Steel News

Sarralle Lands Order for Hot Charging System

17 July 2023 - Mill equipment manufacturer Sarralle has received an order for a hot charging system from a longs producer in Tennessee.

H2 Green Steel Receives EU Financial Support

14 July 2023 - Steel startup H2 Green Steel will share in EUR1.2 billion in funding under a EU program meant to support the bloc’s clean energy transition.

SSAB Strengthens Partnership With Automotive Components Maker

14 July 2023 - Automotive structural components maker KIRCHHOFF Automotive is elevating its relationship with SSAB with respect to reducing carbon dioxide emissions in its supply chain.

ArcelorMittal Invests in Biocarbon Producer

14 July 2023 - ArcelorMittal is investing CA$6.6 million in biocarbon producer CHAR Technologies Ltd. and also will further explore the use of its product at the steelmaker’s Dofasco facility.

U. S. Steel Offers Environmental Declarations for BRS Customers

13 July 2023 - United States Steel Corporation has begun issuing environmental product declarations on flat-rolled products originating in Big River Steel Works furnaces, the company said Thursday.

POSCO Unveils Revenue, Capacity Growth Target

13 July 2023 - POSCO will move to increase its global capacity to 52 million metric tons and plans to add non-oriented electrical steel capacity in Korea and North America, The Korea Times reports.

Fives to Equip Texas OCTG Mill

12 July 2023 - South Korea’s Husteel has contracted equipment manufacturer Fives to outfit a US$122 million oil country tubular goods manufacturing facility being built in Texas.

A Stainless Steel With Improved Resistance to Hydrogen Embrittlement Hits the Market

12 July 2023 - Nippon Steel has begun shipping a new stainless steel that’s better able to resist embrittlement from contact with liquefied hydrogen, reports Nikkei Asia.

JFE Steel: Aluminum Gigacasting Is ‘A Big Problem’

12 July 2023 - A JFE Steel Corp. executive says a Tesla-pioneered technology could impact demand for its automotive steel, reports the Reuters news service.

Retirement Prompts Leadership Change at CMC

11 July 2023 - Commercial Metals Company (CMC) president Peter Matt will succeed chief executive officer Barbara R. Smith, who has announced that she’ll step down in September.

New Commercial Metals Mill Enters Start-Up Phase

06 July 2023 - Commercial Metals Company (CMC) has started up its new Arizona micro-mill, which has produced its first rebar bundle.

KOCKS Bags Order From Chinese SBQ Mill

06 July 2023 - Sizing mill specialist The KOCKS Group has received an order for a reducing and sizing block that is to be installed in a new special bar quality (SBQ) mill.

Acquisition Expands Leeco Steel Processing Capabilities

06 July 2023 - Steel plate distributor Leeco Steel has acquired a Texas processor that specializes in plasma and oxy-fuel cutting and machining.

H2 Green Steel Secures EUR1.5 Billion Supply Agreement

06 July 2023 - European steel startup H2 Green Steel has signed a binding, seven-year agreement with automotive components and systems maker ZF.

Primetals Technologies, ABF to Collaborate on Metals Inventory Management Solutions

05 July 2023 - Primetals Technologies has struck a partnership with German storage logistics specialist ABF GmbH to jointly develop and market inventory management solutions for the metals industry.

Industry Icon Thomas C. Graham Passes

05 July 2023 - Thomas C. Graham, a respected steel industry executive who led turnarounds of several U.S. producers, including what was then the USX steel division, died Monday at the age of 96.

ArcelorMittal Signs Sustainability MoU With Automotive Supplier Snop

28 June 2023 - The steelmaker and the automotive supplier signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) today to strengthen the companies’ cooperation on environmental sustainability.

AM/NS India Selects ABB for Electrification of Advanced Cold Rolling Mill

28 June 2023 - ABB announced today it has been tapped to provide the electrification and automation systems for ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India’s (AM/NS India) advanced steel cold rolling mill in Hazira, GJ, India.

SMS group Tapped to Upgrade Spanish ERW Line

28 June 2023 - The equipment supplier has been contracted to modernize the forming section for Tuflesa electric resistance welding (ERW) line in Spain, SMS group has announced.

McDonald Steel to Permanently Close

28 June 2023 - Opened in 1918 by the Carnegie Steel Co., the special shapes mill in McDonald, Ohio, USA, will close permanently by year’s end.