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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Mechel Signs Long-Term Coal Deal With Asian Steelmaker
03 September 2015 - Russian coal and steel producer Mechel OAO has signed a long-term agreement to provide metallurgical coal to a Japanese steelmaker, the company has announced.
Outotec Wins Order for Iranian Beneficiation Plant
01 September 2015 - Outotec Oyj has been awarded an EUR 45 million contract to outfit a new iron ore beneficiation plant for Iran's Khorasan steel complex, Outotec has announced.
BlueScope Port Kembla Works Being Set Up For Failure, Union Says
31 August 2015 - The Australian Workers’ Union is calling an on-site meeting at BlueScope Steel’s Port Kembla works this week to figure out a way to save the operation, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.
Cliffs Natural Resources CEO: China Steel Exports Reach 'Crazy' Levels
20 August 2015 - Chinese-made steel exports are likely to surge to more than 100 million metric tons this year, Cliffs Natural Resources CEO Lourenco Goncalves told BloombergBusiness.
Troubled South African Steelmaker Selling Iron Ore Mine
19 August 2015 - Integrated steelmaker Evraz Highveld Steel & Vanadium is selling its Mapochs iron ore mine, according to Mining Weekly.
Magnitogorsk Holding On To Stake In Iron Ore Producer
18 August 2015 - Russia's OAO Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel is going to wait for better days in the iron ore market before selling its piece of ore producer Fortescue Metals Group Ltd., according to BloombergBusiness.
U.S. Steel To Shut Down Alabama Blast Furnace, Finishing Operations
17 August 2015 - United States Steel Corp. intends to shut down -- permanently -- the blast furnace and halt most of the finishing operations at its Fairfield Works in Alabama on account of the new electric arc furnace being installed there, the Pittsburgh-based company has announced.
Steelmakers Set To Ink Deal on Technology Transfer
03 August 2015 - South Korean steelmaker Posco is expected to sign an agreement with India's Mesco Steel to transfer its Finex technology to a Mesco facility, according to the Business Standard newspaper.
Cliffs Natural Resources Idling Minnesota Taconite Operation
03 August 2015 - Lower orders and higher inventories have prompted Cleveland-based Cliffs Natural Resources to temporarily idle its United Taconite operation in the Minnesota Iron Range.
EVRAZ NTMK Launches New Air Separation Facilities
24 July 2015 - EVRAZ NTMK commissioned two air separation facilities that will supply nitrogen, oxygen and argon to its blast furnace and converter shops.
Midrex and Synthesis Energy Systems Expand Global Strategic Alliance for Optimizing MXCOL® DRI Facilities
23 July 2015 - Midrex Technologies, Inc. (Midrex), a subsidiary of Kobe Steel, Ltd., and Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (SES) announced the signing of a Project Alliance Agreement that expands their exclusive relationship for integration and optimization of direct reduction ironmaking (DRI) technology using coal gasification.
Primetals Technologies to supply the equipment for relining a blast furnace for ROGESA
14 July 2015 - Primetals Technologies has received an order from ROGESA Roheisengesellschaft Saar mbH in Dillingen, Germany, to modernize the electrical, measuring, analytical and automation equipment in conjunction with the relining of blast furnace 4.
Alpha Natural Resources Announces Consolidation of Marcellus Shale Joint Venture Ownership
08 July 2015 - Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Pennsylvania Services Corporation (PSC), has acquired the 50% interest in its natural gas exploration and production joint venture, Pennsylvania Land Resources Holding Company, LLC (PLR), owned by EDF Trading Resources, LLC (EDFTR).
EU Supports Testing of Groundbreaking Iron Production Technology
07 July 2015 - The European Union has agreed to contribute 7.4m euros towards testing a groundbreaking new iron production process being developed at Tata Steel’s IJmuiden steelworks in the Netherlands.
Gerdau Completes Coke Oven Plant in India
07 July 2015 - As reported by the Business Standard, secondary steel maker Gerdau has inaugurated a coke oven plant built at an investment of around Rs 500 crore at Tadipatri in Andhra Pradesh.
Yong Steel Group Co. Ltd. Extends Lance Tube Life From One Month to One Year With Sandvik Stainless Steel
02 July 2015 - Chinese company extends lance tube life from one month to a year with Sandvik stainless steel Yong Steel Group Co. Ltd, a leading iron and steel producer in China, was able to extend the service life of its pulverized coal injection (PCI) lance tubes – one of the most important blast furnace components – from as little as one month to a year.
Mechel Reports First Quarter 2015 Operational Results
01 July 2015 - Mechel OAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announced their operational results for the First Quarter of 2015.
2014 World DRI Production Tops 74.5 Million Tons
30 June 2015 - The world’s direct reduction industry produced 74.55 million tons of DRI Products in 2014 according to data compiled by Midrex and audited by World Steel Dynamics.
Alpha Natural Resources Idles North Fork No. 7 Mine
26 June 2015 - Alpha Natural Resources said Monday is has idled the North Fork No. 7 metallurgical coal mine in Letcher County, Kentucky, says a report by Platts.
Tosyali Holding to Build World’s Largest DRI Combo Plant
23 June 2015 - Tosyali Holding has awarded Midrex Technologies, Inc., and its partner Paul Wurth S.A. Technologies, Inc., the project to build the world’s largest multiple product direct reduced iron plant for Tosyali Algeria located in Bethioua (Oran), Algeria.
