From September 12 till 14, 2016, the Austrian Society for Metallurgy and Metals ASMET will gather representatives of the international ironmaking community for the 7th European Coke and Ironmaking Congress (ECIC 2016) at the “Design Center Linz” at Linz, Upper Austria.As one of the international leaders in plant and technology for the primary stages of integrated steelmaking, Paul Wurth has taken over the role of a Gold Sponsor for this important technology event.In the course of the confere ...

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On 29 August 2016, Paul Wurth S.A. was honored to welcome Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh, Union Minister of Steel of the Government of India, in its Luxembourg headquarters.Michel Wurth, Chairman of the Board of Paul Wurth, and Georges Rassel, CEO, welcomed the high-ranking Indian delegation, which was joint among others by the H.E. Mr. Manjeev Singh Puri, Ambassador of India to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union, H.E. Mr. Sam Schreiner, Ambassador of Luxembourg to India as well as Jo ...

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In order to ensure the steelmaking future of the Asturias province in Spain, ArcelorMittal decided to invest into the reconstruction and modernisation of the coking plant at its Gijon works, which has been out of operation since 2013.In the context of this extensive project, Paul Wurth has been awarded with the engineering, supply of key equipment as well as erection and commissioning supervision services for the rebuild of two coke oven batteries and the modernisation of the adjacent by-product ...

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After the first of two new coke oven batteries was put in operation in May 2016, one month later first coke was successfully pushed also from the second new battery of Companhia Siderúrgica de Pecèm (CSP) in Brazil.This operation marks an important milestone in CSP’s new coking plant project, being part of their greenfield integrated steel plant construction in the state of Cearà in Brazil’s Northeast region. The steel plant will have the capacity to produce 3 million tons of steel slabs ...

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Paul Wurth has recently achieved a major milestone with regard to its activities for the Oil & Gas industry. After a successful registration procedure, Paul Wurth received the CRCC certification of Petrobras, which is a must to become a Petrobras supplier.The Brazilian multinational Oil and Gas Corporation is engaged in the exploration, production, refining, and transport of petroleum and related sub-products. Petrobras operates in more than 25 countries around the world and is the largest c ...

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