Mill Upgrades & Capital Investments
New mills, mill upgrades and other projects requiring an expenditure of capital.
Latest News
Big River Might Make Expansion Decision Soon
20 March 2018 - Big River Steel executive Mark Bula said he believes his company will make the call on an expansion sometime this year.
Nucor Contracts with SMS group for Illinois Bar Mill
14 March 2018 - SMS group has been awarded a contract to build Nucor Corp.’s planned merchant bar mill at its existing Kankakee bar plant in Illinois.
Tenova Company Lands Follow-On Order for Processing Plant Expansion
13 March 2018 - Germany’s Bilstein GmbH & Co. is undertaking a second expansion of its fully automated batch anneal plant, putting an additional eight annealing bases on order, according to the equipment supplier on the project.
New Steel Mill Coming to Florida
12 March 2018 - Nucor Corp. has selected a site in central Florida as the home for a proposed US$240 million micro-mill, the company announced Monday.
Steelmaker Seizes Growth Opportunity in Electric Motor Laminations
08 March 2018 - voestalpine is initiating production at a new plant that will make electric-motor lamination stacks, the Austrian steelmaker said on Wednesday.
German Steelworks Turns on New Cooling System
06 March 2018 - SMS group has successfully retrofitted a German slab caster with a new secondary cooling system, the equipment supplier reported Tuesday.
ArcelorMittal Marks Opening of Laser-Welded Blanking Facility
26 February 2018 - ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks has cut the ribbon on its third U.S. laser-welded automotive blanking facility in Detroit, Mich.
Iraq Targets 2019 Start-Up for New Billet Plant
23 February 2018 - Danieli has won an order for an electric arc furnace and billet caster in Kurdistan, the company said Friday.
Liberty House Pulls U.S., U.K. Mills Out of the Mothballs
20 February 2018 - The United Kingdom’s Liberty House Group has restarted an idled electric arc furnace in England and said it plans to put a closed U.S. wire rod mill back into service within the next four months.
Grupo Simec Starts Up Mexican SBQ Mill
20 February 2018 - Grupo Simec’s new bar and rod mill in Apizaco, Mexico, has rolled its first billet, the equipment supplier on the project has announced.
Steel Processor to Set Up Shop at Big River Steel
15 February 2018 - An Illinois-based private equity firm has plans to build a sheet processing plant at Big River Steel, the firm announced on Thursday.
Japanese Steelmaker Eyes Hefty Capital Investments
14 February 2018 - The corporate parent of Japan’s JFE Steel Corp. plans to invest the equivalent of US$6 billion in upgrades to its mills over the next three years, JFE president Eiji Hayashida tells the Reuters news service.
SAIL Lights New Blast Furnace, and Another Comes Down for Repair
14 February 2018 - The Steel Authority of India Ltd. has blown in a new blast furnace at its Bhilai Steel Plant, reports The (India) Economic Times.
Tata Steel Might Be Considering Blast Furnace Reline at Welsh Plant
13 February 2018 - Tata Steel reportedly is considering a GBP75 million reline of a blast furnace at its Port Talbot Works in Wales, reports The (London) Telegraph.
ArcelorMittal Awards Strip Mill Contract to Primetals Technologies
09 February 2018 - Primetals Technologies has won an order for a hot strip mill and a hot skinpass mill from ArcelorMittal Mexico, the equipment supplier has announced.
Florida County Approves Tax Abatement for US$227 Million Nucor Project
08 February 2018 - Nucor Corp. has been awarded a local property tax exemption for a US$227 million project, according to The (Lakeland, Fla.) Ledger.
Severstal to Light a New Blast Furnace in 2022
07 February 2018 - Russia’s PAO Severstal said it plans to build a RUB28 billion (approximately US$486.6 million) blast furnace at its Cherepovets steel works.
Report: Nucor Eyes Sunshine State for US$227 Million Investment
05 February 2018 - Nucor Corp. reportedly is considering building a US$227 million facility in central Florida, according to The (Lakeland, Fla.) Ledger.
ANDRITZ Accepts Order for French Galvanizing Line Furnace
05 February 2018 - ArcelorMittal Atlantique & Lorraine S.A.S. has ordered a direct-fired furnace from the ANDRITZ technology group in support of a EUR67 million coating line conversion.
AK Steel Completes Mill Upgrades, Explains Cause of Steel Spill
31 January 2018 - AK Steel recently completed US$26 million in upgrades to its Mansfield and Middletown works in Ohio, bringing the projects in on time and without incident, executives reported on Tuesday.
