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Tenova Goodfellow to Install EFSOP for IRO EAF

10 March 2008 - Tenova Goodellow will install its EFSOP Holistic Optimization system for Industrie Riunite Odolesi’s EAF meltshop in Odolo, Italy.

Siemens Starts up First LiquiRob Robot System on New Posco Slab Caster

10 March 2008 - Siemens has started up its first LiquiRob robot system at Posco’s Gwangyang Steel Works on the caster platform of the new twin-strand Slab Caster CCM 2-3.

SMS Demag to Supply Coiler for Ternium Siderar

10 March 2008 - SMS Demag will supply a new downcoiler for Ternium Siderar’s hot strip mill in San Nicolas, close to Buenos Aires.

Nippon Steel Releases Forecast for Fiscal 2007 Operating Results

07 March 2008 - Nippon Steel releases its forecast for operating results for fiscal 2007, which runs through March 31, 2008.

Vale, Arcelor Mittal Agree to 65% Increase for 2008

07 March 2008 - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce concludes its iron ore fines price negotiations for 2008 with ArcelorMittal, resulting in a 65% increase in prices for Southern System fines.

ArcelorMittal Announces Resignation of a Director

07 March 2008 - ArcelorMittal announces the resignation of Romain Zaleski from its board of directors.

Acerinox and Nisshin Steel to Build Stainless Mill in Malaysia

07 March 2008 - Long-time venture partners Acerinox SA and Nisshin Steel announce they will build a new integrated stainless steel production plant in Malaysia.

Kocks to Supply Reducing & Sizing Block for Dongbei Mill Upgrade

06 March 2008 - Kocks will supply a 3-roll Reducing & Sizing Block as part of the conversion of Dongbei Iron and Steel’s wire rod and bar mill into a pure bar mill.

ArcelorMittal Launches Offer for ArcelorMittal Inox Brasil

06 March 2008 - ArcelorMittal has launched its delisting tender offer for all of the outstanding shares in Arcelor Mittal Inox Brasil SA, which was formerly known as Acesita SA.

Siemens to Modernize Caster for ThyssenKrupp Steel

04 March 2008 - ThyssenKrupp Steel places order with Siemens Metals Technologies to modernize the continuous caster at the Duisburg-Bruckhausen facility’s oxygen steelworks.

Mechel Indicates Interest in Oriel Resources Company

04 March 2008 - Mechel OAO announces interest in acquiring Oriel Resources Plc, a London-based miner and processor of chrome and nickel.

SMS Demag Takes X-Melt Ladle Furnace into Operation at Georgsmarienhütte

04 March 2008 - SMS Demag takes the 140-tonne X-Melt ladle furnace supplied to Georgsmarienhütte GmbH into operation.

Siemens to Supply Rolling Mill Equipment for Tonghua Iron and Steel

03 March 2008 - Siemens Metals Technologies will supply equipment to Tonghua Iron and Steel Group in northeast of China, including the complete automation for a new hot strip mill, and the main drives and the automation for a new cold mill.

SMS Demag to Extend Bhushan CSP Facility

29 February 2008 - Bhushan Power & Steel places an order with SMS Demag for the extension of its CSP facility.

Severstal to Install New Beam Production Facility at Cherepovets

29 February 2008 - Severstal announces plans to invest $500m to install a new EAF-based steelmaking shop and heavy beam mill at its Cherepovets steel mill.

Orascom Construction to Double Steel Fabrication Capacity

29 February 2008 - Orascom Construction Industries announces plans to construct a new state-of-the-art steel fabrication plant for its wholly owned subsidiary, National Steel Fabrication.

ArcelorMittal Fos-sur-Mer Employs AIS BetaPlanner for HSM Scheduling

27 February 2008 - ArcelorMittal’s Fos-sur-Mer facility has been successfully scheduling its daily hot strip mill operations with the AIS BetaPlanner mill scheduling solution since October 2006.

Mechel to Form Long-Term Partnership with Russian Railways

27 February 2008 - Mechel OAO signs agreement to form a long-term, mutually beneficial partnership with Russian Railways in which Mechel will provide rails up to 100 meters long from a rail and structural steel mill to be built at the company’s Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant.

SMS Demag to Supply Cold Mill, Continuous Process Lines for Baoshan

27 February 2008 - Baoshan Iron & Steel places an order with SMS Demag to supply continuous annealing and pickling lines for hot and cold strip, as well as a 20-roll cold mill.

Vale, China Steel Agree to 65% Increase for Iron Ore Fines

26 February 2008 - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce concludes its iron ore fines price negotiations for 2008 with China Steel, resulting in a 65% increase in prices for Southern System fines.

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