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World's largest submerged arc furnace for Posco
Ferro-alloy producer Posco SNNC has contracted SMS Siemag, Germany, for the delivery of the world's largest submerged arc furnace with six electrodes for the production of ferronickel in Gwangyang, Korea.
26 February 2013 -
California Steel Industries to upgrade crop shear
A crop shear upgrade for California Steel Industries LLC will provide improved capability to cut thicker, high-strength material to be used at CSI’s new electric resistance welded pipe mill.
26 February 2013 -
Tata India wins worldsteel challenge
The 2013 World Champions of the 7th steeluniversity Challenge organised by the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was won by a team from Tata Steel in India in the category for young steel industry employees.
For the student category, the winners were a team from University of Ljubljana in Slovenia.26 February 2013 -
January 2013 crude steel close to January 2012
World crude steel production for the 62 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) in January was 125Mt, a slight increase of 0.8% compared to January 2012.
20 February 2013 -
Outokumpu to divest Italian producer
Outokumpu is currently in the process of divesting the Terni (AST) operations in Italy as required by the European Commission.
20 February 2013 -
BHP Billiton seeks cost savings over expansion
Australian based mining giant, BHP Billiton saw revenues drop 14% in the second half 2012 to $32.2bn and profits fall from $15.5bn to $6.5bn.
20 February 2013
