Austrian aluminium producer Amag rolling has selected Primetals Technologies to upgrade the drive technology on the four-high cold rolling stand at its facility in Ranshofen in a bid to increase availability. As part of the deal, ...
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The payoff of Taiwanese fastener makers' effort on going upmarket is a major growth drive for the industry's sustainable development (in the photo are the high-strength, quality-approved bolts and fixings for rail construction). Although ...
Tags: Fastener, industrial parts
According to the monitoring of MOFCOM, the prices of farm produce in 36 large and medium-sized cities rose slightly, and prices of production means in circulation continued to fall last week (July 20–July 26). Last week, the price ...
Tags: farm produce, poultry, nonferrous metal
Luxembourg based steel and mining company ArcelorMittal has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Steel Authority of India (SAIL) to build an automotive steel manufacturing facility in India. As per the MoU, both the ...
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According to the monitoring of MOFCOM, the prices of farm produce in 36 large and medium-sized cities continued to fall, and prices of production means in circulation stopped falling and picked up last week (April 27-March 3). Last week, ...
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US Steel Canada announced Monday that it will lay off at least 56 workers following its decision last week to idle its Hamilton coke ovens. According to local news reports, the idling will eventually affect about 100 of the plant’s ...
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Indian steelmaker Tata Steel has announced that it has opened a new finishing line at its IJmuiden steelworks in the Netherlands to strengthen the supply of high-value steels to the automotive sector and other markets. Tata Steel invested ...
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Finland-based stainless steel producer Outokumpu has announced its financial results for the second quarter of the current year, indicating that stainless steel demand continued to recover and base prices increased moderately in both Europe ...
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German plantmaker SMS Siemag has announced that it will supply a continuous hot dip galvanizing line for the Chinese Bengang Steel Plates Co. (Bengang). With this investment, Bengang is entering the market for high-quality hot dip ...
Tags: German, galvanizing line, Metallurgy, Mineral
Indian steelmaker JSW Steel Limited has announced that it has commissioned the phase 1 of the cold roll mill No. 2 facility at Vijayanagar Works, Karnataka, consisting of a 2.3 million mt per year pickling line coupled with a tandem cold ...
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Louisville, Kentucky-based Steel Technologies LLC announced Tuesday its agreement to purchase Stripco LLC, Stripco Sales Company, LLC, and Stripco Express Inc. (collectively, “Stripco”). Stripco is a premier value-added steel ...
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Stainless Steel Rolling Mill Upgrades Safety with Ease ABB's new safety PLC has provided the platform for Sandvik Materials Technology to add zoned safety guarding to a large cold rolling mill at its Sandviken plant in Sweden. The mill is ...
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Finland-based stainless steelmaker Outokumpu has announced that the negotiations regarding its industrial plan have been successfully concluded with employee representatives and unions in Germany. The industrial plan was originally ...
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Global steelmaker ArcelorMittal has announced that, together with Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC), it has completed the acquisition of ThyssenKrupp Steel USA, a steel processing plant in Calvert, Alabama, ...
Tags: Thyssenkrupp Steel, ArcelorMittal
Heilongjiang Province-based Chinese steelmaker Beiman Special Steel Co. has announced that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement for 2014 with its largest customer, Baosteel Group Changzhou Roll Manufacture Company, a wholly-owned ...
Tags: Special Steel, Mineral