Steel News

Metinvest Announces Multi-Billion-Dollar Commitment to Decarbonization

14 January 2022 - Ukrainian steelmaker Metinvest will spend US$20–30 million in the coming years to replace its aging blast furnaces with electric arc furnace (EAF) technology, reports the Reuters news service.

Country Roads Take Nucor to Its New Home, West Virginia

12 January 2022 - Nucor Corp. will build its planned US$2.7 billion sheet mill along the Ohio River in West Virginia, the company announced Wednesday afternoon.

U. S. Steel Chooses Arkansas for Site of US$3 Billion Mill

12 January 2022 - United States Steel Corporation will build its next-generation electric steelmaking facility near its Big River Steel plant in Osceola, Ark., USA, the company said yesterday.

Commercial Metals Company To Build New Micro-Mill in Eastern U.S.

10 January 2022 - Commercial Metals Company (CMC) announced this morning that it intends to build a brand-new long products micro-mill somewhere in the eastern United States.

POSCO and HBIS Break Ground on Automotive Sheet Joint Venture

10 January 2022 - POSCO and HBIS Group announced last Friday that work has begun on a new US$647 million sheet mill located in China’s Hebei province, reports the Reuters news service.

Texas Slitting Line Enters Service

05 January 2022 - Toll processor Ferrous 85” Co. has put a massive new slitter into commercial operation at Steel Dynamics Inc.’s (SDI) Sinton, Texas, USA, flat-rolled mill, the company reports.

Essar Group Completes Land Deal for Saudi Arabian Mill

21 December 2021 - India’s Essar Group has signed for 3 million square meters of land in Saudi Arabia, where it plans to build a flat-rolled steel plant, reports Kallanish Commodities.

Ternium Announces US$98 Million Expansion to Louisiana Mill

20 December 2021 - Ternium USA Inc. last week unveiled plans to build a second steel coil coating line at its Shreveport, La., USA, facility, according to a report by the Shreveport Times.

Primetals Technologies Starts Up Continuous Casters at JSW

13 December 2021 - In October 2021, two continuous slab casters supplied by Primetals Technologies were started up at JSW Steel Ltd.’s Dovi plant in Maharashtra, India.

American Precoat Opens Automotive-Grade Electro-Galvanized Steel Plant in India

13 December 2021 - American Precoat Specialty Pvt. Ltd. has built a continuous electrogalvanized steel plant in Valsad, Gujarat, India, according to news outlet Zee News.

Primetals Technologies Completes Converter Upgrade at HBIS Group

08 December 2021 - The former basic oxygen furnace (BOF) converter at HBIS Group Handan Iron and Steel in Handan, China, was upgraded to a KOBM converter last month, according to Primetals Technologies.

The Systems Group Commissions New EAF Roof, Elbow at Optimus Steel

07 December 2021 - In a press release, The Systems Group announced the commissioning last month of a new gravity-drained Spray-Cooled™ electric arc furnace (EAF) roof and elbow as part of a mill modernization at Optimus Steel in Beaumont, Texas, USA.

TenarisDalmine Lowers Emissions Through Expansion of Large-Diameter Line

07 December 2021 - In a statement, the company announced its facility in Dalmine, Italy, has completed an investment of more than EUR 20 million to expand the range of its medium-size rolling mill, and has reduced its carbon footprint in the process.

Nucor Announces US$350 Million Rebar Micro-Mill

06 December 2021 - The steelmaker announced today in an official press release that it will build a 430,000-ton rebar micro-mill in the South Atlantic region of the U.S.

Algoma to Utilize Danieli Digimelter in Transition From BF to EAF Steelmaking

03 December 2021 - The Canadian steel producer selected Danieli as its sole technology supplier in the company’s transition from integrated to electric steelmaking, according to a press release from Danieli.

Primetals Technologies Receives Final Acceptance for EAF Quantum, LF for Wuzhou Yongda

03 December 2021 - According to the equipment supplier, Chinese producer Wuzhou Yongda Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. (Wuzhou Yongda) issued the final acceptance certificate (FAC) for Primetals Technologies’ EAF Quantum electric arc furnace and twin ladle furnace at a greenfield project for the production of carbon steels.