Mill Upgrades & Capital Investments
New mills, mill upgrades and other projects requiring an expenditure of capital.
Latest News
Danieli Secures Order for Heat Treat Furnace
17 October 2016 - Danieli Olivotto Ferré has won an order for a roller hearth furnace from Mexican tubemaker TenarisTamsa.
Mexican Wire Rod Processing Plant Inaugurated
12 October 2016 - Kobelco CH Wire Mexicana S.A. de C.V. has cut the ribbon on its new automotive wire plant in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Tosyali Receives Hot DRI Conveyor for Algerian Plant
11 October 2016 - AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH has delivered a specialized bucket conveyor that will enable hot charging of iron into the electric arc furnace at the new Tosyali steel plant in Algeria.
Red Bud Fulfills Order for New Blanking Line
07 October 2016 - Red Bud Industries has shipped a precision blanking line to Majestic Steel USA Inc., a service center in Cleveland, Ohio, Red Bud has announced.
Danieli Tapped for Slab Caster Modernization
07 October 2016 - ArcelorMittal’s Galati steel works in Romania has awarded a contract to Danieli for upgrades to a 38-year-old slab caster, Danieli has announced.
SMS Opens New U.S. Service Center, Dedicated Roll Shops
06 October 2016 - SMS Technical Services has opened a new repair and maintenance shop in Arkansas to serve the Big River Steel facility and other regional steelmakers, the company has announced.
Taiwanese Rebar Maker Equipping Itself for Continuous Rolling
30 September 2016 - Taiwan’s Tung Ho has ordered a new continuous billet welder for its Taoyuan bar mill, enabling the facility to operate in endless rolling mode.
New Cold Mill to Expand Nucor's Lineup of Specialty Steels
23 September 2016 - Nucor Corp. will add a US$230 million cold-rolling mill to its Arkansas sheet mill, giving it the ability to make some new, higher-value products, the company has announced.
Steel Dynamics Subsidiary Plans Long Products Galvanizing Facility
16 September 2016 - Steel Dynamics Inc. is expanding its coatings capabilities, establishing a contract galvanizing shop in Kentucky that can treat long products and fabricated steel components.
Egyptian Rebar Maker Inaugurates New Steel Shop
16 September 2016 - Egypt’s El Marakby Steel has fired up a new meltshop and caster at its rebar plant in Giza, allowing it to make steel in-house.
Tyasa Puts New Cold-Rolling Mill on Order
13 September 2016 - Mexico’s Talleres y Aceros S.A. de C.V. has awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for a new reversing cold rolling mill at its Ixtaczoquitlan, Veracruz, mini-mill.
AK Steel Finishing Up Work on New R&D Center
02 September 2016 - AK Steel Corp. is nearing completion on its US$36 million research center in Ohio and expects to begin moving in employees this fall, reports the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News.
Hebei Iron & Steel Begins Boosting Sales, Production at Serbian Mill
30 August 2016 - Nearly two months after acquiring Serbia’s ailing Železara Smederevo steel works, Hebei Iron & Steel has managed to lift the facility’s monthly sales and is targeting 1.7 million tons of production in 2017, reports Xinhua, China’s official news agency.
Vietnamese Steelmaker Announces Plans for Mammoth US$10.6B Works
30 August 2016 - Vietnam’s Hoa Sen Group plans to build a giant US$10.6 billion steel works whose targeted capacity would exceed the country’s total production in 2015, reports the online VN Express News.
Steel Distributor Expands Into Southwestern U.S. With New Facility
30 August 2016 - Flat rolled distributor Lex Holding Co. has opened a facility in Houston, Texas, USA, expanding its market reach into the southwestern United States and Mexico, the company has announced.
ArcelorMittal Plans Improvements to Jumbo Beam Mill
29 August 2016 - Danieli has won an order for upgrades to the finishing end of ArcelorMittal’s jumbo beam mill in Luxembourg, the equipment manufacturer has announced.
Billions of Rupees Committed to a New Mill, Plans for Another Set Aside
26 August 2016 - India’s JSW Steel plans to commit the equivalent of US$7.5 billion to build a large steel works in the state of Odisha, reports the Business Standard newspaper.
Wire Rod Manufacturer Restarts Upgraded Mill
23 August 2016 - SMS group has successfully completed upgrades to a German wire rod mill, the equipment maker has announced.
New Steelworks Reaches 100,000 Metric Tons of Monthly Production
19 August 2016 - Tata Steel managing director T.V. Narendran said the company’s Kalinganagar steel works produced 100,000 metric tons of steel in July as the company continues to ramp up production at the new facility.
Indonesian Steelmaker to Fire Up New Strip Mill in 2019
18 August 2016 - Indonesia’s PT Krakatau Steel has ordered a new hot strip mill for its integrated steel works on the island of Java.
