News & Press Releases
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London, March 24, 2016
Primetals Technologies to modernize minimill of Abinsk Electric Steel Works in Russia
Abinsk Electric Steel Work, a Russian producer of long products, has signed a contract with Primetals Technologies to modernize the electric arc furnace, ladle furnace and 6-strand continuous billet caster in the company's minimill.
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London, March 17, 2016
Primetals Technologies successfully modernized an annealing and pickling line of Aperam Genk
Primetals Technologies successfully realized the modernization of an annealing and pickling line of Aperam Genk in Belgium. The objectives of the project were to upgrade the drive technology and optimize the strip tension control.
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London, February 25, 2016
Severstal orders ladle furnace from Primetals Technologies for its Cherepovets converter steel works
Primetals Technologies has received an order from PAO Severstal, a Russian steel producer, to supply a new twin ladle furnace for its Cherepovets converter steel works. The ladle furnace can treat 375 metric ton charges of liquid steel with a treatment time not more than 45 minutes, and has an annual capacity of 4.8 million metric tons.
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London, February 17, 2016
Gerdau Ouro Branco issues Final Acceptance Certificate for Steckel mill supplied by Primetals Technologies
Brazilian steel producer Gerdau has issued the Final Acceptance Certificate (FAC) for a new Steckel mill supplied by Primetals Technologies for its Ouro Branco production site in the state of Minas Gerais.
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Bécancour, QC - Canada, January 28, 2016
Société Internationale Métallique selects Midrex and Primetals Technologies to build new HBI plant in Quebec
Société Internationale Métallique (SIM) has chosen Midrex Technologies, Inc. and its construction licensee Primetals Technologies to furnish the equipment and oversee the technological aspect of its project to build a 2.0 million ton-per-year (MTPY) hot briquetted iron (HBI) plant in the Bécancour Waterfront Industrial Park, a public-owned industrial park on the shores of the Saint-Lawrence River (Quebec, Canada); the site is a year-round deep water port and connected to major North American rail and road infrastructure.
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