Steel News

SSAB to Begin Process Route Shift

14 November 2019 - SSAB plans to replace two of its Swedish blast furnaces with an electric arc furnace and intends to be the first to bring a fossil-fuel-free steel to the market, company officials announced during the annual Swedish Steel Prize event this week in Stockholm.

World’s Largest Green Hydrogen Pilot Facility Launched in Austria

13 November 2019 - voestalpine has started up its pilot-scale electrolysis plant and is producing hydrogen derived from renewable sources of electricity. According to voestalpine, the new plant has a capacity of over 6 MW. It uses renewable energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen and will be able to test whether the technology deployed is suitable for use on an industrial scale.

Primetals Technologies Receives Order for Arvedi ESP Line

08 November 2019 - An unidentified Chinese steel producer has contracted Primetals Technologies to build a cast-roll plant at a new steel works in the Hebei Province.

Canadian Galvanizer Breaks Ground on New Facility

08 November 2019 - Canada's Corbec Steel recently celebrated the groundbreaking of its new CA$40 million galvanizing plant in Hamilton, Ont., reports CanadianManufacturing.com.

Acerinox Reaches Agreement to Acquire Specialty Alloy Producer VDM Metals

08 November 2019 - The acquisition of VDM Metals Holding GmbH will allow the Spanish stainless steel manufacturer to grow into new markets.

VINA Kyoei Steel Receives Upgraded Fume System From Tenova

06 November 2019 - Tenova subsidiary Tenova Goodfellow Inc. has commissioned a new "peak shaving" exhaust-cooling system at VINA Kyoei Steel in Vietnam, the company announced recently.

U. S. Steel Cements Stake in Big River Steel

06 November 2019 - United States Steel Corporation has finalized its 49.9% acquisition of Big River Steel, the company has announced.

Gupta Family Steel Mills to Unite Under One Flag, Liberty Steel Group

29 October 2019 - Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance will consolidate its steel operations into a single, global entity with 18 million metric tons of rolling capacity, Gupta announced Tuesday.

EAFs May Dominate in the U.S., But They Can’t Yet Replace BFs, Says Iron Ore Executive

23 October 2019 - Fears that U.S. blast furnaces face imminent extinction are “totally unrealistic,” the top executive at iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. said Wednesday.

Danieli Completes Upgrades to Croatian Steel Plant

22 October 2019 - Acciaierie Bertoli Safau’s Sisak plant in Croatia recently upgraded its special steel meltshop with a Danieli Automation Q-One power system, Danieli has said.

Big River CEO: We Are Aggressively Ramping Up for a Second Mill

17 October 2019 - Big River Steel has created a development company that will handle the preliminary work related to the company’s proposed flat-rolled mill in Texas, chief executive Dave Stickler tells S&P Global Platts.

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.

Liberty Steel To Invest US$25 Million in New EAF, Improvements to Georgetown Works

07 October 2019 - Liberty Steel USA will install a new electric arc furnace at its Georgetown, S.C., wire rod mill and make other improvements to its meltshop, the company has announced.

Primetals Technologies Modernizes Twin EAF for Baosteel

01 October 2019 - The final acceptance certificate has been issued for the modernization of a more than 20-year-old DC twin electric arc furnace at Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.’s (Baosteel) Shanghai, China, plant.

U. S. Steel Announces Plan to Acquire Big River Steel

01 October 2019 - United States Steel Corporation is acquiring a stake in Arkansas-based Big River Steel for US$700 million in cash and will look to buy the rest of the business sometime in the next few years, the company announced Tuesday morning.

Tenova Awarded Contract for Intelligent Waste Heat Recovery Systems

23 September 2019 - China’s Tangshan Zhengfeng Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. recently placed a follow-on order with Tenova for three of its iRecovery® intelligent waste heat recovery systems, the equipment supplier reports.

Danieli to Supply New Quench and Self-Temper Line to Nucor Bar Mill

12 September 2019 - Danieli will be installing a new quenching and self-tempering system at Nucor Steel’s Marion, Ohio, USA, facility, the supplier reports.

Tokyo Steel Chooses Danieli Automated Scrap Handling Solution

05 September 2019 - Tokyo Steel has contracted Danieli to automate classification of scrap at its Kyushu plant, Danieli has announced.

Alton Steel Transfers Ownership to Employee Stock Plan

28 August 2019 - Illinois-based bar manufacturer Alton Steel Inc. has been sold to its 50 full-time salaried employees by way of an employee stock ownership plan, the company has announced.

Job Candidates Line Up for Work at New Rebar Mill

28 August 2019 - Nucor Corp. is need of about 100 more people to fill out the payroll at its rebar mill in Sedalia, Mo., USA. But it shouldn’t have to look too hard – approximately 2,300 people have applied for any of the 250 available positons, according to regional economic development officials.