Mill Upgrades & Capital Investments
New mills, mill upgrades and other projects requiring an expenditure of capital.
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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.
Cliffs Cuts the Ribbon on HBI Plant
10 June 2021 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. on Wednesday celebrated the first six months of its new direct reduction plant in Ohio.
Nucor Contracts KOCKS for Bar Mill Upgrade
08 June 2021 - German bar mill specialist KOCKS GmbH & Co. KG has received an order from Nucor for a 3-roll reducing and sizing block.
Tubemaker to Set Up Mill at SDI Site
07 June 2021 - Bull Moose Tube Co. has announced plans to build a 350,000-ton pipe and tube mill on the campus of a new flat-rolled steel mill in Texas.
Primetals Technologies Reports Successful Start-Up of Cast-Roll Line
01 June 2021 - An unidentified Chinese steel producer has started up a new Primetals Technologies Arvedi Endless Strip Production line and produced its first coil, according to the equipment manufacturer.
Gerdau Opts for Danieli Electrode Regulation System
01 June 2021 - Gerdau will outfit seven of its Brazilian mills with Danieli’s Q-REG electrode regulator system, according to the equipment manufacturer.
Primetals Technologies to Upgrade Plate Mill
26 May 2021 - Primetals Technologies has been contracted to modernize a Slovenian plate mill’s cycloconverter drives, the equipment manufacturer has announced.
SDI Wins Permit for Texas Mill
21 May 2021 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) has received the wastewater discharge permit for its Sinton, Texas, flat-rolled mill, reports the (Corpus Christi, Texas) Caller Times newspaper.
Rebuilt SMS group Cold Mill Produces First Coil
21 May 2021 - Russia’s Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) has produced the first coil on a rebuilt 2-stand cold rolling mill, according to project contractor SMS group.
Danieli Lands Order for Ingot Grinders
21 May 2021 - Danieli has received an order for two ingot grinders from Italy’s Rubiera Special Steel, the equipment manufacturer has announced.
With Air Permit in Hand, CMC Looks to Begin Equipping New Mill
19 May 2021 - Commercial Metals Company (CMC) has received an air permit for its planned micro-mill in Mesa, Ariz., clearing the way for mill construction to begin.
Construction Underway on Salzgitter DRI Plant
18 May 2021 - Salzgitter has broken ground on a demonstration-scale direct reduction plant that can operate with either natural gas or hydrogen, or both.
Paul Wurth to Test New CO2 Reduction Tech
18 May 2021 - SMS group’s Paul Wurth unit and Italian cokemaker Italiana Coke have agreed to build a test-scale plant meant to try out a new carbon dioxide reduction technology.
Usiminas Puts Replacement BOF on Order
18 May 2021 - Brazil’s Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. (Usiminas) has contracted Danieli Corus to build a replacement converter for its Ipatinga integrated steelworks.
Tenova Wins thyssenkrupp HDG Line Improvement Project
13 May 2021 - Tenova LOI Thermprocess has been contracted to upgrade the burners on a thyssenkrupp galvanizing line in Germany, the equipment manufacturer has said.