In Belgium, MultiServ will add on-site scrap oxycutting to its range of services at Arcelor's new Carinox meltshop, the regional hub of Arcelor's stainless steel operations, scheduled to become operational later this year. Oxycutting is used to cut large sections of steel into smaller pieces for further processing.
The ten-year contract is patterned after similar MultiServ operations at three other Arcelor sites, and will include Harsco investments in a fume collection system and mobile soundproof cutting hood. The new contract adds to MultiServ's service responsibilities at the Carinox site, where MultiServ also holds previously announced ten-year contracts to provide comprehensive scrap yard management, liquid slag pot carrying, and slab management services.
In Mexico, MultiServ will add oxycutting to a renewal of its ongoing services at the Grupo Simec works in Apizaco, Mexico. The new contract carries a three-year term with automatic renewal. The contract is MultiServ's first with the mill's new owners, Industrias CH and its Grupo Simec subsidiary, which acquired the Apizaco mill from Spanish steelmaker Sidenor last year.
ICH and Grupo Simec operate three other mills in Mexico where additional outsourcing opportunities may also emerge, as ICH has announced new investments earlier this year to increase the group's overall steel production by up to 13 percent.