Steel News

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.

BILSTEIN GROUP Nears Completion on German Cold Rolling Mill

18 September 2019 - German cold-rolled products maker The Bilstein Group is preparing to commission a new wide quarto reversing mill in Germany, a facility it calls one of the most technologically advanced worldwide.

Stelco Cuts the Ribbon on CA$30 Million Batch Anneal Plant

17 September 2019 - Stelco on Monday marked the opening of its new CA$30 million batch anneal facility, a project that has expanded the range of cold-rolled products the Canadian steelmaker is able to offer.

New Caster Planned for Nucor Bar Mill

17 September 2019 - Nucor Corp. has unveiled plans to invest an additional US$40 million in it is Kankakee bar mill in Illinois, where it already is installing a new merchant bar mill.

Turkish Producer Plans New Blast Furnace

17 September 2019 - The board at Turkey's Kardemir has OK'd plans to build a new blast furnace, a move that will lift the company's hot metal capacity by 1 million metric tons, the company has said.

Danieli to Supply New Quench and Self-Temper Line to Nucor Bar Mill

12 September 2019 - Danieli will be installing a new quenching and self-tempering system at Nucor Steel’s Marion, Ohio, USA, facility, the supplier reports.

US$1 Billion Steelmaking Facility Planned for the Philippines

10 September 2019 - Philippine steelmaker SteelAsia Manufacturing Corp. and China’s HBIS Group Co. Ltd. are partnering to build an integrated steelmaking facility in the Batangas province in the Philippines, according to a government newswire.

NLMK Iron Ore Project Enters Next Phase

10 September 2019 - NLMK Group’s Stoilensky iron ore division has moved to the third stage of construction on its new dewatering plant, the Russian steelmaker has said.

Autumn Will Be a Busy Season — For Maintenance Outages

09 September 2019 - Most of the biggest U.S. flat-rolled producers have maintenance outages planned for the remainder of the year, removing between 630,000 and 700,000 tons of capacity from service, reports commodities news and pricing serivce S&P Global Platts.