Steel News

Ruukki to Supply Components for Oil Storage Tanks

21 January 2010 - Ruukki will deliver its prefabricated steel storage tank components to Verwater Groep Nederland to build seven new oil storage tanks in the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih Recognized for Environmental Protection

21 January 2010 - ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih has been named Environment Protection Leader 2009 within the “Ecology, environment, and nature management Ukraine” national project, for consistently introducing modern environmentally friendly technologies and equipment.

Danieli Integrated Minimill #1 Project Complete

21 January 2010 - Danieli successfully completes integrated tests related to the Energiron direct reduction plant and steelmaking shop at Emirates Steel Industry, Abu Dhabi.

ArcelorMittal, BHP Billiton Discuss Combining Iron Ore Interests

20 January 2010 - ArcelorMittal has entered into initial discussions with BHP Billiton to potentially combine their respective iron ore mining and infrastructure interests in Liberia and Guinea within a joint venture.

MMK, TMK Extend Partnership

20 January 2010 - MMK and TMK have extended their partnership until 2015 in agreement with a memorandum on strategic cooperation signed in February 2007. Further cooperation was also discussed during a recent meeting, including collaboration regarding Mill 5000 products.

Handan Orders Wire Rod Outlet from Siemens

20 January 2010 - Handan Iron & Steel Co. has ordered a wire rod outlet from Siemens VAI Metals Technologies for a rolling mill in its Handan Works. The new equipment will enable Handan to produce rods from 5 to 22 mm in diameter, with the capability to expand to 25-mm rod, and rebar from 6 to 16 mm.

Yichang Three Gorges Orders Continuous Annealing Lines from SMS Siemag

20 January 2010 - Yichang Three Gorges Quantong Colored and Galvanized Plate Co., Ltd. has placed an order with SMS Siemag for the supply of two continuous annealing lines. Both lines will process ultra-thin sheet, which will then be electroplated and used as packaging material.

ArcelorMittal Supports Emergency Intervention in Haiti

19 January 2010 - The ArcelorMittal Foundation supports an intervention from the organization Médecins sans frontières for the victims affected by the earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Foundation will donate US$100,000 to enable this intervention, which aims to address the needs of around 70,000 people.

Carrington Wire to Wind Down Business

19 January 2010 - Carrington Wire will implement a managed wind down of the business due to continuing losses resulting from a contraction of the steel-wire market. This move includes the closure of the Elland manufacturing plant over the coming months.

Blast Furnace Construction Progressing at NLMK

19 January 2010 - Installation of the basic structures at Novolipetsk Steel’s new blast furnace #7, with 3.4 million tonnes annual capacity, has been completed. More than 30% of the work is finished.

Siemens Upgrades Plate Mill at Xiangtan Iron & Steel

19 January 2010 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. to supply equipment for a PowerEdger and a pre-leveler. These new plant components will be installed in the 5-meter plate mill, located in Xiangtan, Hunan Province.

Kobe Steel Begins Production using ITmk3 Process

18 January 2010 - The world's first commercial plant using Kobe Steel’s ITmk3 process successfully began production of iron nuggets in the United States on January 12. Production is expected to reach the facility's annual design capacity of 500,000 tonnes in mid-2010.

Corus to Extend Teesside Operations

18 January 2010 - Corus agrees to the Trade Unions’ request to extend operations at Teesside Cast Products until all the raw materials currently on site have been consumed, or until the end of February, whichever is first.

Posco Selects Employees to Work Abroad

15 January 2010 - Posco completes its selection of workers to be assigned to its overseas global units, including those in China, Japan, India, and Mexico, by the end of this year.

Tenova Stainless Steel Line in Service at ThyssenKrupp Terni

15 January 2010 - Tenova Strip Processing successfully starts up the annealing and pickling line (no. 4) for the treatment of both hot and cold rolled stainless steel at ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali, Terni, Italy.

ArcelorMittal Awards MORE an EAF Equipment Contract

15 January 2010 - MORE srl signs an agreement with ArcelorMittal South Africa for the installation of Module Technology chemical energy package equipment at the company’s Vanderbijlpark Works’ three electric arc furnaces. The contract was won by MORE in cooperation with Linde.

Siemens to Upgrade Caster Capacity at Nizhny Tagil

15 January 2010 - Nizhny Tagil Iron & Steel Works contracts Siemens VAI Metals Technologies to increase the casting capability of its existing two-strand beam-blank/bloom combi-caster, CCM3, by an additional 300,000 tonnes/year.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Gives Pupils Interactive Boards, Computers

14 January 2010 - Representatives of ArcelorMittal Ostrava have given the basic school in Datyňská Street in Vratimov an interactive board with accessories worth CZK 95 thousand. Another school on Masaryk Square in Vratimov will receive five computer sets worth CZK 72 thousand.

Corus to Consider Trade Union Proposal at Teesside

14 January 2010 - At the first meeting of the Teesside Cast Products (TCP) Joint Management and the Trade Union (TU) Task Force, Corus agrees to consider a TU proposal to extend TCP’s operating program and postpone partial mothballing to the end of February.

Massey Energy, Jindal Steel & Power Enter MoU for Mine Development, Operation

13 January 2010 - Massey Energy signs memorandum of understanding with Jindal Steel & Power Limited under which the parties will bid for the development and operation of underground coal mining projects.