Steel News

Italian Company Bags Orders for Three New Furnaces

31 May 2018 - Two North American steelmakers have awarded contracts to Italian furnace builder Forni Industriali Bendotti for new reheat furnaces.

Investment Firm Takes Another Shot at Acquiring Boiler Maker

25 May 2018 - Boiler and pollution control systems maker Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc. said it is reviewing a nonbinding offer for the business from its largest shareholder, Steel Partners Holdings.

SMS group Receives Order for Slab Caster

23 May 2018 - NLMK Group has awarded a contract for a new thick slab caster to SMS group, the equipment supplier has announced.

Severstal Contracts Primetals Technologies for Strip Mill Improvements

22 May 2018 - Primetals Technologies has won a contract to upgrade the primary hot strip mill at PAO Severstal’s Cherepovets steel works, the equipment supplier said on Tuesday.

Danieli Awarded Contract for Greenfield Wire Rod Mill

21 May 2018 - Concrete reinforcement products maker Van Merksteijn International has chosen Danieli to equip a new mini-mill at the port of Eemshavenin in the Netherlands.

Harsco Extends, Expands Role at ArcelorMittal's French Operations

21 May 2018 - Mill services contractor Harsco Corp. has renewed two logistics and packaging contracts – and signed four new agreements – with ArcelorMittal Atlantique & Lorraine in France, the company has announced.

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.