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Mitsui Mining to Be Renamed Nippon Coke Jun. 3, 2008 - Mitsui Mining announces plans to change its corporate name to Nippon Coke & Engineering, reflecting the company’s deeper ties with Nippon Steel and Sumitomo.
Tata Steel Blows in Largest Blast Furnace at Jamshedpur Jun. 3, 2008 - Tata Steel officially restarts India’s largest blast furnace during a blowing in ceremony at the company’s Jamshedpur steelworks.
BlueScope Steel Plans Blast Furnace Reline at Port Kembla May 30, 2008 - BlueScope Steel receives formal approval for its planned $370 million reline of Blast Furnace No. 5 at its Port Kembla Steelworks.
ArcelorMittal Acquires 14.9% Share in Macarthur Coal May 22, 2008 - ArcelorMittal acquires a 14.9% stake (31,611,354 shares) in Macarthur Coal Limited, an Australian producer of low-volatile pulverized coal injection coal.
Nucor Getting Closer to Site Selection for $2-Billion Ironmaking Facility May 16, 2008 - Nucor applies for a permit to build a state-of-the-art iron-making facility in Louisiana that would produce 3 million tons/year of iron as well as power beyond its own needs through the capture and use of excess energy at the blast furnace and heat-recovery coke plant.
Siemens Modernizes Coke-Oven By-Product Plant for Isdemir May 9, 2008 - Siemens Metals Technologies completes the expansion and modernization of a coke-oven by-product plant for Turkish steel producer Isdemir.
Iron Ore Company of Canada Settles Prices with ThyssenKrupp May 2, 2008 - The Iron Ore Company of Canada reaches agreement with ThyssenKrupp Steel AG on prices for IOC Carol Lake iron pellets and concentrates for 2008.
ArcelorMittal, Vale Sign New Long-Term Iron Ore Contracts Apr. 30, 2008 - ArcelorMittal signs new long-term contracts with Vale to supply approximately 480 million tonnes of iron ore and pellets to ArcelorMittal plants in Europe, Africa, and the Americas over the next ten years.
New Sunoco Facility to Supply Coke to U.S. Steel Apr. 29, 2008 - Sunoco’s Gateway Energy and Coke Co. will build a heat-recovery coke manufacturing facility in Granite City that will supply metallurgical-grade coke and steam to the neighboring U. S. Steel plant.
ArcelorMittal Enters Off-Take Agreement with Coal of Africa Limited Apr. 24, 2008 - ArcelorMittal reaches an off-take agreement with Coal of Africa Limited that includes a minimum of 2.5 million tonnes per annum of coking coal from the company’s two mines in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.
U. S. Steel Plans Carbon Alloy Synthesis, Co-Gen Facilities in Alabama Apr. 21, 2008 - United States Steel files permit applications for construction of a new carbon alloy synthesis facility and cogeneration facility that has the potential to provide an environment-friendly, energy-efficient alternative carbon source for its Fairfield Works.
Outotec to Supply Iron Ore Pelletizing Technology for Shougang Jingtang Apr. 14, 2008 - Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel contracts Outotec for the delivery of environmentally sound technology for Shougang's iron ore pelletizing plant to be built in Caofeidan, China.
VALE Concludes Pellet Price Negotiation with ArcelorMittal Apr. 9, 2008 - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (VALE) has now concluded blast-furnace and direct-reduction pellets price negotiations for 2008 with ArcelorMittal.
Outotec to Supply Two Iron Ore Sinter Plants for Bhushan Steel Apr. 2, 2008 - Outotec GmbH will supply two iron ore sinter plants for Bhushan Steel's integrated steelworks at Meramandali, Orissa, India.
Danieli to Supply DR-EAF Meltshops for Suez Steel and Emirates Steel Industries Mar. 31, 2008 - Danieli will supply an innovative integrated minimill to Suez Steel in Egypt, as well as a new steelmaking complex for Emirates Steel Industries for a complex in Mussafah, in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
AK Steel Board Okays Long-Term Agreement with Sun Coke Mar. 25, 2008 - AK Steel’s board of directors approves a 20-year supply contract with SunCoke Energy to provide metallurgical-grade coke and electrical power from a new facility to be built adjacent to AK Steel's Middletown Works.
ThyssenKrupp Steel to Restart Blast Furnace 1 at Duisburg-Schwelgern Mar. 20, 2008 - ThyssenKrupp Steel’s Schwelgern 1 blast furnace in Duisburg is expected to begin its fifth campaign at the beginning of April, following completion of a record downtime of only 70 days.
IOC and Rio Tinto Announce Plans for Capacity Expansion Mar. 18, 2008 - The Iron Ore Co. of Canada and Rio Tinto will invest $500 million to increase IOC's annual production of iron ore concentrate to 22 million tonnes, beginning with a phase-one expansion program targeting as high as a 50% increase in production capability by 2011.
ArcelorMittal Commences Legal Action to Resolve Wabush Mines Situation Mar. 14, 2008 - ArcelorMittal commences legal action to require U.S. Steel Canada and Cleveland-Cliffs to respect their original commitment to the sale of their interests in the Wabush Mines joint venture to ArcelorMittal Dofasco.
Rautaruukki to Close Raahe Works Sinter Plant by the end of 2011 Mar. 13, 2008 - Rautaruukki announced plans to close down sinter plant operations at its Raahe Works in Finland by the end of 2011 as it transitions over to 100% iron pellet feedstock for its blast furnace operations.
Siemens-Midrex Consortium Starts up World’s Largest HBI Plant in Russia Feb. 12, 2008 - Siemens Metals Technologies and consortium partner Midrex Technologies start up the world’s largest hot-briquetted-iron production facility at Lebedinsky Mining and Processing Integrated Works near Gubkin, Russia.
OAO Severstal Resumes Blast Furnace Operations at Cherepovets Feb. 5, 2008 - OAO Severstal resumes operation of Blast Furnace No. 5 at its Cherepovets steel plant, following a fire on January 31 that resulted in the death of one Severstal employee and the injury of two others.
ArcelorMittal to Restart Seraing Blast Furnace n.6 Feb. 4, 2008 - Following its agreement to a solution to the CO2 quota allocation issue that was proposed by the federal and regional governments of Belgium, ArcelorMittal will now prepare to re-launch the Seraing blast furnace n.6 in Liège, Belgium.
AK’s Ashland Coke Plant Wins Industry Safety Award Feb. 4, 2008 - Employees at AK Steel’s Ashland, Ky., coke plant earn the American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute’s Max Eward Safety Award, in recognition of having the best safety record during 2007 for an ACCCI-member coke plant.
U. S. Steel Plans $300 Million Capacity Expansion at Keetac Feb. 4, 2008 - United States Steel is developing a capital investment program in excess of $300 million to expand capacity at its Minnesota Ore Operations' Keetac facility by some 3.6 million additional tons per year.
ThyssenKrupp Inaugurates New Blast Furnace, Criticizes EU Climate Protection Plans Jan. 29, 2008 - ThyssenKrupp Steel AG inaugurated its new Blast Furnace No. 8, which the company installed as part of a 340-million-euro program to secure hot metal production for its German plants.
Siemens to Supply Second Corex Plant to Baosteel Pudong Steel Jan. 23, 2008 - Siemens Metals Technologies will supply a second 1.5-million-tonnes/year Corex C-3000 plant to Shanghai Baosteel Pudong Iron and Steel in China.
CSN Announces Mine Expansion, New Integrated Mill in Minas Gerais State Dec. 20, 2007 - CSN signs a Letter of Intent with the Minas Gerais state government detailing projects in mining, steel and cement production over the next six years, including a significant expansion in iron ore capacity as well as the creation of a new, 4.5 million tonnes/year integrated steel mill.
ThyssenKrupp Steel Starts up New Blast Furnace at Duisburg Dec. 17, 2007 - ThyssenKrupp Steel starts up its new blast furnace No. 8 in Duisburg, part of the company’s 340-million-euro expansion program to secure hot metal production for its German plants.
Posco Restarts 3rd Gwangyang Blast Furnace Dec. 11, 2007 - Posco restarted the 3rd blast furnace at Gwangyang Works following a successful 55-day repair campaign.
WCI Steel Announces New CEO and President, Resumption of Operations Dec. 6, 2007 - WCI Steel announces its new CEO and President, as well as the resumption of blast furnace operations following the Nov. 9 fire in two of the furnace's hydraulic control rooms.
Steel Dynamics Completes Purchase of Minnesota Iron Mine Dec. 4, 2007 - Steel Dynamics completes its purchase of a shuttered Hoyt Lakes, Minn., taconite mine from Cleveland Cliffs where it will invest $165 million so it can mine and concentrate iron ore for its Mesabi Nugget venture with Kobe Steel.
ArcelorMittal to Double Capacity of Monlevade Plant in Brazil Dec. 3, 2007 - ArcelorMittal will double the capacity of its integrated long-products Monlevade Plant located in Brazil with the addition of a second blast furnace.
U. S. Steel Proposes $1-Billion Capital Investment at Clairton Coke Works Dec. 3, 2007 - United States Steel is considering a $1-billion capital investment program at its Clairton Plant that would include the construction of two high-tech, environmentally advanced coke batteries plus a co-generation facility.
Siemens Starts up World’s Largest DR Plant at Hadeed Nov. 27, 2007 - Siemens Metals Technologies starts up a 1.76 million tonnes/year direct-reduction plant for Saudi Iron & Steel. Hot DRI from the new DR plant is charged directly to the EAF for an energy savings of up to 20%.
Siemens Starts up First Meros Process at voestalpine Stahl Sinter Plant Nov. 26, 2007 - Siemens Metals Technologies starts up the world’s first Maximized Emission Reduction of Sintering (Meros) off-gas-cleaning plant on voestalpine Stahl’s sinter plant. The upgrade has already delivered a significant reduction in off-gas emissions.
Baosteel Starts Up World’s Largest Corex Ironmaking Plant Nov. 19, 2007 - Baosteel Pudong Iron and Steel starts up a Corex C-3000 plant, with a nominal production capacity of 1.5 million tons of hot metal per year, making it the world’s largest.
ThyssenKrupp Anlagenservice to Support Salzgitter Blast Furnace Reline Nov. 16, 2007 - ThyssenKrupp Anlagenservice is commissioned as general contractor for lining the Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH Blast Furnace C in the spring of 2008.
Pohang’s Third Blast Furnace Sets World Record for Productivity Nov. 14, 2007 - Posco’s Pohang Works sets a new world record for furnace productivity with its third blast furnace, which produced 12,300 tonnes of molten metal a day using a “drastically increased” oxygen-enriched blast.
Siemens to Provide Blast Furnace for Tata Steel Greenfield Facility Nov. 1, 2007 - Tata Steel Ltd has placed an order with Metals Technologies (MT), a division of the Siemens Group Industrial Solutions and Services (I&S), for the supply of engineering and key equipment for a new blast furnace. The parties agreed not to disclose the contract price.
Outotec to Deliver Two Sinter Plants for SAIL Oct. 29, 2007 - Outotec will design and deliver two iron ore sinter plants capable of producing 3.8 million tonnes of iron sinter per year for Steel Authority of India.
Posco, Siemens Celebrate Six Months Operation of First Finex Plant Oct. 29, 2007 - Posco has tapped more than 650,000 tonnes of hot metal during the first six months of operation of the first commercial Finex plant, jointly developed with Siemens Metals Technologies to operate with low-cost iron ore fines and lower environmental emissions.
GE Energy to Supply Combined Cycle Power Gen Units for Wuhan Blast Furnace Sep. 28, 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.
Steel Dynamics Moves Forward on Minnesota Iron-Making Venture Sep. 21, 2007 - Steel Dynamics moves forward with the Mesabi Nugget iron-making project at Hoyt Lakes, with the State of Minnesota helping to support project financing.
Dofasco to Install Pulverized Coal Injection System Aug. 27, 2007 - Dofasco will build a $60-million pulverized coal injection system at its two blast furnaces in Hamilton, supported in part by a $6.05-million, 5-year loan under the Government of Ontario’s Advanced Manufacturing Investment Strategy program.
Cleveland-Cliffs Selects Location for Iron Nugget Plant Aug. 17, 2007 - Cleveland-Cliffs and joint-venture partner Kobe Steel will construct their 500,000 tons per year commercial-scale iron nugget production facility at Cliffs’ Empire Mine site in Palmer, Mich.
Outotec to Provide Technology for Tata Steel Sinter Plant Aug. 15, 2007 - Outotec will provide the design and basic engineering, supply proprietary equipment, and provide supervisory services for a new iron ore sinter plant – India’s largest to date – for Tata Steel's new Kalinganagar steel plant project.
Siemens Optimizes Blast Furnace Top-Gas Dust Recycling Process Aug. 14, 2007 - Siemens Metals Technologies will install its new cyclone separator for dedusting blast furnace top gases at JSW Steel Ltd in India.
Algoma Steel Extends Blast Furnace Shutdown Aug. 2, 2007 - Algoma Steel says it expects remediation work to its No. 7 Blast Furnace to take longer than originally planned, with start-up now expected to take place in mid-August.
Jury Awards Wheeling-Pittsburgh $220 Million in Lawsuit against Massey Jul. 4, 2007 - A Brooke County, W.Va., jury unanimously awards Wheeling-Pittsburgh $219.85 million in its lawsuit against Massey Energy and subsidiary Central West Virginia Energy Co.
CVRD Signs Mining Contract for Moatize Jun. 29, 2007 - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce announces that the government of Mozambique has approved the mining contract for the exploitation of the Moatize coal project.
Al-Tuwairqi Group Starts up Relocated Midrex DR Plant Jun. 26, 2007 - Saudi Arabia's Al-Tuwairqi Group has successfully started up the first of two Midrex Direct Reduction Plants that were relocated from the former Corus Group facility in Mobile, Ala., to Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Cleveland-Cliffs to License Kobe Steel’s Iron Nugget Technology Jun. 20, 2007 - Under a new alliance, Kobe Steel will license its patented ITmk3 iron-making process to Cleveland-Cliffs for use in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Brazil. The two companies are also planning to build a joint-venture iron nugget facility.
Cleveland-Cliffs to Acquire Metallurgical Coal Producer PinnOak Resources Jun. 15, 2007 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has agreed to acquire PinnOak Resources, a domestic producer of high-quality, low-volatile metallurgical coal, for $450 million in cash plus approximately $150 million in debt.
Alstom’s Combined Cycle Power Plant to be Fed by ThyssenKrupp Blast Furnace Gases Jun. 13, 2007 - Alstom has received a turnkey contract from Brazilian steel producer ThyssenKrupp CSA Companhia Siderúrgica to build a 490-MW turnkey combined cycle power plant that will be fuelled by blast furnace waste gas from ThyssenKrupp’s new steel mill.
Paul Wurth to Supply Blast Furnaces for New Hyundai Steel Plant May 29, 2007 - Hyundai Steel recently placed an order with Paul Wurth for two new blast furnaces for its new plant in South Korea. The two 14.9-meter hearth diameter blast furnaces will be the Hyundai Group’s first blast furnaces.
Sunoco Celebrates Start of Construction at Haverhill II Coke Plant May 22, 2007 - Sunoco held a brick-laying ceremony at its second SunCoke Energy Heat Recovery Coke manufacturing plant in Haverhill, Ohio, which will eventually supply coke to both Severstal North America and WCI Steel.
Danieli Corus to Design Greenfield Blast Furnace for AMK May 18, 2007 - Alchevskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat (AMK) has awarded Danieli Corus an order for design and supply of a greenfield blast furnace installation at its facility in southeastern Ukraine.
WCI Steel Enters Long-Term Agreement with Sun Coke Feb. 13, 2007 - WCI Steel, Inc. has entered into a long-term supply agreement with Sun Coke Co. that will provide access
Stelco Completes Operational Improvement Program Feb. 8, 2007 - Stelco Inc. has completed the major components of the operational restructuring that it commenced upon exiting from the CCAA process.
ICG Completes Purchase of Buffalo Coal Assets Feb. 2, 2007 - International Coal Group, Inc. announced that its Vindex Energy subsidiary has completed the purchase of
Arcelor Mittal to Develop Iron Ore Mining in Senegal Feb. 1, 2007 - Arcelor Mittal has signed Agreements with the State of Senegal in West Africa to develop iron ore mining in the Faleme region of South East Senegal. Total estimated reserves are approximate
Nucor Starts Up DRI Production in Trinidad Jan. 17, 2007 - Nucor Corp. recently started up DRI production at Nu-Iron Unlimited, the company’s
Mesabi Trust Declares Distribution Jan. 15, 2007 - The Trustees of Mesabi Trust declared a distribution of thirty-one and one-half cents ($0.315) per Unit of Beneficial Interest payable on February 20, 2007 to Mesabi Trust Unitholders of record at
Cliffs Board Approves Investment in Australian Coal Project Jan. 10, 2007 - Cleveland-Cliffs’ Board of Directors has approved the company’s investment in the Sonoma Coal Project<
Ternium Purchases CVRD’s Ownership Stake in Siderar Jan. 1, 2007 - Ternium SA announced that it acquired from CVRD International SA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), 16,860,000 shares, or 4.85%, of View Current Articles