Tag: NSSMC
First ship with NSafe-Hull launched
The first bulk carrier adopting NSafe-Hull was launched in August for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines. NSafe-Hull – a highly ductile steel plate for shipbuilding with improved collision safety – was developed by Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) and adopted through the collaborative R&D by NSSMS, Imabari Shipbuilding and the National Maritime Research Institute (NMRI).
NSSMC wins Nissan Global Supplier Award
Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) received Nissan Global Supplier Award – Innovation Prize for the development of high-formability ultra-high-tensile steel sheet of the 1.2GPa class.
NSSMC accepts Vale Max at Kashima Works
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) recently accepted a 400,000 ton-class large-sized raw material carrier (commonly known as the Vale Max) operated by Brazil’s Vale on a trial basis at its Kashima Works.
China expands cold-heading wire business capacity
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) established Nippon Steel Bar & CH Wire (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. NSSMC and UTC2 sign steel structure memorandum
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) and joint stock company UTC2, a technical consulting company whose parent equity-holder is the University of Transport and Communications (UTC) of Vietnam, have executed a memorandum respecting the spread of steel structures, aiming to spread the use of steel pipe piles, steel sheet piles and other steel structures in Vietnam.
NSSMC receives orders for Ichthys LNG Project
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) and its steel pipe pile joint corporation in Vietnam, Nippon Steel & Sumikin Pipe Vietnam Co., Ltd have recently received orders for large volumes of steel pipe pile with inner ribs for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project which is currently under construction in Darwin, Australia.
NSSMC suspends CRC exports to Indonesia
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) has suspended cold rolled coil exports to Indonesia after the Indonesian government announced to levy antidumping duty on CRC imports from Japan. According to data released by the South East Asia Iron & Steel Institute, Indonesia’s CRC imports accounted for 30% of the country’s total consumption.
