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Sandvik Receives Record Order For Automine® Solutions

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has received a major order for the AutoMine® load and haul automation system valued at about SEK 250 million from the Chilean mining company Codelco, to be used in the El Teniente mine.

Tenaris Solution for Dual-Fuel Plants and Hydrogen Applications

As the hydrogen sector takes on an increasingly leading role in the energy transition, Tenaris is responding to the market with its latest material technology for all hydrogen applications, THera™, Tenaris Hydrogen era.

Mayville Engineering Company to Open New Facility in Michigan

Mayville Engineering Company, a leading U.S.-based value added manufacturing partner that provides a broad range of prototyping and tooling, production fabrication, coating, assembly and aftermarket services, announced it has finalized an agreement to open a new manufacturing facility in Hazel Park, Michigan to align production capacity with a new strategic customer relationship.

BTD Fulfilling Demand With New Equipment

In the Dawsonville, Georgia and Washington, Illinois facilities, BTD hase added a 10,000-watt fiber sheet laser to their setup, allowing to meet the needs of customers while ensuring efficiency and quality are optimized.

Nucor to Add Blast and Prime Line at New Kentucky Plate Mill

Nucor Corporation announced that it will be adding a blast and prime line at its greenfield steel plate mill currently under construction in Brandenburg, Kentucky. The blast and prime line will have an annual capacity of approximately 120,000 tons and will provide the Nucor Plate Group with even broader capabilities and offerings for customers of our wider and thicker plate products.

Desktop Metal Launches D2 Tool Steel for Additive Manufacturing

Desktop Metal announced it has qualified D2 tool steel for the Studio System™ 2, an accessible metal 3D printing platform that offers customers the easiest way to print high-performance metal parts in low volumes for pre-production and end-use applications.

Metal 3D Printing Increasing Popularity

At the recent global trade expo for 3D printers in Frankfurt called Formnext, dozens of metal 3D printers drew crowds eager for a solution to their spare part problems. A new area of low-cost desktop machines that print metal parts is becoming more sought after.

Merger of NS-Siam United Steel and Siam Tinplate

NS-Siam United Steel Co., Ltd. (“NS-SUS”) and Siam Tinplate Co., Ltd. (“STP”), which are Thailand manufacturing and sales subsidiaries of Nippon Steel Corporation (“Nippon Steel”) for cold-rolled and hot-dip galvanized steel sheets and for tinplate and tin free steel, respectively, have agreed to merge around April 2022.

Sandvik raises EUR 500 Million

Sandvik has raised EUR 500 million in the corporate bond market under its Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN) program. The re-offer yield for the bond was 0.47% with a maturity date of November 25, 2028, corresponding to mid swaps 0.45 percentage points.

New Castle Stainless Plate Announces Changes in Commercial Team

New Castle Stainless Plate, LLC announces three changes to its commercial team. Tony Palermo will be promoted to Vice President Commercial effective January 1, 2022. Palermo replaces Frank Alvin who is retiring effective December 31, 2021. In addition, Thomas Puetzhofen joined the company on October 20, 2021 as Regional Sales Manager responsible for commercial activities in the Southeast and Midwest USA.