Steel News

Tata Steel Receives NDTV Profit Business Leadership Award

09 January 2012 - Tata Steel has been honored in the ‘Metal Category’ at the seventh edition of the prestigious NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards.

Posco-IJPC Celebrates Innovation Achievements in Indonesia

09 January 2012 - Posco-IJPC recently hosted the 2011 Posco-IJPC Innovation Fun Festival to celebrate the past year’s innovation activities.

Posco ICT Makes Progress on Overseas Projects

06 January 2012 - Posco ICT has successfully secured about 180 billion won in overseas orders, including recent project orders worth 120 billion won to build a plant automation system at a CSP steel mill in Brazil.

Ruukki to Deliver Steel Structures for New Mail Terminal in Sweden

05 January 2012 - Ruukki has signed a contract worth around EUR 5 million for total delivery of a new mail terminal to be built in Hallsberg, Central Sweden, comprising the steel frame, façades, and load-bearing roof structures.

Essar Steel Completes Capacity Expansion at Hazira

05 January 2012 - Essar Steel has completed its expansion of its Hazira complex, doubling the facility’s annual capacity to 10 million tonnes and making it the largest single-location flat steel producer in India.

SKF Appoints Senior Vice President, Group Business Transformation

04 January 2012 - SKF recently announced the appointment of Lars Wilsby as Senior Vice President, Group Business Transformation, with responsibility for Group IT and Demand Chain processes.

Kobe Steel to Form Aluminum Joint Venture in China

04 January 2012 - Kobe Steel and Jiangsu ALCHA Aluminium Co., Ltd. recently signed a letter of intent to establish a joint venture in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, to produce and sell aluminum coil and sheet. Both companies plan to sign the final agreement in spring 2012.

Krakatau Posco Signs MOU with Sookmyung University

04 January 2012 - Krakatau Posco recently signed an MOU with Sookmyung Women’s University, pledging to support the development of the local female workforce as a responsible corporate citizen.

Tata Steel Inaugurates New Hospital Facilities

04 January 2012 - HM Nerurkar, Managing Director of Tata Steel, inaugurated two new facilities at Tata Main Hospital in Jamshedpur on January 2.

Baosteel Tagged as Top 10 Innovative Enterprise

03 January 2012 - Baosteel was awarded the title of "China Top 10 Innovative Enterprises” in December at the China Independent Innovation Conference held in Beijing.

Tata Steel CEO Honored by Indian Institute of Materials Management

03 January 2012 - The Indian Institute of Materials Management (IIMM) has named Tata Steel Managing Director Mr. HM Nerurkar as CEO of the Year for 2011.

Posco-India Opens Field Office to Support Odisha Project

03 January 2012 - Posco-India recently opened a new field office near Nuagaon village to accelerate efforts to secure the construction site for its Odisha project, which has been stalled since mid-May of 2011.

Emirates Steel Commissions Heavy Section Mill

03 January 2012 - Emirates Steel succeeded in rolling out the first beams, marking the start of the hot commissioning of the first Heavy Section Mill in the Middle East and North Africa region.

China Steel Organizes Research Alliance for Hot Stamping

30 December 2011 - China Steel, Taiwan, recently invited a number of related companies and academic institutions to form a new alliance designed to enhance the competitiveness of the domestic auto industry.

Ruukki Joins United Nations Global Compact

30 December 2011 - Ruukki recently joined the United Nations Global Compact, a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to enhance good corporate citizenship.

Severstal Granted Exploration and Extraction Rights for N1 coal field at Usinskoe

30 December 2011 - OAO Severstal’s OAO Vorkutaugol coal production unit recently won exploration end extraction rights for the N1 coal field at the Usinskoe deposit in the Komi region, Russia.

China Steel Announces New President, Management Changes

30 December 2011 - The 14th Board of Directors of China Steel Corp., Taiwan, approved a number of management changes during its recent meeting, starting with the promotion of Vice President of Production Jyh-Yuh Sung to the position of President.

Production Starts at Bahru Stainless

29 December 2011 - Bahru Stainless recently started up its factory in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, successfully processing its first coil in the annealing and pickling line AP1 on December 12.

SAIL, Kobe Steel to Form JV for ITmk3® Project Study

29 December 2011 - Steel Authority of India Limited and Kobe Steel, Ltd. have agreed to establish a joint venture company to carry out a detailed feasibility study for a commercial ITmk3® ironmaking plant in India. The plant, which would be constructed at SAIL's Alloy Steels Plant in Durgapur in West Bengal, would have the capacity to produce 500,000 tonnes of iron nuggets per year.

Tata Steel to Sponsor 24 Tata Kids of Steel Triathlon Events in 2012

29 December 2011 - Tata Steel has broken its own record for the number of Tata Kids of Steel triathlon events, with 24 events scheduled to take place during 2012, the year of the London Olympic Games.