Quality Assurance During Continuous Casting

12 July 2012 - Siemens is providing operators of continuous casting plants with a new tool for automated quality control: the Simetal Quality Expert.

Rio Tinto Announces Management Changes

12 July 2012 - Rio Tinto announced several management changes. Its CFO will retire at the end of 2013; a successor has yet to be appointed.  Three other roles on the executive committe are also changing.

Emirates Steel is Fourth Rebar Manufacturer Worldwide to be Certified by ASME

12 July 2012 - Emirates Steel has been awarded a Quality System Certificate as a Material Organization from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for the manufacture of concrete reinforcing bar. It is the fourth rebar manufacturer worldwide to be awarded this certificate and the first in the GCC.

BlueScope Steel Receives Federal Solar Grant

12 July 2012 - Australia's BlueScope Steel has won AUD$2.3 million in Federal Emerging Renewables Program funding to develop a prototype building-integrated solar PV system.

ArcelorMittal Galati Invests €1.2 Million to Improve Sintering Machines

12 July 2012 - ArcelorMittal Galati of Romania recently invested over €1.2 million at its sintering machines No. 5 and 6 to improve its performances. The project included the design, the engineering and building of a quick lime injection unit.

Nanjing Iron and Steel Plans to Build New Steel Mill

12 July 2012 - The Chinese Iron and Steel Association (CISA) said Jiangsu Province-based steel producer Nanjing Iron and Steel Co. is planning to build a new steel mill, including a continuous casting workshop, with an annual steel production capacity of 3.5 million tonnes.

Angang to Cut Costs and Emissions with Expanded Slag Processing

11 July 2012 - China’s Anshan Iron & Steel (Angang) plans to invest heavily in slag processing this year, increasing capacity from under 1m tonnes/year currently to 5m tonnes/year by the end of the year by installing four new slag milling units supplied by Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Polysius.

Sidor Celebrates 50th Anniversary

11 July 2012 - Venezuelan steelmaker Sidor is celebrating 50 years of steelmaking.

ArcelorMittal Develops Safer Crash Barriers

11 July 2012 - ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions Czech Republic has introduced to the market a new, lighter and safer road safety barrier made from micro-alloyed steel.

ArcelorMittal Belval Recovers Used Tires in Steelmaking Process

11 July 2012 - By recycling used tires instead of coal in the EAF process, the ArcelorMittal Belval site in Luxembourg is preserving natural resources, decreasing costs, and reducing CO2 emissions and global warming.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Awards SMS Siemag Contract for Continuous Caster Revamp

10 July 2012 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe has awarded SMS Siemag a contract covering the comprehensive and detailed planning for the revamp of its continuous caster no. 1 at the Duisburg-Beeckerwerth works.

SAIL, Kobe Steel Seal Pact to Bring Environmentally-Friendly Steelmaking to India

10 July 2012 - India’s largest steel maker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Kobe Steel of Japan today signed a memorandum of agreement to set up a 0.5 million tonne per annum iron nugget making plant using Kobe’s patented ITmK3 technology at SAIL’s Alloy Steels Plant in Durgapur, West Bengal, India.

Praxair China Starts Up New Air Separation Plant for Meishan Steel

10 July 2012 - Praxair China has started up a new air separation plant in Nanjing, Jiangsu province for Meishan Iron and Steel, a subsidiary of the Baosteel Group.

Centro Combustion to Supply New Walking Beam Reheating Furnace to Jayaswal Neco

10 July 2012 - Indian steelmaker Jayaswal Neco Industries has awarded Danieli Centro Combustion Furnaces a contract to design and supply a new walking beam furnace for reheating billets and blooms.

Cliffs Natural Resources to Sell Its Sonoma Coal Mine Interest for AUD$141 Million

10 July 2012 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. has entered into a definitive share and asset sale agreement to sell its 45% economic interest in the Sonoma joint venture coal mine located in Queensland, Australia, to QCoal Sonoma Pty Ltd.

Wuhan Iron and Steel Forms Information Technology Joint Venture

09 July 2012 - Camelot Information Systems Inc. and Wuhan Iron and Steel Engineering Technologies Group have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture to create a platform upon which to develop and grow the IT applications business for the iron and steel industry.