The SMS group finalized its takeover of the majority share in Paul Wurth on December 17, 2012.Earlier, on July 25, 2012, SMS Holding GmbH had announced its purchase of 59.1 percent of the shares in Paul Wurth S.A. of Luxembourg. Previously, they had been owned by ArcelorMittal (48.1 %) and the Luxembourg investment company Luxempart (11.0 %). 40.8 percent of the shares remain with the current public shareholders (Société Nationale de Crédit et d'Investissement, Banque et Caisse d'Epargne

Luxembourg, 14 December 2012. PAO “Dneprovskij metallurgicheskij kombinat im. F.E. Dzerzhinskogo” (DMKD), a company of the Industrial Union of Donbass (ISD), awarded Paul Wurth S.A., Luxembourg with orders for engineering and supply of coal grinding, drying and injection plants for their blast furnaces operated at DMKD’s Dneprodzerzhinsk works in Ukraine.Paul Wurth’s contractual scope of supply comprises all key components including coal grinding mills, the injection plants with dynamic

A new, modern blast furnace, No. 7, also called “Rossiyanka”, became the centrepiece of ironmaking at the Lipetsk works of OAO “Novolipetskij metallurgicheskij kombinat” (NLMK) in Russia. Sized at 13.1 m hearth diameter, it will deliver 3.4 million tons of hot metal per year to the BOF steelmaking shops.After successful commissioning, ramp-up and the furnace passing all contractual performance tests, NLMK recently issued the Final Acceptance Certificate in favor of Paul Wurth. In additio

Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. issued the final acceptance certificate for the new Coke Oven Plant N°1E in Kashima Steelworks.The new battery “1E” is a gun-type battery with twin flues configuration and with staggered air combustion and waste gas recirculation. It consists of 40 ovens producing 468.000 t/a of coke. The new battery was realized in line with the existing ones, as it is operated by the same machines, and has therefore the same geometrical dimensions.Nevertheless, the design of

The SMS group took over 59.1 percent of the shares in Paul Wurth S.A., Luxembourg, that were previously owned by ArcelorMittal (48.1%) and the Luxembourg fund Luxempart (11.0%). 40.8 percent of the shares remain with the Luxembourg State, Société Nationale de Crédit et d'Investissement and Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat. The purchase is still subject to review and approval by the anti-trust authorities.Paul Wurth will continue to operate as selfstanding corporation within the SMS group.

Luxembourg, 9 May 2012. The ordinary General Meeting of shareholders of Paul Wurth S.A. was held on 8 May 2012 under the chairmanship of Mr. Michel Wurth to approve amongst others the financial statements of the year 2011. Despite the economic and competitive environment being more difficult, the Group still managed to close the 12M period ending on 31 December 2011 in line with the financial performance of 2010.The conclusion of a strategic partnership with SMS group, reinforcing the developmen

Luxembourg and Ostrava, 17 April 2012. Třinecké železárny, a.s. awarded Paul Wurth with orders for engineering and supply of coal grinding, drying and injection plants for the application of PCI (pulverized coal injection) technology to BFs N°4 and N°6 located in Třinec, Czech Republic.Paul Wurth’s scope of supply comprises all key components including coal grinding mill, hot gas generator and the injection plants with dynamic distribution of the pulverized coal as well as the complete