Mill Upgrades & Capital Investments
New mills, mill upgrades and other projects requiring an expenditure of capital.
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Baosteel Inks Contract for World’s Largest H2-Based DRI Plant
22 July 2022 - China’s Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron & Steel has selected the Tenova and Danieli’s Energiron technology to power a new direct reduction (DR) plant in the Guangdong Province.
ArcelorMittal Gent Starts Up New BOF
21 July 2022 - Equipment supplier Primetals Technologies announced yesterday that a new LD converter (basic oxygen furnace) it supplied to ArcelorMittal Belgium’s steel plant in Gent was recently started up.
SDI Announces US$2.2B Investment — In Aluminum
19 July 2022 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) on Tuesday said it will enter the flat-rolled aluminum market, announcing a US$2.2 billion plan to build a rolling mill and two separate recycled aluminum slab casting plants.
KOCKS Announces Successful Start-Up of New Reducing, Sizing Block
18 July 2022 - Chinese special bar quality producer Fujian Sangang Minguang Group Co. Ltd. has rolled the first bar on its new KOCKS 3-roll reducing and sizing block, the equipment supplier reports.
Danieli Service Upgrades Continuous Pickling Line for ArcelorMittal
15 July 2022 - Danieli’s service segment commissioned a new entry section for the continuous pickling line at ArcelorMittal’s Mardyck, France, facility, Danieli said in a press release yesterday.
Salzgitter Board Approves Funding for Green Steel Project
14 July 2022 - The company announced yesterday its board approved EUR723 million in funding to implement the first stage of its Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking (SALCOS®) facility.
Tube Manufacturer Sets Up Shop at SDI Columbus
14 July 2022 - Altex Tube LLC is locating a new manufacturing plant on Steel Dynamics Inc.’s Columbus, Miss., USA, campus in a US$110 million investment.
Fives Supplies Electric Steel Cold Rolling Mills to Baowu
13 July 2022 - China's Baowu Group contracted global industrial engineering group Fives for the design and supply of two reversible cold rolling mills with automatic roll change for production of electric steel at Baoshan and Wuhan production sites.
AM/NS India to Invest in Zero Liquid Discharge System
13 July 2022 - The ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel joint venture has announced a Rs 273 crore investment in a zero liquid discharge system and other environmental initiatives at its Hazira facility in India.
Danieli Tapped to Help LIBERTY Ostrava Transition Toward Carbon Neutrality
12 July 2022 - The equipment supplier announced today that it has been contracted to supply two Danieli Digimelters for LIBERTY Ostrava in the Czech Republic.
Danieli Details Rod, Bar Plant Modernization Project
07 July 2022 - Rebar and wire rod producer Optimus Steel is set to bring on-line a new bar finishing line next year as it targets a 2024 completion to an ongoing rolling mill modernization, reports the equipment supplier on the project.
Tenova Lands Order for SouthEast Asia Meltshop
06 July 2022 - Tenova has won a contract to outfit a new meltshop in the Philippines, marking the introduction of its Consteel Evolution EAF technology to the country.
Environmental Court Grants Permissibility to Swedish Green Mill
06 July 2022 - H2 Green Steel, a start-up producer that is planning to build a hydrogen-based mill in Sweden, has cleared a regulatory hurdle and plans to start work later this month, the company has announced.
New voestalpine Mill About to Make Its Debut
30 June 2022 - voestalpine is preparing to start its highly automated special steel plant in Kapfenberg, Austria, bringing to an end a project that has been four years in the making.
Consortium Reveals Plans for Hydrogen-Fed DRI Plant
30 June 2022 - A consortium that includes Primetals Technologies announced plans on Thursday to invest EU2.2 billion in a hydrogen electrolysis plant and associated direct reduced iron plant in France.
U. S. Steel to Sell Two BFs, Hints at DRI Plant Under New Raw Materials Plan
28 June 2022 - United States Steel Corporation is expanding its raw materials capabilities, unveiling an upgrade to one of its Minnesota iron ore mines on Tuesday and saying that a direct reduction plant could be in its future. In addition, the company revealed a potential agreement to repurpose its Granite City, Ill., USA, blast furnaces.
CMC Upgrades Electrical Supply to Ladle Furnace
22 June 2022 - Commercial Metals Company has replaced the ladle furnace transformer at its Mesa, Ariz., USA, micro-mill, swapping it out for a Danieli-built digital power feeder.
Primetals Technologies Lands Order for Converter Relining Machine
21 June 2022 - Brazil’s Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP) has ordered a relining machine from Primetals Technologies for its Pecém mill, the equipment supplier reports.
Canadian Steelmaker Starts Transformational EAF Conversion
20 June 2022 - Integrated steelmaker Algoma said work on its CA$700 million electric arc furnace conversion is underway and so far proceeding according to plan.
Optimus Steel Taps Danieli for Roughing Mill, Reheat Furnace
16 June 2022 - Rebar maker Optimus Steel has contracted Danieli for improvements to its Beaumont, Texas, USA, mill.
