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Tata Steel, CPI Order Equipment for New Innovation Center at Teesside

09 June 2011 - The Center for Process Innovation (CPI) and Tata Steel have begun work to establish the national research facility at Tata Steel’s Teesside Technology Center. A recently appointed management team has placed orders for specialist industrial equipment—a gasifier and a pyrolysis unit—that will form the cornerstone of the facility.

JSW Steel Posts 2% Growth in Crude Steel Production for May

09 June 2011 - JSW Steel Limited is reporting the production of 577,000 tonnes of crude steel in May 2011, a 2% increase compared to crude steel production of 565,000 tonnes for May 2010.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Introduces New Chief Operating Officer

09 June 2011 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava announced the appointment of Hans Ludwig Rosenstock as the company’s new Chief Operating Officer from June 1.

Posco Establishes Production Plant for Extra-Wide Steel Plate

09 June 2011 - After completing the annual 2 million-tonne steel plate factory at Gwangyang Steelworks in March, Posco has succeeded in the test production of 5300-mm-wide steel plate. The plant is now producing 10,000 tonnes of 4500- to 5300-mm width steel plates each month.

Rio Tinto Wins Health Award for Community Investment in Guinea

08 June 2011 - Rio Tinto, through its subsidiary Simfer S.A, has been selected as a winner of the 2011 Global Business Coalition Health Business Action on Health Awards for its work on malaria and HIV/AIDS prevention in the communities surrounding the Simandou iron ore mine in Guinea.

Outokumpu to Supply Special Stainless for Dam at Finland’s Tammerkoski Rapids

08 June 2011 - Outokumpu has been selected to deliver LDX 2101®, a special duplex stainless steel, for the total reconstruction of the dam at the upper reaches of the Tammerkoski rapids in Tampere, Finland.

Mechel Launches Modernized Steelmaking Complex at Otelu Rosu

08 June 2011 - Mechel OAO has launched a modernized steelmaking complex at its Romanian-based subsidiary Ductil Steel Otelu Rosu. The reconstructed complex includes a new electric arc furnace with the COSS system, an upgraded continuous billet caster, and a modern scrap metal preparation section.

SMS Siemag to Supply 20-Roll Cold Mill to Bahru Stainless

08 June 2011 - SMS Siemag is supplying a 20-roll cold mill of type MB 22B-52” for a new cold rolling complex being built for Bahru Stainless in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The mill is scheduled to go into operation in December 2012.

Novolipetsk Recognized as Best Russian Exporter

07 June 2011 - Novolipetsk Steel has been awarded the title "Best Russian Exporter 2010" in a contest held by the Russian Ministry of Industry & Trade.

Tata Steel Celebrates Environment Month in June

07 June 2011 - Tata Environment Month is an initiative the company launched last year to mark the annual World Environment Day on June 5. Throughout the month, Tata Steel plans to demonstrate how the steel industry can be a key part of a more sustainable, lower carbon world.

Siemens to Supply AOD Converter to Viraj Profiles

07 June 2011 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies won an order from stainless steel producer Viraj Profiles Ltd. to supply an AOD (argon-oxygen decarburization) converter for its plant located in Tarapur, Maharashtra, India. The project is scheduled for completion by mid-2011.

JFE Steel Group to Integrate its Electric Furnace Operations

07 June 2011 - JFE Steel Corp. announced plans to integrate four of the group’s electric furnace-based companies: JFE Bars & Shapes Corp., Daiwa Steel Corp., Tohoku Steel Corp. and Toyohira Steel Corp.

Danieli Group Forms New Business Unit

06 June 2011 - Danieli Group has decided to establish a new business unit, Danieli Linz Technology, to deal with the steel production with Oxygen Converters (BOF). The Group claims that it will become the only company capable of supplying the complete BOF shop with fully owned, proprietary technologies.

Mechel Announces New Managing Director at Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant

06 June 2011 - Mechel OAO has announced the appointment of Rashid Nugumanovas Managing Director of Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant, succeeding Sergei Malyshev, who is moving to the company’s headquarters.

Posco’s Innovation Activity Yields New Beginning for VSC-Posco

06 June 2011 - VSC-Posco Steel is a provider of low carbon steel wire rods and steel wires in Vietnam, where demand is strong, but the company has been competing with outdated facilities.

ArcelorMittal Organizes Ecological Picnic in Poland

03 June 2011 - Organized by ArcelorMittal Poland in cooperation with Tauron, a “family ecological picnic” was recently held in Dąbrowa Górnicza. A highlight was the planting of 100 trees, which marked the beginning of a larger project launched this year by both companies.

Metinvest Opens New Metal Center in Mariupol

03 June 2011 - Metinvest has further expanded its distribution network with the opening of new metal center in Mariupol by Metinvest SMC. The new center is located near Metinvest’s Azovstal and MMKI mills.

Posco, Nippon Steel Hold Technology Exchange

03 June 2011 - The hot rolling department at Posco’s Gwangyang Steel Works recently hosted a two-day technology-exchange event with Nippon Steel Corp.

NMDC Signs Contract for India’s Largest Blast Furnace

03 June 2011 - NMDC Limited has signed a contract with Tata Projects Limited and Danieli Corus to set up India’s largest blast furnace for a 3 MTPY integrated steel plant the company is planning to construct at Nagamar.

Outokumpu Divests Part of Ownership in Talvivaara

02 June 2011 - Outokumpu has sold all of its shares in Talvivaara Mining Co. Plc to Solidium Oy, a holding company wholly owned by the Finnish State. Outokumpu also sold one-fifth of its 20% holding in Talvivaara Sotkamo Ltd. to Talvivaara Mining, and granted an option for the purchase of the remaining 16% by the end of the first quarter of 2012.

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