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SDI Changes Up Senior Leadership Team
15 January 2019 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) is shifting its senior leadership, creating two new positions that will help support its planned US$1.7 billion sheet mill in the southwestern U.S. and moving two other executives.
European Commission Sets April Deadline for Review of Tata-thyssenkrupp Joint Venture
15 January 2019 - European Union competition regulators have extended the timeframe in which they expect to complete a review of Tata Steel and thyssenkrupp’s planned European joint venture, news and commodities pricing service S&P Global Platts reports.
California Steel Plans Strip Mill, Galv Line Improvements
10 January 2019 - California Steel Industries Inc. has awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for electrical and automation upgrades to its 86-inch hot-strip mill and its No. 2 continuous galvanizing line, the plant builder said on Thursday.
Nucor Board OKs US$1.35B Midwest Plate Mill (Updated)
07 January 2019 - Nucor Corp. has revealed plans to build a US$1.35 billion plate mill somewhere in the Midwestern United States to better serve the country’s largest regional plate market.
Despite Uncertain Times, There's Still a Place for Port Talbot Works, Tata Steel Executive Says
03 January 2019 - Tata Steel Europe head Hans Fischer said he believes there is a future for the United Kingdom’s largest steel works, even after the country leaves the European Union, but cautioned that more work is needed to turn around the integrated facility.
Here's Who Tata Steel and thyssenkrupp Have Named to Lead Their European Joint Venture
17 December 2018 - Tata Steel and thyssenkrupp have assembled the senior leadership team for their planned European joint venture, naming a thyssenkrupp executive to oversee an entity that will be Europe’s second-largest steelmaker.
Algoma Exits Creditor Protection, Sets CA$300M Reinvestment Plan
06 December 2018 - Canadian steelmaker Algoma Steel Inc. has emerged from creditor protection as an independent entity, ending three years of uncertainty about its future.
Steel Dynamics to Build US$1.7B Sheet Mill in Southwest U.S.
27 November 2018 - Steel Dynamics Inc. has revealed plans to build an advanced sheet mill somewhere in the southwestern U.S. at a cost of between US$1.7 and US$1.8 billion.
Report: South Korean Steelmaker Exploring Potential Indian JV
27 November 2018 - Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) has had some early discussions with Hyundai Steel about the possibility of setting up a joint-venture mill in India, reports the Business Standard newspaper.
Steel Dynamics Chooses Fives for Process Line Upgrades
21 November 2018 - Steel Dynamics Inc. has awarded a contract to Fives for upgrades to a galvanizing line at its Columbus, Miss., sheet mill.
ANDRITZ Bags Order for Nucor Galvanizing Line
21 November 2018 - Nucor Corp. has selected Austrian equipment builder ANDRITZ to supply a new hot-dipped galvanizing line for its Arkansas sheet mill, the company has announced.
Danieli Contracted for US$650M Sheet Mill Reconfiguration
19 November 2018 - Nucor Corp. has chosen Danieli for a top-to-bottom overhaul of its Gallatin sheet mill in Ghent, Ky., the equipment supplier has announced.
Big River Rolls On – On Its Own
08 November 2018 - Big River Steel, the technology company that happens to make steel, will be doing so independently, the company has said.
Liberty House Expands Roster of Mills Yet Again
02 November 2018 - Metals entrepreneur Sanjeev Gupta and his Liberty House Group have reached a conditional agreement to buy two cold mills and other assets from ArcelorMittal, a strategic acquisition that expands the growing company’s presence in Europe.
ArcelorMittal Takes Control of One of EU’s Largest Steel Works
01 November 2018 - ArcelorMittal has finalized its deal to acquire Italy’s ILVA S.p.A., giving it control of the European Union’s largest steel works.
SSAB Looks to Increase Q&T Capacity Through US$110M Project
01 November 2018 - Swedish steelmaker SSAB said it plans to invest the equivalent of around US$110 million in its Mobile, Ala., USA, plant and increase capacity to make quenched-and-tempered (Q&T) steels and other products.
European Regulators Taking a Closer Look at Tata-thyssenkrupp Deal
30 October 2018 - The European Commission has opened an in-depth assessment of thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel Europe’s planned joint venture.
Essar Steel Creditors Give Nod to ArcelorMittal Offer
30 October 2018 - Essar Steel India Ltd.’s creditors have named ArcelorMittal as the successful bidder for the debt-laden business, accepting its US$6.8 billion offer.
In Surprise Move, Essar Steel Promoters Offer to Repay Lenders and Halt Bankruptcy Sale
25 October 2018 - India’s Ruia family, which promotes Essar Steel India Ltd., have made a last-ditch effort to reclaim the bankrupt business, offering to pay off the equivalent of US$7.4 billion, just as creditors were to vote on a bid from ArcelorMittal.
NLMK USA Strikes Up Conversion Agreement With Nearby Steel Producer
25 October 2018 - Stainless and specialty alloys producer Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) is beginning to roll carbon steel slab for another steelmaker under a newly signed conversion agreement.
