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Nucor-Yamato Signs FAC for Rolling Mill Upgrade 

12 May 2021 - Nucor-Yamato Steel Co. has issued the final acceptance certificate on improvements to its No. 2 heavy beam mill, according to project contractor SMS group. 

ANDRITZ Tapped for High-Capacity Coating Line Project

12 May 2021 - Taiwan’s Prosperity Tieh has contracted ANDRITZ to build a new high-capacity pickling and galvanizing line, the equipment manufacturer reports.

Stainless Producer Chooses Guild International Laser Welder for New Line 

12 May 2021 - Ohio-based coil processing equipment manufacturer Guild International has landed an order for a fiber laser welder, the company has announced.

JSW Steel Inks Deal to Convert Slabs on ATI Rolling Mill 

06 May 2021 - JSW Steel USA has signed a long-term tolling agreement with Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI), allowing JSW-made carbon slabs to be rolled into coils at ATI’s Brackenridge, Pa., rolling mill. 

Report: Republic Steel Might Resume Rolling Operations at Ohio Mill  

06 May 2021 - Republic Steel is eyeing a potential restart of its Lorain, Ohio, rolling mill, reports The (Elyria, Ohio) Chronicle-Telegram. 

German Port, Steelmakers Look to Establish Hydrogen Link

06 May 2021 - German steel producers thyssenkrupp and Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH (HKM) will work with the Port of Rotterdam to explore hydrogen import opportunities as well as a pipeline corridor between the port and the mills, the companies have announced. 

SMS group Wins Strip Mill Project

06 May 2021 - Turkey’s Habaş A.S. has awarded a contract to SMS group for the expansion of a hot strip mill at the company’s Aliağa plant. 

Nucor Bar Mill to Undergo Enhancements  

06 May 2021 - Nucor Corp.’s board of directors has OK’d a US$58 million investment in the company’s Nebraska engineered bar mill. 

Metalloinvest Signs Danieli to EAF Build 

03 May 2021 - Metalloinvest has announced a RUB6.4 billion (approximately US$85.4 million) investment at its Oskol Electrometallurgical Plant (OEMK), where it will install a new Danieli-built electric arc furnace and a secondary metallurgy facility. 

Tenova to Supply Roll Grinders to Nucor Mills  

03 May 2021 - Nucor Corp. has ordered two Tenova roll grinders for its greenfield plate mill in Kentucky as well as one for its expanding Gallatin sheet mill, Tenova has said. 

Systems Spray-Cooled Supplies Furnace Equipment for Big River Steel

03 May 2021 - Cooling equipment manufacturer Systems Spray-Cooled supplied Big River Steel’s expanded meltshop with nearly three dozen key components, including a roof, elbow, sidewall and offgas duct work, the company reports. 

U.S. Steel Cancels Mon Valley Works Investment 

30 April 2021 - United States Steel Corporation is dropping its billion-dollar plan for a new hot strip mill and co-generation plant at its Mon Valley Works in Pennsylvania.  

Gerdau Completes Structural Mill Improvements

30 April 2021 - Gerdau has conducted initial hot trials on its upgraded structural steel rolling mill in Petersburg, Va., USA, the company said Friday. 

To Keep Steel at Home, China Drops Rebate on Export Tax

29 April 2021 - China is rescinding an export tax rebate on a range of steel products and lifting tariffs on some imports, an effort to reduce output but sustain its own domestic market, reports the Bloomberg news service.  

Paul Wurth, Partners Prepare to Start Tests on CO2 Reduction Technology

29 April 2021 - SMS group’s Paul Wurth unit, in cooperation with Saarstahl and Dillinger, is preparing to start a pilot-scale plant that will covert coke oven gas into a reducing agent injected into a blast furnace. 

Nucor Nears Completion of Two Major Capital Projects

29 April 2021 - Nucor Corp. expects to commission an expanded meltshop in Kentucky and a new galvanizing line in Arkansas in the second half of this year as it continues to progress on its greenfield plate mill, company executives have said. 

Iron Ore Prices Set New Record

29 April 2021 - Steel prices have taken off as global demand recovers, but so too have iron ore prices, reports commodities news and pricing service S&P Global Platts. 

Rising Steel Prices Prompt BlueScope to Raise Earnings Expectations 

27 April 2021 - Australian steel producer BlueScope is revising up its second-half earnings forecast, largely due to the strength in the U.S. sheet market and performance of the company’s North Star mill. 

In India, Medical Oxygen Is in Short Supply. Steelmakers Are Trying to Help. 

27 April 2021 - As India battles a severe second wave of COVID-19 cases, Indian steel producers are helping to fill critical shortages of medical oxygen, reports Quartz India. 

Danieli, Severstal Ink Deal for BF Modernization

27 April 2021 - Danieli Corus has been awarded a contract to modernize a Russian blast furnace, the company has announced.