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Continuous Casting

Includes news about all types of continuous casting processes, including strip, thin strip, bloom, billet and beam.

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North Star Expansion: So Far, So Good, CEO Says 

24 February 2020 - North Star BlueScope Steel’s expansion of its Ohio sheet mill is on schedule and progressing well, BlueScope managing director and chief executive Mark Vassella said Monday. 

German Mill Puts New Billet Caster Into Service 

21 February 2020 - Germany’s Saarstahl AG has successfully commissioned a new five-strand billet caster, according to the machine’s builder, SMS group. 

Chinese Mill Orders Danieli SBQ Bloom Caster 

17 January 2020 - Danieli has been chosen to install a new, technologically advanced 5-strand bloom caster at China’s Chengde Jianlong Special Steel Co. Ltd.

Danieli Lands Order for Bar Mill Caster, Secondary Metallurgy Station 

19 December 2019 - Nucor Corp. has chosen Danieli to provide a new 4-strand billet caster and secondary metallurgy station for its Kankakee bar mill in Bourbonnais, Ill., USA, the equipment supplier has announced.   

SMS Group Earns Final Acceptance Certificate for Ultrawide Slab Caster 

17 December 2019 - China’s Shandong Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd. has issued the final acceptance certificate on its new ultrawide slab caster, reports the machine’s builder, SMS group. 

U. S. Steel Turns to Danieli for Slab Caster Improvement

12 December 2019 - United States Steel Corporation will revamp the C Line slab caster at its Gary Works in Indiana following the successful installation and commissioning of Danieli stopper-rod control systems, mold-level control sensors and automation packages on other units. 

SMS group Lands Contract for One Very Large Caster 

07 November 2019 - Nucor Corp.’s planned plate mill will be home to one of the world’s largest continuous casters, the company contracted to build the machine said on Thursday. 

CMC Shutters California Meltshop

17 October 2019 - Commercial Metals Company has closed the meltshop at its California rebar mill, saying that regulatory costs are making it too difficult to compete, reports news and commodities pricing service Argus. 

SMS group Lands Order for Ohio Caster

15 October 2019 - SMS group has been awarded a contract to supply a thin-slab caster to North Star BlueScope Steel as part of the Delta, Ohio, sheet mill’s planned US$700 million expansion.

Valin Xiangtan Starts Up New Large Bloom Caster From Danieli

09 October 2019 - The caster is the first in the world operating with different withdrawal units to perform simultaneous soft and hard reduction, according to the supplier.

Czech Steelmaker Orders Casting Automation Package

25 September 2019 - Danieli Automation will install a new casting temperature simulation package at Třinecké Železárny, an integrated producer of long products located in the Czech Republic.

Danieli Wins Order for Casting Automation Package for Czech Steelmaker

25 September 2019 - Danieli Automation will install a new casting temperature simulation package at Třinecké Železárny, a producer of long products located in the Czech Republic.

Primetals Technologies, Tata Steel Europe Commission Automation System – From Afar

19 September 2019 - Primetals Technologies and Tata Steel Europe reached a first in their 50-year relationship – Primetals Technologies remotely commissioned a new level 2 automation system for a caster.

New Caster Planned for Nucor Bar Mill

17 September 2019 - Nucor Corp. has unveiled plans to invest an additional US$40 million in it is Kankakee bar mill in Illinois, where it already is installing a new merchant bar mill.

Primetals Technologies Automation Upgrades Receive Final Acceptance from Gerdau

05 September 2019 - Primetals Technologies has received the final acceptance certificates on level 1 and 2 systems upgrades at Gerdau's Ouro Branco mill in Brazil. 

SMS Tapped to Revamp Salzgitter Caster

04 September 2019 - SMS group has been commissioned to revamp the No. 1 continuous caster at Salzgitter Flachstahl’s Salzgitter works in Germany.

Chinese Casters Re-Enter Production Following Improvements

03 September 2019 - China’s TISCO has completed upgrades to two thin-slab casters and has returned the machines to service, reports Danieli, the project contractor.

Primetals Technologies to Supply Third Caster at Chinese Mill

27 August 2019 - Primetals Technologies has received an order for a continuous slab caster from China’s Baosteel Zhanjiang, the equipment supplier has said.

BlueScope to Proceed With U.S. Expansion

19 August 2019 - Australian steel producer BlueScope Steel Ltd. is expanding their North Star business in Delta, Ohio, USA.

Nucor Crawfordsville – and Thin Slab Casting – Turn 30

13 August 2019 - Nucor Corp. recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first EAF mill in South Carolina. But another of its mills that has an important place in the mini-mill revolution also is celebrating a milestone anniversary this summer: Nucor’s sheet mill in Crawfordsville, Ind., USA, turned 30.

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