Corus secures €35M French rail contract
Corus is to invest €35M at its rail production facility in Hayange, France, after securing a major contract with SNCF.
SMS predicts fall in orders
The order intake for the SMS group in 2009 is expected to drop to less than half of 2008’s result (2008: €5.15bn).
China’s ore contract with Venezuelan miner
Wuhan Iron & Steel Group Corp (Wisco), China’s third largest steel producer, has secured a long-term iron ore supply contract with Corp Venezolana de Guayana (CVG).
Groups sign Chinese EAF revamp contract
Chinese group Tianjin Pipe Corporation and German company Badische Stahl-Engineering Germany (BSE) have signed a contract for the revamping of a 150t EAF in Tianjin.
Questek wins alloys contract
Questek Innovations has been awarded three small business research projects to design and develop alloys for the US government.
Siemens Chinese order
Siemens VAI has put four continuous slab casters into operation at Chinese steel producer Zhangjiagang Rong Sheng (ZRS).

