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EU Sets Limits on Imported Steel

16 January 2019 - The European Union’s member countries have approved a cap on steel imports, an effort to prevent home markets from being flooded by a wave of foreign steel deflected from the U.S. 

Ebner Contracted for Annealing Facility Expansion

16 January 2019 - Galva Metal, a subsidiary of Egypt’s Kandil Steel, is expanding its bell annealing facility, reports the equipment supplier, Ebner Industrieofenbau GmbH. 

Endless Mill Sets New Hot Rolling Record

15 January 2019 - A Chinese endless cast-roll mill has set a new world record for the thinnest hot-rolled strip made on such equipment, according the mill’s builder, Primetals Technologies. 

SDI Changes Up Senior Leadership Team

15 January 2019 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) is shifting its senior leadership, creating two new positions that will help support its planned US$1.7 billion sheet mill in the southwestern U.S. and moving two other executives. 

European Commission Sets April Deadline for Review of Tata-thyssenkrupp Joint Venture

15 January 2019 - European Union competition regulators have extended the timeframe in which they expect to complete a review of Tata Steel and thyssenkrupp’s planned European joint venture, news and commodities pricing service S&P Global Platts reports. 

Fives Lands Order for New SDI Galvanizing Line

14 January 2019 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) has awarded the contract for its planned Mississippi galvanizing line to Fives, the industrial equipment builder has announced. 

Researchers Take a Step Forward in Creating Circular Carbon Economy

14 January 2019 - thyssenkrupp’s Carbon2Chem project has reached a technical milestone, successfully converting mill off-gases into ammonia at a research center in Duisburg, Germany, project leaders have announced.  

Chinese Steel Industry to Focus on 'Production Optimization' in 2019, Says Association Chairman

14 January 2019 - As it continues to execute supply-side reforms, China’s steel industry likely will switch gears this year and begin to consolidate and streamline operations, the chairman of the China Iron and Steel Association has said. 

SAIL Eyes Second Odisha Mill

14 January 2019 - The Steel Authority of India Ltd. is looking to build a 3 million metric ton steel mill in the state of Odisha, reports the Business Standard newspaper. 

Algoma Receives Government Support for Plant Improvements

11 January 2019 - Canada’s Algoma Steel Inc. is receiving CA$150 million in government grants and loans in support of a multi-year modernization project aimed at revitalizing its Ontario steelworks. 

Red Bud Industries Bags Order for Coil Processing Machine

11 January 2019 - Flat-rolled processor Steel Warehouse of Arkansas has placed an order with Red Bud Industries for a 79-inch stretcher-leveler to augment capabilities at its facility in Osceola. 

Ellwood Group Elects New Chief Executive

10 January 2019 - After serving 35 years at the helm of Pennsylvania-based ingot and forgings maker Ellwood Group Inc. and its predecessor, David Evans Barensfeld has retired, and the family-owned company has named chief operating officer Bentraum D. Huffman as his successor. 

Nippon Steel Names New President

10 January 2019 - Japan’s Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has tapped executive vice president Eiji Hashimoto to lead the company come this spring. 

California Steel Plans Strip Mill, Galv Line Improvements

10 January 2019 - California Steel Industries Inc. has awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for electrical and automation upgrades to its 86-inch hot-strip mill and its No. 2 continuous galvanizing line, the plant builder said on Thursday. 

ArcelorMittal Brazil Set to Begin Work on New Coke Oven Battery

09 January 2019 - Construction is to begin later this year on a new coke oven battery at ArcelorMittal’s Tubarão plant in Brazil, according to the contractor on the project. 

Commercial Metals Looks to Notch Up Production at New Mill

09 January 2019 - Commercial Metals Company’s new Oklahoma micro-mill shipped nearly 60,000 tons during the company’s first quarter of fiscal 2019 and is preparing to bring on a fourth crew at the plant. 

India Hopes to Pair State Mills With Asian Partners

09 January 2019 - The Indian government is reportedly looking to establish partnerships between its state-owned steel mills and South Korean steelmakers as way to increase domestic production of value-added steel, reports the Bloomberg news service. 

EU Countries to Vote on Steel Import Restrictions

09 January 2019 - The European Union is to vote next week on whether to make permanent its provisional safeguard measure on steel imports, reports the Reuters news service. 

Nucor Board OKs US$1.35B Midwest Plate Mill (Updated)

07 January 2019 - Nucor Corp. has revealed plans to build a US$1.35 billion plate mill somewhere in the Midwestern United States to better serve the country’s largest regional plate market. 

Paul Wurth Makes Investment in Hydrogen Steelmaking

07 January 2019 - SMS group’s Paul Wurth unit is investing in a German company that makes highly efficient electrolyzers and fuel cells. 

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