Russian pipe producing company United Metallurgical Company (OMK) has announced that its Russia-based Chusovoy Steel Works (ChSW) stopped producing steel through its open-hearth furnaces on March 31. The halt of the last open-hearth furnace ...
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Indian steel producer Essar has announced that its Projects Minerals & Metals Asset has won a second contract from Indian state-owned steelmaker Steel Authority of India (SAIL) for a project at the SAIL Bhilai steel plant in Chhattisgarh. ...
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Global steelmaking and mining giant Evraz Group S.A. has stated that pre-commissioning has started at the construction site of the coal dust injection utility for the West-Siberian Metallurgical Plant of Evraz (EVRAZ ZSMK). The company ...
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Russia's Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat has launched a new pyrolisis furnace at its Monomer petrochemical plant in Bashkortostan, in the Urals region of Russia, and expects its ethylene and propylene output this year will increase by around 13%, ...
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The BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LCC (BTP) joint venture (60 percent BASF, 40 percent Total) announced the startup of a 10th furnace at its steam cracker facility in Port Arthur, Texas. The additional furnace improves feedstock flexibility, ...
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In the first two months of this year, world pig iron production amounted to 192.39 million mt, rising by 1.60 percent compared to the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for approximately ...
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AK Steel announced Friday that it expects a loss for its first quarter, attributing temporary factors such as an unplanned blast furnace outage. Harsh winter weather--the main complaint for other US mills--was also mentioned as a factor. ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced that its Balakovo Long Product Mill has initiated hot commissioning at its arc-furnace shop,producing its first steel billets. A number of specialists were involved in the hot commissioning at ...
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Furnace curtains are installed before the opening of furnaces. This curtain keep the heat contained within a furnace and ensure a consistent temperature when dealing with a variety of manufacturing processes. They are hung at the openings ...
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If get into the discussion of how diverse the services of the alloys providers are, then it will become clear different groups of service providers are renowned in delivering specific components. Most of these components are nothing but the ...
The steel industries of the entire nation have served as the most promising industrial sectors that have always been aimed at by the global business leaders as the very source of contributions to the Indian economics. Most of these ...
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A while back we did an introduction to our Crown Boiler project. We had an older boiler from the 60′s that was over-sized and it was time to replace the boiler. After doing some research, I went with a Crown. Mainly because they ...
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In a letter to the Hamilton, Ontario city council's Steel Issues Committee Friday morning, US Steel executives said the company "respectfully declines to participate in this or future Steel Committee meetings as we believe a civic forum is ...
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Iron ore blast furnace pellet premiums rose further in March as some steelmakers were said to have agreed quarterly pricing for Q1 around the low $40s/dry mt, and leave open the opportunity to renegotiate for lower pricing later this year. ...
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Jiangxi Province-based Chinese steelmaker Fangda Special Steel has announced its preliminary plans to carry out 40-day maintenance work on its 450 m3 blast furnace No. 3 from March 15. The production halt during the maintenance work is ...