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SIMEC Group from Apizaco, Mexico, has placed an order with SMS Concast, Switzerland, and SMS Meer, Germany, for a minimill. The plant for “GV do Brazil” will be tailored to the customer’s requirements and offers high production flexibility. The minimill is to be erected near Pindamonhangaba in the Brazilian State of Sao Paulo. SMS Concast …
Anhui Tinda Oil Pipe from the Chinese province Anhui has been successfully operating a PQF® mill from SMS Meer for the production of seamless tubes since 2007. Until now the mill has produced tubes up to an outside diameter of 10 ¾ . After revamping by SMS Meer, Anhui Tiand Oil can now produce tubes …
Moscow, Russia – November 23, 2012 – Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, reports temporary halting of production facilities at Donetsk Electrometallurgical Plant (DEMZ), which is part of Mechel’s steel division, and the schedule for temporary suspension of production at the group’s Romanian steelmaking facilities that are part …
Washington, D.C.— The mantles of Earth and other rocky planets are rich in magnesium and oxygen. Due to its simplicity, the mineral magnesium oxide is a good model for studying the nature of planetary interiors. New work from a team led by Carnegie’s Stewart McWilliams studied how magnesium oxide behaves under the extreme conditions deep …
Impol from Slovenska Bristica, Slovenia, has placed an order with Hertwich Engineering, Austria, for the supply and erection of an ecomelt scarp melting furnace of the PS-120 type with preheat shaft. The production capacity is 120t per day. Profile scrap and sheet metal will be predominantly melted. At temperatures below 650 degree Celsius, a hot-air …
Novelis Italia from Pieve, Italy, has placed an order with Hertwich Engineering, Austria, for the supply and erection of an Ecomelt scrap melting furnace of the PS-80-type with preheat shaft. The new furnace plant will increase the recycling rate at Novelis from 34% to 80%. At temperatures below 650 degree Celsius, hot-air flow in the …
The Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group from Anhul Province, China, has placed an order with SMS Meer, Germany, for the supply of a complete CONTIROD casting and rolling plant for the production of copper wire rod. With this new wire rod mill, Tongling will further strengthen its position in the copper business. The high-performance wire rod …
Izhorsky Trubny Zavod (ITZ), which is part of the Severstal Group and based in Kolpino near St. Petersburg, Russia, has placed an order with SMS Meer, Germany, for the supply of a new gap closing press with a press force of 25 MN. The machine will be integrated into the existing 18-m JCOE large –diameter …
Munich, 23 November 2012 – The technology company The Linde Group has been commissioned by Norwegian-based Skangass AS to build a mid-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at the west coast of Sweden, in Lysekil, 100 kilometres north of Gothenburg. The corresponding engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract is worth around EUR 44 …
New Delhi, November 23, 2012: Seven midnight blue hands travel across the heavenly dial of the maestro Phase de Lune Semainier. They give order to the universe, beating in time to the conductor and indicating the phases of the moon, the month, the week, the day, the date, the hours and the minutes. With this …