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Ruukki Special Steels Used for Train Coach Panels

03 November 2010 - Ruukki and Alstom Transport have developed a new high-strength steel solution for the assembly of wall panels for regional train coaches. The panels are made of Ruukki’s high-strength, hot-rolled Optim special steels that are laser welded and cut into components ready for installation.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava to Resume Hot-Metal Supply to Evraz Vítkovice Steel

03 November 2010 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava and Evraz Vitkovice Steel (EVS) reached an agreement recently over the supplies of liquid pig iron from ArcelorMittal Ostrava to the steelmaking facilities of EVS. The agreement guarantees supplies of hot metal from November 20, 2010, to the end of 2011.

New voestalpine Stahl Headquarters Named "Best Office 2010"

02 November 2010 - voestalpine Stahl GmbH's new Sales and Financial Headquarters in Linz was awarded the prize “Best Office 2010” at ORGATEC, an international trade show for office design. The jury considered the project, which was managed by M.O.O.CON® and planned by the architecture company Feichtinger Architectes, to be worthy of the prize due to its positive effect on communication and innovation.

Posco Opens Office in Egypt

02 November 2010 - Posco recently opened its first African office in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. The company expects the Cairo office to play a vital role for its future business in Africa as the regional headquarters.

Posco Launches New Processing Center in Turkey

01 November 2010 - Posco recently launched its new automotive steel-processing center in the Hasanaga Industrial Complex in the city of Nilufer, Brusa Province, to provide global automakers with high-quality automotive steel products. The Posco Turkey Nilufer Processing Center will also seek to expand its sales network to household steel products.

Essar Group Appoints New CFO

29 October 2010 - The Essar Group announced the appointment of V Ashok as the Chief Financial Officer for its India operations. He takes over for V G Raghavan, who has retired after more than 34 years with Essar.

NLMK Group Acquires VMI Scrap Processing Company

29 October 2010 - Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) announced the acquisition of LLC VMI Recycling Group from a group of shareholders for a total of USD28.4 million, following approval from Russian regulatory authorities. VMI owns scrap collection and processing assets located in the Moscow region.

Evraz Progresses with Rail Mill Modernization at NKMK

29 October 2010 - Evraz Group S.A. has completed the first stage of the rail mill modernization at NKMK, one of Evraz’s Russian steel plants located in Novokuznetsk, Siberia, with a capacity of 750,000 tonnes of rails per annum.

Ruukki Supplies Steel Products for Allure of the Seas

29 October 2010 - Ruukki delivered a total of 38,000 tonnes of steel products, such as plates and profiles, for the hull of the recently completed Allure of the Seas cruise ship, which was built at STX Europe's shipyard in Turku, Finland.

Nippon Steel Promotes Mozambique Coking Coal Development Project

28 October 2010 - Nippon Steel Corp. (NSC) and Nippon Steel Trading Co., Ltd. (NST) have reached an agreement whereby NSC will acquire a 23.3% economic interest in the Revuboe Project, of which NST currently holds a 33.3% interest. A bankable feasibility study will be conducted with the goal of launching full-scale development of the project.

Sumitomo Metals Invests in New Steel Plate Mill in Thailand

28 October 2010 - Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. has decided to take part in the Canadoil Group’s steel plate mill business in Thailand by investing in the Group, which is currently constructing a new steel plate mill in the country, and by providing technical assistance to the mill scheduled to be operational in 2013.

Linde to Build Industrial-Scale Air Separation Units for TISCO

28 October 2010 - The Linde Group has been contracted to build two industrial-scale air separation units for Taiyuan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (TISCO) at its Taiyuan site in China. The project will be managed by the 50:50 gases joint venture set up by Linde and TISCO, BOC-TISCO Gases.

ThyssenKrupp Celebrates Arrival of First Brazil Slabs at Duisburg

28 October 2010 - ThyssenKrupp celebrates the arrival of its first shipment of steel slabs from the new ThyssenKrupp CSA Siderúrgica do Atlântico mill in Brazil. Once it reaches full production, the Brazil plant will ship three million tons of its capacity to the plant currently under construction in Alabama, while two million tons will be shipped to ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe’s plants in Germany.

Evraz Creates Health, Safety and Environmental Committee

27 October 2010 - Evraz Group S.A. has established a Health, Safety and Environmental Committee of the Board of Directors—and has created the position of Vice President of Health, Safety and Environment—in an effort to increase the level of industrial safety, labor protection, and environmental care across its international operations.

MMK Contracts Hatch for Pre-Development of Prioskolskoye Deposit

27 October 2010 - Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works hired Hatch Engineering and Consulting in Russia to pre-project the development of Prioskolskoye iron ores field in such a way that minimizes land allotment costs, eliminates environmental risks, and optimizes MMK’s capital and operating costs.

Mechel to Reconstruct Bratsk Ferroalloy Plant

26 October 2010 - Mechel OAO announces that Bratsk Ferroalloy Plant OOO has signed contracts with Siberian Plant of Electrothermal Equipment (Sibelectrotherm) to purchase four ferroalloy electric furnaces. The reconstruction is planned for 2011-12.

Praxair Finalizes Agreement with United Steel in Bahrain

26 October 2010 - Praxair Gulf Industrial Gases LLC has finalized an agreement with United Steel Co. (SULB) B.S.C. to supply oxygen, nitrogen, and argon for use in its direct iron reduction plant and steel melt shop. The plant is due to start up during the fourth quarter of 2012.

ThyssenKrupp CSA Ships First Steel Slabs to Alabama

26 October 2010 - ThyssenKrupp CSA Siderúrgica do Atlântico recently sent its first shipment of steel slabs to ThyssenKrupp’s rolling mill in Alabama, which is due to be inaugurated in December.

Hybrid Blank by voestalpine and Fronius Receives Award

25 October 2010 - voestalpine Stahl GmbH and Fronius GmbH were recently awarded the Innovation Prize by specialist magazine Autorevue for a jointly developed steel aluminum blank. Implementation options are currently being discussed with automobile manufacturers.

Outokumpu Recognized for Climate Change Disclosure

25 October 2010 - Outokumpu has been commended by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) for its approach to climate change disclosure by being featured in CDP's "Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index" for the second time.

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