Steel Times International News
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Steel production rises 4.2% in May
World crude steel production in May was 130Mt - 4.2% higher than in May 2010.
20 June 2011 -
Siemens VAI to modernise Duisburg hot strip rolling mill
Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe to modernise its hot strip rolling mill No. 1 in Duisburg-Bruckhausen, Germany.
20 June 2011 -
Steel Seminar series starts in Sheffield, UK
The Iron and Steel Society – a Division of UK’s Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IoM3) – has organised a series of five one day seminars designed to inform managers at all levels of the strategies that are being adopted in the steel industry to address the following issues:
17 June 2011 -
Fortescue disappointment at Australian tax
Fortescue Metals Group (Fortescue) has dismissed the Australian Government’s plan for the introduction of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) as disappointing and economic vandalism.
16 June 2011 -
Eddie Kane Steel Opens Facility in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Eddie Kane Steel Products, Inc. has added its newest distribution facility in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The opening of this sales, warehouse, and distribution centre will allow the Company to better service its hot-rolled carbon steel plate customers in the US South.
15 June 2011 -
Molybdenum use hits new high in steel
Global use of molybdenum has soared to a new high of 474 million lbs surpassing the peak use in 2007 of 470 million lbs, according to new full-year figures from the International Molybdenum Association.
13 June 2011
