Continuous Casting
Includes news about all types of continuous casting processes, including strip, thin strip, bloom, billet and beam.
Latest News
Vietnamese Steelmaker Announces Plans for Mammoth US$10.6B Works
30 August 2016 - Vietnam’s Hoa Sen Group plans to build a giant US$10.6 billion steel works whose targeted capacity would exceed the country’s total production in 2015, reports the online VN Express News.
BlueScope Steel Exits Castrip Joint Venture
23 August 2016 - Australia’s BlueScope Steel Ltd. has divested its stake in Castrip LLC, its thin strip casting technology joint venture, for US$20 million, the steelmaker disclosed on Monday.
Slab Caster at New Brazilian Steel Works Now in Operation
17 August 2016 - Startup Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP) has put its new two-strand continuous slab caster into service, according to the equipment vendor, Primetals Technologies.
Chinese Steelmaker Acquires Castrip License
08 August 2016 - North Carolina-based Castrip LLC has licensed its casting technology to a Chinese steelmaker, marking the first time Castrip technology will be employed in an overseas facility.
Mitt Romney's Former Investment Firm Wants to Buy a Steel Mill
27 July 2016 - Bain Capital, the investment firm that was founded by former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, is part of a consortium of lenders looking to acquire Canada’s Essar Steel Algoma, reports the online SooToday.com
Steelworkers Union Rebuffs Would-Be Acquirer of Essar Algoma, Backs Competing Offer
12 July 2016 - The United Steelworkers union said it will not support Essar Steel Algoma’s tentative sale to a private equity firm and instead is pushing for an alternate deal, one with the steelmaker’s former owner.
No Guarantees That Port Talbot Works Will Be Saved, Says Tata Executive
11 July 2016 - Tata Steel cannot guarantee that the U.K.’s largest steelmaking facility has a future ahead of it, even if it is able to sign a joint venture agreement for its strip business, reports The Guardian newspaper.
In India, A New Steel Mill Comes to Life
06 July 2016 - Steelmaking facilities at Tata Steel’s new integrated mill in India have been successfully commissioned, according to machine and mill builder SMS group.
Steel Market Conditions Prompt Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Reduce Costs at Primetals Venture
13 June 2016 - In the face of a weak steel market, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is looking to cut costs at its Primetals Technologies venture, reports the Bloomberg news service.
ArcelorMittal Plans to Overhaul Continuous Casters at Spanish Mill
10 June 2016 - SMS group has won a contract to overhaul two continuous slab casters at an ArcelorMittal sheet mill in Spain, the company has announced.
Steel Industry Urged to Embrace Innovation, and Quickly
17 May 2016 - United States Steel Corporation chief executive Mario Longhi issued a challenge to the steel industry, saying that it must innovate or run the risk of being displaced by other materials.
Rainfall Hampers Start of Work on New Mill
17 May 2016 - Construction on Commercial Metals Company’s new micro-mill in Oklahoma is off to a soggy start.
UAE Investment Firm Plans New Rebar Mill
17 May 2016 - An investment firm that is partly owned by the United Arab Emirates has signed an agreement to build a 300,000 metric ton rebar plant, reports The National newspaper.
AIST's Annual Trade Show to See One of Its Best Turnouts
15 May 2016 - More than 7,500 people are expected to attend the Association for Iron & Steel Technology’s annual conference and exposition, AISTech, which informally opened Sunday in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Chinese Steelmaker Accepts New Continuous Caster
17 March 2016 - China’s Hebei Puyang Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. has signed the final acceptance certificate for its new single-strand slab caster, according to the equipment manufacturer.
Strike Ends at ArcelorMittal Steel Works
15 March 2016 - ArcelorMittal has reached an agreement with striking workers at its Lazaro Cardenas steel works in Mexico, according to reports.
Primetals Awarded Contract for Caster Modernization
08 March 2016 - Italian steelmaker Acciaierie Valbruna S.p.a. plans to modernize the three-strand continuous billet caster at its Bolzano plant, according to the vendor on the project.
Striking Workers Halt Production at Mexican Plant
07 March 2016 - Unionized workers at ArcelorMittal’s Lazaro Cardenas steel works in Mexico have walked off the job, saying that the company has violated their collective bargaining agreement.
Citing Losses, Australian Steelmaker Says It May Partially or Fully Close Its Integrated Steel Works
17 February 2016 - Arrium, an Australian iron ore miner and steel producer, posted an AU$235.8 million loss in the first half of fiscal 2016 and said it needs to find AU$60 million in cost savings or it will idle all or part of its integrated Whyalla works.
SDI Co-Founder Richard Teets Calls it a Career and Announces March Retirement
17 February 2016 - Steel Dynamics Inc. co-founder and former AIST board president Richard P. Teets Jr. has announced he’ll retire in March, bringing to an end a nearly 40-year steelmaking career and prompting the company to reorganize its management structure.
