Steel News

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.

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.