Steel Times International News
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Jump in performance levels for Indian steelmaker Essar
Indian steelmaker Essar Steel claims to have ‘substantially improved’ its performance for the year ended 31 March 2017. Total flat steel production for the period was 5.6Mt (up 47%) when compared with the last financial year’s figure of 3.8Mt. Pellet production was up by 60% to 9.3Mt, up from 5.8Mt from 2015/16.
04 April 2017 -
UK Steel welcomes CfD exemption for steel industry
UK Steel has welcomed the British Government’s plan to exempt specific heavy industries – including steel – from some of the costs associated with its Contracts-for-Difference (CfD) scheme.
29 March 2017 -
Tata Steel wins Volvo's prestigious VQE award...
Tata Steel has been awarded The Volvo Cars Quality Excellence award (VQE) has been bestowed upon Tata Steel and marks 60 years of co-operation between the two companies.
28 March 2017 -
New block on the mill, courtesy of KOCKS
Chinese speciality steel manufacturer Walsin Lihwa Corporation, founded in 1966, has placed an order with Friedrich KOCKS GmbH for a Reducing Block 500++/4.
28 March 2017 -
Acquisition rumour boosts Bhushan Steel
There are rumours that India's third largest secondary steel producer is to be acquired by Vedanta Resources, a company that describes itself as a globally diversified natural resources company with interests in zinc, lead, silver, copper, iron or, aluminium, power and oil and gas.
24 March 2017 -
World crude steel production up 4.1% in February 2017
World crude steel production for February 2017 totalled 126.6Mt, according to figures released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel).
23 March 2017
