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The latest news on companies supplying equipment, products and/or services to the iron and steel industry.
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Danieli Sees Continuing U.S. Investment
09 May 2018 - For Italian equipment manufacturer Danieli, stable steel consumption in Europe and the U.S. is leading to contracts for upgrades and modernizations. However, conditions haven’t been right for expansive, capital-intensive projects, said Danieli board chairman Gianpietro Benedetti.
Stainless Producer Signs Off on New Converter Equipment
02 May 2018 - SMS group has received the final acceptance certificate on a new torque retainer system at Acerinox Group’s Columbus Stainless Ltd. in Middelburg, South Africa.
Danieli Lands Additional Order From Vietnamese Mill
02 May 2018 - Vietnam’s Nghi Son Cast Iron and Steel has placed a follow-on order with Danieli for two water treatment plants at its mill in the Thanh Hoa province.
Kocks Bags Two Rolling Mill Equipment Orders
30 April 2018 - German bar and rod mill specialist Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG has won separate orders for reducing and sizing blocks from two Chinese steel manufacturers, the company has announced.
Severstal Places 400K Ton Galvanizing Line Into Service
23 April 2018 - PAO Severstal’s Cherepovets mill has started up a new continuous galvanizing line and produced its first coil, according to the equipment supplier on the project.
Primetals Technologies Expands Industry 4.0 Offerings Through Predictive Maintenance Collaboration
19 April 2018 - Primetals Technologies is partnering with a U.S.-based firm specializing in predictive maintenance for the steel industry, creating a business collaboration that will cut a wide swath through the maintenance services market.
Refractories Maker Opens Russian Plant
16 April 2018 - Ohio-based refractories manufacturer Allied Mineral Products Inc. has initiated production at its newest facility in Yelabuga, Russia, the company said in an announcement.
New 2.5M-Ton Russian Blast Furnace Enters Production
10 April 2018 - Russian steelmaker EVRAZ has blown in a new blast furnace at its Nizhny Tagil facility, reports the equipment supplier on the project.
Ohio HBI Plant to Utilize AUMUND Cooling Technology
09 April 2018 - Bulk material conveying specialist AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH has signed a contract to supply the evaporation cooling system on iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.’s hot briquetted iron plant in Ohio, the company said Monday.
Cleveland-Cliffs Marks Start of Construction on HBI Plant
06 April 2018 - Iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. broke ground Thursday on its US$700 million hot-briquetted iron plant in Ohio, celebrating the start of work on a project that could displace up to 1.6 million tons’ worth of imported iron units.
Hyundai Steel Signs Off on New Long Steel Rolling Mills
06 April 2018 - South Korea’s Hyundai Steel has issued final acceptance certificates on two bar mills installed at its Dangjin plant.
GrafTech Prepares for Return to NYSE
22 March 2018 - Graphite electrode manufacturer GrafTech International is looking to raise upwards of US$100 million through an initial public offering, reports Crain’s Cleveland Business.
HarbisonWalker Begins Firing Up Ohio Refractories Facility
21 March 2018 - U.S. refractories manufacturer HarbisonWalker International has finished construction of its new monolithic refractories plant and is starting up operations.
A New Business for Old Blast Furnaces? Probably Not, Says Cliffs CEO
20 March 2018 - Although idled North American blast furnaces conceivably could find a second life producing merchant pig iron, the likelihood that they will is low, said Lourenco Goncalves, chairman and chief executive of iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Nucor Contracts with SMS group for Illinois Bar Mill
14 March 2018 - SMS group has been awarded a contract to build Nucor Corp.’s planned merchant bar mill at its existing Kankakee bar plant in Illinois.
Tenova Company Lands Follow-On Order for Processing Plant Expansion
13 March 2018 - Germany’s Bilstein GmbH & Co. is undertaking a second expansion of its fully automated batch anneal plant, putting an additional eight annealing bases on order, according to the equipment supplier on the project.
Digitalization R&D Project Could Lead to Enhanced Production Scheduling at Big River
12 March 2018 - SMS group and a German university have launched a research and development project that focuses on automating production planning at Big River Steel.
German Steelworks Turns on New Cooling System
06 March 2018 - SMS group has successfully retrofitted a German slab caster with a new secondary cooling system, the equipment supplier reported Tuesday.
Tenova Lands Contract for Annealing Facility
06 March 2018 - Tenova LOI Thermprocess and its Chinese subsidiary, Tenova LOI Thermprocess (Tianjin) Co. Ltd., have won an order for a wire rod annealing plant.
European Materials Maker Acquires HyComp LLC
02 March 2018 - Rolling mill components manufacturer HyComp LLC has been sold to the performance plastics unit of French multinational Saint-Gobain for an undisclosed amount.
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