Switzerland based SMS Concast has announced that it has received an order from the Indian steelmaker BMM Ispat for the delivery of a combined-caster. With the new caster, BMM Ispat will be able to produce 1.1 million mt of billets and ...
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Reportedly, Asil Celik, Turkey’s largest alloy steel producer has announced its new continuous casting machine with annual production capacity of 600,000 tons. Meanwhile, the company has invested approximately US$21.5 million of ...
Reportedly, Ecuadorian Andec, long product producer in Ecuador, has announced to launch its new electric arc furnace (EAF) after a 15-day trial testing run in December last year. Meanwhile, all equipment was supplied by Italy's ...
A leading specialty food products manufacturer required a means to elevate and discharge various blends of sugars, starches, salts, and flours into mixers for new packaging lines. The manufacturer investigated numerous conveying options, ...
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The 1,080 m3blast furnace No. 1 of Xuzhou, Jiangsu-based Chinese steelmaker Huahong Special Steel Co. has successfully commenced smelting, marking the official start of production in the first phase of the special steel project in question, ...
Global steelmaking and mining giant Evraz Group S.A. has announced that its crude steel output amounted to 3.67 million mt in the fourth quarter of 2012, decreasing by 5.9 percent quarter on quarter and by 11.1 percent compared to the same ...
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Canadian new wave /indie band, Metric, recently completed a successful tour in support of their fifth album Synthetica. Long-serving LD Ian MacDonald designed the lighting to be diverse - partly scaled to fit 1000-seat theatres, but ...
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In order to boost production and gain greater flexibility, Aluminij dd Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, has placed an order with Hertwich Engineering, Austria, for the supply of a belt-type ingot casting line. The line comprises a melting ...
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A MoU was signed between Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited and the Indian Railways in the presence of steel minister Mr Beni Prasad Verma and minister for railways Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal in New Delhi The MoU was signed by Mr Keshav Chandra ...
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PT Gunung (Gunung Steel Group), Indonesia, has awarded an order to SMS Siemag, Germany, for the planning and supply of a gas cleaning system for an ARCCESS ® electric arc furnace and has thus decided in favor of a tailor-made ...
Tags: SMS Siemag, X-Pact electrical and automation package, dust-laden gases
Think you know everything there is to know about how materials handling makes the supply chain work? Not so, according to the folks conducting the 90-plus free educational sessions located in the ProMat 2013 Knowledge Center. The sessions ...
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Good news for glass companies focused on the multi-family and remodeling segments:Optimism reigned during the National Association of Home Builders'(NAHB)Construction Forecast webinar today.David Crowe,NAHB chief economist,opened the ...
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SAN ANTONIO—I'm in San Antonio this week, home to the Alamo and the annual meeting of the Material Handling Industry of America. At today's meeting, Hal Vandiver, MHIA's long-time economist and president of F. Hal Vandiver & ...
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Faced with the problem of protecting high-value composite parts during in-plant handling and delivery operations, an aerospace manufacturer came to Creform Corp. in search of a solution. The manufacturer needed to protect these uniquely ...
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put a new continuous casting plant into operation in August at the Taiwanese steelmaker Dragon Steel Co.The two-strand caster was installed at the Taichung,Taiwan location and is designed to produce approximately two million tons of ...
Tags: Siemens VAI Metals, casting plant, carbon and micro-alloyed steels