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AIST's Steel News provides the steel community with technological and innovative news on the people, producers and suppliers in the North American and international steel communities.

Furnace at Nippon Steel’s Kimitsu Works Damaged in Typhoon

11 September 2019 - Nippon Steel Corp. has temporarily idled a steelmaking unit at its Kimitsu Steel Works after a chimney collapsed during a typhoon on Monday, according to the Reuters news service.

Slag Heaps Can Help Sequester Carbon Dioxide, Researchers Say

11 September 2019 - With a little bit of management, slag heaps could offer steelmakers a convenient and inexpensive way to capture carbon and offset emissions, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Leeds.

US$1 Billion Steelmaking Facility Planned for the Philippines

10 September 2019 - Philippine steelmaker SteelAsia Manufacturing Corp. and China’s HBIS Group Co. Ltd. are partnering to build an integrated steelmaking facility in the Batangas province in the Philippines, according to a government newswire. 

SSAB Auto Steel Receives OK from Indian Government

10 September 2019 - SSAB’s line of hot- and cold-rolled Docol® automotive steel has received its Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification, the company reports.

NLMK Iron Ore Project Enters Next Phase

10 September 2019 - NLMK Group’s Stoilensky iron ore division has moved to the third stage of construction on its new dewatering plant, the Russian steelmaker has said.    

This Building Has No Rebar. But It Has Plenty of Steel. 

10 September 2019 - A newly constructed 58-floor skyscraper in Seattle has been completed using a unique core wall system with no conventional rebar, reports the trade publication Concrete Products. 

Autumn Will Be a Busy Season — For Maintenance Outages

09 September 2019 - Most of the biggest U.S. flat-rolled producers have maintenance outages planned for the remainder of the year, removing between 630,000 and 700,000 tons of capacity from service, reports commodities news and pricing serivce S&P Global Platts.

Nucor CEO John Ferriola Announces December Retirement

06 September 2019 - Nucor Corp. chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) John Ferriola will retire at the end of this year and will be succeeded by executive vice president Leon J. Topalian, the company announced Friday.

Primetals Technologies Automation Upgrades Receive Final Acceptance from Gerdau

05 September 2019 - Primetals Technologies has received the final acceptance certificates on level 1 and 2 systems upgrades at Gerdau's Ouro Branco mill in Brazil. 

U.S. Proposes New Duties on Mexican, Chinese Structural Steel Imports

05 September 2019 - The U.S. Commerce Department has set tentative anti-dumping duties of up to 141.3% on fabricated structural steel from China and up to 30.6% on the same products from Mexico, ruling that producers in those countries were dumping product and undercutting domestic prices.

Tokyo Steel Chooses Danieli Automated Scrap Handling Solution

05 September 2019 - Tokyo Steel has contracted Danieli to automate classification of scrap at its Kyushu plant, Danieli has announced.

SMS Tapped to Revamp Salzgitter Caster

04 September 2019 - SMS group has been commissioned to revamp the No. 1 continuous caster at Salzgitter Flachstahl’s Salzgitter works in Germany.

Nucor, Liberty Steel Close Up Mills Due to Hurricane Dorian

04 September 2019 - Nucor and Liberty Steel have suspended operations at their mills in eastern South Carolina as Hurricane Dorian moves further up the East Coast, reports S&P Global Platts.

EU Countries Approve Steel Safeguard Revisions

04 September 2019 - European Union governments have OK'd tighter restrictions on steel imports, lowering the threshold at which 25% duty on certain grades applies, the Reuters news service reports.

Tata Steel to Close U. K. Steel Mill

03 September 2019 - Unable to find a buyer for its Orb Electrical Steels operation in South Wales, and unwilling to roll the dice on a substantial upgrade, Tata Steel Europe will instead close the facility, the company has announced.

Liberty Steel Sets European Investments

03 September 2019 - Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty Steel plans to invest more than US$443 million over the next five years in its newly acquired European mills, Liberty Steel chief executive Jon Bolton tells Bloomberg news service.

Chinese Casters Re-Enter Production Following Improvements

03 September 2019 - China’s TISCO has completed upgrades to two thin-slab casters and has returned the machines to service, reports Danieli, the project contractor.

U.K. Establishes Funds to Support Steel Decarbonization

29 August 2019 - The U.K. government is allocating GBP350 million (US$426.9 million) to two funds that will support efforts to decarbonize its steel industry and scale up production of hydrogen.

Tata Steel Might Begin Selling Iron Ore to Outside Customers

29 August 2019 - Tata Steel, already India’s second-largest iron ore producer, is weighing a potential move into merchant iron ore and coal mining as a new business line, reports The (India) Telegraph newspaper.

Alton Steel Transfers Ownership to Employee Stock Plan

28 August 2019 - Illinois-based bar manufacturer Alton Steel Inc. has been sold to its 50 full-time salaried employees by way of an employee stock ownership plan, the company has announced.

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