Steel Times International News
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Cutting edge solutions for Russian tube project
Fives, a French global industrial engineering company, has been contracted to provide cutting-edge solutions for a large-scale investment project in Russia.
05 December 2017 -
Endless rolling tech for Italian EAF minimill
Italian steelmaker Ferriera Valsabbia SpA has contracted Primetals Technologies to supply ERT-EBROS endless rolling technology to the company’s bar rolling mill in Odolo, Brescia province. The new equipment will boost output and utilisation levels, claims Primetals.
05 December 2017 -
Dagon death ‘at least the third’ since US Steel bought plant
US Steel’s Granite City Steel plant in the USA has been fined over US$12,000 following an investigation into the death of steelworker Timothy Dagon, 42, who died in the plant’s rail yard.
05 December 2017 -
Union gives TK deadline of 22 December
A report by Reuters claims that the IG Metall union has given German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp until 22 December to agree to job, plant and investment guarantees and put an end to ‘this process of playing for time’, according to Detlef Wetzel, labour representative.
05 December 2017 -
RHI Magnesita acquires Agellis Group AB
RHI Magnesita’s purchase of Agellis Group is part of the former’s ‘Ladle to Mould’ strategy to extend its product range with advanced measurement technology for both steel and non-ferrous plants.
05 December 2017 -
GFG Alliance’s 5Mt plan for ‘clean growth’ chimes with UK government’s vision
GFG Alliance, one of Britain’s largest industrial groups, is planning to create five million tonnes of low-carbon steelmaking capacity over the next five years as part of a drive to develop ‘a green and competitive future for manufacturing in the UK’. This equates to half of all the steel made in Britain at present.
04 December 2017
