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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Vale to Weigh Potential of Port-Based HBI Plant
27 September 2023 - Iron ore miner Vale has signed a memorandum of understanding with a southeastern Brazilian port to explore development of a hot briquetted iron hub, the company has announced.
Tata Steel CEO: Green H2 Is Answer to Indian Coal Dependence
26 September 2023 - India can reduce its dependence on coal through green hydrogen, Tata Steel chief executive officer and managing director TV Narendran said during a conference, reports Indian news service PTI.
JSW Slows Pace on Teck Resources Coal Unit Deal
22 September 2023 - A diplomatic dispute between Canada and India is said to be slowing JSW Steel’s effort to acquire a stake in Teck Resources’ metallurgical coal unit, according to the Reuters news service.
ANDRITZ Receives Order for 100-MW Electrolyzer
20 September 2023 - Salzgitter has placed an order with ANDRITZ for a 100-MW hydrogen electrolyzer, a facility that will be one of Europe’s largest green hydrogen plants, the steelmaker has announced.
Auto Strike Prompts U. S. Steel to Idle Blast Furnace
19 September 2023 - United States Steel Corporation is temporarily idling the B blast furnace at its Granite City Works amid a strike by the United Auto Workers.
Midrex: Global DRI Output Increased in 2022
14 September 2023 - Global direct reduced iron (DRI) production rose 6.9% last year, growing to a record 127.4 million metric tons, according to Midrex Technologies’ annual tally.
H2 Green Steel Exploring Projects in North America, South America
07 September 2023 - As H2 Green Steel looks to build its first plant in Sweden, it also is weighing potential green hydrogen and direct reduction projects in the U.S., Canada, Brazil and Portugal, reports the (London) Financial Times.
Boston Metal Closes on US$262 Million in Series C Funding
07 September 2023 - Boston Metal, a startup that is developing an electrolysis-based processed for ironmaking, has closed on US$262 million in Series C fundraising, the company has announced.
Cleveland-Cliffs Reaches Tentative Labor Agreement With Minnesota Iron Ore Miners
30 August 2023 - Newly unionized workers at Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.’s Northshore taconite operation in Minnesota have reached a tentative labor agreement with the steelmaker.
Blastr Green Steel Makes Headway on Proposed Nordic DRI-EAF Facility
28 August 2023 - A European start-up steel producer hopes to name an engineering partner and equipment suppliers sometime in the next few months and is laying the procedural groundwork for its environmental impact assessment, the company reports.
JSW Steel Hoping to Buy Into Canadian Met Coal Operation
25 August 2023 - JSW Steel is looking to acquire a 20% to 40% stake in a Canadian miner’s metallurgical coal business, reports the Bloomberg news service.
Tata Steel to Expand Hot Blast Systems at Three BFs
24 August 2023 - Tata Steel has contracted Danieli Corus to add stoves to the hot blast systems serving three of its furnaces in India.
BlueScope to Proceed With Australian BF Reline
22 August 2023 - Australia’s BlueScope Steel Ltd. will invest AU$1.15 billion to reline a blast furnace at its Port Kembla Steelworks, a move that it says will “secure our immediate future while enabling a transition to lower-emissions steelmaking as soon as it is commercially feasible.”
Salzgitter Commences Reline of Blast Furnace
21 August 2023 - The company announced it has commenced its 100-day, EUR100 million reline of its Blast Furnace A.
NMDC Commissions Blast Furnace at Nagarnar Steel Plant
14 August 2023 - The National Mineral Development Corp. (NMDC) marked the commissioning of its Maa Danteshwari Blast Furnace at its greenfield Nagarnar Steel Plant in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, India, on Saturday, according to The Times of India.
H2 Green Steel Shores Up Supply of DR Pellets
10 August 2023 - In two separate deals, Sweden’s H2 Green Steel is securing its supply of direct reduction iron ore pellets from Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore Company of Canada and Vale.
Rio Tinto Awards Metso Engineering Contract for Low-Carbon Ironmaking Plant
09 August 2023 - Global mining group Rio Tinto has awarded Finland’s Metso a detailed design and engineering contract for its continuous pilot plant for the BioIronTM process, according to a Metso Corp. press release.
JSW Steel Establishes Electrical Steel JV
03 August 2023 - India’s JSW Steel and Japan’s JFE Steel are creating a 50-50 joint venture to produce cold-rolled grain-oriented electric steel, the companies said in a regulatory filing.
Blastr Green Steel Eyes U.K. Port for DR Pellet Plant
10 July 2023 - Startup Blastr Green Steel is considering a U.K. bulk terminal as the home of its planned 6-million-metric-ton direct reduction pellet plant.
Carnegie Mellon University Receives US$3 Million Federal Grant
22 June 2023 - The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) a US$3 million grant to establish a program to advance decarbonization technology in the steel industry.
