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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AK Steel Completes Ashland BF Hearth Reline, Resumes Full Production
04 December 2014 - The reline of AK Steel’s blast furnace hearth at its Ashland, Ky., Works was successful and the blast furnace has returned to full production following an approximate four-week planned outage for maintenance work.
India’s Largest Blast Furnace Blown-In at SAIL Plant in Burnpur
04 December 2014 - The largest blast furnace in India was blown-in at SAIL’s IISCO Steel Plant on 30 November 2014 in Burnpur, India.
Essar Steel Commissions 6 MTPA Integrated Pellet Complex in India
02 December 2014 - Essar Steel announced the commissioning of an integrated Pellet Complex in State of Odisha, India, comprised of an iron ore beneficiation facility at Dabuna (Keonjhar), 6 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) Pellet plant at Paradeep (Jagatsinghpur) and 253 kms long slurry pipe line with 12 MTPA carrying capacity connecting the beneficiation facility and pellet plant.
NLMK Marks 80th Anniversary with Jubilee Pig Iron Heat at BF No. 7
26 November 2014 - Novolipetsk, NLMK Group’s main plant, celebrated the 80th anniversary of the production of its first pig iron with a formal jubilee heat ceremony held at blast furnace No. 7, one of the most modern and efficient furnaces in the world.
Metalloinvest Begins Construction of World’s Largest HBI Plant
20 October 2014 - Metalloinvest has entered the active phase of construction and installation for the third hot briquetted iron plant (HBI-3 Plant) at Lebedinsky GOK in Gubkin, Belgorod region of Russia.
Essar Steel Minnesota Closes Financing for 7 MTPA Pellet Project
09 October 2014 - Essar Steel Minnesota LLC (ESML) has succeeded in reaching a major financial milestone by closing the financing to complete construction of its fully permitted open-pit iron ore mine, crushing, concentrating and pelletizing facilities, which will have an annual pellet production capacity of 7 million tons.
ArcelorMittal Ostrava Modernizing Blast Furnace Hot Stoves
03 October 2014 - ArcelorMittal Ostrava is modernizing three hot-blast stoves used for the heating of air blown to its blast furnaces.
NLMK Enhances Efficiency of Blast Furnace Operations
02 October 2014 - NLMK Group, a leading manufacturer of steel and rolled products with high added value in Russia, has upgraded air-blowing equipment used in blast furnace operations in Lipetsk.
Magnetation Begins Production at New Iron Ore Pellet Plant
30 September 2014 - Magnetation LLC has successfully produced its first iron ore pellets at its new pellet plant in Reynolds, Ind.
Danieli Corus Wins Contract for Rebuild of Blast Furnace at SAIL’s Rourkela Plant
29 August 2014 - Danieli Corus has received a contract for the rebuild of Blast Furnace No. 1 at the Rourkela Steel Plant of the Steel Authority of India.
voestalpine Comments on HBI Contract with AHMSA, Says Other Negotiations Underway
21 August 2014 - voestalpine has revealed further details about its HBI supply agreement with AHMSA, and said negotiations with other North Ameican and European companies are currently underway.
Paul Wurth Introduces New Tuyere Phenomena Detection System
08 August 2014 - Within the past three years, Paul Wurth has developed new monitoring technology for the tuyeres and raceway area of blast furnaces.
Modernization of Blast Furnace 2 at ThyssenKrupp Duisburg-Schwelgern Making Good Progress
31 July 2014 - The modernization of blast furnace 2 in Duisburg-Schwelgern is proceeding according to schedule.
EVRAZ ZSMK Adopts Pulverized Coal Injection Technology
24 July 2014 - EVRAZ ZSMK, the eastern-most steel mill in Russia, has launched a pulverized coal injection unit for two of its blast furnaces.
Magnetation Completes US$100 Million Financing for Accelerated Iron Ore Expansion Projects
18 July 2014 - Magnetation LLC has successfully completed a US$100 million senior secured notes tack-on offering. The proceeds from the offering will be used to complete its iron ore expansion projects ahead of schedule and finance the increased production capacity of its new iron ore concentrate plant.
North Star BlueScope Decides Not to Build DRI Facility in Ohio
18 July 2014 - North Star BlueScope Steel (NSBSS), jointly owned by BlueScope (50%) and Cargill Inc. (50%), has concluded a detailed scoping and development study for a potential direct reduction iron (DRI) plant at its Delta, Ohio, steelworks.
Paul Wurth to Purchase Schalke Coke Oven Machine Technology
16 July 2014 - On 2 July 2014, Paul Wurth Italia S.p.A. and the German company Schalker Eisenhütte Maschinenfabrik GmbH signed an Asset Purchase Agreement regarding the transfer of Schalke’s coke oven machine segment to the Paul Wurth Group.
Ferriola Hints at Second DRI Plant for Louisiana
23 June 2014 - A report by American Metal Market, sponsor of the New York Steel Success Strategies XXIX, organized by World Steel Dynamics, claims that American steelmaker Nucor Corporation is seriously considering a new Direct-Reduced Iron (DRI) plant in Louisiana, USA, as well as a new heat-treat line at its Tuscaloosa, Alabama, plate mill.
AMM Article: DRI Output to Soar by 2020: Midrex
20 June 2014 - Midrex Technologies Inc. expects direct-reduced iron (DRI) output in the United States to surpass 10 million tons annually "sometime near the end of the decade," director of marketing Henry P. Gaines said.
Synthesis Energy, ZCM-SES, and Midrex Sign Marketing Agreement for Clean Coal-based DRI Facilities
03 June 2014 - Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (SES) (NASDAQ: SYMX) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, SES Technologies, LLC, Shanghai-based ZCM-SES Sino-U.S. Clean Energy Technologies Limited (ZCM-SES), and Midrex Technologies, Inc. (Midrex), a subsidiary of Kobe Steel Limited (ADR-OTC:KBSTY), have entered into an exclusive agreement for the joint marketing of coal gasification-based direct reduced iron (DRI) facilities in China.
