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Jiexiu Xintai Produces First Beams on Section Mill from SMS Meer

15 September 2011 - Jiexiu Xintai Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., Jiexiu, Shanxi Province, China, has commissioned the section mill for steel beams recently supplied by SMS Meer, Germany.

ArcelorMittal Poland Earns Badge of Merit

14 September 2011 - ArcelorMittal Poland has been awarded “Golden Badge of Merit for the Development of Silesia Province” in recognition of the company’s contribution to the economic, cultural and social development of the Silesia Province.

SMS Siemag to Supply Electrolytic Tinning Lines to Shougang Jingtang

14 September 2011 - SMS Siemag will erect two electrolytic tinning lines for Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel that each will be capable of producing of 237,500 tonnes annually.

Tata Steel Completes Dudley Strip Rolling Expansion with New Sheet Leveler

14 September 2011 - Tata Steel’s installation of a £500,000 state-of-the-art leveler at the company’s Dudley plant will complete an ongoing investment program to upgrade that facility’s hot rolled strip processing capabilities.

Tata Steel, Caterpillar Collaborate for Supply Chain Gains

14 September 2011 - Tata Steel and Caterpillar Steel Products are under consideration for Caterpillar’s prestigious Annual Quality Improvement  (AQI) award for their supply chain project supporting the manufacture of Trackshoe Longbar product.

Outotec to Supply Iron Ore Pelletizing Plant for NLMK Novolipetsk

13 September 2011 - NLMK Novolipetsk Metallurgisk Kombinat has contracted Outotec for delivery of a large-scale iron ore pelletizing plant in Stary Oskol that will be the largest iron ore pelletizing plant in Russia producing roughly 6 million tonnes of pellets annually.

SAIL Rolls out R&D Master Plan

13 September 2011 - SAIL’s master plan for R&D targets production of CR-GO electrical steels, development of alternative ironmaking technologies, endless strip production, carbon dioxide reduction and capture, and the design of compact steel plants.

Ruukki to Supply Steel Frame for New Alma Media Head Office

13 September 2011 - Ruukki has been contracted to deliver the steel frame for media company Alma Media's new head office at Helsinki Railway Station.

China Steel Sumikin Vietnam JSC Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony

12 September 2011 - China Steel Sumikin Vietnam Joint Stock Co., a joint venture of Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. and China Steel Corp. held its groundbreaking ceremony on September 8th, 2011. The JV business is preparing to start operation in 2013.

ThyssenKrupp Honored for Innovative Headquarters

12 September 2011 - ThyssenKrupp AG’s new headquarters in Essen, which opened in the summer of 2010 after a three-year construction period, has been honored as a “Selected Landmark 2011” in the German innovation competition “365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas.”

Ilsenburger Grobblech to Supply Steel for Wind Park Project

12 September 2011 - Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH, a member of the Salzgitter Group, has won the contract from AMBAU GmbH for the delivery of around 70,000 tonnes of heavy plate for the Meerwind Offshore Wind Park.

Mechel Announces Record Results at Posiet Port

09 September 2011 - Mechel OAO announces that its Trade Port Posiet OAO achieved record coal transshipment results in August, following completion of a number of upgrades to the port’s technical support system.

Voestalpine Unites Structural Parts Group Within voestalpine Stamptec

09 September 2011 - Voestalpine recently announced the uniting of the Structural Parts Group of its Automotive Division, allowing for better bundling of individual location advantages as well as the positioning of voestalpine Stamptec as a powerful brand name.

MMK, Metalloinvest Sign Long-Term Iron Ore Supply Agreement

09 September 2011 - Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works and Metalloinvest have signed a long-term iron ore supply agreement with pricing based on current market indicators and price dynamics on the global iron ore market.

Ruukki to Provide Energy Panels for Construction Projects in Finland

09 September 2011 - Ruukki's energy panels will be incorporated into a new IKEA store under construction in Kuopio, Finland, and the Ikano shopping center being built in Vantaa, Finland.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe to Develop Organic Photovoltaics for Steel Construction

09 September 2011 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe and Konarka Technologies will work together to develop steel roof and facade elements with integrated organic photovoltaics. The development will be based on a solar module from Konarka with a photo-reactive polymer that can be applied to various substrates when dissolved.

Mechel Announces Creation of Mechel Somani Carbon Private Limited, India

08 September 2011 - Mechel OAO announced the creation of Mechel Somani Carbon Private Limited, India, a new 51%-49% joint venture with India’s Somani Group.

NLMK Commences Hot Tests at New Cogeneration Plant

08 September 2011 - NLMK’s new 150-MW Recovery Cogeneration Plant has started receiving and processing BF gas from Blast Furnace No. 7 currently being hot tested. With the new plant, Novolipetsk’s (NLMK’s Lipetsk site) generation capacity will increase by 45% to 482 MW.

Praxair India to Expand Air Separation Base in Western India

08 September 2011 - Praxair India Private Limited, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. announced plans to construct a new state-of-the-art air separation plant in the rapidly growing Pune-Mumbai industrial corridor of western India.

EVRAZ Creates New Unit, Appoints VP of Major Projects

08 September 2011 - Evraz Group announced the creation of a new business unit that will incorporate all of its major investment projects, along with the new position of Vice President of Major Projects.

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