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IISI Reports World Steel Production for February 2008
21 March 2008 - Steel production for the 67 countries reporting to the International Iron and Steel Institute stood at an estimated 106.9 million tonnes in February — 5.3% higher than for the same month of 2007.
SMS Meer to Supply Section Mill for Jiexiu Xintai Iron & Steel
20 March 2008 - Jiexiu Xintai Iron & Steel in the province of Shanxi, China, places order with SMS Meer for a new 1.2 million tonnes/year section mill.
Evraz Calls Off Yuzhkuzbassugol and Raspadskaya Merger
20 March 2008 - Evraz Group decides to terminate the merger negotiations between its fully owned coal mining subsidiary Yuzhkuzbassugol, and Raspadskaya, Russia's second-largest coking coal producer.
ThyssenKrupp Steel to Restart Blast Furnace 1 at Duisburg-Schwelgern
20 March 2008 - ThyssenKrupp Steel’s Schwelgern 1 blast furnace in Duisburg is expected to begin its fifth campaign at the beginning of April, following completion of a record downtime of only 70 days.
Terra Nostra Subsidiary Adds New Contracts for Stainless Billet Production
19 March 2008 - Terra Nostra Resources signs eight new contracts for the production of over 2100 tonnes of stainless steel billets per month.
ArcelorMittal Adjusts Offer Price for ArcelorMittal Inox Brasil SA
18 March 2008 - ArcelorMittal is reducing the offer price in the delisting tender offer for all shares of Arcelor Mittal Inox Brasil SA to reflect interim dividends recently declared by the company.
Siemens to Supply Turnkey Process Technology for new SAIL Cold Mill
18 March 2008 - Siemens will design, engineer, supply, install and commission the core lines of SAIL’s new 1.3 million tonnes/year cold mill facility in Jharkand, India, including a coupled tandem pickling line, hot-dip galvanizing line, and an electrolytic strip cleaning line.
Danieli Morgårdshammar to Upgrade Stahl Gerlafingen Section Mill
17 March 2008 - Danieli Morgårdshammar will upgrade AFV Beltrame’s Grobstraße section mill with the installation of its profile sizing process as well as a new reversing breakdown mill, new ultra-flexible reversing pre-finishing mill, and new universal finishing sizing stand.
Evraz, TMK to Buy Ipsco Tubulars from SSAB
17 March 2008 - SSAB announces plans to divest Ipsco Tubulars to Evraz for $4,025 million in cash; Evraz will sell some of the U.S. based Ipsco Tubulars businesses to OAO TMK and its affiliates.
Rautaruukki to Close Raahe Works Sinter Plant by the end of 2011
13 March 2008 - Rautaruukki announced plans to close down sinter plant operations at its Raahe Works in Finland by the end of 2011 as it transitions over to 100% iron pellet feedstock for its blast furnace operations.
SMS Meer to Supply PQF Seamless Tube Mill for Vallourec & Sumitomo do Brasil
12 March 2008 - Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil has awarded a contract to SMS Meer to supply a new Premium Quality Finishing seamless tube plant.
Economy Industrial to Supply Casting Machines in Russia, Iceland, and U.S.
12 March 2008 - Economy Industrial, Ambridge, Pa., is producing two new casting machines for installation in Europe, as well as a pig iron casting machine for a new joint venture oxide recovery facility in Blytheville between Nucor and Heritage Environmental.
ArcelorMittal Announces Third Episode of its Web TV’s 2nd Season
11 March 2008 - ArcelorMittal announces ‘Freedom Beams’ - the third episode of ArcelorMittal Web TV’s second season, which reveals the full story behind the famous steel beams produced by ArcelorMittal for the construction of New York's iconic One World Trade Center, The Freedom Tower.
SMS Demag to Supply X-Cast Slab Caster for Salem Steel Plant
11 March 2008 - SAIL’s Salem Steel Plant awards SMS Demag a contract to supply a single-strand continuous casting machine for the production of stainless steel slabs.
Siemens to Extend Automation for Jinan Iron and Steel Plate Mill
11 March 2008 - Siemens Metals Technologies will extend the automation for Jinan Iron & Steel’s 3.5-meter two-stand plate mill in Jigang.
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.
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