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By Tom Stundza -- Purchasing, 4/9/2009 6:00:00 AM
Some of the stainless steel sheet plant being built in Mobile, Ala., by German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp may not come on-line until mid-2012 as opposed to the initial target date of mid-2010.
U.S. Magnesium curtailed production at its Rowley, Utah, plant, due to weak demand and will delay capacity expansion beyond the current 52,000 metric tons/year "until market conditions improve."
Sandmeyer Steel has installed the fourth abrasive waterjet cutter at its Philadelphia stainless steel and nickel alloy plate processing center. The four machines have seven cutting heads capable of producing near net-shapes and intricate parts.
Nucor Corp. has delayed start-up of a new $150 million hot-dip galvanizing facility in Decatur, Ala., due to a lack of steel orders.
Coil coater Precoat Metals shut its processing plant in McKeesport, Pa., in March due to overcapacity in the coil coating industry, according to Jeff Widenor, vice president of strategic planning and business development at the St. Louis-based company.
Fulton County Processing has expanded its Delta, Ohio, plant and added a fourth coil-processing line with a new slitter. The joint venture between VanPoppel Enterprises, Heidtman Steel Products and Kelco Metals processes and distributes hot-rolled, cold-rolled, pickled and galvanized sheet in coils.
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