Steel News

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.

JFE Steel Chooses Supplier for New Gas Scrubber

27 February 2018 - Japan’s JFE Steel has placed an order with Primetals Technologies for a dry-gas scrubber to serve a new sintering plant at its Fukuyama works.

HarbisonWalker Rounds Out Senior Leadership

23 February 2018 - Refractories manufacturer has named two manufacturing executives to its senior leadership team and has appointed a company veteran to lead development of new technologies, the company has announced.

Iraq Targets 2019 Start-Up for New Billet Plant

23 February 2018 - Danieli has won an order for an electric arc furnace and billet caster in Kurdistan, the company said Friday.

Grupo Simec Starts Up Mexican SBQ Mill

20 February 2018 - Grupo Simec’s new bar and rod mill in Apizaco, Mexico, has rolled its first billet, the equipment supplier on the project has announced.

AK Steel Signs With Harsco for Scrap Services

16 February 2018 - Mill services contractor Harsco Corp. said it has signed a seven-year agreement to begin providing scrap management services to AK Steel Corp.’s Mansfield, Ohio, Works.

Primetals Technologies Announces Leadership Change

16 February 2018 - A veteran Mitsubishi manager has been named chairman and chief executive of Primetals Technologies, the company said on Friday.