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Survey: Metals Executives Have High Expectations for Growth in 2021

17 March 2021 - North American Metals sector leaders are anticipating a significant jump in revenue this year, but are wary of the potential for inflation in the coming years, according to a survey of C-suite executives.   

Nucor Anticipating Record Q1 Profitability

16 March 2021 - With strong across-the-board steel demand, Nucor Corp. expects to report a record profit in the first quarter. 

China’s Steel Output Rises in Early 2021 

16 March 2021 - China produced nearly 175 million metric tons of steel in January and February, an increase of almost 13%, reports the Reuters news service. 

Chilean Producer to Study H2 Steelmaking

16 March 2021 - Chile’s Compañia Siderúrgica Huachipato SA (CSH) has signed a technological cooperation agreement with Paul Wurth to explore a shift to low-carbon steelmaking. 

Salzgitter Debuts Wind Energy Project

12 March 2021 - Salzgitter and industrial partners have the cut the ribbon on a wind-powered generation facility at its Salzgitter Flachstahl plant, setting the stage for future green hydrogen production.

Nucor Board OKs US$164 Million Tube Mill Project 

10 March 2021 - Nucor Corp.’s board of directors has approved a plan to build a US$164 million tube mill somewhere in the Midwest, the company said on Tuesday. 

Steelmakers Planning 12M Ton Greenfield Mill in India

10 March 2021 - Joint-venture partners ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel Corp. have signed an agreement with the Indian state of Odisha to build a 12-million-metric-ton greenfield steel mill, reports The Hindu BusinessLine newspaper.

Danieli Reports Successful Installation of Bar Processing Unit 

10 March 2021 - Japanese long products maker Topy Industries Ltd. has put a new Danieli-built bar straightener into service at its Toyohashi plant. 

Green Steel Will Require Clean Gas. One Distributor Is Aiming to Help Fill that Need.  

10 March 2021 - Industrial gas supplier Linde has launched a new line of atmospheric gases that are produced with renewable energy. 

Ohio EAF Returns to Service   

08 March 2021 - After a half-year hiatus, JSW Steel is set to resume steelmaking at its Mingo Junction, Ohio, plant, reports commodities news and pricing service Argus. 

Crane Builder Upsizes Production Capabilities 

08 March 2021 - Electric overhead traveling crane and wire rope hoist manufacturer Ace World Companies is relocating its Knoxville, Tenn., USA, fabrication shop to a larger facility, a move that will accommodate increased output and production of larger cranes. 

U. S. Steel Snaps Up IP Rights to High-Strength Grades

04 March 2021 - United States Steel Corporation has acquired the patents and trademarks related to proprietary sheet steels developed by Rhode Island-based The NanoSteel Co.

Carbon Reduction Efforts Could Drive Big Changes in Chinese Steel Industry

04 March 2021 - With China’s annual parliamentary meetings getting underway today in Beijing, the country’s steel industry could see a number of important policy changes, reports commodities news and pricing service S&P Global Platts. 

Sarralle Steel Melting Plant Electrifies AM/NS Calvert Facility

02 March 2021 - Steel mill solutions specialist Sarralle has been awarded a contract to build an electric arc furnace for the AM/NS Calvert re-rolling facility in Alabama. 

USW Ratifies Contract with NLMK Pennsylvania

02 March 2021 - Union workers at NLMK Pennsylvania have accepted a new labor contract, officially ending a strike that began last summer, reports The (Sharon, Pa.) Herald newspaper. 

Cleveland-Cliffs Sets Middletown Maintenance Outage

01 March 2021 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is bringing up a blast furnace at its newly acquired Cleveland Works in Ohio as it idles another for a planned maintenance outage.

Primetals, Midrex Ink Deal for 2M-Metric-Ton HBI Plant 

01 March 2021 - Consortium partners Midrex Technologies and Primetals Technologies have won a contract to build what they say will be the world’s largest hot briquetted iron (HBI) plant in Russia’s Kursk region. 

Salzgitter Earns Low-Carbon Certification

01 March 2021 - Steelmaker Salzgitter said certain of its hot-rolled and galvanized strip grades have received low-CO2 certification under German testing, inspection and certification specialist TÜV SÜD’s VERIsteel standard.  

Hoa Phat Group Gears Up for Hot-Rolled Expansion

01 March 2021 - Vietnam’s Hoa Phat Group will launch an expansion of its Dung Quat complex early next year, the company has said. 

SMS group Contracted for Turkish Wire Rod Mill Upgrade

25 February 2021 - Turkish steel manufacturer Kardemir (Karabük Demir Çelik Fabrikalari A.S.) has awarded SMS group a contract for the replacement of key components of its wire rod mill in Karabük.