Steel News

Parsytec to Supply Third Inspection System for Severstal

20 June 2007 - Severstal orders a third surface inspection system from Parsytec, this one to be installed in the Cherepovets hot strip mill.

Shanghai Baosteel Starts up Danieli Slab Caster

20 June 2007 - Shanghai Baosteel starts operation of its new CCM twin-strand slab caster four months ahead of schedule.

Danieli to Upgrade Thessaloniki Caster for Sidenor

20 June 2007 - Danieli Centro Met will upgrade Greece Sidenor Group’s four-strand billet caster currently in operation at the Thessaloniki steel plant in Greece.

Tiantie Starts up New Danieli Ladle Refining Stations

19 June 2007 - Tiantie recently processed its first heats on two new 180-tonne inert roof-type ladle refining stations installed by Danieli Centro Met at the Tiantie Hot Rolling Mill steelworks.

SMS Demag to Supply Slab Caster for New Tokyo Steel Facility

19 June 2007 - Tokyo Steel Mfg. Co. has awarded SMS Demag an order to supply a twin-strand slab caster for its new works in the Japanese town of Tahara, which will be the company’s fifth production facility.

Danieli to Supply Seamless Tube Plant for JESCO

18 June 2007 - Jubail Energy Services places order with Danieli for the supply of what will be the first seamless tube plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

SMS Demag to Supply Two More Cold Mills for TPCO

18 June 2007 - TPCO Yuantong Stainless Steel Ware has awarded an order to SMS Demag two additional 20-roll cold mills, following two initial 20-roll stands that were taken into operation in 2005 and 2006.

Alstom’s Combined Cycle Power Plant to be Fed by ThyssenKrupp Blast Furnace Gases

13 June 2007 - Alstom has received a turnkey contract from Brazilian steel producer ThyssenKrupp CSA Companhia Siderúrgica to build a 490-MW turnkey combined cycle power plant that will be fuelled by blast furnace waste gas from ThyssenKrupp’s new steel mill.

SMS Demag to Acquire Hellingrath

12 June 2007 - SMS Demag announces plans to acquire Hellingrath Gesellschaft für Prozessleittechnik, previously a privately-owned company.

ArcelorMittal Announces Change in Internal Assurance Leadership

12 June 2007 - ArcelorMittal announced that Arvind Chopra, Vice President of Internal Assurance, is leaving the company to join Price Waterhouse Coopers as a partner in London.

Mechel Enters Collaboration with Danieli for CMP Upgrade

11 June 2007 - Mechel OAO, Russia, enters an agreement with Danieli for the modernization of its steel operations at Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant (CMP), Mechel's major steel producing subsidiary.

Domestic Producers File Steel Pipe Case Against China

08 June 2007 - Six U.S. pipe producers and the United Steelworkers filed petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission alleging that imports of welded standard pipe from China into the United States are being dumped and subsidized by the government of China.

ArcelorMittal Launches its New Global Brand

06 June 2007 - ArcelorMittal has launched its brand identity and design, which is based on the theme of Transforming Tomorrow; the company says the theme reflects its values and aspirations.

SMS Demag to Supply Slab Caster for Bhushan Steel and Strips

05 June 2007 - Bhushan Steel and Strips awards a contract to SMS Demag to supply another single-strand slab caster for the production of 1300-mm wide slabs.

Mechel Commissions New Wire Complex at Beloretsk Metallurgical Plant

05 June 2007 - Mechel OAO has commissioned a new equipment complex at its Beloretsk Metallurgical Plant OAO subsidiary, for the production of high-tensile stabilized reinforcing wire that meets world quality standards.

ThyssenKrupp Opens News Steel Service Center in Poland

01 June 2007 - ThyssenKrupp Steel AG has opened a new steel service center — ThyssenKrupp Stal Serwis Polska — in the southern Polish town of Dąbrowa Górnicza near Katowice. The new facility will produce 125,000 tons of hot- and cold-rolled coils and coated slit strip per year for customers in Eastern Europe.

ABB Partners with SSAB Oxelösund for New Quenching Line

31 May 2007 - ABB Metals in Sweden has received a partnering-based contract from SSAB for the installation of a new quenching line (H4) in Oxelösund, Sweden.

Praxair Starts up New Separation Plant in Guangzhou

31 May 2007 - Praxair (China) Investment has started up a new 400-ton/day air separation plant for LianZhong (GZ) Stainless Steel to support its planned production of 800,000 tons/year of stainless steel.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Announces Recruitment Drive

29 May 2007 - ThyssenKrupp Steel AG is recruiting 200 additional engineers, economists and trainees to support its growth-oriented forward strategy, which includes new facilities in Brazil and the U.S. plus the expansion of a number of existing facilities.

SMS Demag to Modernize Dongkuk Heavy Plate Mill

29 May 2007 - Dongkuk Steel Mill, South Korea, has awarded a contract to SMS Demag to modernize the mill train of it No. 2 Heavy Plate Mill, including the installation of CVC plus technology on the existing mill stand and more-powerful hydraulic roll-gap adjusting systems in the finishing stand.