Steel News

Charter Steel Partners With Primetals Technologies on Mill Expansion, Upgrades

08 June 2017 - U.S.-based Charter Steel has awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for equipment related to its US$150 million engineered bar mill in Ohio.

SMS group Bags Order for Bar Processing Machine

05 June 2017 - Taiwan’s Walsin Lihwa Corp. has ordered a high-performance bar peeler from SMS group, the equipment supplier has announced.

Sandvik Sheds Steel Belts Business

02 June 2017 - Sandvik is divesting Sandvik Process Systems, its industrial process equipment business, to FAM AB for about US$579.2 million, the company has announced.

Primetals Wins Contract for Caster Modernization Project

01 June 2017 - Brazil’s Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional has awarded Primetals Technologies a contract to overhaul one slab caster and modify two others at its Volta Redonda plant in Rio de Janeiro.

Special Steel Manufacturer Puts New Extrusion Press into Service

31 May 2017 - Less than 24 months after signing a contract for a new tube extrusion press, Korean special steel maker SeAH Changwon Integrated Special Steel has commissioned the equipment, the equipment supplier on the project has announced.

Stainless Manufacturer Sees Capacity Boost Through Converter Project

30 May 2017 - Slovenian Steel Group’s Acroni facility has started up an EUR30 million argon-oxygen converter and de-dusting system, the equipment supplier on the project has announced.

Chinese Steelmaker Puts Danieli Bar Peeler on Order

30 May 2017 - China’s Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd. has ordered a Danieli Centro Maskin bar peeler, the equipment supplier has announced.

Tsubaki Subsidiary Acquires Canadian Sprocket Manufacturer

26 May 2017 - U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission LLC has announced that Tsubaki of Canada Ltd. has acquired a British Columbia-based maker of sprockets and drive components.

Lincoln Electric Names New Head of International Welding Division

26 May 2017 - Welding equipment and supplies maker Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. has promoted Steven B. Hedlund to executive vice president and named him president of its international welding division.

Linde, Praxair Reach Outline Agreement on Merger

24 May 2017 - U.S-based Praxair Inc. and Germany’s Linde AG have reached an agreement in principle to merge through an all-stock deal, creating the world’s largest industrial gases supplier.

Filter Products Company Appoints New Chief Executive

24 May 2017 - Filtration products maker and services provider Micronics Filtration Holdings Inc. has named Bernard C. "Bernie" Faulkner as president and chief executive officer of its engineered filtration group, the company has announced.

New Cold Mill Put Into Service at Vietnamese Steel Plant

23 May 2017 - Vietnam’s Nam Kim Steel Joint Stock Company has started up a new Compact Cold Mill from SMS group, the equipment supplier has announced.

Danieli Wins Order for Sampling Robots

22 May 2017 - Nucor-Yamato Steel Co. has ordered two robotic samplers to serve the ladle furnaces at the company’s facility in Blytheville, Ark., USA.

Nucor Bar Mill Puts New Reheat Furnace on Order

19 May 2017 - Nucor Corp. has ordered a reheat furnace from SMS group as part of a US$85 million upgrade to its Ohio bar mill.

KOCKS Receives Order for SBQ Mill Equipment

18 May 2017 - Friedrich KOCKS GmbH & Co KG has won an order for a 4-stand reducing and sizing block from China’s Maanshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., the equipment supplier has announced.

Severstal Blast Furnace to be Retrofitted with New Charging System

18 May 2017 - SMS group’s Paul Wurth unit has won a contract to refurbish the No. 5 blast furnace at Severstal’s Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant in Russia, the equipment maker has announced.

SMS group Upgrades Severstal Pickling Line

16 May 2017 - PAO Severstal has installed a new twin-head side trimmer on a pickling line at its Cherepovets plant in Russia, according to equipment supplier SMS group.

Harsco Called Upon to Support New Integrated Mill

09 May 2017 - Mill contractor Harsco Corp. has been awarded a US$25 million contract to provide services at Tata Steel’s new Kalinganagar works in India, the company announced on Tuesday.

Saudi Steelmaker Upgrades Bar Mill Drives

04 May 2017 - Danieli Automation has won a contract to upgrade a portion of the No. 3 bar mill at SABIC’s Saudi Iron & Steel Co., the equipment manufacturer has announced.

DRI Plant Still in the Works for Cliffs

28 April 2017 - Iron ore miner Cliffs Natural Resources said it remains committed to building a direct-reduction plant and intends to make preliminary investments in the project in 2018, chief executive Lourenco Goncalves said Thursday.