Steel Times International News
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NLMK announces group sales growth year-on-year of 7%
Russian steelmaker NLMK Group has announced sales growth of 17.6Mt, up 7% year-on-year. Steel output was up 2% to 17.5Mt and steel capacity utilisation rate was 99%.
23 January 2019 -
Fives acquires RDI-Met (Spain)
French global industrial engineering group Fives has acquired certain activities of RDI-Met (Spain), a subsidiary of Fagor Arrasate, one of the largest players in the steel and aluminium processing and metal stamping industries.
23 January 2019 -
EUROFER welcomes imports safeguards
European Union (EU) member states have approved the European Commission’s final safeguard measures on steel.
23 January 2019 -
Iron ore and steel: points to watch in 2019
Energy consultant Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac) has put forward some thoughts for the new year concerning iron ore and steel.
16 January 2019 -
Steel Dynamics contracts Fives for CGL No.3
The Columbus Flat Roll Division of Steel Dynamics Inc (SDI) – one of the largest domestic steel producers and metals recyclers in the United States – is investing $140 million on adding a new continuous hot dip galvanising line (CGL № 3) into its existing plant in Columbus, Mississippi, USA. The plan is to diversify the company’s product portfolio. At present, the Columbus Division serves the needs of the automotive, agriculture, appliance, building and construction, energy, HVAC, lighting and machinery industries
14 January 2019 -
Converting steel mill gases into chemicals
German steelmaker thyssenkrupp has produced ammonia from steel mill gases and is hailing the breakthrough as a further milestone in the Carbon2Chem project, which is being funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
14 January 2019
