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World’s largest ring rolling plant at Ovako Tube & Ring, Sweden

February 1, 2011

Ovako Tube & Ring has commissioned its new ring rolling plant. The company has thus expanded the annual capacity of the works …

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Record high steel production forecast for 2011, further growth in 2012

February 1, 2011

World steel output, in 2010, is estimated at just over 1.4 billion tonnes. This equates to a rise of over 190 million tonnes (16 %) compared to …

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Global steel prices continue their upward surge

February 1, 2011

Transaction prices are moving relentlessly upwards worldwide as steelmakers address their escalating raw material costs. The global composite steel price increased by …

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Official startup of ThyssenKrupp Steel, Alabama, USA

January 31, 2011

On December 10, 2010, the official opening of the new integrated works complex of ThyssenKrupp Steel USA and ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA took place in Calvert in the federal state of Alabama.

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ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe in Duisburg, Germany, to modernize continuous slab caster

January 27, 2011

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG is to install new process-optimization models in a continuous slab caster in the Beeckerwerth steelworks in Duisburg, Germany. The process models will improve …

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Soaring input costs boost North European steel prices

January 26, 2011

Flat products prices in northern Europe are moving upwards. Although there has been no report of a major upturn in end-user demand, selling values have …

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