Steel Times International News
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Chinese output still rising
China’s daily crude steel output has kept growing month on month since the beginning of 2012, and reached more than 2Mt in May.
20 June 2012 -
German orders for steel products grow in April
German orders for crude steel increased by 2.5% month-on-month in April after two months of falling according to the German federal statistics office.
20 June 2012 -
ArcelorMittal postpones Spanish coke plant investment
ArcelorMittal has postponed the planned construction of new 700kt/y coke-oven batteries in Gijon, northern Spain due to the ongoing poor economic environment.
20 June 2012 -
New drives for Iowa steckel mill
A new drive system has been installed at the SSAB Americas’ plate and steckel mill in Montpelier, Iowa. The order is valued at more than $10M and includes two Siemens Sinamics SM150 drive systems and synchronous motors to replace the existing equipment at the mill.
12 June 2012 -
Essar Steels opens Phase 1 of Odisha pellet plant
Essar Steel has commissioned a 6Mt/y pellet making facility at the port of Paradip in Odisha (Orissa) NE India. This is the first phase of a 12Mt/y pellet plant to be commissioned by 2013. Essar Steel is investing Rs 42000M ($756M) in the project as part of its ongoing investments in the state of Odisha.
12 June 2012 -
Tyasa Mexico orders compact steelmaking plant
Mexican mimimill, Talleres y Aceros SA de CV.(Tyasa) has ordered a new compact steelmaking plant with a capacity of 1.2Mt/y for its Ixtaczoquitlan site.
11 June 2012
