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Danieli to Upgrade Bar and Rod Mill at SN Longos Seixal
02 October 2007 - Danieli will execute a major upgrade of SN Longos Sexial’s wire and rod mill, including the installation of a new high-speed straight bar production outlet, a new spooler line, and a new single-strand roughing mill for heavier billets.
ArcelorMittal and ThyssenKrupp Steel Call it quits for STEEL 24-7 Venture
01 October 2007 - ArcelorMittal and ThyssenKrupp Steel are closing their jointly operated STEEL24-7 e-commerce platform.
GE Energy to Supply Combined Cycle Power Gen Units for Wuhan Blast Furnace
28 September 2007 - GE Energy signs contract with Wuhan Iron and Steel to supply the first large-size blast furnace gas fired combined-cycle power generation project in China.
Danieli to Provide Cold Mill Complex for Acciaieria Arvedi
27 September 2007 - Danieli will supply a complete new cold mill complex to Acciaieria Arvedi, including a push-pull pickling line, a coupled continuous pickling line and tandem mill, and two hot dip galvanizing lines.
ArcelorMittal Moves toward Second-Step Merger
27 September 2007 - ArcelorMittal and Arcelor announced further details on the merger of ArcelorMittal into Arcelor, including share capital restructuring and publication of the related legal documentation.
Praxair to Supply Oxygen for JSW Steel’s Vijaynagar Facility
26 September 2007 - Praxair will build and operate a state-of-the art, 1800-tonnes-per-day air separation plant to support the expansion of JSW Steel’s steel plant in Vijaynagar from 6.8 to 10 million tonnes per year by 2010.
SMS Meer to Supply Largest-Ever Welded Tube Plant for Jiangbei Steel Processing
25 September 2007 - Jiangbei Steel Processing and Logistics, part of the WISCO steel group, places an order with SMS Meer to supply a 26-inch high-frequency welded tube plant capable of producing up to 350,000 tonnes of pipes per year, the largest of its kind in the world.
Danieli to Supply Jumbo-Size EAF Meltshop for Tokyo Steel
25 September 2007 - Danieli Centro Met will supply a complete new 2.6 million tonnes/year meltshop for Tokyo Steel that will feature a 420-tonne DC EAF equipped with Consteel and supported by a comparably sized ladle furnace and vacuum system.
ArcelorMittal Reports Status of Share Buyback Program
25 September 2007 - ArcelorMittal has repurchased 4,175,000 shares through September 19 under the new share buy-back program that was announced on September 13.
SMS Meer to Provide Three-Roll Piercer for Mannesmannrohr Sachsen
24 September 2007 - SMS Meer will convert V&M Deutschland’s push-bench plant at the Zeithain Works into a cross-roll piercing and elongating plant with the installation of a three-roll piercer.
Danieli to Rebuild Mechel Steelmaking Plant and Slab Caster
24 September 2007 - Danieli will provide a major revamp of the single-strand slab caster at Mechel Group’s Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant, including complete reconstruction of the existing caster, as well as the installation of a ladle furnace, vacuum degasser, and new material handling system.
SMS Meer to Upgrade Rohrwerk Maxhütte Stretch-Reducing Mill
24 September 2007 - Rohrwerk Maxhütte contracts SMS Meer to repair and modernize an existing stretch-reducing mill at Sulzbach-Rosenberg, including the supply of additional rolls stands and upgrades to the mill’s drives, automation systems, and rotary saw.
Danieli to Install New Hot Strip Complex for Dongbu Steel
24 September 2007 - Working in consortium with MHI, Danieli will supply Dongbu Steel with a new hot strip mill complex, including two AC EAFs, two ladle furnaces, vacuum degasser, two slab casters, and a hot strip mill.
Danieli to Supply Stainless Slab Caster for ThyssenKrupp Terni
21 September 2007 - ThyssenKrupp Stahl awards a contract to Danieli Davy Distington to supply, install, and commission a new single-strand slab caster at the Acciai Speciali Terni facility in Italy.
Mechel Announces Acquisition of Port Temryuk-Sotra
21 September 2007 - Mechel OAO has acquired 100% of the Temryuk-Sotra seaport shares as part of its continued diversification of coal and steel product traffic flows by developing its own transport infrastructure.
Commercial Metals Closes Acquisition of Croatian Mill
20 September 2007 - Commercial Metals’ Swiss subsidiary completes its acquisition of the outstanding shares of Valjaonica Cijevi Sisak from the Croatian Privatization Fund and Croatian government.
IISI Reports World Crude Steel Production for August 2007
20 September 2007 - Figures released by the International Iron and Steel Institute show that world crude steel production for the 67 countries reporting stood at an estimated 108.1 million tonnes in August — 5.3% higher than for the same month of 2006, but a drop of 1.5% from the previous month, July 2007.
Outokumpu to Invest in Special Grades at Avesta in Sweden
18 September 2007 - Outokumpu will invest EUR 550 million over the next three years to install a new AOD converter, increase the current melt size, and add a new slab grinding line at its Avesta Works in Sweden.
ArcelorMittal and Unions Commit to Innovative Health and Safety Program
18 September 2007 - ArcelorMittal and its unions commit to a joint program of education and training to raise health and safety standards throughout the company as part of the International Metalworkers’ Federation’s first world conference, held this week in Montreal.
SMS Demag Logs Major Orders from MMK
18 September 2007 - The Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine awards SMS Demag an order to supply equipment for secondary metallurgical facilities, a set of cold strip units with a coupled pickling line and tandem cold mill, and strip refining plant and equipment worth some EUR 530 million.
