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Mill Upgrades & Capital Investments
New mills, mill upgrades and other projects requiring an expenditure of capital.
Latest News
Nucor Allocates US$85M to Bar Mill Modernization
27 March 2017 - Nucor Corp. said it plans to invest US $85 million in upgrades to its Marion, Ohio, bar mill, the steelmaker has announced.
Charter Steel Partners with KOCKS on New SBQ Mill
27 March 2017 - Charter Steel will incorporate KOCKS precision sizing technology in its new special bar quality mill, which is to be built at its Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio, plant, the mill builder tells AIST’s Steel News.
Gerdau Plans Modifications to Caster at Georgia Mill
23 March 2017 - Primetals Technologies has won a contract to modify the continuous caster at Gerdau’s Cartersville, Ga., USA, long products mill.
New Joint Venture Mill Gives Final Acceptance to Coke Plant
23 March 2017 - Nine months after the ovens were lit, a coke plant serving a new, greenfield mill in Brazil has passed its final acceptance tests, reports SMS group subsidiary Paul Wurth.
China's Hebei Steel Planning US$6B Mill Replacement
21 March 2017 - China’s largest steelmaking province has given the go-ahead to a US$6.2 billion project through which Hebei Steel Group will replace obsolete mills with new facilities – and cut capacity in the process, according to the Reuters news service.
Rebuilt Caster at Spanish Mill Gets Up to Speed
21 March 2017 - ArcelorMittal Asturias has put a rebuilt slab caster at its Aviles plant in Spain back into service and is ramping up production, according to the equipment supplier on the project.
POSCO Looks to Return Land for Indian Mill
20 March 2017 - South Korea’s POSCO is offering to surrender the acreage on which it had planned to build a US$12 billion integrated mill in India, a move that seems to put the final nail in the coffin on the long delayed project, according to reports.
Big River's Newest Employee Is a Supercomputer
20 March 2017 - Big River Steel has contracted with a Silicon Valley start-up that will incorporate its supercomputer-powered machine learning technology into the steelmaker’s day-to-day operations, the companies announced on Monday.
US$260 Million Investment to Boost Ternium Coating Capacity in Mexico
17 March 2017 - Ternium plans to invest US$260 million in a new hot-dip galvanizing line and a pre-painting line at its Pesquería plant in Mexico, the company has announced.
ArcelorMittal Subsidiary Plans Upgrades to French Plate Mill
17 March 2017 - Danieli has won a contract to upgrade the plate mill at Industeel France’s Le Creusot plant.
MMK Eyes Improvements to Slab Caster, Plate Mill
16 March 2017 - SMS group has won a contract to upgrade a continuous slab caster and the heavy plate mill at Russia’s Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works.
ArcelorMittal Upgrades Long Products Mill in Southeastern Europe
13 March 2017 - ArcelorMittal Zenica, the steelmaker’s long products facility in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has inaugurated two projects designed to reduce its environmental footprint and a third that will allow it to begin producing coiled rebar.
The Future is Now: POSCO Puts AI to Work on Galvanizing Lines
10 March 2017 - South Korea’s POSCO said it has developed an automated coating weight control system and has begun to incorporate the technology into its production of automotive steels.
German Rod and Bar Mill Upgrades Capabilities
08 March 2017 - Danieli has completed the first phase of a modernization project at the Elbe-Stahlwerke Feralpi rod and bar mill in Riesa, Germany, the mill builder has announced.
Open for Business: Executives Cut the Ribbon on America's Newest Steel Mill
01 March 2017 - To measure the significance of Big River Steel’s newly opened mill in Arkansas, you could weigh its current annual capacity, about 1.65 million tons. Or, you could count the money that has been invested in the facility, about US$1.3 billion.
Danieli Corus Ships First Hydraulic Gearbox for Blast Furnace Top-Charging Systems
27 February 2017 - Danieli Corus and Danieli Centro Metallics have shipped their first DANCU gearbox to a Ukrainian steel mill that is replacing its top-charging system.
ArcelorMittal May Make Power, Not Steel, at New Site
27 February 2017 - ArcelorMittal is thinking about scrapping plans for a 6 million metric ton steel plant and building a 600 MW solar farm, reports The (India) Economic Times.
Tubemaker Puts ERW Mill on Order
24 February 2017 - Danieli W+K has won an order for a new ERW pipe mill from Bulgarian cold -rolled coil and tube maker Silva Mash, the mill supplier has announced.
New Rotary Discharge Machine Put Into Service at Australian Steelworks
24 February 2017 - AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH has built and installed a new rotary discharge machine serving the coke handling system at BlueScope Steel Ltd.’s Port Kembla Works in New South Wales, Australia.
Canadian Ore Producer Set to Begin Work on New Mine
23 February 2017 - Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore Company of Canada will invest CA$79 million to open a new open-pit mine in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
