Steel Times International News
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Innoval joins Danieli Aluminium Strip Division
Innoval Technology, a UK based provider of independent technical expertise and former research centre of Alcan, has been acquired by Danieli of Italy.
29 March 2012 -
Global Stainless Steel Production - new record in 2011
The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has released preliminary data which shows that stainless steel production grew by 3.3% in 2011 to 32.1Mt, a record for a single year.
29 March 2012 -
Shale gas boosts Ohio steel companies
Ohio's shale boom is expected to revive that state's steel industry. Some steel companies are perched high on the state's ‘shale wave’ that is creating demand for steel tubing for delivery of natural gas from Appalachia's shale reserves.
28 March 2012 -
Two Corex ironmaking plants commissioned by Essar in India
In late 2011, two Corex C-2000 plants originally supplied by Siemens VAI Metals Technologies were relocated from Korea to India and commissioned at the Hazira steelworks of the Indian producer Essar Steel India Ltd.
28 March 2012 -
Taiyuan Steel produces 900MPa High-strength Steel
The Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp (TISCO) in Shanxi province has become the first in the country to successfully develop a 900MPa high strength hot-rolled steel. The aim is to be able to substitute imports of this type of steel.
28 March 2012 -
Construction should continue to support China’s steel industry in 2012
Despite recent gloomy figures for manufacturing in China, the steel industry there should continue to grow in 2012, according to UK based market analysts MEPS latest report ‘China Steel Insight’.
28 March 2012
