By Thomas Schatz, SMS group GmbH, Moenchengladbach, Germany, More than half of the produced copper products are cast and rolled wire rods. It is used as the semi-finished product for electric... 

By Dr. Jesper Mellenthin (Virtual Showroom): towards digital transformation in the world of forging. 

JSE-listed investment holding company African Rainbow Capital (ARC) increased its intrinsic net asset value by 15.8% year-on-year to R15.3-billion for the financial year ended June 30, while its... 

Aktien-Gesellschaft der Dillinger Hüttenwerke (Dillinger) and SMS group have announced a cooperation agreement to optimize blast furnace operation by modeling and digitalizing logistics processes.... 

The aluminium industry is undergoing a transformation driven by the need for sustainability, efficiency, and technological advancements. At the forefront of this transformation, integrated service... 

Axens, SMS group subsidiary Paul Wurth and IFP Energies nouvelles signed a co-development agreement for the optimization of the Reverse Water Gas Shift technology (RWGS) and its integration into... 

As Primobius commences its transition from R&D organisation to commercial plant supplier, it has commenced the strategic expansion of its leadership and senior management teams. Michel Siemon, has... 

SMS group and SAIL (Steel Authority of India Limited), a Maharatna PSU, have drawn up a memorandum of understanding to work together on sustainable steel production and decarbonization efforts. The... 

South African biomedical engineer Edmund Wessels and Ugandan electrical engineer Anatoli Kirigwajjo have jointly won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.... 

Global player, with German roots, SMS group is providing innovative technology solutions for electrical steel production through its electric arc furnace (EAF) technologies and optimised processes.... 

Tivan has indicated that while Mount Peake remains a key asset, it is now expected to play a refocused facilitation role in the commercialisation of the company’s Speewah vanadium/titanium/iron... 

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Sihle Zikalala has assured the country that his department has plans in place to deal with the various infrastructural challenges. During a media briefing,... 

Green transformation provides the foundation for improved profitability (Virtual Showroom): In the last financial year, SMS group again significantly boosted its order intake to 4.6 billion euros.... 

(Virtual Showroom): Inner Mongolia Chuangyuan Plate Co., Ltd. awarded a new contract to SMS group during METEC trade fair 2023 in Dusseldorf. The deal covers one complete set of 1,850 millimeter... 

(Virtual Showroom): SMS group and Tata Steel have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to make arrangements for conducting a joint industrial demonstration of SMS’s innovative EASyMelt... 

The project forms part of the major investments within thyssenkrupp’s Steel Strategy 20-30. 

(Virtual Showroom): SMS group has successfully upgraded the existing automation system at ArcelorMittal Tubarão’s hot strip mill in Tubarão, Brasil. The new automation project for the roughing mill... 

(Virtual Showroom): Doosan Enerbility, Gyeongnam, Korea, has placed an order with SMS group for two high-speed open-die forging presses for the biggest greenfield casting and forging plant in Saudi... 

(Virtual Showroom): At the end of February 2023, the new aluminum cold rolling mill (CRM) at North China Aluminum New Material Technology Co., Ltd. (NCA) in China successfully rolled its first... 

(Virtual Showroom): Jiuli, headquartered in Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, has awarded SMS group the final acceptance certificate (FAC) for putting the fully automated forging line into... 

(Virtual Showroom): Japanese forging company Ohmi Press Works and Forging has placed an order with SMS group for a RAW 500/400-4500/800 EH radial-axial ring rolling machine. This is Ohmi's sixth... 

(Virtual Showroom): Saarloha Advanced Materials Pvt. Ltd. (Saarloha), a Kalyani Group company, has awarded an order to SMS group for a continuous casting plant to produce India’s largest round... 

By Zuko Mdwaba, Salesforce Area VP / Africa Executive & South Africa Country Leader The rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence (AI), data and CRM innovations presents one of history’s most... 

Mobile messaging and chat commerce provider Clickatell has launched the first chat commerce platform-as-a-service (CCPaaS), which is expected to empower brands to capitalise on the opportunity of... 

As real-time payments rise, so do scams, with 70 percent  of South Africans saying they have received a message they thought  was a scam. Customers are overwhelmingly adopting real-time digital... 

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has dismissed a senior official for fraud and gross dishonesty that had resulted in dual employment and double-dipping. Gabonewe Madikela was found... 

Internet service provider (ISP) RocketNet is encouraging consumers to leverage uncapped data products using fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) for Internet access and believes there are creative avenues to... 

Pusan terminal is world’s first to implement disruptive BOXBAY high-bay storage system (Virtual Showroom): DP World has announced the first commercial use of the revolutionary BOXBAY high-bay... 

(Virtual Showroom): thyssenkrupp Steel places an order with SMS group, Düsseldorf, for the engineering, delivery and construction of the first hydrogen-powered direct reduction plant at the... 

SteelAsia Manufacturing Corp., the Philippines’ top steel producer, is equipping its steel mill in Calaca city, Batangas, with SMS group-developed Digital Solutions that will provide a more... 

(Virtual Showroom): SULB Company BSC located in the Kingdom of Bahrain commissions SMS group for the revamp of the 130 ton electric arc furnace (EAF) and the modernization of the four-strand... 

(Virtual Showroom): Nucor Steel Gallatin produced the first hot coil following a comprehensive upgrade of its production lines using SMS digital’s Manufacturing Execution Suite (MES 4.0®) at its... 

(Virtual Showroom): Bundling know-how, fully exploiting synergies, and entering a new market: Multimetal producer and copper recycler Aurubis AG and Düsseldorf-based plant and machine manufacturer... 

(Virtual Showroom): Every four years, the Düsseldorf trade fair quartet GIFA, METEC, THERMPROCESS and NEWCAST opens its doors to the ‟Bright World of Metals“, one of the leading platforms for the... 

Chat commerce and business messaging firm Clickatell has launched its Chat 2 Pay feature for integrated communications company Telkom to enable safe and effortless mobile payments. The Chat 2 Pay... 

JSE-listed African Rainbow Capital (ARC) says its diverse investment portfolio has shown remarkable resilience in what was challenging macroeconomic conditions for all the firms it is invested in,... 

Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. (Tisco), located in Taiyuan, China, has successfully produced the first plate on its new 4.3-meter heavy plate mill supplied by SMS group. It is the most... 

Highbar LLC, a new scrap metal recycling and steel production company focused on environmental steel production, has placed an order with SMS group to build new rebar minimills in the United... 

Chat commerce and business messaging firm Clickatell has launched its Chat 2 Pay feature for integrated communications company Telkom to unlock the convenience of safe and effortless mobile... 

Metallurgical industry supplier SMS group is providing a broad range of technology and equipment for a project for steelmaking startup H2 Green Steel in Sweden. This agreement will see SMS group,... 

ASX-listed Tivan has struck A$20-million a deal with ASX-listed King River Resources to acquire the Speewah vanadium/titianium/iron project, in Western Australia. Under a binding term sheet signed... 

SMS Group subsidiary Paul Wurth notes that its INBA slag granulation and dewatering system is the proven route for converting molten slag into a value-added product not only in the field of blast...