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Tata Steel Group reports Consolidated Financial Results for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2013
23 May 2013
Tata Steel Group has declared its Consolidated Financial Results for the quarter and for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2013.
Tata Steel enters into strategic relationship with Labrador Iron Mines
12 Mar 2013
The two companies have agreed to co-operate with each other in various aspects of their respective iron ore operations in the Labrador Trough.
Tata Steel invests in workforce of tomorrow
11 Mar 2013
Tata Steel has launched a search to find 122 bright, talented and passionate people to join its apprenticeship schemes across Britain.
Eminent academic takes up new Low Carbon Materials Chair
06 Mar 2013
Professor Sridhar Seetharaman has this week taken up the new post of Professor of Low Carbon Materials Technology at WMG, an academic department at the University of Warwick in the UK.
Cancer charities benefit from Tata Founder’s Day
04 Mar 2013
Tata Steel employees across Europe will today be adding their weight to the fundraising efforts of colleagues around the globe in support of cancer charities.
Tata Steel takes delivery of first cargo of iron ore from Northland Resources
04 Mar 2013
Tata Steel has taken delivery of the first shipment of iron ore from a new iron ore supplier, Northland Resources.
Tata Steel brings forward bag filter installation
27 Feb 2013
Tata Steel is to complete a major environmental improvement project at its IJmuiden steel plant in the Netherlands more than a year ahead of schedule.
Tata Steel saves energy with heat retention boxes at IJmuiden
26 Feb 2013
Tata Steel will save 10 million cubic metres of gas at year – enough to power 5,500 homes – at its IJmuiden plant in the Netherlands through the use of newly installed heat-retention boxes.
Tata Steel granted Core Supplier status by PSA Peugeot Citroën
19 Feb 2013
Tata Steel has joined the select group of companies supplying material to PSA Peugeot Citroën to be awarded with Core Supplier status by the French car manufacturer. Jean-Baptiste Formery, Executive Director - Purchasing Vehicle Components at PSA Peugeot Citroën, made the award at a presentation at Tata Steel’s IJmuiden plant in the Netherlands last week.
Proving the green automotive technologies of the future
18 Feb 2013
The Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, the UK’s Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills, today launched a project at Tata Steel’s Brinsworth site in Rotherham to help develop groundbreaking green technologies which will power the cars of the future.
Tata Steel reports Consolidated Financial Results for the nine months and third quarter ended December 31, 2012
13 Feb 2013
Group Performance Highlights
Tata Steel restarts Port Talbot blast furnace
12 Feb 2013
Tata Steel has restarted its second blast furnace at the Port Talbot steelworks in the UK following the completion of a £185 million rebuilding project. The restarting of Blast Furnace No. 4 – the UK’s largest industrial engineering project last year – will improve Tata Steel’s operational flexibility and enable it to better serve customers in the UK and the rest of Europe.
Tata Steel upgrades research facility to develop ultra high strength automotive steels
07 Feb 2013
Tata Steel has started up an advanced facility to develop crash-resistant steels designed to make cars safer and more fuel-efficient. The €2.3 million investment at the company’s IJmuiden site in the Netherlands will increase Tata Steel’s ability to develop next-generation steels which are lighter, stronger and better able to withstand crashes.
Tata Steel: using building envelopes to combat climate change
14 Jan 2013
This week in Munich at Bau 2013*, the world’s largest trade fair for architects and construction engineers, Tata Steel will be exhibiting products that demonstrate how steel can be used to combat the greatest cause of man-made carbon emissions.
Tata Steel enhances quality controls for bar & rod
07 Dec 2012
Tata Steel has invested almost £1.5 million in new technology to improve the quality of the steel bar and wire rod output at its Rotherham and Scunthorpe works in the UK.
Tata Steel to work with SMS Mevac on Vacuum Induction Melting
03 Dec 2012
Tata Steel announces a new collaboration with technology company SMS Mevac, which will design a new facility for the production of high-purity Vacuum Induction Melted (VIM) steels for the aerospace industry at the Speciality Steels business in Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire.
Tata Steel restructures to improve competitiveness of UK operations through market cycles
23 Nov 2012
Tata Steel has today announced restructuring proposals to improve the competitiveness of its UK operations so they can successfully perform in changing markets
Tata Steel’s Cogent Power develops new electrical steel grades with guaranteed mechanical properties
15 Nov 2012
Cogent Power, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Steel, has developed a range of new electrical steel grades suitable for hybrid (HEV) and electric vehicle (EV) drive motor applications.
Tata Steel reports Consolidated Financial Results for the half year and second quarter ended September 30, 2012
09 Nov 2012
Group Performance Highlights
Tata Steel expands aerospace activities in China
07 Nov 2012
Tata Steel has today expanded its aerospace operations in China by opening its second aerospace service centre in the country. The new facility in Xi’an complements its existing operation in Suzhou, opened in 2009, and aims to serve the growing demand for aerospace materials in the region.
Tata Steel: new structure and products to support market needs
23 Oct 2012
Strong customer focus to deliver product performance and operational efficiency; Increasing share of differentiated products sales by over 50% by 2016; New structure to meet the need of demanding markets in Germany and Europe; Launching ‘Together we make the difference’ at EuroBLECH
Tata Steel invests in new finishing line in Netherlands
11 Oct 2012
Tata Steel is investing €12 million in new manufacturing facilities in IJmuiden, Netherlands, to increase production of specialised corrosion resistant steel.
Second ULCOS HIsarna campaign begins
04 Oct 2012
HIsarna, a combination of Rio Tinto’s HIsmelt technology and the Isarna technology developed at IJmuiden, represents a new, potentially more efficient way of making iron. The technology is being developed in order to substantially reduce carbon emissions from the iron making process.
Tata Steel secures another major high-speed rail order in France
19 Sep 2012
Tata Steel has received a Letter of Intent from Eiffage Rail for the supply of high-quality rail for a new 182km (113 mile) high-speed line in France.
Tata Steel’s new Offshore Processing Centre will help reduce renewable energy costs
18 Sep 2012
Tata Steel today inaugurated its new £2 million offshore processing centre (OPC) at an event in Hartlepool attended by more than 40 leading business figures from the European renewable energy sector.
Tata Steel reports Consolidated Financial Results for the quarter ending June 30, 2012
13 Aug 2012
Tata Steel Limited today declared Consolidated Financial Results for for the quarter ending June 30, 2012.
Tata Steel calls for more government support for industry as work starts on £240m investment in Wales
26 Jul 2012
Tata Steel today marked the launch of £240 million worth of investment at its Port Talbot works in South Wales by calling on government at all levels in the UK to take urgent and immediate action to create growth and remove obstacles for recovery in the manufacturing economy.
Tata Steel to invest €12 million in French steel mill to make longer premium rails
25 Jul 2012
Tata Steel has today announced it will invest more than €12 million (£10m) in new technology so it can produce longer wear-resistant rails at its French steel mill.
Tata Steel secures sale of HKS stake to TSR
16 Jul 2012
Tata Steel has agreed to sell its 50 per cent stake in Dutch ferrous and non-ferrous metals recycler HKS Scrap Metals Co (HKS) to Euro Scrap Alliance (ESA), a subsidiary of TSR of Germany, for an undisclosed sum.
Tata Steel confirms commitment to equipment customers with investment at IJmuiden plant
05 Jul 2012
Demonstrating its commitment to delivering differentiated products to its customers, Tata Steel has recently completed a significant investment in upgrading one of the coilers on the Hot Strip Mill at its IJmuiden plant in the Netherlands.
Tata Steel to assess market demand before relighting Port Talbot furnace
26 Jun 2012
Tata Steel may delay relighting the No 4 blast furnace at Port Talbot if market demand towards the end of the year does not justify immediate production.
Tata Steel achieves vertical integration in electrical steels
22 Jun 2012
Tata Steel has completed an important strategic project that makes it only the second vertically integrated producer of grain oriented electrical steels in the European Union.
New national thermal technologies innovation centre in Teesside opens for business
31 May 2012
A collaboration between the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and Tata Steel, the Thermal Technologies Centre opens for business today in Middlesbrough. Based at Tata Steel’s Teesside Technology Centre, the £5m centre provides an open access facility which will pioneer new ways of turning materials such as biomass into high grade fuels and energy.
Tata Steel reports Consolidated Financial Results for the Financial Year ending March 31, 2012
18 May 2012
Tata Steel Limited today declared Consolidated Financial Results for the financial year ended March 31, 2012.
Tata Steel picks up JCB award
10 May 2012
Confirming its position as one of the leading suppliers to the off-road construction equipment industry, Tata Steel has received a Supplier Performance Award 2012 at JCB’s Supplier Conference in Rocester, UK.
Tata Steel secures another major deepwater pipe contract in Gulf of Mexico
01 May 2012
Tata Steel has been awarded a major contract worth more than £100 million to provide pipe for the Discovery Producer Services LLC (Discovery) gas pipeline in Keathley Canyon, Gulf of Mexico. Discovery is a 60:40 joint venture between Williams Partners LP and DCP Midstream Partners LP.
International aerospace manufacturer approves Tata Steel’s quality controls
30 Apr 2012
Tata Steel has secured an important new approval for the laboratory testing procedures at its Speciality Steels business in South Yorkshire, UK from leading aircraft engine manufacturer General Electric (GE) Aviation.
First ‘silent’ railway track to be installed in UK
24 Apr 2012
Innovative railway track that reduces train noise has been installed for the first time in the UK at Blackfriars station in London.
Tata Kids of Steel introduces the next generation to triathlon
24 Apr 2012
One thousand local school children flocked to Newham Leisure Centre today to take part in Tata Kids of Steel – the world’s largest free children’s triathlon series, which gives school children a fun, new experience of the fast growing, modern and dynamic sport of triathlon.
Tata Steel secures deepwater contract for Gulf of Mexico, USA
19 Apr 2012
Tata Steel has been awarded a high eight-figure US dollar contract to supply pipe for Enterprise Products Partners L.P.’s new crude oil export pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico’s Keathley Canyon area.
Tata Steel’s new zinc pot will be dedicated to MagiZinc Auto
17 Apr 2012
Tata Steel will invest in an additional zinc-pot operation at its IJmuiden works in the Netherlands that will focus exclusively on the production of MagiZinc® Auto coated steels for the automotive industry.
Hans Fischer to be Tata Steel’s new Chief Technical Officer in Europe
05 Apr 2012
Tata Steel is pleased to announce that Mr Hans Fischer will be joining its European operations as Chief Technical Officer from July 1 2012.
Karl-Ulrich Köhler reacts to the UK Budget
21 Mar 2012
Karl-Ulrich Köhler, MD & CEO of Tata Steel’s European operations, has reacted to the third Coalition Budget presented today by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Tata Steel calls for LCA approach to building sustainability at Ecobuild
21 Mar 2012
Tata Steel took part in a presentation on Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) at the Ecobuild sustainable building event in London on March 20.
New £3.1 million steel distribution centre opens for business on Teesside
15 Mar 2012
A new steel distribution centre has opened on Teesside to provide a faster and more efficient service for the construction industry.
Tata Steel British Paratriathlon Championships open for entries in 2012
06 Mar 2012
The 2012 Tata Steel British Paratriathlon Championships, set to take place at the iconic National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham is now open for entries.
Tata Steel expands its narrow strip offering
17 Feb 2012
Following extensive trials at its narrow strip mill, in Rotherham, UK, Tata Steel has expanded its hot rolled gauge capability to 13.5mm.
Tata Steel reports Consolidated Financial Results for the nine months and third quarter ending December 31, 2011
09 Feb 2012
Tata Steel Limited today declared Consolidated Financial Results for the quarter ended December 31, 2011.
Tata Steel proposes recovery plan for Tubes business in Europe
25 Jan 2012
Tata Steel’s Tubes business in Europe has today announced a recovery plan to match business operations to current and projected market demand in the foreseeable future.
Tata Steel secures major profiled steel plate order for Siemens wind towers
18 Jan 2012
Tata Steel has secured a major contract from Siemens Wind Power to supply 25,000 tonnes of high-quality profiled steel plate for wind towers.
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