Mill Upgrades & Capital Investments
New mills, mill upgrades and other projects requiring an expenditure of capital.
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voestalpine Taps ANDRITZ to Supply Pickling, Acid Regeneration Plants
08 November 2021 - Technology group ANDRITZ said in a press release it has received an order from voestalpine Stahl GmbH to supply chemical process equipment for continuous pickling, acid regeneration, silicon removal and acid purification plants.
ArcelorMittal Announces CA$205 Million Decarbonization Investment
04 November 2021 - The Quebec government and ArcelorMittal announced the investment during an event held at COP26 yesterday.
Deacero Cuts Ribbon on New U.S. Headquarters
04 November 2021 - Mexico’s largest producer of steel wire has established a new global trade and corporate affairs headquarters in Washington, D.C., USA.
JSW Steel USA Commences Phase II Upgrade of Texas Plate Mill
03 November 2021 - JSW Steel Ltd. announced on Monday its U.S. subsidiary has begun a phase II upgrade of its plate mill in Baytown, Texas, USA, as part of a US$260 million investment to enhance operations at the facility.
NLMK’s Blast Furnace No. 4 Gets Environmental Upgrade
01 November 2021 - The Russian steelmaker announced today it is embarking on a project to overhaul the stoves on Blast Furnace No. 4 at its Lipetsk site, which will allow for a 98% reduction in emissions.
LIBERTY Steel Resumes Operation at Rotherham Plant at Night
28 October 2021 - The company, which is part of GFG Alliance, announced today it has restarted production at the Rotherham plant in Yorkshire, U.K., running overnight when energy costs are less expensive.
Smart Steel Technologies Sets Up Shop in U.S.
26 October 2021 - The provider of artificial intelligence applications announced the opening of its North American branch in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
JSHL Commissions Precision Strip Mill in Expansion Plan
21 October 2021 - Jindal Stainless (Hisar) Ltd. (JSHL) yesterday commissioned a 26,000-metric-tons-per-year precision strip mill, bringing the capacity of its Specialty Products Division to 48,000 metric tons per year.
Tenaris Brings Baytown Back On-Line
20 October 2021 - The company announced earlier this week it has restarted its plant in Baytown, Texas, USA, the latest in a series of restarts within the company.
Tokyo Steel Grants Final Acceptance of AMI EAF Optimization System
19 October 2021 - AMI Automation announced its SmartFurnace® received final acceptance from Tokyo Steel for its 420-metric-ton, 256-MVA DC electric arc furnace (EAF) at the company’s Tahara works.
LIBERTY Ostrava Modernizes Guard Rail Line
14 October 2021 - The company announced it has completed a CZK 15.5 million upgrade to the plant’s Arnold line in the Czech Republic, which produces beams used for guard rails.
Arvedi Contracts Danieli for New Hot-Dip Galvanizing and Color-Coating Lines
11 October 2021 - The equipment supplier was tapped to provide two strip processing lines at Acciaierie Arvedi’s Servola plant in Trieste, Italy, Danieli announced today.
LIBERTY Steel UK to Restart Rotherham and Stocksbridge Operations
11 October 2021 - GFG Alliance announced Sunday that LIBERTY Steel UK’s Rotherham and Stocksbridge plants will come back on-line thanks to a £50 million cash injection.
voestalpine Breaks Ground on 2-Million-Ton Integrated Pickling Line
07 October 2021 - The company announced yesterday it has broken ground on its EUR188 million integrated pickling line in the cold rolling mill 3 (BETA 3) at the site in Linz.
HarbisonWalker to Build New U.S. Manufacturing Hub
04 October 2021 - Refractories supplier HarbisonWalker International (HWI) announced last week that it will construct a new state-of-the-art manufacturing and service hub in the United States.
SAIL Ready for Expansion, Says Chairman
29 September 2021 - Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) chairman Soma Mondal on Tuesday said the company is ready to move to the next phase of expansion, according to reports.
ArcelorMittal to Build 2.5-Million-Ton DRI Plant, Two EAFs at Belgium Steel Works
28 September 2021 - ArcelorMittal announced this morning that it plans to invest €1.1 billion to build a 2.5-million-metric-ton direct reduced iron (DRI) plant and two electric arc furnaces (EAFs) at its Gent, Belgium, facility.
Tokyo Steel Selects Danieli Automation to Optimize Furnaces
23 September 2021 - In a press release today, the equipment supplier announced its Q-ONE package is in operation at Tokyo Steel’s Kyushu plant in Japan.
Tenova Tapped to Update OEMK Furnace
22 September 2021 - Tenova Italimpianti has been contracted by Metalloinvest to update and reconstruct a heating furnace in the second rolling unit of Alexey Ugarov OEMK in Russia.
Primetals Technologies Starts Up New EAF at ATI Latrobe
22 September 2021 - Primetals Technologies announced the start-up of the state-of-the-art electric arc furnace (EAF) at ATI’s Latrobe, Pa., USA, facility.
