Coke, Iron and Alternate Iron Production
News items including recovery and non-recovery coke production as well as blast furnace, iron ore, DRI and other sources of iron.
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Nippon Steel Nisshin to Halt Blast Furnace
26 December 2019 - Nippon Steel Nisshin Co. Ltd. plans to bank a blast furnace in southern Japan next year, saying that a slowing market and other factors necessitated the move.
U. S. Steel Accelerates Best of Both Strategy
20 December 2019 - United States Steel Corporation plans to indefinitely idle parts of its Great Lakes Works in Michigan next year as it advances its “best of both” strategy, through which it intends to narrow its operational focus to a few core integrated assets and expand into electric arc furnace steelmaking.
ArcelorMittal, Nippon Steel Look to Expand Essar Steel
16 December 2019 - ArcelorMittal and joint venture partner Nippon Steel Corp. have finalized their acquisition of Essar Steel India Ltd., completing a deal that gives both a foothold in the growing Indian steel market.
NLMK Lights Rebuilt Blast Furnace
16 December 2019 - NLMK has blown in a rebuilt blast furnace at its Lipetsk plant, concluding a project that began in May, the project contractor has announced.
Paul Wurth Lands Order for Coke Battery Equipment
11 December 2019 - SMS group’s Paul Wurth subsidiary has been contracted to supply the pressure control system for two new coke oven batteries in China.
Hot Metal Production Resuming at Indiana Steel Works Following Flood
06 December 2019 - United States Steel Corporation has restarted two of its Gary, Ind., USA, blast furnaces after a flood knocked them off-line last week, reports commodities news and pricing service S&P Global Platts.
Paul Wurth Wins Contract for German Blast Furnace Modification
27 November 2019 - Germany’s Roheisengesellschaft Saar mbH is converting its two operating blast furnaces to burn coke oven gas as a precursor to adopting hydrogen ironmaking.
ArcelorMittal to Re-Enter Talks on Ilva
25 November 2019 - ArcelorMittal has agreed to attempt to negotiate a solution for Ilva, one of Europe’s largest steel producers and Italy’s largest steel plant, according to reports.
Report: ArcelorMittal Would Return to Ilva…But With Conditions
18 November 2019 - With a few conditions, ArcelorMittal reportedly would be willing to re-commit to its agreement to buy Italy’s Ilva and its Taranto works, according to the Reuters news service.
Stelco Adding Merchant Pig Iron to Product Portfolio
18 November 2019 - Stelco plans to install a pig iron caster at its Lake Erie Works next year, giving it entry to the merchant pig business, the Canadian steelmaker has said.
SSAB to Begin Process Route Shift
14 November 2019 - SSAB plans to replace two of its Swedish blast furnaces with an electric arc furnace and intends to be the first to bring a fossil-fuel-free steel to the market, company officials announced during the annual Swedish Steel Prize event this week in Stockholm.
thyssenkrupp Testing Hydrogen Injection in Blast Furnaces
14 November 2019 - Looking to significantly reduce its carbon dioxide emissions, German steel producer thyssenkrupp has launched what it says is a series of first-of-a-kind tests into the use of hydrogen in a blast furnace.
ArcelorMittal Halting Polish Blast Furnace, Steel Shop
14 November 2019 - After delaying plans to temporarily idle the blast furnace and steel shop at its Krakow works, ArcelorMittal Poland is now moving ahead, saying that a softening steel market is forcing its hand.
World’s Largest Green Hydrogen Pilot Facility Launched in Austria
13 November 2019 - voestalpine has started up its pilot-scale electrolysis plant and is producing hydrogen derived from renewable sources of electricity. According to voestalpine, the new plant has a capacity of over 6 MW. It uses renewable energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen and will be able to test whether the technology deployed is suitable for use on an industrial scale.
ArcelorMittal to Idle Indiana Blast Furnace
13 November 2019 - ArcelorMittal has decided to put the No. 3 blast furnace at its Indiana Harbor works in Indiana on idle and await an improved market rather than undergo an expensive, near-term reline, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.
NLMK Lights Newly Upgraded Blast Furnace
06 November 2019 - Russian steelmaker NLMK has relit the No. 6 blast furnace at its Lipetsk works following an extensive overhaul that increased its output by 8% to 3.4 million metric tons of pig iron per year.
Report: Salzgitter to Idle Blast Furnace
28 October 2019 - Germany’s Salzgitter AG has become the latest European steelmaker to curtail production on account of the market downturn , reports commodities news and pricing provider Argus Media.
A Window Closes For One British Steel Bidder, But Opens for Others
28 October 2019 - Officials from China’s Jingye Group are to visit British Steel this week after the company’s court-appointed receiver and the preferred bidder failed to reach a sales agreement during a 10-week exclusivity period, reports the (London) Financial Times.
Paul Wurth Completes First of Three Hot Stove Upgrades for Russian Mill
28 October 2019 - The first phase of a stepwise technical upgrade to the hot stoves serving a blast furnace at EVRAZ’s ZSMK Works has been completed and the second phase is under way, reports the Paul Wurth Group.
Paul Wurth Bags Order for Blast Furnace Hearth Reline
24 October 2019 - Třinecké Železarny in the Czech Republic has awarded a contract to Paul Wurth for the complete reline of its No. 6 blast furnace hearth.
