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thyssenkrupp May Look to Sell Heavy Plate Business
13 August 2019 - thyssenkrupp has launched a review of its heavy plate business along with two others and may look to divest them, the company has said.
Danieli Lands Contract for Plate Mill Improvements
12 August 2019 - PAO Severstal has awarded a contract to Danieli for upgrades to a plate mill at its Cherepovets works.
Nucor Names GM for New Plate Mill
07 August 2019 - Nucor Steel Kankakee vice president and general manager Johnny Jacobs will helm the steelmaker’s planned US$1.35 billion plate mill in Kentucky, the company has said.
Primetals Technologies Lands Order for Strip Mill Tech Packages
31 July 2019 - Baoshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd. subsidiary Baosteel Zhanjiang has contracted Primetals Technologies to supply digitalization packages, automation technology and electrical equipment for a planned 1,780-mm hot strip mill.
SMS group Lands Contract for US$1.9 Billion Sheet Mill
24 July 2019 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) has selected SMS group to build its planned US$1.9 billion flat-rolled mill in Texas, the equipment supplier revealed on Wednesday.
Nucor to Complete Several Expansion Projects This Year
24 July 2019 - Nucor Corp. has begun commissioning a new galvanizing line at its Kentucky sheet mill and is nearing completion of its joint-venture galvanizing line in Mexico, according to chairman and chief executive John Ferriola.
AK Steel Receives DOE Research Grant
24 July 2019 - AK Steel Corp. has accepted a U.S. Energy Department research grant that will help it to develop automotive components with tailored strengths.
Steel Dynamics Sites Planned Mill in Texas
22 July 2019 - Steel Dynamics Inc. will build its US$1.9 billion flat-roll mill in Sinton, Texas, about 30 miles northwest of the port of Corpus Christi, the company announced Monday.
Tata Steel Not Seeking Partner for European Mills
18 July 2019 - After seeing its European venture with thyssenkrupp collapse, Tata Steel had hinted that it might look for a new partner. But a new agreement is apparently not in the cards at the moment, reports Indian financial website moneycontrol.com.
U.S. Sets Preliminary Anti-Circumvention Duty on Certain Vietnamese Steels
08 July 2019 - The U.S. Department of Commerce is imposing new duties on certain cold-rolled and corrosion-resistant steels from Vietnam, arguing that exporters are trying to circumvent fair trade measures by routing substrate from Korea and Taiwan through Vietnam.
Liberty Finalizes Acquisition of European Mills
02 July 2019 - Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty Steel has closed on its EUR740 million acquisition of several ArcelorMittal Europe steel plants, completing a deal that establishes Liberty as one of the biggest steelmakers in the continent.
Thyssenkrupp Labor Leaders Call for Definitive Post-Merger Plan
27 June 2019 - Thyssenkrupp labor unions are demanding that the company develop a clear strategy for its steel unit now that plans to merge it with Tata Steel’s European strip business have fallen apart, the Reuters news service reports.
SDI Wins Tax Break for Mill Site
27 June 2019 - A Texas school board has greenlighted a tax incentive plan for Steel Dynamics Inc., seemingly clearing the way for a final decision on the steelmaker’s planned US$1.8 billion flat-rolled mill.
Big River Steel Has Finalized Financing for Its Mill Expansion. Here’s How Much.
04 June 2019 - Big River Steel has lined up US$777 million in financing for the planned expansion of its flat-rolled mill in Osceola, Ark., USA, the company has said.
SMS group Gets the Nod for Reheat Furnace Build
30 May 2019 - SMS group has landed an order to build a new reheat furnace for the NLMK DanSteel A/S plate mill in Denmark.
ArcelorMittal Allocates US$162 Million for Burns Harbor Improvements
15 May 2019 - ArcelorMittal will invest US$162 million in its integrated Burns Harbor facility in Indiana, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.
SMS group Moves Toward Completion of SDI Columbus Upgrades
13 May 2019 - SMS group said it expects to begin commissioning several upgrades it is making to a Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) sheet mill this summer.
Tata, thyssenkrupp Joint Venture Plan Falls Apart
10 May 2019 - Tata Steel and thyssenkrupp have all but called off plans to combine their European strip businesses, saying that they believe the deal is not likely to win approval from antitrust regulators.
Primetals Technologies Gets the Nod for U. S. Steel Strip Mill
07 May 2019 - United States Steel Corporation has chosen Primetals Technologies’ Arvedi ESP (Endless Strip Production) technology for its new US$1 billion hot strip mill, the equipment supplier confirmed on Tuesday.
Rising Imports Force ArcelorMittal to Curtail Production
06 May 2019 - ArcelorMittal is throttling back its European flat steel production by 3 million metric tons, citing what it called an unprecedented rise in steel imports as well as increasing costs for carbon allowances under the EU’s carbon emissions trading plan.
