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The operation of adjusting the composition of titanium alloy in the process of making titanium rod is called alloying. In a modern electric furnace, titanium rod alloying is usually finished in the titanium bag during the process of producing titanium, while the alloying in the titanium bag is pre-alloyed, and the accurate adjustment of alloy composition is finished in the furnace.

Rusal Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter in Russia has ordered a new billet and slab homogenizing furnace from Danieli Olivotto Ferrè.

Tifast, the new European Titanium producer of bars, wires, ingots and slabs, started a new investments program including an 8 tons VAR melting furnace, some bars finishing lines, an IT system from SAP and the aerospace NADCAP certification. The combination of 3 melting furnaces, a SIEMENS rolling mill for bars and wires, the certifications ISO 9001, EN 9100, TUV ADWO and an experienced team will allow Tifast to be the right partner for your titanium needs in aerospace, medical and industrial.

POSCO is going ahead with its ferrochrome JV plans with the IMFA Group, which is scheduled to operational by the end of the current quarter. POSCO will have a 24% stake for USD 5 million in a subsidiary of the Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Limited

Lianxin Iron and Steel Co. have ignited their furnace for the production of nickel added stainless steel in Dafeng Port Economic Zone, Yancheng. This represents the completion of the first stage of the company's nickel added stainless steel project. The intended annual production capacity of the entire project is 500,000tns of nickel added stainless steel.

Siemens VAI Metals Technologies (Siemens) is constructing a new rolling mill for stainless steel bar and light profiles in India for Viraj Profiles Limited (Viraj Profiles). As per the agreement, Siemens will design, engineer and deliver mechanical, electrical and automation equipment. The value of the order is estimated in the double digit million Euro range.

A consortium of investors is spending ZAR 40 million to reopen a mothballed furnace in Krugersdorp, South Africa for a stainless steel scrap recycling business.

Amtech Systems Inc. has secured orders for two diffusion furnace systems to be used for solar photovoltaic cell wafer production from one of the largest oil companies in the world.

M.W. Kellogg Ltd (MWKL), affiliate company of Kellogg Brown & Root (owned by Halliburton), has won the EPC contract for the Fina Antwerp Olefins (FAO) NC2 ethylene expansion and upgrading project following a competitive bidding process.