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voestalpine Patents DR Process

15 June 2021 - voestalpine has received a European patent for sponge iron production process that uses green hydrogen and biogas, the company has announced.  

Industry Services Expands Through Acquisition

15 June 2021 - Refractory maintenance contractor Industry Services Co. has acquired three U.S. and Canadian refractory and industrial maintenance services companies.  

Electrical Steel Line Coming to Big River Steel  

11 June 2021 - United States Steel Corporation plans to invest US$450 million in an electrical steel line at its Big River mill in Arkansas. 

Metinvest Lays Plans for US$1B Cold Mill 

11 June 2021 - Ukrainian steelmaker Metinvest will build a US$1 billion cold-rolled mill at its Ilyich Steel facility in Mariupol and has named Danieli as the primary technology supplier. 

Tenaris Bar Mill Completes Upgrades, Re-Enters Service 

11 June 2021 - Tenaris has restarted its Koppel, Pa., USA, meltshop after making US$15 million in upgrades to the facility.

ABS Starts Highly Automated Wire Rod Mill 

10 June 2021 - Acciaierie Bertoli Safau, the steelmaking arm of Danieli, has inaugurated a new, 500,000-metric-ton wire rod mill in Udine, Italy. 

Cliffs Cuts the Ribbon on HBI Plant

10 June 2021 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. on Wednesday celebrated the first six months of its new direct reduction plant in Ohio. 

Report: Section 232 Tariffs on EU Steel Could Lift By Year’s End

09 June 2021 - The U.S. and the EU could announce a commitment next week to rescind America’s Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum and Europe’s retaliatory tariffs that were imposed in response, reports the Reuters news service.

Outokumpu Appoints New Americas President

09 June 2021 - The acting president of Outokumpu’s North and South American business unit has been given the job on a permanent basis.

New Effort Aims to Develop Syngas, Electrolysis Technologies  

08 June 2021 - Two plant engineering groups have agreed to work together on promoting the combined use of syngas and electrolysis in the iron and steel industry. 

Nucor Contracts KOCKS for Bar Mill Upgrade 

08 June 2021 - German bar mill specialist KOCKS GmbH & Co. KG has received an order from Nucor for a 3-roll reducing and sizing block. 

U. S. Steel Sells Railroad Operation for US$640M

08 June 2021 - United States Steel Corporation has agreed to divest its railroad unit for US$640 million and will use the proceeds to pay down debt.

Nucor Makes US$1B Acquisition in Construction Products Market   

07 June 2021 - Nucor Corp. is taking a bigger step into the downstream construction market, announcing Monday that it has an agreement to acquire Cornerstone Building Brands’ insulated metal panel (IMP) business for US$1 billion in cash. 

Tubemaker to Set Up Mill at SDI Site

07 June 2021 - Bull Moose Tube Co. has announced plans to build a 350,000-ton pipe and tube mill on the campus of a new flat-rolled steel mill in Texas. 

Steel of West Virginia Tapped for Milestone Shipbuilding Project 

07 June 2021 - Steel of West Virginia will supply 1,600 tons of a specialty bar product to what will be the first U.S.-flagged vessel designed to install offshore wind turbines.  

worldsteel: China Propped Up Global Production in 2020

03 June 2021 - Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, global steel production climbed 0.5% in 2020 due to unyielding output from Chinese producers, according to newly published World Steel Association data. 

Report: EU Readying Draft of Carbon Border Tax

03 June 2021 - The European Union is drafting a plan to impose a carbon border tax on steel and other goods and is set to unveil the plan next month, reports the Reuters news service. 

Primetals Technologies Reports Successful Start-Up of Cast-Roll Line 

01 June 2021 - An unidentified Chinese steel producer has started up a new Primetals Technologies Arvedi Endless Strip Production line and produced its first coil, according to the equipment manufacturer.  

Gerdau Opts for Danieli Electrode Regulation System

01 June 2021 - Gerdau will outfit seven of its Brazilian mills with Danieli’s Q-REG electrode regulator system, according to the equipment manufacturer. 

Stelco Signs MOU With Battery Recycler

28 May 2021 - Stelco is partnering with a developer of lithium-ion battery recycling technology to establish an electric vehicle battery recycling operation in North America.