Steel Strip

 There is speculation about possible bidders for Mittal’s Maryland Steel Plant. Mittal have been ordered to sell the plant by the US Justice department under antitrust laws. The recent takeover of Arcelor by Mittal created fears about competition.
Newspapers and other online sources are naming China’s Wuhan Steel Corp, Ispat, Severstal, Evraz and Thyssen Krupp amongst [...]

The Russian government has decided to impose a three-year anti-dumping duty of 840 euros per ton of steel with nickel content of 2.5 percent or higher imported from the European Union.
Link to   MOSNEWS.COM

Technorati tags: stainless steel, Russia, Europe

The following report is from MEPS
Underlying demand for strip products remains healthy in most EU countries. Several producers are already talking of higher prices in the second quarter. Official announcements by some major players have still to be made. Certainly, import prices for third country flat products are now above those quoted at the beginning [...]

In a slower week for steel news, I’ve composed a quick round-up with links to the stories that I have spotted
Salzgitter in talks to acquire Canada’s Algoma Steel.
Algoma is active in a range of specialized steel businesses, including plate steel manufacture for shipbuilding as well as hot and cold rolled carbon steel products for the [...]

BSS are pleased to announce that they can now offer galvanised steel strip from stock.  
We can offer electro-zinc and hot dipped in coil or sheet, both smooth and bright spangled in standard and structural grades including Z2, Z28, Z35, Z39.
Our thickness range is from  0.5mm to 3mm.
This is in addition to  our existing range of [...]

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The West Midlands is grinding to a halt (well the schools have shut anyway!), due to snow. Since we hardly ever get any these days, it’s quite a novelty.
My garden at coffee time this morning :

I’m not a big fan of flash, but it can be great when used to good effect. Have a look at this nice little animation over at Tata showing the steelmaking process.
 
Link to Tata Steel - Steel Making Process

Amicus has welcomed the introduction of the National Manufacturing Skills Academy, which the union has supported since its conception:Ensuring that workers have access to high standard training, and career progression is at the heart of the union’s agenda and the union is working hard with its Officers and workplace representatives to unlock the potential within [...]

COLUMBUS, Ohio–Worthington Industries, Inc. , today named Mark A. Russell the new president of The Worthington Steel Company. Russell served as CEO of Indalex, Inc., a leading aluminum products company and in operational roles with Alumax, Inc. and Alcoa, Inc.
“Mark brings a solid skill set to our steel processing group,” John P. McConnell, Chairman and [...]