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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Chinese Steelmaker Signs On for US$4.4B Investment in the Philippines
17 December 2018 - China’s HBIS Group Co. Ltd. and others have signed a memorandum of understanding on a plan to build a US$4.4 billion integrated steelworks in the Philippines.
Cleveland-Cliffs Appoints New COO
12 December 2018 - Iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has named executive vice president Clifford T. Smith as chief operating officer, the company has announced.
Algoma Exits Creditor Protection, Sets CA$300M Reinvestment Plan
06 December 2018 - Canadian steelmaker Algoma Steel Inc. has emerged from creditor protection as an independent entity, ending three years of uncertainty about its future.
Tata Steel Launches Second Phase of Construction on Steel Works
13 November 2018 - Tata Steel has broken ground on an expansion of its new Kalinganagar works, a US$3.25 billion project that is expected to take four years to complete.
Gupta Pledges Multi-Million-Euro Investment in Romanian Steel Works
12 November 2018 - Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty House Group is promising to invest EUR300 (US$337 million) in a Romanian steel works it is acquiring from ArcelorMittal, according to a Romanian publication.
Nippon Steel Slates Blast Furnace Reline, Coke Oven Overhaul
05 November 2018 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. said it plans to spend the equivalent of US$812.6 million to reline a blast furnace at a steel works in northern Japan and refurbish a coke oven battery in southern Japan.
United Steelworkers Ratify Cleveland-Cliffs Labor Deal
12 October 2018 - Union workers at iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. have ratified a four-year labor agreement with the company.
U. S. Steel Blast Furnace Once Again Making Hot Metal
11 October 2018 - Roughly four months after restarting the B furnace at its Granite City Works in Illinois, United States Steel Corporation has brought back up the facility’s A furnace.
Paul Wurth Completes Expedited Repair of Italian Blast Furnace
09 October 2018 - Blast furnace specialist Paul Wurth recently completed a fast-track repair at the Arvedi Group’s Siderurgica Triestina plant in Trieste, Italy.
Swedish JV Picks Tenova Technology for Planned Hydrogen-Based DRI Plant
03 October 2018 - A joint venture that is building a pilot-scale, hydrogen-based steel mill has selected Tenova to supply key components for the facility’s direct-reduction plant.
China Steel Executive Expects to See Iron Ore Demand Flatten Due to Scrap Displacement
21 September 2018 - China bought more than 1 billion metric tons of iron ore last year, but demand will likely plateau as a governmental push to reduce pollution drives a conversion in production routes, the Reuters news service reports.
Steelworkers Union Opens Labor Talks with Cleveland-Cliffs
06 September 2018 - The United Steelworkers union is kicking off contract negotiations with iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. as they look to replace a deal that expired 1 October.
Report: Nucor Withdraws Bid for Shuttered DRI Plant
06 September 2018 - Nucor Corp. reportedly has withdrawn its US$20 million offer for a shuttered direct-reduced iron pant in Trinidad and Tobago after growing frustrated by government delays, the Newsday newspaper reports.
With Divestment of Australian Mine, Cleveland-Cliffs Returns Focus Entirely to North America
30 August 2018 - Iron ore miner Cleveland–Cliffs Inc. has finalized the sale of its Australian iron ore business, fully re-establishing itself as a regionally focused player in North America.
Project Aims to Improve Energy Recovery at Cogen Plant
08 August 2018 - A Polish cogeneration plant is installing a pair of energy recovery turbines in between blast furnace flues and the cogen plant itself, essentially putting the exhaust gases to work twice.
ArcelorMittal USA Blast Furnace Knocked Off-Line
08 August 2018 - The No. 3 blast furnace at ArcelorMittal’s Indiana Harbor facility has taken an unplanned outage after its large bell fell in during a charge, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.
New Twist Develops in Long-Planned Minnesota Mine Project
03 August 2018 - The former Essar Steel Minnesota taconite project faces new uncertainty as a dispute over the project’s ownership has arisen, according to reports.
Severstal Plans Stamp Charged Coke Plant
30 July 2018 - Coke oven and blast furnace specialist Paul Wurth has won a contract to build two stamp-charged coke batteries for Severstal’s Cherepovets steel works in Russia, the company has announced.
Cleveland-Cliffs Expects Heavier Iron Ore Pellet Sales
23 July 2018 - Iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has revised up its full-year sales forecast, saying that it now expects to sell 21 million long tons’ worth of pellets on account of healthy demand.
Hydrogen Steelmaking Is Feasible...If the Industry Comes Up With a Feasible Way to Produce Hydrogen
25 June 2018 - As the steel industry looks to lower its carbon footprint, investments in hydrogen-based steelmaking research and development are surfacing. However, the process itself isn’t necessarily the biggest hurdle to overcome.
