steel news

EVRAZ NTMK completed production of a batch of wheels for freight railcars under the contract with the Turkish State Railways (TCDD). Two thousand wheels of the newly launched BA 002 type (920 mm in diameter, made of the ER7 steel grade) will be shipped by the end of March.

On January 1, 2015, Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) established its Vietnam Representative Office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, through its subsidiary Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal (Thailand) Co., Ltd. An opening ceremony was held at a local hotel on February 27.

Gijón (Asturias, Spain), 25 February 2015 - ArcelorMittal’s plant in Gijón will supply 23,000 tonnes of heavy plate for the construction of 29 jacket foundations for the Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Shipments will be delivered between March 2015 and March 2016.

The Flowrox Expulse flexible pulsation dampener is an effective alternative to traditional pulsating pumps that reduces noise and vibration that causes pipe breakage.

In January 2015, the Coatinc Company Holding (TCC) assumed a 49 percent share of a US corporation headquartered in San Diego, California. In the future, this corporation will operate galvanizing facilities that are currently being built in Tijuana in the Mexican state Baja California. The galvanizing plant will be launched under the name “Galvanizadora California.” An American corporation by the name of “California Galvanizing and Steel Structures” will undertake the sales.

Brussels, 25 February 2015 - The World Steel Association (worldsteel) today announced the launch of a new publication ‘Steel in the circular economy - A life cycle perspective’. It examines the critical role of steel in delivering true sustainability to our society and calls for a global rethink of regulations in all market sectors across every region.

For the last 18 months the European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) has been working on the development of a revised PM Roadmap called 'Vision 2025'. The purpose of the Vision 2025 booklet is to be a tool to aid in the promotion of the PM industry to government, third parties and end users. It is also envisaged that the information contained in the booklet will provide some useful insight into key trends and development areas for the different sectors of the European powder metal industry.

ThyssenKrupp AG today issued a “dual-tranche” bond with a total volume of 1.35 billion Euro, documented under the company´s 10 billion Euro Debt Issuance Programme. Joint bookrunners are BayernLB, Citi, Commerzbank and UniCredit Bank.