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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With a Deal to Divest Its Brazilian Mill, thyssenkrupp Exits Steelmaking in the Americas
22 February 2017 - thyssenkrupp AG is ending its decade-long steelmaking venture in the Americas, agreeing to sell its integrated mill in Brazil to Latin American producer Ternium for US$1.33 billion (EUR1.26 billion).
New Tata Steel Works Finding Its Stride
21 February 2017 - Tata Steel’s new Kalinganagar works in India has reached a new production milestone – it has achieved 2 million metric tons of hot metal, reports The (India) Economic Times.
CB&I Issues Pink Slips as SunCoke Energy Contract Expires
21 February 2017 - Contractor CB&I is laying off 149 employees at the SunCoke Energy coke plant in Indiana, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.
Indonesian Steelmaker Sets March Start-Up for New Blast Furnace
30 January 2017 - Indonesia’s Krakatau Steel is wrapping up construction on a US$500 million blast furnace and expects to put into production by March, reports The Jakarta Post newspaper.
Kobe Steel Adds Caster and Expands Bloom Mill Capacity at Kakogawa Works
27 January 2017 - Kobe Steel Ltd. has installed a new continuous caster and expanded a bloom mill at its integrated Kakogawa Works in western Japan, enabling a 65.5 billion yen consolidation (US$570 million) of its steelmaking operations.
Report: Serbian Mill Ends Seven Years of Losses
20 January 2017 - Less than a year after acquiring Serbia’s Zelezara Smederevo steel works, China’s Hesteel Group said it has returned the facility to profitability, reports Xinhua, China’s official news agency.
Russian Steelmaker Selects Primetals for Blast Furnace Automation
19 January 2017 - Primetals Technologies has won an order to supply the instrumentation and the automation and electrical equipment for a Russian steel works’ new blast furnace.
Great Lakes Iron Ore Shipments Increased in 2016
17 January 2017 - The Soo Locks, which are a vital link between Lake Superior and the other Great Lakes, have closed for annual maintenance, marking the end of the 2016 shipping season. And while overall cargo volumes were down, iron ore shipments increased 7.8 percent, reports the MLive news site.
ArcelorMittal Wins Long-Term Supply Deal for Coke Byproduct
17 January 2017 - ArcelorMittal’s U.S. division has struck up long-term agreements to sell coal tar to Koppers Inc., a manufacturer of wood-treatment chemicals and carbon compounds.
Tata Steel Puts Eyes in the Sky
16 January 2017 - Puns not intended, but Tata Steel has launched a pilot program that employs unmanned aerial vehicles to help monitor operations at one of its iron ore mines, the steelmaker announced on Monday.
Essar Minnesota Sues Parent for US$1 Billion and Hopes to Restart Project
13 January 2017 - The former Essar Steel Minnesota, which hopes to complete its half-finished taconite mine and pellet plant in Minnesota, has filed a lawsuit against parent Essar Global, alleging “a myriad of damaging actions” that helped starve it of cash, according to news reports.
Tenova HYL Strikes Up Partnership with Mill Byproducts Recycler
04 January 2017 - Tenova HYL and Diproinduca Canada Ltd. have formed an alliance that will further develop and commercialize technology designed to reuse iron ore fines in direct reduction plants.
U. S. Steel Announces Plans to Restart Idled Taconite Facility
03 January 2017 - United States Steel Corp. will restart its idled Keetac taconite mine and pellet plant in Minnesota after securing third-party orders for pellets, the company has announced.
Tata Steel Acquires Iron Ore Processor
27 December 2016 - Tata Steel has an agreement to acquire an iron ore pellet maker that will its new Kalinganagar works in the Indian state of Odisha.
MMK Locks In Four-Year Supply of Iron Ore
22 December 2016 - Russia’s OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has signed a long-term iron ore supply agreement with the Eurasian Resources Group, contracting for more than 30 million metric tons over the next four years.
Union Local Says It Will Get Behind U. S. Steel Canada Sale
23 November 2016 - A United Steelworkers union local said it will lend tentative support to a private investment firm’s bid to acquire U. S. Steel Canada, reports the CBC.
Steelmaker Returns Blast Furnace to Service
21 November 2016 - ArcelorMittal has restarted a blast furnace at its Indiana Harbor plant in Indiana to support the Mexican auto market, according to The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.
Judge: Essar Minnesota Can Keep Public Mineral Leases -- For Now
17 November 2016 - A federal judge has ruled that the state of Minnesota can’t yet rescind bankrupt Essar Steel Minnesota’s public mineral leases, which now will remain a part of the company’s bankruptcy case at least until February, reports the Duluth News Tribune.
Salzgitter Deploys New Volume Measurement System
17 November 2016 - Germany’s Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH has installed a laser measuring system at its coke bunker, the company that supplied the technology has announced.
Texas HBI Plant to Ramp Up to Full Production By Year's End, voestalpine Says
09 November 2016 - voestalpine's new direct reduction plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, is expected to be at full production by the end of the year and will begin regular shipments to customers, the company has said.
