Steel Times International News
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Lasers improve length cut tolerance in continuous casters
Laser Surface Velocimeters (LSV) are high precision sensors, designed to directly measure the surface speed and length of a moving material without contact.
06 February 2012 -
Russia’s Steel Leader Celebrates 80th Birthday
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works marked a milestone on 1 February; its 80th anniversary since the start up of its first blast furnace in 1932.
03 February 2012 -
Steel end-users show resilience despite recessionary environment
Eurofer’s Q1-2012 economic and steel market outlook shows that while the EU economy probably slipped into a shallow recession in the final quarter 2011, activity of downstream steel-users has remained rather firm.
03 February 2012 -
Outokumpu to lead merger with ThyssenKrupp Stainless
Outokumpu and Inoxum, the stainless steel unit of ThyssenKrupp AG, plan to combine under the operational leadership of Outokumpu.
02 February 2012 -
China drives continuing growth in stainless steel output
Official figures for global stainless steel production in 2011 are estimated to have reached another all-time high total of 32.05Mt, 3.1% above the previous record, of 2010.
01 February 2012 -
Kobe Steel 9-month sales grow despite lower output
Kobe Steel’s output of steel decreased in the first nine months of FY2011, in comparison to the same period FY2010. Steel demand in Japan decreased in the first quarter of fiscal 2011 due to the Great East Japan Earthquake.
01 February 2012
