Steel News

NLMK Reveals Plans for EUR150 Million Upgrade to Belgium Facility

11 October 2019 - NLMK La Louvière has awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for improvements to its hot strip mill, the company has announced.

KOCKS RSB® 5.0 Ordered by Two Chinese Producers

10 October 2019 - Jiangsu Lihuai Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (Huaigang Special Steel) and Fujian Sangang Minguang Group Co. Ltd. (Sanming) placed orders for a KOCKS GmbH & Co KG reducing and sizing block (RSB®) 370++/4, the supplier reports.

ArcelorMittal Monlevade Commissions Primetals Technologies Hot Metals Desulfurization System

10 October 2019 - The installation is part of the quality improvement program and expansion of the Brazilian facility.

Valin Xiangtan Starts Up New Large Bloom Caster From Danieli

09 October 2019 - The caster is the first in the world operating with different withdrawal units to perform simultaneous soft and hard reduction, according to the supplier.

Fives Supplies Eco-Friendly Reheating Furnaces

07 October 2019 - Fives has been contracted for reheating furnaces for two separate steelmakers in China, the company reported.

Liberty Steel To Invest US$25 Million in New EAF, Improvements to Georgetown Works

07 October 2019 - Liberty Steel USA will install a new electric arc furnace at its Georgetown, S.C., wire rod mill and make other improvements to its meltshop, the company has announced.

JFE Steel Sets Blast Furnace Revamp

03 October 2019 - Japan's JFE Steel will undertake a JPY50 billion (US$467.9 million) rebuild of the No. 4 blast furnace at its Kurashiki facility, the company has said.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Completes Furnace Tower at Toledo Facility

01 October 2019 - After 296 days, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has completed a 457-foot furnace reactor tower for its hot briquetted iron (HBI) project in Toledo, Ohio, USA.

Primetals Technologies Modernizes Twin EAF for Baosteel

01 October 2019 - The final acceptance certificate has been issued for the modernization of a more than 20-year-old DC twin electric arc furnace at Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.’s (Baosteel) Shanghai, China, plant.

NLMK Group Investing in New Waste Energy Recovery Power Plant

01 October 2019 - NLMK is planning to invest RUS 35 billion in the development of a new recovery power plant at NLMK Lipetsk. The power plant will run on byproduct gases from steelmaking operations.

Danieli U.S. Pipe Mill Receives Final Acceptance

30 September 2019 - Danieli Centro Tube has received final acceptance on a 5 ½ inch seamless pipe mill installed at Benteler Steel/Tube in Shreveport, La.

Outokumpu Considering New Slag Furnace Installation in Finland

30 September 2019 - Stainless steelmaker Outokumpu is assessing options to build a new slag furnace in Tornio, Finland, the company reports.

Duferdofin-Nucor, Alfa Acciai Receive Upgrades From AIC

27 September 2019 - Automation solutions provider Automazioni Industriali Capitanio s.r.l. has wrapped up projects at two Italian steel plants, the company has said.

Primetals Technologies Wins Order for Stainless Steel Combination Mill

27 September 2019 - Walsin Yantai Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. has contracted Primetals Technologies to supply a stainless steel combination bar mill, the equipment supplier has announced.

Danieli Wins Order for Casting Automation Package for Czech Steelmaker

25 September 2019 - Danieli Automation will install a new casting temperature simulation package at Třinecké Železárny, a producer of long products located in the Czech Republic.

Tenova Awarded Contract for Intelligent Waste Heat Recovery Systems

23 September 2019 - China’s Tangshan Zhengfeng Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. recently placed a follow-on order with Tenova for three of its iRecovery® intelligent waste heat recovery systems, the equipment supplier reports.

National Steel to Build New US$500 Million Complex

23 September 2019 - Saudi Arabia’s National Steel Co. has reached an agreement to establish a US$500 million steel products plant in an Omanese free-trade zone next to the Port of Salalah, according to the English-language Muscat Daily newspaper.

Morgan Engineering Starts Work on US$5 Million Headquarters

23 September 2019 - Morgan Engineering broke ground on its new Alliance, Ohio, USA, headquarters on 18 September, the company has announced.

Primetals Technologies, Tata Steel Europe Commission Automation System – From Afar

19 September 2019 - Primetals Technologies and Tata Steel Europe reached a first in their 50-year relationship – Primetals Technologies remotely commissioned a new level 2 automation system for a caster.

Liberty Steel to Begin EUR400 Million Expansion of European Steel Works

19 September 2019 - Sanjeev Gupta, Liberty Steel founder and international metals and industrial entrepreneur, pledged EUR400 million over five years to build Liberty Steel’s newly acquired European steel works into a major force in the global steel industry.