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Izhora Pipe Mill Produces Record 500,000 Tonnes of LD Pipes
Jan. 25, 2012 - OAO Severstal announced that its pipe production unit, the Izhora Pipe Mill, produced more than 500,000 tonnes of large-diameter (LD) pipes in 2011, representing a 10% increase on 2010 production levels, primarily for use in major oil and gas projects in Russia.
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Three Atlas Tube Facilities Achieve STINA Certified Producer Status
Oct. 12, 2011 - Atlas Tube's manufacturing facilities in Chicago, Ill.; Harrow, Ont.; and Plymouth, Mich. are among the first steel tubular producers in North America to earn the right to display the Steel Tube Institute of North America's Certified Producer Mark on its products.
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Outokumpu Signs Final Agreement with Tubinoxia on Tubular JV
Sep. 26, 2011 - Outokumpu and Tubinoxia, an Italian company controlled by Andrea Gatti, have signed the agreement on the joint venture (JV) for Outokumpu's tubular unit (OSTP). Tubinoxia will become a minority owner of OSTP with an option to become a majority owner in three years.
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Construction Milestones Met at ArcelorMittal Jubail
Sep. 19, 2011 - ArcelorMittal has achieved some important milestones in the construction of its seamless tubular products mill located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Jubail, including more than six million hours worked on site without any lost time injuries as of August 2011.
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USITC to Uphold Antidumping Orders on Seamless Pipe from Japan, Romania
Sep. 12, 2011 - Existing antidumping duty orders on imports of carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from Japan and Romania following the USITC’s determination that revoking the existing antidumping duties on these products would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
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SMS Meer Delivers PQF Seamless Tube Plant to China
Jul. 5, 2011 - SMS Meer has started delivery of what it says is the world’s largest Premium Quality Finishing plant for seamless tubes with diameters up to 20 inches. The customer is a Chinese consortium consisting of the Tianjin Pipe Corp. and the Jiangsu Shagang Group Huaigang Special Steel Co.
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SMS Meer Supplies Seamless Tube Plant for Hengyang Valin
Jun. 22, 2011 - At the Hunan works of Chinese tube producer Hengyang Valin Steel Tube, erection has started of the new PQF® plant supplied by SMS Meer. The mill is designed for an annual capacity of 500,000 tonnes of seamless tubes in diameters up to 180 m.
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VSB Produces First Steel Pipe from Steelworks in Brazil
Dec. 20, 2010 - Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil Ltda (VSB) began a test operation at its integrated seamless pipe steelworks, successfully piercing its first billet recently. Following the completion of the rolling mill, upstream facilities including charcoal blast furnaces will begin operation in the second quarter of 2011.
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Severstal TPZ Sheksna Commissions New Line from SMS Meer
Sep. 13, 2010 - Severstal TPZ Sheksna successfully commissioned in June 2010 the RD-410 welded tube line supplied by SMS Meer. The new line has an annual capacity of 300,000 tonnes; the main products are structurals that are used as supporting elements in the construction industry.
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Vallourec Plans to Expand Plant in China
Aug. 2, 2010 - Vallourec plans to expand its V & M Changzhou plant in China, enabling the production of 60,000 tonnes of seamless pipes per year to serve the local demand for power plants. Operations are expected to begin by mid-2012.
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Commerce Finds Dumping of OCTG from China
Apr. 14, 2010 - The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on April 9 its affirmative final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on imports of oil country tubular goods from P.R. China. Commerce determined that Chinese producers/exporters have sold OCTG in the United States at margins ranging from 29.94 to 99.14%.
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Canadian Tribunal Delivers Mixed Findings on OCTG from China
Mar. 24, 2010 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal finds that dumped and subsidized coupling stock OCTG from China had not caused or threatened to the domestic industry, but that dumped and subsidized casing and tubing OCTG from China had.
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Posteel Opens New Pipe Plant in Oman
Mar. 19, 2010 - Posteel recently opened Gulf International Pipe Industry (GIPI), a new 250,000-tonne production facility specializing in API pipes based in Sohar, Oman. Posteel will supply 100,000 tonnes of hot-rolled coils annually to GIPI, which are needed to produce the pipes.
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SMS Meer Commissions ERW Tube Welding Line at Arvedi
Feb. 2, 2010 - SMS Meer has successfully commissioned a 12-¾” ERW (electric resistance welding) tube welding line for heavy wall thicknesses at Arvedi Tube Acciaio S.p.A. in Cremona, Italy. The project was completed in one year.
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API Steel Pipe Factory Completed in Pittsburg
Nov. 13, 2009 - Posco has completed construction of an annual 270,000-tonne scale API steel pipe factory in Pittsburg, Calif. United Spiral Pipe, established jointly with U.S. Steel and Seah Steel, will manufacture and sell API-certified steel pipes designed for energy transportation.
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HFI Tube Welding Line in Operation at Thisvi Pipeworks
Oct. 28, 2009 - In the Thisvi Pipeworks in Greece, Corinth Pipeworks has produced the world's first 26-inch longitudinally welded pipe by using the High Frequency Induction (HFI) process. During a three-week shutdown, the line was extended jointly by Corinth and SMS Meer to allow production of the pipes.
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Largest Assel Mill Commissioned at Hubei Xin Yegang
Oct. 27, 2009 - Hubei Xin Yegang has rolled the first tube on what is claimed to be the world’s largest Assel mill supplied by SMS Meer, which received the order to supply the mill in July 2007. Erection began in May 2009
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NLMK and DBO Holdings Sign Settlement Agreement
Mar. 12, 2009 - Novolipetsk Steel signs settlement agreement with DBO Holdings regarding the companies’ dispute over NLMK’s proposed acquisition of John Maneely Co., a U.S.-based producer of steel pipe and tube.
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Timken Expands Hot Rolled Tube Capabilities
Feb. 13, 2009 - Timken begins producing hot rolled seamless mechanical steel tubing up to a maximum outside diameter of 13 inches, making it the only North American manufacturer capable of producing hot rolled seamless mechanical tubing in this size range.
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Conros Group to Add Two ERW Pipe Mills in 2009
Dec. 11, 2008 - The Conros Group is adding two new ERW pipe mills for the manufacture of larger diameter pipe and API Line Pipe as well as square and rectangular hollow structural sections.
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United Spiral Pipe Breaks Ground for New Facility
Mar. 3, 2008 - United Spiral Pipe—a joint venture of United States Steel, Posco, and SeAH Steel—breaks ground for a new state-of-the-art spiral welded pipe manufacturing facility in Pittsburg, Calif.
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Danieli and Kocks to Upgrade Seversky Seamless Tube Mill
Jan. 21, 2008 - Friedrich Kocks will supply the 3-stand extractor and 14-stand sizing mill for Danieli’s conversion of an existing Pilger mill into a continuous 14-inch seamless tube mill for TMK Group’s Seversky Truboprokatny Zavod subsidiary.
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Commerce Dept. to Impose Tariffs on Steel Pipe from China
Nov. 7, 2007 - U.S. pipe makers and the United Steelworkers applaud the U.S. Department of Commerce for its preliminary finding that the Chinese government has been providing improper subsidies on Chinese circular welded steel pipe exports to the U.S.
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SMS Meer to Upgrade Rohrwerk Maxhütte Stretch-Reducing Mill
Sep. 24, 2007 - Rohrwerk Maxhütte contracts SMS Meer to repair and modernize an existing stretch-reducing mill at Sulzbach-Rosenberg, including the supply of additional rolls stands and upgrades to the mill’s drives, automation systems, and rotary saw.
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ITC to Revoke Orders for OCTG Imports
Jun. 1, 2007 - The U.S. International Trade Commission will revoke its existing antidumping duty orders on imports of oil country tubular goods from Argentina, Italy, Japan, Korea, and Mexico.
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ITC to Conduct Sunset Review of Welded Line Pipe
Feb. 6, 2007 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to conduct full five-year "sunset" reviews of the antidumping duty orders on welded large-diameter line pipe imported from Japan an
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Ipsco to Increase Large Diameter Pipe Capacity
Jan. 29, 2007 - Ipsco Inc. announced plans to further expand its Regina large-diameter pipemaking facility with an additional pipe forming mill and related finishing equipment.
The $52.5-million expansion
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