Steel News is a publication of the Association for Iron and Steel Technology.

Welcome to SteelNews.com

Latest News:

Severstal NA Honored by SMA for Zero Lost Time Accidents at Severstal Columbus
Feb. 10, 2012 - The Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) has selected Severstal North America to receive a safety award in recognition of Zero Lost Time Accidents (LTA) at the company’s Columbus, Miss., facility.

AHMSA and Posco to Explore Mining, Steel Production Activities
Feb. 10, 2012 - Altos Hornos de México S.A.B. de C.V. (AHMSA) and Pohang Iron and Steel Co. (Posco) have entered into a letter of intention to jointly evaluate mining as well as iron and steel projects.

Outokumpu Delivers Stainless for Sustainability-Driven Building Project in Qatar
Feb. 10, 2012 - Outokumpu has supplied stainless steel for Energy Tec W.L.L., a unique student housing project in Education City in Doha, Qatar. The planned facility has a heavy emphasis on sustainability in building.

Valinox Nucléaire to Support Renovation of French Nuclear Facilities
Feb. 10, 2012 - Vallourec subsidiary Valinox Nucléaire has been awarded a contract by Areva to manufacture tubes for the steam generators of two 1300 MW reactors.

Posco Boosts Social Contribution Activities in Africa
Feb. 10, 2012 - Posco recently celebrated completion of Children’s Development Center and the groundbreaking of Agricultural Training Institute in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. Posco is actively seeking to make investments in Africa to secure resources and is making efforts for social contribution activities.

Timken, USW Local 1123 Reach New Tentative Agreement
Feb. 9, 2012 - The Timken Company and the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1123 have reached a new tentative agreement on a five-year contract, subject to a member ratification vote within the next two weeks.

Siemens to Modernize Rod and Section Mill for Thai Steel Profile
Feb. 9, 2012 - Thai Steel Profile Co. Ltd., Bangkok, has awarded a contract to Siemens VAI Metals Technologies to modernize its Rayong bar mill for the production of an expanded range of products, including merchant bar.

Qatar Steel Signs Slag Sale and Recycling Agreement
Feb. 9, 2012 - Qatar Steel has signed a slag sale and recycling contract with Slag Aggregate Producer that will enable better reuse and reinvestment while helping to consolidate and strengthen the co-operation ties between Qatar Steel and the private sector.

Severstal's Environmental Policy Ranked Best for Russian Company
Feb. 9, 2012 - ОАО Severstal has won the award for Environmentally Responsible Business organized by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. The award was presented during Russian Business Week in Moscow.

ISRA PARSYTEC Installs Inspection Solution for Shougang Pickling-Tandem Mill
Feb. 9, 2012 - ISRA PARSYTEC has supplied its Compact SensorTM on-line surface inspection solution to the Shougang Corporation for installation on the company’s coupled Pickling-Tandem Mill in Qianan, China.

Cliffs to Dissolve Michigan Iron Nuggets Joint Venture with Kobe Steel
Feb. 8, 2012 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. has announced plans to dissolve its Michigan Iron Nuggets Joint Venture with Kobe Steel.

Jinan Iron & Steel Grants Siemens Final Acceptance for Plate Mill
Feb. 8, 2012 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies recently received the final acceptance certificate for the new 4.3-m plate mill in Jinan, China, from Jinan Iron & Steel Group Co. The mill is designed to produce 1.8 million tonnes of plate per annum.

Metinvest to Invest $8 Billion at Mariupol-Based Steel Works
Feb. 8, 2012 - Metinvest has announced plans to invest on average $1 billion every year through 2020 in development of its Azovstal and Iliych iron and Steel Works. The investments will help the company expand annual steel output by 35% at the two facilities.

Vale Employees Return to Sudbury Mines
Feb. 8, 2012 - Vale announced that employees have begun returning to the company’s five Sudbury area mines following a temporary suspension of operations to focus on safety. Operations were temporarily suspended after an employee was fatally injured on January 29.

NLMK Appoints New Vice President for Logistics
Feb. 8, 2012 - NLMK announced the appointment of Alexander Sapronov to the newly created position of Vice President for Logistics.

NLMK USA Sets New Records in Production and Quality
Feb. 7, 2012 - NLMK’s plant at NLMK Indiana has ended 2011 setting 10 new production records, including the production of a new annual tonnage record for the meltshop of 672,756 cast tons with an average tap-to-tap time of 71.31 minutes. Capacities were running at over 90%.

SMS Siemag to Supply Thick-Slab Caster to Dillinger Hütte
Feb. 7, 2012 - AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke recently placed an order with SMS Siemag for the supply of a two-strand vertical-type continuous caster, which is scheduled for commissioning in spring 2014.

Air Liquide Signs Long-Term Contract with Evraz Highveld
Feb. 7, 2012 - Air Liquide has just signed a major long-term contract with Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium, the second-largest steel producer in South Africa. Air Liquide will invest in a new ASU as part of the contract.

Posco Recognized for Sustainability Efforts
Feb. 7, 2012 - Posco was ranked 30th in the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World recently announced by Corporate Knights, a Canadian economic magazine in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

BHP Approved for Initial Port Hedland Funding
Feb. 7, 2012 - BHP Billiton and its partners have received approval for US$917 million in pre-commitment funding for the construction of a 100 million tonne per year outer harbor facility associated with its Western Australia Iron Ore operations.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe to Produce 70 millionth Tonne on Schwelgern BF 2
Feb. 6, 2012 - The 540-strong crew of ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe’s blast furnace Schwelgern 2 in Duisburg — still in its first campaign — has been preparing to celebrate production of its seventy millionth ton of hot metal.

AK Steel Reacts to DOE’s Proposed Transformer Efficiency Standards
Feb. 6, 2012 - AK Steel says it does not expect the revised energy efficiency standards just proposed by the U.S. Department of Energy to significantly impact the overall competitiveness of the company's grain-oriented electrical steels.

Posco’s Gwangyang Works Hosts Tech Exchange with Nippon Steel
Feb. 6, 2012 - The steel manufacture department at Posco’s Gwangyang Steel Works recently hosted a technology exchange session with Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp.

NLMK Reports Environmental Achievements at Lipetsk Site
Feb. 6, 2012 - NLMK’s main production site in Lipetsk allocated approximately RUR 4 billion on environmental protection projects in 2011. Around 100 environmental projects aimed at revamping and upgrading process equipment and operations have thus far been completed.

Sandvik a Finalist in Swedish Arts and Business Awards 2011
Feb. 6, 2012 - The research and development collaboration between Sandvik Materials Technology and the Vasa Museum on Vasa bolt replacement has qualified for the finals of Kultur och Näringsliv, The Swedish Arts and Business Awards 2011.

Total Steel Import Permit Tons up 21% in January
Feb. 3, 2012 - Total steel import permit applications reached 2,691,000 net tons for the month of January 2012, a 21% increase from the 2,230,000 permit tons recorded in December according to the most recent report from AISI.

Siemens Updates LD Converter at AHMSA's Monclova Works
Feb. 3, 2012 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies received an order from Altos Hornos de Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. (AHMSA) to modernize the LD converter in the Monclova steelworks in the Mexican state of Coahuila. The contract is scheduled for completion in the spring of 2013.

AK Steel Reports 4th Quarter, Full-Year 2011 Results
Feb. 3, 2012 - AK Steel reported a net loss of $193.9 million on net sales of $1,509.2 million for the fourth quarter, and a net loss of $155.6 million on net sales of $6,468.0 million for the full year of 2011.

Severstal's Cherepovets Mill Increased Strip Deliveries to Russian Pipe Makers in 2011
Feb. 3, 2012 - OAO Severstal announces that its Cherepovets Steel Mill increased deliveries to Russian pipe-making companies in 2011 by 5%. A total of more than 700,000 tonnes of plate was produced on the wide-strip Rolling Mill 5000 at Severstal’s No.3 Sheet Rolling Shop, about 70% of which was sent to the Izhora Pipe Mill.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava Celebrates 60th Anniversary
Feb. 3, 2012 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava held a commemorative event celebrating the 60 years that have passed since Stanislav Najvrt lit the first blast furnace in the presence of then-President of the Republic, Antonín Zápotocký.