Steel News

Mechel’s Beloretsk Plant Recertified for ISO 9001:2000

14 September 2007 - Mechel OAO announces recertification of its compliance with the ISO 9001:2000 international standard for its Beloretsk Metallurgical Plant subsidiary (BMP OAO).

Next Generation Vehicle Goes Public in Frankfurt

14 September 2007 - Stainless steel producers Outokumpu Oyj, ThyssenKrupp Nirosta, and ArcelorMittal–Stainless Europe support Phase III of the Next Generation Vehicle project, which was unveiled this week at IAA 2007 in Frankfurt.

Outokumpu Retains Position in DJSI STOXX, Joins DJSI World

13 September 2007 - Outokumpu will retain its position in the most recent Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Sustainability Index, and has also been accepted for the first time to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.

ArcelorMittal Completes Acquisition of Arcelor Brasil

13 September 2007 - ArcelorMittal completes its acquisition of all outstanding shares in Arcelor Brasil.

Infor Solutions to Support Danieli Automation Services

12 September 2007 - Infor signs agreement with Danieli Automation to implement a range of enterprise software solutions to support all stages of the company’s sales, production and after-sales processes.

ArcelorMittal Targets Shipments of 131 million tonnes by 2012

12 September 2007 - ArcelorMittal’s internal growth plan targets shipment increases of more than 20% from 2006 to 2012, ultimately reaching as high as 131 million tonnes.

ArcelorMittal Expands Czech Republic Steel Service Center

12 September 2007 - ArcelorMittal will invest in a new US$18 million cut-to-length line for hot rolled coils at its steel service center in Ostrava, Czech Republic, part of the company’s development strategy in Central & Eastern Europe.

ArcelorMittal to Acquire 51% of Turkish Steel Producer Rozak

11 September 2007 - ArcelorMittal announces its proposed acquisition of 51% of the shares of Rozak AS, the main Turkish steel stockholding company.

Air Liquide Severstal Launches Production Unit at Cherepovets

07 September 2007 - Air Liquide Severstal starts up a new air separation unit at Severstal’s Cherepovets steel complex - the biggest gas unit in Russia.

AIS to Extend SteelPlanner Technology for Duferco La Louvière

05 September 2007 - AIS Group will add its Material Flow Coordinator and BetaPlanner MidTerm to Duferco La Louvière’s existing SteelPlanner implementation to strengthen the facility’s planning and scheduling optimization solution.

ArcelorMittal to Buy Saar Ferngas from RAG

04 September 2007 - ArcelorMittal signs agreement with RAG Beteiligungs-AG for the acquisition of RAG’s 76.88% stake in Saar Ferngas AG, the largest gas distribution company in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate.

SMS Demag to Supply Compact Hot Strip Mill for Colakoglu Metalurji

04 September 2007 - SMS Demag will construct a compact, 330-meter long, 3 million tonnes per year hot strip mill for Colakoglu Metalurji AS.

ArcelorMittal Completes Laser Welding Deal with Noble International

04 September 2007 - ArcelorMittal and Noble International complete the transaction to combine their laser-welded tailored blanks businesses in an approximately US$300-million deal involving eight production facilities in western and eastern Europe, China, India and the U.S., plus interest in two joint ventures in Asia.

SMS Demag to Upgrade ArcelorMittal’s Gent Converters for Gas Recovery

03 September 2007 - SMS Demag will upgrade the dust collection system for ArcelorMittal’s two 290-tonne converters at Gent, preparing it to be retrofitted with a converter gas recovery system.

Tenova to Supply Latest-Technology Tinning Line for Jiangsu Dajiang Metal

03 September 2007 - Jiangsu Dajiang Metal’s Sunshine Group awards contract to Tenova to supply a 250,000 tonne/year high-speed electrolytic tinning line with insoluble anodes, tin dissolution reactors, and new edge-mask technology.

SSAB Inaugurates Plate and Parts Center in China

31 August 2007 - SSAB inaugurated a new plate center for warehouse and wear parts processing in China, the company’s first in the Asia-Pacific region.

PTI Installs JetBOx System at Five Asian Steel Facilities

31 August 2007 - Process Technology International completes installation and start-up of JetBOx combustion systems, comprising multiple JetBOxes and JetBUrners, at several steel mills in Asia.

Harsco Acquisition Expands Eastern European Presence

31 August 2007 - Harsco expands its services in the growing Eastern European steel industry with the acquisition of Alexander Mill Services International, a privately held company that provides mill services to some of the leading steel producers in Poland and Romania.

BMZ Starts up SMS Meer-Supplied Seamless Tube Mill

29 August 2007 - Byelorussian Steel Works celebrates the official opening of a complete SMS Meer seamless tube plant featuring PQF three-roll finishing technology.

Shareholders Approve First Step of Mittal Merger Process

29 August 2007 - Mittal Steel shareholders approve the merger of Mittal Steel into ArcelorMittal, the first step in the two-step merger process between Mittal Steel and Arcelor.