It is learned that steelmaker Ternium, owner of Brazil’s Usiminas, quits the bidding of ThyssenKrupp’s asset Companhia Siderúrgica do Atlantico (CSA). In a conference call, the company’s CEO Daniel Novegil said the ...
Tags: Ternium, CSA, steelmaker
The Brazilian steelmakers including Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) and Usiminas are mulling to raise the prices of steel flat products for automobile sectors by 5%~7%, effective from May 2nd. In January, CSN increased the prices of ...
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Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal has announced that its Romanian unit ArcelorMittal Galati will supply 7,500 mt of steel plates for a new, 32-tower wind farm in Romania, which has the potential to generate the most megawatts of any ...
Tags: Wind Farm, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The European Commission (EC) may oblige Luxembourg-headquartered steelmaker Aperam, which is bidding to buy Outokumpu's Italian stainless steel plant in Terni, to sell other steel assets if it succeeds in the acquisition bid, a commission ...
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Global steel giant ArcelorMittal is starting mothballing of its two blast furnaces at its Florange site in Lorraine, France on Wednesday, April 24, according to media reports. The company expects to complete the shutdown of the hot stoves ...
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Reportedly, ArcelorMittal CEO Lakshmi Mittal said that high labor and energy costs made ArcelorMittal less competitive and regretted the closure of furnaces. He said the energy costs to come down like the United States and Germany will be a ...
Tags: Energy, Transportation
On April 22, the world's largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal announced that in defense of its patent rights it filed complaints before the District Court of Delaware, US on April 16 to demonstrate that AK Steel, Severstal North America (SNA) ...
Tags: Arcelormittal, AK Steel, Mineral
ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava (AMTPO), the biggest producer of tubes and pipes in the Czech Republic, has announced that it has concluded an important contract for supplies of water tubes with polypropylene coating for an extensive ...
Tags: Arcelormittal Ostrava, Steel Tubes
It is reported that ArcelorMittal's new wire rod mill in Ruhrort, Germany has been delayed to the third quarter of this year. Meanwhile, the company has also indicated to invest approximately €130 million for the new plant and it ...
Tags: steel, Wire Rod, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
It's reported that ArcelorMittal USA LLC has made a prosecution against the units of Severstal and Nisshin Steel Holdings Co. for violating a patent for metal used in auto parts. ArcelorMittal filed a complaint in US District Court in ...
Tags: Metal Patent, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Finnish stainless steel producer Outokumpu has informed Italy's Ministry of Economic Developement that it has received three purchase offers for Terni-based Italian stainless mill Acciai Speciali Terni (AST), according to local Italian ...
Tags: Stainless Steel Mill, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
It is reported that ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) announced to re-commission for the basic oxygen converters at its Vanderbijlpark works in South Africa. The plant has been temporary suspended due to firs incident on February 9 this ...
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Posco is planning to cooperate with Indian cold roller and galvanizer Uttam Galva Steels Ltd (UGSL) to set a joint venture. Under the joint venture, they will cooperate to build an annual 3 million tons integrated steelworks in Maharashtra ...
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ArcelorMittal South Africa has announced that its three basic oxygen furnaces (BOF) damaged during the fire which occurred at Vanderbijlpark plant on February 9 this year have been recommissioned and are now fully operational. The ...
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In the first quarter of the current year, the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian subsidiary of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 1.613 million mt, up 9.7 percent year on year, as announced by the company. ...