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Mill Upgrades & Capital Investments
New mills, mill upgrades and other projects requiring an expenditure of capital.
Latest News
SSAB Wraps Electrical Equipment Upgrade
17 January 2023 - SSAB recently completed an upgrade to its Montpelier, Iowa, mill, making an improvement to the rectifier serving the facility’s DC electric arc furnace, the contractor on the project has said.
Primetals Technologies Tapped for Wire Rod Mill Project
17 January 2023 - A Swiss wire rod mill recently contracted Primetals Technologies to make improvements that will boost production performance, the plant builder has announced.
JFE Steel Starts Rebuilt Blast Furnace
16 January 2023 - Japan’s JFE Steel Corp. has relit the No. 6 blast furnace at its East Japan Works after wrapping up a JPY43 billion (US$334.5 million) overhaul.
British Steel Prepares to Commission Billet Caster
13 January 2023 - Long products maker British Steel is preparing to commission a GBP54 million billet caster this spring, the company reports.
CMC Sees Spring Start for Arizona Micro-Mill
12 January 2023 - Long products maker Commercial Metals Company (CMC) is building out crews and training them as it begins commissioning equipment at its new Arizona micro-mill, the company’s chief executive said Monday.
Primetals Technologies Sees Third of Seven Offgas Cleaning Plants Placed Into Service
10 January 2023 - Primetals Technologies has started up the third offgas cleaning plant at the Acciaierie D’Italia mill in Taranto, Italy, the plant builder reports.
Danieli Cheers Nucor Corp. Plate Mill Start
10 January 2023 - Along with Nucor Corp, Danieli is celebrating the rolling of the first plate at the steelmaker’s new US$1.7 billion Kentucky plate mill and calling attention to the role its equipment will play there.
Nucor Plate Mill Reaches Start-Up Milestone: Its First Plate
03 January 2023 - Nucor Corp.’s new US$1.7 billion plate mill has rolled its first plate and is undergoing final commissioning, the company announced Tuesday morning.
Proposed Finnish Steel Mill Finds a Home
03 January 2023 - Norwegian steel startup Blastr Green Steel has signed a letter of intent with Finnish state-owned energy company Fortum oyj for an industrial site in the western part of the country.
Nucor Announces New Continuous Galvanizing Line for California Steel Industries
20 December 2022 - The 400,000-tons-per-year line to be constructed in Fontana, Calif., USA, will bring California Steel Industries’ (CSI) total hot-dip capacity to 1.2 million tons per year.
Danieli Tapped for Tata Steel SBQ Project
19 December 2022 - Tata Steel Group has selected Danieli to provide a 500,000-tons-per-year special bar quality (SBQ) bar and wire rod mill in Jamshedpur, India, the equipment supplier announced last week.
Nucor Expects Q4 Earnings to Slide, Announces Expansion of Steel Towers Business
16 December 2022 - Nucor Corp. expects its fourth-quarter earnings to fall roughly 45% due in part to lower volumes and lower average selling prices, the company said on Thursday.
LIBERTY Steel USA Refinances Debt
16 December 2022 - LIBERTY Steel USA has refinanced a term loan and raised an existing asset-based lending facility to US$150 million, moves that will provide the wire rod producer with additional liquidity, the company has announced.
British Steel Turns to Danieli for Wire Rod Mill Improvement
16 December 2022 - British Steel has ordered intelligent guides from Danieli Morgårdshammar Guide Systems for its 4-strand wire rod mill in Scunthorpe, England, the equipment manufacturer reports.
U. S. Steel Starts Pig Iron Caster
14 December 2022 - United States Steel Corporation’s US$60 million pig iron caster has produced its first batch and is beginning to ramp up, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.
Ternium Orders Push Pickling Line for Mexican Mill
13 December 2022 - ANDRITZ has received an order for a high-end push pickling line (PPL) that will process advanced high-strength steel grades, the company has said.
CMC Selects West Virginia for New Micro-Mill
08 December 2022 - Commercial Metals Co. will build its fourth micro-mill in Berkeley County, W.Va., USA, the long products maker said on Thursday.
Cleveland-Cliffs Signs for 180 MW of Wind Power, Advances Carbon Capture Project
07 December 2022 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. will buy 180 megawatts of wind energy under a long-term agreement and is developing a large-scale carbon capture project, the company announced on Wednesday.
Systems Spray-Cooled Lands Order for Micro-Mill Furnace Components
07 December 2022 - Electric arc furnace (EAF) cooling specialist Systems Spray-Cooled has received an order from Nucor Corp. for components that will serve the steelmaker’s planned Lexington, N.C., USA, micro-mill.
Japanese Steelmakers Consider Increasing Electrical Steel Investment
07 December 2022 - Nippon Steel Corp. and JFE Steel Corp. are eying additional investments in electrical steels as demand for electric vehicles increases, according to the Bloomberg news service.
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