US SteelCorp reported an improvement in market conditions for steel products, including tinplate at a recent briefing. Meanwhile The Serbian government announced that it had agreed to acquire USS's loss-making Serbian operation for a nominal fee.

Nearly every major flat-rolled steel market is showing signs of improvement this year, Metal Bulletin reported USS chairman and chief executive officer John Surma saying during a conference call following the company's year-end earnings release. "Some more than others, but all positives nonetheless,"...

The Electrolytic Tinning line supplied by Tenova Strip Processing to Jiangsu Sunshine in Dajiang, China, recently went into full production. The plant will produce 250,000 mt/year of tin plate for sale on both the local and the export markets. The line utilizes a patented tin dissolution reactor to dissolve the tin into the plating electrolyte, which reduces the waste sludge to a minimum, with significant benefits for the environment and operating costs.

Compared with traditional soluble anodes, insoluble anodes offer notable advantages in terms of the...