Mill Upgrades & Capital Investments
New mills, mill upgrades and other projects requiring an expenditure of capital.
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Gerdau Upsizes Blooms at Michigan Mill
29 January 2018 - In an effort to improve steel cleanliness and better serve customers, Gerdau’s special bar quality mill in Monroe, Mich., USA, plans to begin producing 240-mm square blooms this fall.
Iranian Pipe Mill Calls on SMS group for Upgrades
29 January 2018 - SMS group has signed a signed a comprehensive service and modernization contract with Sadid Industrial Group’s Mahshahr pipe mill, the equipment supplier has announced.
Canadian Plant Targets 100K Ton Lift in Capacity Through Capital Upgrades
25 January 2018 - ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada will invest nearly CA$70 million (approximately US$56.8 million) in its Contrecoeur, Que., facilities over the next three years, the company has announced.
JSW Steel Awards Furnace Contract to Fives
24 January 2018 - Industrial engineering firm Fives has bagged an order for two high-capacity reheat furnaces from India’s JSW Steel, the firm reported on Wednesday.
Steel Dynamics Had a Great Year. Here's Why.
23 January 2018 - Steel Dynamics Inc. had a banner year in 2017 as the company set new records for steel shipments, sales and safety, it said on Tuesday.
NISCO Calls on Primetals Technologies for Caster Mod
19 January 2018 - Primetals Technologies has received an order to modify a bloom caster China’s Nanjing Iron & Steel United Co. Ltd.
EVRAZ Signs Off on Furnace Improvements
16 January 2018 - Russia’s EVRAZ has signed the final acceptance certificate on a project that modernized the No. 2 electric arc furnace at its plant in western Siberia.
Steelmaker Realizes Operating Benefits With New Furnace Injection Equipment
12 January 2018 - Slovenian special steel producer Metal Ravne recently completed modifications to its 45-ton oval bottom tapping furnace, hoping to resolve some challenges that arose through a prior project.
Danieli Wins Order for New Nucor Mill
09 January 2018 - Nucor Corp. has chosen Danieli as the primary technology supplier for its planned rebar micro-mill in Sedalia, Mo., USA.
Newly Built Pellet Plant Achieves Production Goal
09 January 2018 - A new Russian pelletizing plant has reached its design capacity and is now producing more than 500,000 metric tons of commercial-grade pellets per month.
Danieli Corus Lands Orders for Process Control Systems
05 January 2018 - Danieli Corus has won orders for sublance-based process control systems that are to be installed at two Chinese steel plants.
SMS group Lands Significant Order From Ukrainian Steel Mill
27 December 2017 - PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih has awarded a contract for two secondary metallurgy plants and two billet casters to SMS group, the equipment supplier has announced.
Stainless Re-Rolling Mill Returns to Service
27 December 2017 - Danieli Service recently helped to restart an idled stainless re-rolling mill in the in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the company said in an announcement.
Tata Board OKs US$3.7 Billion Expansion Project
26 December 2017 - Tata Steel Ltd.’s board of directors has approved a project that will more than double the capacity at the company’s new Kalinganagar works in the state of Odisha.
JSW Steel Puts Casters, Strip Mill on Order
21 December 2017 - India’s JSW Steel Ltd. has ordered a new hot strip mill and two continuous slab casters for its Dolvi plant in Maharashtra as a part of a project that will double the integrated plant’s capacity to 10 million metric tons annually.
Tenova Contracted For TimkenSteel Furnace Control Improvements
21 December 2017 - Tenova has won an order to upgrade the electric arc furnace at TimkenSteel Corp.’s Faircrest plant, the company has announced.
Chinese Mill Issues Acceptance Certificate on Caster Upgrades
07 December 2017 - China’s Changzhou Zhongtian Iron & Steel has signed off on upgrades to a continuous bloom caster at its mill, according to the equipment supplier on the project.
SMS group Lands Supporting Order for Galvanizing Line Project
05 December 2017 - SMS group has received a supplementary order for a production planning system to serve the US$176 million pickling and galvanizing line it is building for Nucor Corp.’s Gallatin sheet mill in Kentucky.
Indian Steelmaker Lights New Blast Furnace
05 December 2017 - India’s Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd. has tapped the first batch of hot metal from the new No. 2 blast furnace at its Rengali facility in Odisha, according to the furnace builder.
Commercial Metals to Expand Spooled Rebar Capacity
30 November 2017 - Commercial Metals Company (CMC) plans to add rebar spooling capabilities to its original micro-mill in Mesa, Ariz., USA, the company announced Wednesday.
