Steel News

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.

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.

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.

Allied Mineral Products Marks 10 Years of Operation in India

03 May 2021 - Ohio-based refractories manufacturer Allied Mineral Products is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Indian unit, Allied Refractory Products India, this month.

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.

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.

SMS group Brings Paul Wurth Fully Under Its Roof

21 April 2021 - SMS group has acquired the remaining stake in its Paul Wurth unit from the Luxembourg government and state-owned banks, making it the sole owner of the plant engineering business, the company announced Wednesday.

ABS Becomes Reference for New Danieli Scrap System

21 April 2021 - Danieli’s steelmaking division, Acciaierie Bertoli Safau, is investing in a new Danieli technology that automatically sorts and processes scrap before it is charged into a furnace.

Recycled Zinc Alloy Clears Product Trials

21 April 2021 - Mill byproducts recycler American Zinc Recycling (AZR) has successfully trialed a zinc alloy suitable for use in continuous galvanizing lines, the company reports.

Berry Metal Marks Milestone Anniversary

19 April 2021 - Furnace equipment specialist Berry Metal Co. recently celebrated its 70th anniversary of operation.

Algerian Greenfield Mill Starts Up DRI Unit

15 April 2021 - Algerian Qatari Steel (AQS) has started up a new 2.5-million-metric-ton direct reduction (DR) plant at its greenfield mill in Algeria, capping a project that is more than seven years in the making.

KOCKS Bags Order for Rolling Mill Upgrade

12 April 2021 - India’s Arjas Steel Private Ltd. has ordered a Friedrich KOCKS GmbH & Co. KG reducing and sizing block for its special bar quality (SBQ) mill in Tadipatri.

Nucor, SMS group Ink Maintenance Agreement for New Caster

08 April 2021 - Nucor Corp. has signed SMS group to a multi-year maintenance contract for the new slab caster being installed at its new Kentucky plate mill, the equipment manufacturer has announced.

Primetals Technologies to Equip Tosyali Plant With Second EAF

08 April 2021 - Turkish steel producer Tosyali Demir Celik Sanayi A.S. has placed a follow-on order with Primetals Technologies for a new electric arc furnace and has asked for additional capacity on a recently ordered continuous caster, the equipment manufacturer has announced.