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November/December 2011
Welcome to the November/December 2011 issue of STI.
The issue features articles on Minimills and Coatings as well as a host of other papers. The Minimills featuire includes a paper on Smart injection tools in DRI-based EAF steelmaking, and a paper on ABS-A special minimill.
Coatings features iclude the CGL 'twins' at Voestalpine Linz and a two to one custom oven solution.
Other papers include reports from the Steel Success Stategies Europe event, the worldsteel-45 event in Paris and how Shale-Inland is plotting a service centre role.
Front cover image supplied by Tenova
News
Economic doubt hits ArcelorMittal results 2
Statistics & Events – September output up 9.7% 6
USA Update – Improved performance in US in Q3 put in jeopardy by raw material price rises 8
Latin America Update – The Mexican steel industry is on the up 10
China Update – China’s steel industry suffers a tough situation 12
Minimills
Smart injection tools in DRI-based EAF steelmaking at Krakatau Steel 13
ABS – A very special minimill 17
Coatings
CGL ‘twins’ at Voestalpine Linz 20
Galv lines benefit from strip stabilisation and clean air knives 22
Two to one custom oven solution 22
Others
Steel Success Strategies Europe 24
worldsteel Short Range Outlook of consumption 27
worldsteel-45 in Paris 28
Operating experience of the first commercial Finex ironmaking plant 32
Shale-Inland plots service centre role 36
Document Management System – Go green ‘a paperless office’ for steel plants 39
e-learning saves in economic downturn 41
History: Pioneers of the Steel Industry. Part 6 Modern Research Tools 42
Index for 2011 43
Website news from this issue
- World Steel Association elects new officers and welcomes new members
- Safety and Health Excellence Recognition
- Steel industry calls for shift in vehicle emission regulations
- Two-tier growth predicted for steel demand
- Vietnam steel exports to increase 44.5% this year
- Çolakoğlu hands EAF acceptance certificate to Siemens
- Consteel EAF opens in South America
- Rio Tinto committs $1.3bn to iron ore project
- September production up 9.7%
- Danieli announces €192M net profit
- Steel plant being built in Saudi
- Riva Group to idle coil production line
- Salboni project could start in three years
- Odisha project set for another delay
- China plans domestic iron ore increase
- SGL Carbon Results
- ArcelorMittal hit by worldwide economic doubts
- Stainless steel production set for all time high?
- Tata Steel to cut 70 Llanwern jobs
- JSW orders Siemens VAI caster