Get It Straight – Avoiding Distortion In Stainless Steel Welding
When process conditions or aesthetics require the use of stainless steels over carbon steels, fabrication tends to face new challenges, especially if it requires welding. Stainless steels metallurgy often requires some extra precautions to avoid cracking or undesirable phases, but there is an even more basic challenge that needs to be addressed: distortion.
Nucor to Build New Rebar Micro Mill in North Carolina
Nucor Corporation announced that it will build a new rebar micro mill in Lexington, North Carolina, which is located in Davidson County. This will be Nucor's third rebar micro mill, joining existing Nucor micro mills in Missouri and Florida. The Nucor Steel Lexington mill is expected to cost approximately $350 million and have an annual capacity of 430,000 tons.
ArcelorMittal Acquires Majority Stake in voestalpine’s State-of-the-Art HBI Facility in Texas
The Corpus Christi facility, which covers an area of two square kilometers and employs over 270 people, is located in an optimal coastal position with direct access to a broad and deep shipping channel which enables cost effective transportation to the Americas and Europe. It incorporates best-in-class technology and equipment supplied by MIDREX Technologies Inc., a leading supplier of DRI solutions.
Nippon Steel Published EcoLeaf Environmental Product Declarations
Nippon Steel Corporation (Nippon Steel) has published the EcoLeaf Environmental Product Declarations (EPD*) [*1] verified by Sustainable Management Promotion Organization's SuMPO Environmental Label Program covering eleven declarations for seven steel sheet products (hot-rolled steel sheets, pickled steel sheets [*2], cold-rolled steel sheets, cold-rolled steel sheets (full hard), electrogalvanized steel sheets [*2], hot-dip galvanized and aluminium alloy coating sheets [*2] and color coated steel sheets [*2]).
Kuhn Special Steel Strengthens USA Team
We are pleased to have gained Andreas Bockelmann as a member of our USA team. He is very experienced as is familiar with both the German and the American markets. As a native German who has lived with his family in Nashville in the USA for over 20 years, he is in an excellent position to be able to coordinate the needs of our American customers with our production site in Germany.