Steel News

ThyssenKrupp Nirosta Upgrades Bochum EAF with Spraying Robots

29 March 2010 - ThyssenKrupp Nirosta implemented a spraying robot fitted with state-of-the-art control technology capable of performing maintenance on the refractory walls of the EAF at its Bochum, Germany, facility.

Outotec Completes Acquisition of Ausmelt

29 March 2010 - Outotec has successfully completed its acquisition of Ausmelt Ltd and owns now 100% of all the company’s shares and votes.

Trial Underway for Rio Tinto Shanghai Employees

26 March 2010 - Rio Tinto notes that the trial to hear formal charges against the four Shanghai employees detained since July 5, 2009, will be held at the Shanghai Number One Intermediate Court from March 22, 2010. The charges relate to receiving bribes and stealing commercial secrets.

JSW Steel Inaugurates Branded Showroom at Mumbai

26 March 2010 - JSW Steel has inaugurated its fourth JSW Shoppe in Mumbai through its authorized dealer M/s K.Amishkumar Trading Pvt. Ltd at Ghatkopar (East). The shoppe sells JSW products ranging from hot-rolled to color-coated steels along with long products.

Essar to Buy Aries Coal Mines in Indonesia

26 March 2010 - The Essar Group signs agreement to purchase Aries coal mines in Indonesia, representing an estimated resource base of 100 million tonnes of thermal coal and mineable reserves of 64 million tonnes.

Siemens VAI to Expand Range of Kaluzhsky Steel Billet Caster

26 March 2010 - Kaluzhsky Steel places order with Siemens VAI Metals Technologies to further expand the range of the 8-strand continuous billet caster Siemens is currently constructing in the company's compact steelworks in Vorsino.

LOI Italimpianti Tenova to Supply HPH Annealing Plant for Tianjin

26 March 2010 - Tianjin No. 1 Iron & Steel Group awards a contract to LOI Thermprocess for the installation of an HPH bell-type annealing plant for annealing cold-rolled steel coils.

Corus Wins Prestigious Pipeline Order

25 March 2010 - Corus secures a pipeline order worth nearly £200 million from Total E&P UK Ltd.

Danieli Helps Set Milestone in Bar Mill Production at SN Longos

25 March 2010 - Danieli notes that a new milestone was recently set in the rolling of long products at the SN Longos Seixal bar mill in Portugal: 50 meters per second producing 8-mm-diameter deformed bars, through the Danieli Morgårdshammar high-speed twin-channel system.

Siemens to Help Modernize Dneprospezstal Steel Works No.3

25 March 2010 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from JSC Electrometallurgical plant “Dneprospezstal” to supply a new electric arc furnace and water treatment plant for its no. 3 steel works. The modernized steel works is scheduled to become operational in Q1 2012.

Peiner Träger Casts Slabs, Beam Blanks on Upgraded Combi-Caster

25 March 2010 - Peiner Träger GmbH has successfully cast its first slabs and beam blanks on an X-Cast combination continuous caster revamped by SMS Siemag.

ArcelorMittal Poland Signs Contracts with Kompania Weglowa

24 March 2010 - Kompania Węglowa will supply coking coal for the next five years to two coking plants owned by ArcelorMittal Poland. Within the scope of the second contract, ArcelorMittal Poland is to supply Kompania Węglowa with mining supports.

NLMK Commissions High-Capacity Ladle Furnace

24 March 2010 - Novolipetsk Steel commissions a high-capacity four million tonne/year ladle furnace in cooperation with Siemens VAI (Austria) as part of the second stage of its Technical Upgrade Program.

Uhde, Praxair Sign Global Hydrogen Alliance Agreement

23 March 2010 - Uhde and its subsidiary Uhde Corp. of America signed a global hydrogen alliance agreement in December 2009 with Praxair. The arrangement effectively covers the areas of steam reformer-based hydrogen plants and over-the-fence hydrogen supply.

Rio Tinto, Chinalco Sign MoU to Form Iron Ore Joint Venture

23 March 2010 - Rio Tinto and Chinalco have signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture covering the development and operation of the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea. The scope of the proposed joint venture covers rail and port infrastructure as well as the mine itself.

Danieli Meltshop Installed at Votorantim Group

23 March 2010 - The new Danieli steel meltshop installed at the Votorantim Group steel works in Resende, Brazil, to produce 1 million tonnes per year of billets has been operating successfully since October 2009.

Despite Dip, February World Crude Steel Output Well Ahead of Last Year

23 March 2010 - World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association stood at an estimated 107.54 million tonnes in February 2010 — 5.2% lower than the previous month (January 2010) but about 24% higher than February 2009.

Outokumpu Operations in Tornio Back to Normal

22 March 2010 - Outokumpu employees of Röyttä harbor in Tornio are scheduled to return to work on March 22. The stevedores' strike in Finland ended March 19.

Power Plant to Become Subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Ostrava

22 March 2010 - The Board of Directors of ArcelorMittal Ostrava recently decided at the general meeting to carve out the part of the company that engages in the generation of electricity, in favor of creating a 100% subsidiary, ArcelorMittal Energy Ostrava s.r.o.

Corus Raises Prices for Reversing Mill Plate

22 March 2010 - Corus Long Products is increasing transaction prices for reversing mill plate by £60 per tonne, effective on all orders received from March 22. The increase is in addition to the £60-per-tonne rise introduced from February 7.