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VAI Logs Multiple Contracts Valued at $200 Million

01 March 2005 - Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau (VAI) has received major orders from Russia, India, Japan, Turkey and Korea with a total value of around $200 million.

Danieli Starts up Fast-Cast Special Steel Bloom Caster at Corus

01 March 2005 - Danieli has started up a new 5-strand special steel bloom caster at Corus Engineering Steels' Aldwarke Steel Works in Rotherham, U.K.

SMS Meer Consortium Commissions Medium Section Mill at Arcelor

01 March 2005 - Trial production has commenced at Arcelor’s new high-capacity medium section mill at the Esch-Belval works in Luxemburg. The second beam produced satisfied the standard dimensions and was of merchantable quality.

Duisburg Steel Producers Extend Long-term Supply Agreements

01 March 2005 - Three Duisburg steel companies — ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG, Mittal Steel Ruhrort and TSTG Schienentechnik — have enjoyed close ties in the supply of pig iron and crude steel for more than seven years. The ties are based on contractual arrangements set up in 1997 covering a ten-year period upon the sale of the Ruhrort and Hochfeld plants by the former Thyssen Stahl AG.

ThyssenKrupp to Strengthen Terni Site with 124 Million Euro Investment

01 March 2005 - ThyssenKrupp Steel AG will strengthen ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali Terni with an investment of €124 million in stainless steel production by 2006. The investment will feature a new €30 million cold-rolling mill, which is scheduled to start production as early as 2006.

USS To Build Automotive Hot Dip Galv Line in Slovakia

23 February 2005 - United States Steel Corp. will build a new hot dip galvanizing (HDG) facility at U. S. Steel Kosice (USSK), the company's Slovakian steelmaking operation.

MEPS Sees EU Steel Prices Threatened by Rising Imports and High Inventories

22 February 2005 - According to MEPS (International) Ltd, increasing European steel values have made the EU the most expensive market in the world. As a result, larger volumes of imports are being attracted to the region.

Japanese Steel Agency Welcomes End to 1999 Cold Rolled Steel Dumping Case

09 February 2005 - "The Japanese steel industry is gratified that the U.S. steel industry has chosen not to appeal the decision of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) upholding the March 2000 determination of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that imports of Japanese cold rolled steel did not injure the U.S. steel industry," Hidenori Tazawa, Chairman of the Japan Steel Information Center, said.

SMS Demag Commissions LD Converter for Trinecke Zelezarny

01 February 2005 - Czech steel manufacturer Trinecké Zelezárny has awarded SMS Demag AG, Germany, the final acceptance certificate for the first of two LD converters that SMS Demag is supplying for their oxygen meltshop.

Concast to Supply Caster for Jindal Steel & Power

01 February 2005 - Concast AG has received an order from Jindal Steel & Power for a new six-strand Convex Technology® continuous caster for its Raigarh plant in central India.

SMS Demag to Supply Hot Strip Mill for Masteel

01 February 2005 - Maanshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (Masteel), P.R. China, recently placed an order with SMS Demag for the supply of a new hot strip mill. The order was placed only six months after the successful acceptance of the CSP® facility supplied by SMS Demag.

VAI to Supply New EAF for Acerinox

01 February 2005 - Acerinox, Spain’s largest producer of stainless steel, recently awarded Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau (VAI) an order for the replacement of the existing No. 2 EAF at their plant in Palmones los Barrios, Spain. The objective of this project is to increase furnace performance to strengthen Acerinox’s leading international position in this field.

Danieli to Supply Slab Caster for Baosteel

01 February 2005 - Baosteel Group, P.R. China, recently awarded Danieli Davy Distington a contract for a 2.8 million ton per year slab caster. Following an official exchange of contracts on January 11th 2005, the caster design is well underway, and final completion is scheduled for early 2007.

SMS Demag to Supply New EAF for Ural Steel

01 February 2005 - SMS Demag AG, Germany, has received an order from Ural Steel AG (formerly Nosta), Russia, to supply a 120-tonne electric arc furnace for the company’s Novotroitsk works.

Casey Contracted to Sell Equipment for Halyvourgiki

01 February 2005 - Casey Equipment Corp. has been hired as the exclusive sales agent for Halyvourgiki Inc., Greece.

Concast to Supply Combi-Caster to Metallurgical Holding

01 February 2005 - Metallurgical Holding, part of Maxi Group, Russia, has placed an order with SMS Demag and Concast AG for a complete minimill at its new plant, Elektrohüttenwerk Kaluga, south of Moscow.

VAI Restarts Revamped Shagang Slab Caster

01 February 2005 - Jiangsu Shagang, P.R. China, recently started up twin-strand slab Caster No. 1 following an extensive revamp by Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH (VAI).

SMS Demag Commissions Salzgitter Flachstahl Slab Caster

01 February 2005 - SMS Demag AG, Germany, has successfully commissioned the new single-strand Slab Caster No. 3 at Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH (SZFG), Germany.

ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali Terni to Shut Down Electrical Steel Production

01 February 2005 - ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali Terni recently revealed its strategic plans for the Terni plant, which call for a phased closure of electrical steel production at the Italian plant by the end of this year. The plan also includes a €90 million investment package for the expansion of stainless steel production over the next two years.

Arcelor to Acquire Lucchini Operations in Poland

01 February 2005 - Arcelor SA signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Lucchini Group for the acquisition of Lucchini's operations in Poland as well as Lucchini's Polish scrap companies, Silscrap and Crapex.

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