Steel News

Ruukki to Supply Steel Structure in Lipetsk Region

09 November 2011 - Rautaruukki has signed a contract with the Russian company Terwingo to design and deliver the steel frame and roof structures for a special steel wire production plant to be built in the Lipetsk region of Russia.

Siemens Introduces New Quick-Exchange Pinch-Roll Cassette

09 November 2011 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies offers hot-strip mill operators a new method for changing the pinch rolls in downcoilers. The pinch-roll unit, designed as a quick-exchange cassette, can reportedly be replaced within 10 minutes without additional interruption of production.

ThyssenKrupp Expands Range of Hot-stamping Steels with GammaProtect

08 November 2011 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe has developed a new anti-rust finish, called GammaProtect®, that is suitable for hot-stamped components. The coating expands the application range for hot stamping to include parts in the wet area of the car body.

Posco, Gorenje Sign Long-Term Supply Agreement

08 November 2011 - Posco recently signed a long-term supply agreement with home appliance maker Gorenje in Velenje, Slovenia. The agreement will allow Posco to set up a bridgehead in Europe for stable home appliance steel sales.

voestalpine, Austrian Ski Association Cooperate on New Structure

07 November 2011 - voestalpine and the ÖSV recently presented the result of their cooperation in honor of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 in Schladming: a steel structure called voestalpine skygate erected in the finish arena of the Planai stadium.

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih Honored for Corporate Responsibility Report

07 November 2011 - ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih was recently awarded second place in the Ukraine’s Readers' Choice Award-2011 for the publication of its first Corporate Responsibility Report.

Tata Steel to Close Construction Products Business in South Wales

07 November 2011 - Tata Steel announces plans to cease operations at its loss-making Construction Products business, a Llanwern-based operation focused on roll-formed products and assemblies.

Nippon Steel, WISCO Formally Establish Tinplate Joint Venture

07 November 2011 - Nippon Steel and Wuhan Iron and Steel Group have formally established WINSteel, a new joint venture that will manufacture and sell tinplate in Wuhan City, Hubei Province.

Sumitomo Metals Receives “Best Partner Award” from Panasonic

04 November 2011 - The Sumitomo Metals Group received the Best Partner Award, the highest of its kind, at the recent Panasonic Excellent Partners Meeting. The Group also received the Gold Award and the Bronze Award for ECO-VC (Value Creation) Initiatives.

POS-InfraAuto Conducts Groundbreaking Ceremony

04 November 2011 - POS-InfraAuto, a joint venture among Posco-CSPC, Korean Fine Blanking manufacturer MR-InfraAuto, Dongkuk Industries, and SK Networks established in the Huaqiao Business Park in Kunshan, jiangsu of China, held a groundbreaking ceremony on Oct. 31.

Severstal Receives GOSGRANT Support for Social Projects

03 November 2011 - OAO Severstal has been recognized at the 2nd Congress of Nonprofit Organizations of Russia and All-Russia Conference (GOSGRANT) awards based on the company’s Road Home program.

Tata Steel to Begin Commissioning Stocksbridge Furnaces

03 November 2011 - Trials are due to begin by the end of 2011 on new equipment at Tata Steel’s Stocksbridge steelworks in South Yorkshire in the UK following a £6.5 million investment program to increase production of aerospace steels. Engineers are currently carrying out the final installation work.

SAIL Launches Vigilance Awareness Week

02 November 2011 - Steel Authority of India Ltd. inaugurated Vigilance Awareness Week 2011, to be observed from October 31 to November 5, by pledging "to bring about integrity and transparency, and eradication of corruption in all spheres of life."

Rebar from ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih Used to Construct New Stadium in Lviv

02 November 2011 - PJSC “ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih” supplied 20,000 tonnes of reinforcing bar for the construction of the new sports complex Arena Lviv, at which the final part of the European football championship Euro-2012 will take place.

NLMK Expands Secondary Metallurgy Capacity at Novolipetsk

02 November 2011 - NLMK has commissioned a new two million tonne/year ladle furnace (LF) at Novolipetsk, the company’s main production site in Lipetsk.

Color-Coated Steel Sheet Manufacturing Operations Established in Hanoi, Vietnam

01 November 2011 - Nippon Steel & Sumikin Coated Sheet Corp. and Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc., along with two local Vietnamese partners, have formed a joint venture for the production of color-coated steel sheets in Vietnam: Fujiton Color Coating Steel Joint Stock Co.