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Conveyor transports, and cools high-temperature smelter by-products
Kubikenborg Aluminium, or Kubal, is a UC Rusal smelter in Sundsvall, Sweden, that next month will install a novel new transport system for ...

Energy-Efficient Lighting Improves Safety, Cuts Costs for Service Center
Ryerson initiated a consolidation of its service center opertions in Milwaukee recently, and in that process it identified areas where...

Starts & Restarts
Redesigned Shaft Furnace has Higher Throughput, Lower Emissions Earlier this year a redesigned electric arc furnace at Stahl Gerlafingen AG...

Steel Dynamics Inc. to Expand Caster Size
SMS supplying new segments for larger blooms

Lubrication Knowledge, Oil Analysis Minimize Downtime, Repairs
A research study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology estimates that approximately $240 billion (6-7% of the U.S. GNP) is lost due...

New “Aluminum-rich” Alloy Produces H2 for Large-Scale Use
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new aluminum-rich alloy that produces hydrogen by splitting water, and they contend it can be...

Rio Tinto Alcan Completes SPL Pilot Plant
A $225-million pilot plant for treating spent potlining has been completed in Quebec’s Saguenay region, according to Rio Tinto...

An Overhead View
Combining service with new technologies, one heavy-duty crane builder explains how it provides “lifting solutions.”

Complete Replacement of Converter and Offgas-Treatment System
In just 75 days, Siemens Metals Technologies (www.siemens.com/metals) replaced and started up a BOF converter and the offgas-treatment system ...

Copper-Magnesium Casting Machine Commissioned for Lamifil
Rautomead Ltd. (www.rautomead.com) commissioned a new RS upward vertical casting machine for producing 30-mm diameter copper-magnesium rod...

Developing a Coating Complex
With a new priority on high-volume operations, plant builders are rolling out high-tech designs that will galvanize a wide range of steel products. Even with all the design wizardry, product quality shines through.

Meros Industrial Plant Started at voestalpine stahl
A new Meros (maximized emission reduction) plant for off-gas cleaning was started successfully at the voestalpine Stahl sinter plant in...

Raising Thermal Efficiency, Temp Uniformity for Radiant-Tube Technology
Radiant-tube technology is used widely by steelmakers and aluminum producers, for reheating and annealing. The same heating principle is used...

What is RFID?
... and what can it do for metal producing and processing operations?

CO2 Capture Technology Builds on Ideas Learned from PCI
Babcock & Wilcox Co. (www.babcock.com), an energy-services supplier, is collaborating with industrial-gas manufacturer American Air Liquide ...

Perryman Melting Titanium for the First Time
Perryman Co. has started operating its new melt shop for titanium in California, PA, including a new vacuum-arc remelt (VAR) furnace and an...

Recycler Prepares to “Crack the Hydrocarbon Chain” with ASR
Gershow Recycling, in Long Island, NY, will be operating “the world’s first 100% emission- and pollutant-free green recycling ...

Contract News
o Pittsburgh-based Siemens VAI, a unit of Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services, will design and install a wide temper mill for Nucor Steel...

At Gallatin Steel, Hydraulics Move Ladle to Meet Shutdown Timetable
In Ghent, KY, Gallatin Steel has been producing flat-rolled strip for over 10 years, but a maintenance project late last year demonstrated that...

Deacero's Bar/Wire Rod Expansion Lifts Celaya Mill Up to 2.8 MTPY
Mexico's largest mini-mill group, Deacero, has started up the greenfield expansion of its Celaya plant, a project designed and executed by...
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