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  • Notice on demise of our founding CEO Yasukuni Yamasaki

    It is with deep regret and profound sadness that we inform you that Mr. Yasukuni Yamasaki, the former CEO and Chairman of the Board of Primetals Technologies Limited, suddenly passed away on June 7, 2019 due to a heart attack.

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  • Primetals Technologies to install Automated Tapping systems at two BOF converters of Jiangsu Shagang

    Chinese steel producer Jiangsu Shagang Group Company Limited (Jiangsu Shagang) placed an order with Primetals Technologies to install automatic tapping system on two BOF converters in its converter steelworks in Zhangjiagang in Jiangsu Province. This modernization project marks the first commercial implementation of Primetals Technologies´ Automated Tapping system in a steelworks. The package will reduce tapping time and minimize slag carry-over, improving subsequent phosphorous refining.

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  • RH vacuum degassing plant with dry mechanical pump from Primetals Technologies receives FAC at AHMSA

    Recently, Mexican steel producer Altos Hornos de Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. (AHMSA) issued the Final Acceptance Certificate (FAC) for a twin RH vacuum degassing plant supplied by Primetals Technologies. The 150-ton RH plant was installed in AHMSA´s converter Steel Works # 2 in Monclova. It is able to handle 50 charges per day, the equivalent of about two million metric tons of liquid steel per year.

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  • Primetals Technologies supplies Arvedi ESP line to U. S. Steel

    Primetals Technologies will supply an Arvedi ESP (Endless Strip Production) line to United States Steel Corporation (U. S. Steel) for its Edgar Thomson Plant at Braddock, Pennsylvania production location. This will be the first ESP line to be constructed in the US. The casting-rolling plant has a rated capacity of 2.5 million metric tons  (2.76 million short tons) of high-quality, ultra-thin strip. With a maximum strip width of 1,956 mm (77”), it will be the widest ESP line ever built.

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  • Primetals Technologies connects metals producers to the future at METEC 2019

    From June 25 to 29, 2019 Primetals Technologies will be presenting itself to industry experts at the METEC in Düsseldorf, the world's leading trade show for the metals industry. Under the motto “Connect to Next”, the company is displaying its comprehensive digitalization, technology, product and service portfolio for every step in the iron and steel production value chain as well as the latest rolling solutions for nonferrous metals at booth E02-E10 in Hall 4. Focus topics covered are Digital Plants, Sustainable Steel, Productive Assets and New Business.

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