Mill Upgrades & Capital Investments
New mills, mill upgrades and other projects requiring an expenditure of capital.
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EVRAZ Begins Work on New Blast Furnace in Russia
15 July 2016 - Russia’s EVRAZ has begun building a US$170 million blast furnace at its Nizhny Tagil steel works, the company has announced.
Essar Minnesota Names New Chief Executive
15 July 2016 - Essar Steel Minnesota has named a new chief executive to help guide the company through Chapter 11 bankruptcy and to help it complete its US$1.9 billion taconite mine and pellet plant, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Investment Firm Drops Plan to Acquire Canadian Steelmakers
14 July 2016 - A New York-based private equity firm has backed out of a deal to buy Canada’s Essar Steel Algoma and reportedly has dropped a separate bid for another major Canadian steelmaker, U. S. Steel Canada.
Bull Moose Invests in Additional Sprinkler Pipe Capacity
13 July 2016 - Bull Moose Tube Co. is expanding its sprinkler pipe manufacturing capabilities, announcing that it will be adding assets from two newly acquired mills to its facilities in Georgia and Arizona.
Essar Minnesota Still Plans to Complete Minnesota Taconite Mine
12 July 2016 - Essar Steel Minnesota, which last week lost the public mineral leases related to the taconite mine and processing plant it has been building and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, isn’t throwing in the towel.
Tenaris Cuts the Ribbon on New Service Center
12 July 2016 - Tenaris ceremonially opened its first service center in Thailand on Tuesday, marking the start of operations at a facility meant to support Chevron’s offshore production.
Essar Steel Minnesota Loses Mineral Leases, Files for Bankruptcy
08 July 2016 - Essar Steel Minnesota, which had been building Minnesota’s first new taconite facility in years, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday, according to reports.
In India, A New Steel Mill Comes to Life
06 July 2016 - Steelmaking facilities at Tata Steel’s new integrated mill in India have been successfully commissioned, according to machine and mill builder SMS group.
SMS Company Tapped to Upgrade HDGL Line at Alabama Plant
01 July 2016 - SMS group’s Drever International has won a contract for upgrades to a steel finishing plant in Alabama, the company has announced.
World's Biggest Steelmaker Looks to Become Even Bigger
30 June 2016 - ArcelorMittal and Italy’s Marcegaglia SpA have put down an offer on the country’s troubled Ilva steelworks in the city of Taranto, ArcelorMittal has announced.
Proposed 10M-Ton Mill Wins Environmental Approval
27 June 2016 - The Indian government has given environmental clearances to an integrated steel plant that JSW Steel is proposing to build in the state of Jharkhand.
Nippon Steel Marks Start of Construction on U.S. Processing Plant
22 June 2016 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has broken ground on a US$50 million wire rod processing plant in the state of Indiana.
New Texas Tube Mill Commissions Processing Facilities
17 June 2016 - OCTG maker Axis Pipe and Tube has started up a heat treatment facility and pipe threading line at its new mill in Texas.
Allegheny Technologies JV Orders New Cold Mill to Make Super Thin and Very Wide Strip
15 June 2016 - Shanghai STAL Precision Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. has awarded a contract to the Fives industrial engineering group for a cold rolling mill capable of rolling ultra-thin stainless strip at full commercial widths, the company has announced.
Ohio Sheet Processor Expands Pickling Line's Capabilities
14 June 2016 - U.S.-based steel processor Heidtman Steel has upgraded a pickling line by adding dry lube capabilities, the company has announced.
Algerian Joint Venture Orders Midrex DRI Plant for New Long Products Mill
14 June 2016 - Midrex Technologies Inc. and partner firm Paul Wurth have been awarded a contract to design and equip a direct reduction iron plant in Algeria, the companies have announced.
Danieli Secures Order for High-Speed Bar Mill
14 June 2016 - Vietnam’s Fuco Steel Corp. Ltd. has ordered a high-speed bar rolling mill from Danieli, the mill supplier has announced.
ArcelorMittal Plans to Overhaul Continuous Casters at Spanish Mill
10 June 2016 - SMS group has won a contract to overhaul two continuous slab casters at an ArcelorMittal sheet mill in Spain, the company has announced.
Primetals, AIC Win Order for 500K Rebar Mill
09 June 2016 - Filipino rebar maker Capitol Steel Corp. has awarded a contract for a new bar rolling mill to Primetals Technologies and partner Automazioni Industriali Capitanio S.r.l. (AIC), according to Primetals.
Nucor Joint Venture Eyes Mexican Auto Market
09 June 2016 - Nucor Corp. plans to build a US$270 million galvanized sheet mill in central Mexico through a new joint venture, the company has announced.
