Mill Upgrades & Capital Investments
New mills, mill upgrades and other projects requiring an expenditure of capital.
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Alliance Steel Opens Indiana HQ, Service Center
21 August 2020 - Steel processor Alliance Steel has cut the ribbon on a new, state-of-the-art US$20 million headquarters and service center in Gary, Ind., USA, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.
CISDI-Built Universal Mill Readied for Service
20 August 2020 - China’s Hebei Yongyang Special Steel is preparing to commission a new universal light rail rolling mill at its plant in Handan City, according to project contractor CISDI.
Algoma Plans Byproducts Plant Improvement
19 August 2020 - Canadian steelmaker Algoma Steel Inc. is receiving CA$4 million in government support for improvements to the byproducts plant at its Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., coke facility.
North Star BlueScope Expansion to Be Completed in 2022
17 August 2020 - BlueScope Steel Ltd. has revised the completion date for its Ohio expansion project and is now planning to commission the new equipment in the first half of 2022.
Commercial Metals to Build Third Micro-Mill
14 August 2020 - Commercial Metals Company will invest US$300 million in a third micro-mill to be built next to its existing facility in Mesa, Ariz., USA, the company has announced.
Stelco Commences Blast Furnace Reline
13 August 2020 - Canadian steelmaker Stelco has begun relining its Ontario blast furnace and has resumed work on a planned pig iron casting plant, the company said Thursday.
ArcelorMittal to Add Melt Capabilities to Alabama Plant
13 August 2020 - ArcelorMittal will install an electric arc furnace at its advanced finishing facility in Alabama and begin producing slab in two years, the company announced Wednesday.
thyssenkrupp Investing in New Slab Reheat Furnace
12 August 2020 - thyssenkrupp has revealed plans to replace a hot strip mill reheat furnace, its first project under a new initiative to optimize its steel plants.
EVRAZ Greenlights Rail Mill Construction
10 August 2020 - EVRAZ plc’s board of directors has given the go-ahead to the company’s proposed US$480 million long rail mill at its Pueblo, Colo., USA, steel plant.
JSW Forges Ahead With U.S. Facility Overhaul
10 August 2020 - JSW Steel is stepping up plans to recast its U.S. operations and will spend the next year “structurally fixing” its facilities, reports the Bloomberg news service.
Berry Metal Wraps Up Lime Injection Install on Arkansas EAF
07 August 2020 - Big River Steel has commissioned a new lime injection system on its electric arc furnace (EAF) in Arkansas, according to project contractor Berry Metal Co.
Fives: Close Collaboration Allowed for Successful SDI Project
06 August 2020 - In spite of the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Steel Dynamics Inc.’s (SDI) Mississippi sheet mill coated the first coil on its new galvanizing right on schedule, reports project contractor Fives.
Ohio HBI Plant to Begin Producing by Year’s End
06 August 2020 - After being forced to take a pandemic-related time-out on its hot briquetted iron (HBI) plant, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has resumed construction and aims to have 400 contractors on-site by mid-month, the company has said.
Nucor Mill Commissions Bar Spooling Line
06 August 2020 - Nucor Corp.’s new Missouri rebar mill has started up the bar spooling line and is making coils weighing up to five tons, according to Danieli, the mill’s builder.
Danieli Tapped for Slab Caster Improvement Project
30 July 2020 - Danieli has been contracted to extend a thin-slab caster at a Russian steel works, a project that will complement installation of a new meltshop, Danieli has announced.
Baosteel Gives Thumbs Up on New Dummy Bar System
30 July 2020 - Baosteel has given final acceptance of a new dummy bar feeding system installed on a caster at its Shanghai works, reports project contractor Primetals Technologies.
Tubemaker Announces Indiana Expansion
29 July 2020 - Welded tubemaker Phillips Tube Group is setting up a new tube plant in east central Indiana, a US$8.2 million investment that will give the company its fourth location.
Zenith Steel Signs CISDI for Bar Mill Build
29 July 2020 - CISDI Group Co. Ltd. has been contracted to build a highly automated bar and wire rod mill for China’s Zenith Steel Group, the engineering and technology provider reports.
SMS group Wins Order for Heavy Plate Mill
29 July 2020 - SMS group has received an order from Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. for a 4.3-m heavy-plate mill, the equipment manufacturer has announced.
Vietnamese Steelmaker to Stop US$10 billion Project
28 July 2020 - The Hoa Sen Group is withdrawing from the US$10 billion Ca Na Steel Project, saying the proposed mill no longer fits with its growth strategy, reports The Saigon Times.
