Mill Upgrades & Capital Investments
New mills, mill upgrades and other projects requiring an expenditure of capital.
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Tenova Wins Contract for Electrical Steel Process Line
13 July 2021 - NLMK Group’s VIZ-Stal has ordered a decarburization and coating line from Tenova LOI Thermprocess, Tenova has announced.
Danieli Cast-Roll Line Exceeds Rated Capacity
09 July 2021 - A Danieli-built cast-roll mill in China has reached a new operational milestone, producing nearly 190,000 metric tons per month and running at 109% of design capacity.
Air Liquide Lays EUR100 Million Investment in Air Separation Unit
09 July 2021 - Air Liquide will build what it says is the global steel industry’s single largest air separation unit as part of a long-term supply agreement with China’s Jiangsu Shagang Group.
Canada Backs Algoma Process Conversion
06 July 2021 - The Canadian government is committing up to CA$420 million to support a planned process conversion at Algoma Steel Inc.
AIC Wraps Rolling Mill Project, Announces Contract Award
06 July 2021 - Italy’s Automazioni Industriali Capitanio s.r.l. (AIC) has completed upgrades to Gerdau’s bar mill in Cambridge, Ont., Canada, and will be undertaking a project at another of the steelmaker's plants.
Mill Supplier Sees ‘Unprecedented’ Demand
01 July 2021 - The steel industry is benefitting from robust demand, but so too are mill equipment suppliers, the president of The Systems Group said Thursday.
Primetals Technologies-Built Rolling Mill, DRI Plant Begin Production
01 July 2021 - Maruichi Sun Steel Joint Stock Co. (SUNSCO)’s Ho Chi Minh steel mill has produced its first coil on its new Hyper UC mill from Primetals Technologies, according to an announcement by the equipment manufacturer.
Polytec Lands Order for Caster Manipulator
01 July 2021 - Steel Dynamics Inc.'s structural and rail division has ordered what will be its first fully automated manipulator from robotics and automation specialist Polytec.
Report: Climate Change Could Strand New BF Investments
29 June 2021 - The global steel industry is at risk of having to write off US$47 billion to US$70 billion in new steelmaking assets as the world moves to a carbon-neutral future, according to a new report.
Belgium Mill Puts Systems Spray-Cooled Furnace Roof Into Service
28 June 2021 - ArcelorMittal's Industeel Charleroi mill in Belgium has commissioned a Systems Spray-Cooled-built EAF roof and elbow, the equipment manufacturer reports.
Mitsubishi Power Contracted for Power Plant Build
28 June 2021 - China’s Jiangsu Shagang Group has contracted Mitsubishi Power to build a 180-MW, gas-turbine combined cycle power plant.
Mexican Joint Venture Gives Final OK to New Coating Line
26 June 2021 - SMS group has received the final acceptance certificate for a 50-50 joint venture galvanizing line in Mexico.
Ovako Looks to Build H2 Electrolysis Plant
24 June 2021 - European engineered bar producer Ovako and several other Swedish and Norwegian industrial companies are teaming up to build a green hydrogen plant in Hofors, the companies have announced.
NISCO Issues FAC for New Rolling Equipment
24 June 2021 - Bar and wire rod specialist Friedrich KOCKS GmbH & Co. KG has received the final acceptance certificate for a new reducing and sizing block installed at a Chinese special steel mill.
Sarralle Lands Order for Kentucky Sheet Processing Line
23 June 2021 - Steel mill solutions specialist Sarralle has received an order for a fully automated coil slitting line from North American Stainless (NAS), the equipment manufacturer has announced.
Wire Rod Mill Undertakes Equipment Upgrade
22 June 2021 - The operator of a Texas wire rod mill has contracted Danieli to modernize its rolling line, Danieli has announced.
Electrical Steel Line Coming to Big River Steel
11 June 2021 - United States Steel Corporation plans to invest US$450 million in an electrical steel line at its Big River mill in Arkansas.
Metinvest Lays Plans for US$1B Cold Mill
11 June 2021 - Ukrainian steelmaker Metinvest will build a US$1 billion cold-rolled mill at its Ilyich Steel facility in Mariupol and has named Danieli as the primary technology supplier.
Tenaris Bar Mill Completes Upgrades, Re-Enters Service
11 June 2021 - Tenaris has restarted its Koppel, Pa., USA, meltshop after making US$15 million in upgrades to the facility.
ABS Starts Highly Automated Wire Rod Mill
10 June 2021 - Acciaierie Bertoli Safau, the steelmaking arm of Danieli, has inaugurated a new, 500,000-metric-ton wire rod mill in Udine, Italy.
