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Big River's Newest Employee Is a Supercomputer
20 March 2017 - Big River Steel has contracted with a Silicon Valley start-up that will incorporate its supercomputer-powered machine learning technology into the steelmaker’s day-to-day operations, the companies announced on Monday.
Open for Business: Executives Cut the Ribbon on America's Newest Steel Mill
01 March 2017 - To measure the significance of Big River Steel’s newly opened mill in Arkansas, you could weigh its current annual capacity, about 1.65 million tons. Or, you could count the money that has been invested in the facility, about US$1.3 billion.
Tata Strikes Deal to Divest U.K. Specialty Steel Business
10 February 2017 - Tata Steel has reached an agreement to sell its U.K. specialty steel business to metals entrepreneur Sanjeev Gupta and his Liberty House Group for 100 million pounds, Tata has announced.
Big River Disclosed Its First-Month's Production. It's A Lot.
09 February 2017 - Start-up Big River Steel produced 63,000 tons of hot-rolled coil in January, its first full month of production, the company has announced.
Commercial Metals Co. Adds Fence Post Capabilities to New Oklahoma Mill
03 February 2017 - Commercial Metals Co. said it will expand its fence post capacity by adding a new production facility at its new micro-mill in Oklahoma.
This Steelmaker Just Announced its Single Largest Investment Ever
31 January 2017 - U.S-based Charter Steel is investing US$150 million in a new special bar quality mill at its Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio, facility, the company announced on Monday.
Evraz Sees North American Production Fall in 2016
19 January 2017 - Weak demand for rail and tube, along with extended outages, led to a 24 percent decline in crude steel production at Evraz’s two North American mini-mills.
Commercial Metals Adds Scrap Capacity in Southeastern U.S.
12 January 2017 - A subsidiary of long products manufacturer Commercial Metals Co. has an agreement to acquire seven scrap facilities from OmniSource Corp., the company has announced.
Texas Rebar Mill Sold to Japanese Steelmaker
22 December 2016 - Japan’s Kyoei Steel Ltd. has acquired a Texas rebar mill for approximately US$52 million, the company said on Thursday.
SMS Completes First Round of Upgrades to Exhaust System at Swedish Mill
21 December 2016 - Swedish tool steel maker Uddeholm AB is modernizing the EAF offgas system at its Hagfors site and has completed the first phase of work, according to the vendor on the project.
Big River Rolls Out Its First Coil
14 December 2016 - Big River Steel has fired up the meltshop and hot mill at its US$1.3 billion facility and has produced its first coil, the steelmaker announced on Wednesday.
SAIL Fires Up New Silicomanganese Furnace
13 December 2016 - Steel Authority of India Ltd. has announced that its Chandrapur ferroalloy plant has begun ramping up a new silicomanganese furnace, said to be India’s largest.
SMS Wraps Up Project on German EAF
05 December 2016 - SMS group has completed upgrades to an electric arc furnace at Germany’s Georgsmarienhütte GmbH, the equipment manufacturer has announced.
Former Wheeling-Pitt Mill Gets a New Owner, and a New Lease on Life
30 November 2016 - A shuttered mill that once belonged to Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel has been sold to an entity that intends to return it to service.
U. S. Steel Keeps Electric Furnace Plans on the Burner, Hopes to Soon Finalize Stelco Sale
02 November 2016 - An electric arc furnace remains in the cards for United States Steel Corp. -- it’s only a matter of finding the right time and place to make the investment, the company’s chief executive said Wednesday.
U. S. Steel Keeps Electric Furnace Plans on the Burner, Hopes to Soon Finalize Stelco Sale
02 November 2016 - An electric arc furnace remains in the cards for United States Steel Corp. -- it’s only a matter of finding the right time and place to make the investment, the company’s chief executive said Wednesday.
SMS to Build Continuous Mill For Omanese Steelmaker
28 October 2016 - SMS group has won a contract to build a continuous rebar mill in Oman, the company has announced.
EAF Production to Gain Ground, But BOF Production to Remain King
18 October 2016 - Electric arc furnace-based steel production will continue to grow faster than basic oxygen furnace production over the next several years, but the latter of the two will remain the dominant method, CRU North American steel consultant Josh Spoores said on Tuesday.
Tosyali Receives Hot DRI Conveyor for Algerian Plant
11 October 2016 - AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH has delivered a specialized bucket conveyor that will enable hot charging of iron into the electric arc furnace at the new Tosyali steel plant in Algeria.
Steelmaker Completes Improvements to Furnace Emissions System
26 September 2016 - Italy’s Acciaierie Bertoli Safau SpA has upgraded its emissions treatment capabilities, adding a system to better control the release of dioxins.
