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Latest News
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.
Flat-Rolled Demand Is Beginning to Improve, U. S. Steel Says
17 June 2020 - United States Steel Corporation expects to report a second-quarter loss, but said it believes the quarter will mark the bottom of this year’s COVID-19 downturn.
Big River Steel Announces Partnership With Koch Metallics
17 June 2020 - Big River Steel has signed an agreement that will make a Koch family business the steelmaker’s exclusive metallics procurement agent.
Primetals Technologies Adds Three New Users of Caster Software
17 June 2020 - Primetals Technologies has sold its third subscription license for its continuous casting process optimization software in recent months, the company reports.
Report: JSW Steel Putting Ohio EAF Back Into Service
16 June 2020 - JSW Steel is restarting its Mingo Junction hot rolling mill and electric arc furnace this week following a shutdown that began in mid-April, reports commodities news and pricing service S&P Global Platts.
Morgoil Bearings Moves to New Home
15 June 2020 - Primetals Technologies has moved its Morgoil Bearings business from its long-standing home in Massachusetts to a 300,00-square-foot facility in Warren, Ohio, USA, the company has announced.
Aditya Mittal Joins ArcelorMittal Board
15 June 2020 - Aditya Mittal, ArcelorMittal chief financial officer and likely successor as chief executive, has been elected to the company’s board of directors.
China Closes in on Production Milestone
15 June 2020 - Through the first five months of 2020, China’s steel production is on pace to cross the 1-billion-metric-ton threshold this year, reports commodities news and pricing service Argus Media.
MMK Mill Breaks Monthly Production Record
15 June 2020 - A PJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works sheet mill rolled more than 500,000 metric tons in May and set a new company record in the process.
GFG Alliance Accelerates Carbon Reduction Investment Plans
12 June 2020 - GFG Alliance is stepping up investment plans but will seek cost savings and efficiency gains throughout its global operations as it looks to adapt to a new environment.
Analyst: EAFs Likely to Gain Global Market Share
12 June 2020 - Electric arc furnaces (EAFs) could account for slightly for more than one-third of market share by 2040 as steelmakers come under increasing pressure to reduce carbon emissions, reports Kallanish Steel.
China Pulls Further Ahead in Steel Production
11 June 2020 - The novel coronavirus pandemic is helping China widen its lead as the world’s largest steel producer, reports The (London) Financial Times.
Report: U. S. Steel Restarts Idled Furnace
11 June 2020 - United States Steel Corporation has put the No. 1 blast furnace at its Mon Valley Works back into service, reports commodities news and pricing service Argus Media.
Germany Lays Big Bet on Hydrogen
11 June 2020 - Germany plans to invest EUR9 billion in efforts that promote hydrogen production and use under a national hydrogen strategy adopted Wednesday.
Gerdau, Robotics Specialist Form Strategic Partnership
10 June 2020 - Building on a five-year relationship, Gerdau has struck up a strategic partnership with Italian robotics specialist Polytec Robotics to develop new products and solutions.
thyssenkrupp Teams With Electricity Producer on Hydrogen Development
10 June 2020 - thyssenkrupp has agreed to work with electricity generator RWE Generation on developing hydrogen infrastructure as the steelmaker looks to convert a blast furnace to hydrogen in 2022.
GFG Alliance Reveals Plans for Australian DRI Plant, EAF
10 June 2020 - Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance will build a direct reduction plant and electric arc furnace (EAF) under a revised investment plan for its Whyalla steel works in Australia, the company has announced.
Cleveland-Cliffs to Restart Iron Ore Mine as Demand Begins to Rebound
09 June 2020 - Iron ore miner and steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is resuming construction of its hot briquetted iron (HBI) plant in Ohio and moving up plans to restart an idled iron ore mine in Michigan.
SMS group Wins Caster Maintenance Contract
09 June 2020 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) has awarded SMS group a multi-year caster maintenance contract for its new flat-rolled facility in Sinton, Texas, USA.
Fives Receives Order for Electrical Steel Lines
09 June 2020 - Fives has won an order for two grain-oriented electrical steel lines from China’s Taiyuan Iron and Steel Co. (TISCO).
Nippon Steel Schedules Blast Furnace Reline
08 June 2020 - Nippon Steel Corp. has announced plans to reline the No. 3 blast furnace at its Nagoya Works in southern Japan.
