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New mills, mill upgrades and other projects requiring an expenditure of capital.

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Tata Steel Works Starts Up New Cooling System

24 August 2018 - Tata Steel Europe’s Port Talbot facility in Wales expects to gain 150,000 metric tons of annual capacity from new equipment installed on the hot strip mill, according to an announcement from Primetals Technologies. 

ArcelorMittal Decides to Proceed With US$330M Plant Expansion

22 August 2018 - ArcelorMittal Brazil is dusting off plans for a long-shelved expansion of its sheet processing facility in state of Santa Catarina, saying that there is finally enough demand to support the automotive-oriented project.  

Project Aims to Improve Energy Recovery at Cogen Plant

08 August 2018 - A Polish cogeneration plant is installing a pair of energy recovery turbines in between blast furnace flues and the cogen plant itself, essentially putting the exhaust gases to work twice. 

Primetals Technologies, Danieli Tapped for Caster Improvements

02 August 2018 - Two Italian steelmakers are upgrading continuous casters in a bid to increase capacity and improve product quality, according to separate announcements from the equipment suppliers on the projects. 

Severstal Plans Stamp Charged Coke Plant

30 July 2018 - Coke oven and blast furnace specialist Paul Wurth has won a contract to build two stamp-charged coke batteries for Severstal’s Cherepovets steel works in Russia, the company has announced.  

Nucor Lays Bet on New Electroplating Process

27 July 2018 - Nucor Corp. is investing in a start-up company developing a chrome-plating process that substitutes toxic hexavalent chromium for a trivalent chromium, its safer form.

SMS group to Build Meltshop for New Austrian Mill

27 July 2018 - SMS group has been chosen to outfit the meltshop at a planned special steel plant in Austria, the equipment supplier said on Friday.

Danieli Awarded Contract for Chinese Micro-Mill

25 July 2018 - Chinese steelmaker Guilin Pinggang Iron & Steel has ordered a Danieli micro-mill, handing the equipment supplier its 15th order globally for such facilities.  

Red Bud Industries Lands Order for Coil Processing Line

25 July 2018 - Red Bud Industries has won an order for a 60-inch, high-speed slitting line from an Illinois-based service center, the coil processing equipment manufacturer has announced. 

Ohio Steel Processor Announces Expansion

23 July 2018 - Coil processor Fulton County Processing will add a fourth slitting line to its Delta, Ohio, facility, increasing its overall capacity to 1.2 million tons annually, the company has announced.

SeAH Returns Upgraded Converter to Service

11 July 2018 - South Korean stainless producer SěAH CSS has completed upgrades to the 100-ton converter at its Changwon mill, according to the contractor on the project. 

Primetals Technologies Receives Final OK on German Furnace Improvements

10 July 2018 - German stainless and nickel alloy producer BGH Edelstahlwerke GmbH has signed the final acceptance certificate on upgrades to an electric arc furnace, according to the equipment supplier on the project. 

Turkish SBQ Mill Plans Caster Upgrade

06 July 2018 - Turkey’s Diler Demir Celik has awarded a contract to Danieli for upgrades to a 19-year-old caster at its Dilovasi special bar quality plant near Istanbul. 

Spanish Steelmaker Turns to MORE for Automated EAF Solution

06 July 2018 - Italian electric arc furnace equipment maker MORE has received orders for two of its automatic taphole filling and inspection systems. 

Fives Bags Orders for Chinese Cold Mills

06 July 2018 - Equipment manufacturer Fives has won separate contracts for cold rolling mills from two Chinese mills, the company has said. 

Big River Decides to Expand Arkansas Mill, Considers Additional Automotive Sheet Investment 

02 July 2018 - Big River Steel has decided to double down on its investment in Arkansas and expand its existing facility to 3.3 million tons annually. Meanwhile, it separately is considering whether to build an advanced coating line, the company has announced. 

Steel Dynamics Plans New Galvanizing Line for Mississippi Sheet Mill

28 June 2018 - Steel Dynamics Inc. plans to add a third galvanizing line to its Columbus, Miss., USA, sheet plant and make US$90 million to US$100 million in other improvements there.

SMS group Secures Orders for Finishing Blocks

21 June 2018 - SMS group has landed two separate orders for its MEERdrive PLUS finishing blocks from Italian wire rod producers Arlenico SpA and Feralpi Siderurgica SpA.

Tata Steel Modernizes Continuous Annealing Line

21 June 2018 - The No. 12 continuous annealing line at Tata Steel Packaging in IJmuiden, Netherlands, has been restarted following upgrades to its automation system and electrics, according to the equipment supplier on the project.

NLMK Plans Improvements to Coke Facility

14 June 2018 - In a bid to improve coke quality, Russia’s NLMK Group said it will invest EUR57 million in process upgrades at its Altai-Koks facility.