Steel News

Hyundai Hysco Orders Inaugural CVGL Facility from SMS Demag

01 April 2005 - Hyundai Hysco, Korea, has placed the first order for SMS Demag's Continuous Vertical Galvanizing Line (CVGL) facility. SMS Demag will incorporate the CVGL into an existing annealing line (CAL) at Rotem, a company of the Hyundai group.

Concast to Supply 8-Strand Billet Caster for Colakoglu

01 April 2005 - Turkish steelmaker Colakoglu Metalurji AS has placed an order with Concast AG, Zurich, for a single All-Convex continuous caster. The caster, which will have a capacity to produce two million tonnes per year, is part of the company’s plant renewal program in Gebze, Turkey.

More to Supply Manipulators for Mittal Steel Saldanha

01 April 2005 - Mittal Steel Saldanha, South Africa, contracted More srl, Italy, to install the Catfis automatic temperature and sampling manipulators in their twin-shell ConArc electric arc furnaces.

New VAI Workshop in China makes First Deliveries

01 April 2005 - Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau (VAI), has officially opened a new workshop — VAI Manufacturing (Taicang) Co. Ltd. — in China.

Posco Orders Concast Billet Caster

01 April 2005 - Korea’s Posco has ordered a new 6-strand Convex Technology® caster from Concast for the high quality wire rod plant at its Pohang Works. The new unit will replace the facility’s existing No. 1 caster.

Danieli to Provide Automation Systems for Alphasteel HSM

01 April 2005 - Alphasteel Ltd, U.K., has selected Danieli Automation to revamp its Hot Strip Mill.

SMS Demag to Supply Bloom/Beam Blank Caster for Gerdau Acominas

01 April 2005 - Gerdau Açominas, Brazil, has awarded a contract to SMS Demag Inc., Pittsburgh, and SMS Demag Ltda., Brazil, to supply a combination bloom/beam blank casting machine, ladle rinsing station and water treatment facility.

ThyssenKrupp Stahl to Cut Back 2nd Quarter Production

01 April 2005 - ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG announced that it will reduce its steel production in the second quarter of 2005 by around 500,000 tonnes.

Posco Completes Hydroforming Plant

01 April 2005 - Posco recently completed construction of its state-of-the-art Hydroforming Plant for the integrated support system for automotive steel plates.

Mittal Steel Proposes Final Package to Huta Czestochowa Trade Unions

01 April 2005 - Mittal Steel Co. has made its final proposal to the trade unions of Huta Czestochowa and its subsidiaries. The April 26, 2005 proposal follows seven weeks of intense negotiations.

Danieli to Supply Ladle Furnace for Nanjing United

01 March 2005 - Danieli will supply a 120-tonne ladle furnace to Nanjing Iron & Steel United Co. Ltd., P.R. China, as phase 2 of Nanjing's converter meltshop expansion project.

SMS Demag to Supply New Process Computer for Ural Steel

01 March 2005 - Ural Steel AG (previously Nosta) at Novotroitsk, Russia, has placed an order with SMS Demag, Germany, for a process computer system for the single-strand slab caster successfully commissioned in October.

VAI Starts up Revamped Slab Caster for Shagang

01 March 2005 - Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH (VAI) recently started up the twin-strand No. 1 Slab Caster it had modernized for Jiangsu Shagang, P.R. China. The caster upgrade was part of a steel plant relocation project from Germany to China, where VAI was the technology provider for the entire production route.

SMS Meer Consortium Commissions Rail and Section Mill at Panzhihua

01 March 2005 - Production has commenced at a new section and rail mill at Panzhihua Iron & Steel Co., P.R. China. The plant was installed by a consortium headed by SMS Meer GmbH, Germany.

Shaoguan Starts up Danieli Plate Mill

01 March 2005 - Shaoguan, P.R. China, recently rolled the first slabs on its new Danieli plate rolling mill.

Wisco to Employ Parsytec Technology on New HDG Line

01 March 2005 - Wuhan Iron and Steel Group (Wisco) has awarded Parsytec AG an order to equip the company’s No. 2 hot dip galvanizing line.

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.