Demonstrating its robust engagement with the Indian Railways, Jindal Stainless, through its subsidiary JSL Lifestyle Limited, commissioned its first dedicated facility for Railways in Chennai. Spread over two acres in the Industrial Estate, Maraimalai Nagar, this new railway facility will supply high quality stainless steel components with ‘just-in-time’ delivery to the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai for production of railway coaches. This facility is equipped with state-of

The Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI) is proud to congratulate ASW Steel for receiving nuclear certification to supply steel to refurbishment projects in the province. ASW Steel is a premier specialty steel-making facility that over its history, was at the center of many technological advancements. ASW was also prominent among suppliers of specialty steel to the first Candu nuclear programs. In 2014, ASW recognized the opportunity to participate in new refurbishment

At the Shanghai works of Chinese steel producer Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd. (Baosteel), a newly-built double cold reduction (DCR) mill supplied by Primetals Technologies commenced operation. The DCR mill is designed to process 205,000 metric tons of cold strip per year and is part of Baosteel´s Tinplate Product Structure Optimization Project. It may be run in both reduction/temper and temper mode. The processed strip will be used for the production of beverage can, metal caps, elec

British Steel is extending its partnership with Translink, Northern Ireland’s national rail operator, after the companies agreed a new long-term supply contract. It will see British Steel supply premium rail into a series of major projects during the next eight years including the multi-million-pound North-West Multimodal Transport Hub in Derry~Londonderry. The contract is the company’s latest with a national operator, it having recently secured new agreements

Desktop Metal, a company committed to making metal 3D printing accessible to manufacturers and engineers, today announced the launch of 316L stainless steel for the Studio System™, the world’s first and only office-friendly metal 3D printing system for prototyping and low volume production.  A fully austenitic steel known for its corrosion resistance and excellent mechanical properties at extreme temperatures, 316L is well-suited for applications in the most demanding industr

 JW Aluminum’s $255 million expansion investment ranks fourth in the Top Economic Investment Announcements of 2018, according to the South Carolina Department of Commerce Annual Industrial Recruitment Report. In Berkeley County, South Carolina, JW Aluminum is second only to Google in terms of capital investments last year. “The ranking is based on our previously announced investment of $255 million,” said Stan Brant, Chief Operating Officer at JW Aluminum, &ld

EVRAZ Nizhniy Tagil Metallurgical Plant (EVRAZ NTMK), a Russian steel producer, has awarded Primetals Technologies an order to supply the automation and electrical equipment for its reconstructed blast furnace #6. The basic automation (level 1) and the process optimization (level 2) will be installed as a virtualized automation system on central, redundant servers, which will drastically reduce servicing costs, especially those for future upgrades. The new process automation will enable the o

Acciaierie Bertoli Safau, a leading European manufacturer of steel used in specialised engineering applications, has awarded MORE the order for the STAP multi-axis equipment that automatically opens the tap hole in the event of clogging by an oxygen lance in the electric arc furnace. The STAP device is not used regularly in each cycle, but only when required. Nevertheless, it can prevent long delays that can accumulate in several melt shops due to the time required for operators to

The "Steel Fiber Market by Type (Hooked, Straight, Deformed, Crimped), Application (Concrete, Composite, Refractories), Manufacturing Process (Cut Wire/Cold Drawn, Slit Sheet, Melt Extract), and Region - Global Forecast to 2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The steel fiber market size is estimated at USD 2.0 billion in 2018 and is projected to reach USD 2.5 billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 5.0%. Steel fiber has various properties s

United States Steel Corporation today announced the restart of construction on a technologically advanced electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking facility at its Tubular Operations in Fairfield, Ala., located in Jefferson County. U. S. Steel previously initiated construction of the EAF in March 2015 and suspended construction in December 2015 due to unfavorable market conditions.   “We are pleased to announce the achievement of the market and performance stage gates requir