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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Aug 26, 2010 - 1:56:51 PM';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Gerdau Açominas, a company in the Gerdau Group, has ordered a plate mill and a Steckel mill. The two rolling mills will be constructed at Ouro Branco in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. A second strand will also be added to their existing continuous slab caster that initiated its production one year ago.';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'ArcelorMittal Belgium N.V. -originally named Sidmar-, signed a long term contract for the supply of it\'s Ghent steel plant -originally named Sidmar-, with oxygen, nitrogen and argon.<br/>\n';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Slovakia Steel Mills, a.s (SSM) in Strážské, Slovakia, ordered a water treatment plant for its new steelworks. The plant will treat the water used for direct and indirect cooling.';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Aug 20, 2010 - 2:27:53 PM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'A new blast furnace, which will become the “B” furnace, will form the hot metal base of ArcelorMittal’s capacity expansion at their Monlevade plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil.';
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