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Fire Puts Japanese Plate Mill Out of Commission For Eight Months
18 January 2017 - A heavy plate mill in Japan is likely to remain off-line for the next eight months following a fire that damaged the facility.
Vietnamese Steel Processor Orders New Paint Line
16 January 2017 - Vietnam’s Ton Dong A Corp. has awarded a contract to Danieli Fata Hunter for a continuous coil coating line at its new plant in the province of Binh Duong province.
Nippon Steel Asks for Production Help Following Fire
13 January 2017 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has asked competitors for help in meeting orders after a fire damaged its heavy plate mill in western Japan.
NLMK to Install New Walking Beam Furnace at U.S. Mill
29 December 2016 - NLMK Group will invest an estimated US$80 million in a new reheat furnace for its U.S. sheet mill in Pennsylvania, the company has announced.
Sweden's SSAB Contracts for Automation System Upgrade
22 December 2016 - SSAB Europe has awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for a new automation system at its mill in Raahe, Finland.
SDI Starts Up New Paint Line at Mississippi Sheet Mill
21 December 2016 - Steel Dynamics Inc. has finished installing a new continuous paint line at its Mississippi sheet plant and coated its first coil there, 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.
U.S. Steel to Restart Idled Strip Mill
13 December 2016 - United States Steel Corp. said it will bring back up the idled hot strip mill at its Granite City Works in Illinois to maintain production as other mills undergo maintenance outages, the steelmaker announced on Tuesday.
Stelco Takes Another Step Toward Completing Restructuring
12 December 2016 - Canada’s Stelco Inc. said it will move ahead with plans to be sold to New York investment firm Bedrock Industries and will seek court approval for the deal.
Steel Researchers Enter New Phase of Belt Casting Study
12 December 2016 - Researchers in the United Kingdom and Canada are undertaking a research project that will explore belt casting’s potential to lower energy costs and as a production route for certain advanced high-strength steels.
U.S. Steel Canada No More. It's Stelco Now.
02 December 2016 - In a move to reassert itself as a Canadian steelmaker that’s now independent of its Pittsburgh-based parent, U.S. Steel Canada is bringing back the Stelco name.
Commerce Department Finalizes Anti-Dumping Duties on Cut-to-Length Plate
01 December 2016 - The U.S. Department of Commerce has set final dumping rates of between 42% and 94.1% on cut-to-length plate from Turkey, Brazil and South Africa.
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.
Nucor Selects Primetals for Plate Mill Upgrades
29 November 2016 - Primetals Technologies has won a contract to upgrade the finishing end of a Nucor plate mill in North Carolina, the equipment manufacturer has announced.
Union Local Says It Will Get Behind U. S. Steel Canada Sale
23 November 2016 - A United Steelworkers union local said it will lend tentative support to a private investment firm’s bid to acquire U. S. Steel Canada, reports the CBC.
Nucor JV Selects SMS to Build Continuous Galv Line
21 November 2016 - SMS group has won a contract to equip a planned galvanizing mill in central Mexico, the company has announced.
Indian Steelmaker to Commission New Ladle Furnace in 2018
14 November 2016 - SMS group has won an order for a 130-ton twin ladle furnace of the Steel Authority of India Ltd., the mill equipment maker has announced.
ArcelorMittal Rolls Out New Automotive Steels
08 November 2016 - ArcelorMittal is expanding its catalog of advanced automotive steels, with some already being offered up for OEM qualification, the company said on Tuesday.
Commerce Department Sets Anti-Dumping Duties on Steel Plate
07 November 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department has set preliminary anti-dumping duties on carbon and alloy cut-to-length plate from China and eight other Asian and European nations.
Report: Tata Might Retain U.K. Steel Business
04 November 2016 - The Tata Group is to decide the fate of its U.K. steel business within the next four weeks, but is leaning toward retaining the operation, reports The Guardian newspaper.
