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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.
Posco Stainless Material ASTM-Registered
22 March 2010 - A new stainless steel material developed by Posco, the 445NF, has been registered with the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) with the serial number S44536. The new steel will mainly be used for kitchen utensils and interior materials of elevators.
Danieli Undertakes Structural Mill Project in India
22 March 2010 - Rashtria Ispat Nigam Ltd., a Government of India Enterprise, has contracted Danieli to supply a new 850,000-tonnes-per-year structural mill that will produce a range of structural section types and sizes, at rates of up to 200 tonnes per hour.
New Collective Agreement for ArcelorMittal Ostrava Employees
19 March 2010 - A new collective agreement, which will be in force until the end of 2012, has been signed at ArcelorMittal Ostrava.
ThyssenKrupp Nirosta Supplies Stainless Steel for NYC High-Rise
19 March 2010 - ThyssenKrupp Nirosta supplied 400 tonnes of stainless steel for the facade of the new global headquarters of financial service providers Goldman Sachs in Manhattan.
Mechel Retains Leadership among Russian Hardware Producers
19 March 2010 - Mechel OAO cites a report released in early March by Prommetiz stating that two of Mechel’s steel division plants retained their leading position among Russian hardware producers that are members of the association during January and February.
Posteel Opens New Pipe Plant in Oman
19 March 2010 - Posteel recently opened Gulf International Pipe Industry (GIPI), a new 250,000-tonne production facility specializing in API pipes based in Sohar, Oman. Posteel will supply 100,000 tonnes of hot-rolled coils annually to GIPI, which are needed to produce the pipes.
