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Severstal Orders New Coking Coal Test Oven

20 August 2018 - Russian steelmaker PAO Severstal will install a new coal test oven at its Cherepovets facility, according to the equipment supplier.

Honda Employs Advanced High-Strength Steel in New Kei Car Design

20 August 2018 - Honda has begun selling a kei car called the N-Van, and it has a novel feature: it lacks a left-side center pillar.

Project Aims to Improve Energy Recovery at Cogen Plant

08 August 2018 - A Polish cogeneration plant is installing a pair of energy recovery turbines in between blast furnace flues and the cogen plant itself, essentially putting the exhaust gases to work twice. 

ArcelorMittal USA Blast Furnace Knocked Off-Line

08 August 2018 - The No. 3 blast furnace at ArcelorMittal’s Indiana Harbor facility has taken an unplanned outage after its large bell fell in during a charge, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.

This Mill Once Faced Permanent Closure. Now It’s Growing. 

08 August 2018 - A Scottish plate mill that was rescued from closure by Sanjeev Gupta's Liberty Steel is now on track to produce more than 120,000 metric tons this year, and even more in the following year, reports The Scotsman newspaper. 

Algoma Moves To End Creditor Protection

06 August 2018 - After operating under creditor protection for more than two and a half years, Canada’s Algoma might be set to emerge under new ownership. 

Steelworkers Approve New Labor Deal At Ohio Mill

06 August 2018 - A United Steelworkers local has ratified a six-year labor agreement with Pennsylvania-based Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc., the company said Monday. 

AISI Throws Support Behind Emissions Standards Rewrite

06 August 2018 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) said it welcomes the Trump administration’s plan to revise fuel economy standards for cars and trucks. 

Heat Wave Forces Some Chinese Producers to Chill on Steel Production

06 August 2018 - A power shortage brought on by a heat wave has prompted production curtailments at some mills in China’s leading steelmaking province, according the Reuters news service. 

New Twist Develops in Long-Planned Minnesota Mine Project

03 August 2018 - The former Essar Steel Minnesota taconite project faces new uncertainty as a dispute over the project’s ownership has arisen, according to reports. 

China Might Again Order Steel Production Cuts

03 August 2018 - China is drafting its emissions-reductions measures for the coming winter heating season and may require steel mills in six major steel cities to curtail production by 50%, according to the Reuters news service. 

Mittal: Steel Tariffs Have Been a ‘Net Positive’ for Company

02 August 2018 - Rising steel prices and healthy demand propelled ArcelorMittal’s second-quarter profits to US$1.9 billion, its best quarterly finish since 2011. And chief executive Lakshmi Mittal is thanking one person: U.S. President Donald Trump. 

Third-Gen Automotive Steels Have Arrived

02 August 2018 - Third-generation steels that are at once strong and formable are now being sold into the automotive market and can readily substitute components made from earlier advanced steels with lower tensile strengths, reports Repairer Driven News.  

Acquisition Expands Boomerang Tube’s Processing Capabilities

02 August 2018 - Texas-based oil country tubular goods maker Boomerang Tube LLC has acquired nearby casings processor Southern Tube LLC for an undisclosed amount, the company has announced. 

Primetals Technologies, Danieli Tapped for Caster Improvements

02 August 2018 - Two Italian steelmakers are upgrading continuous casters in a bid to increase capacity and improve product quality, according to separate announcements from the equipment suppliers on the projects. 

INBLIC Technologies Partners With GE Digital on Software Solution

30 July 2018 - Mexico’s INBLIC Technologies has signed an agreement allowing it to resell GE Digital’s suite of asset performance management software, the company has announced.

Severstal Plans Stamp Charged Coke Plant

30 July 2018 - Coke oven and blast furnace specialist Paul Wurth has won a contract to build two stamp-charged coke batteries for Severstal’s Cherepovets steel works in Russia, the company has announced.  

ArcelorMittal Makes 'Take It or Leave It' Offer for ILVA

30 July 2018 - ArcelorMittal has upped its offer for Italy’s ILVA after the country’s new government began pushing for a better deal, reports commodities news and pricing service Argus Media. 

Trump: 'The Days of Plundering American Jobs ... Are Over'

27 July 2018 - In his effort to prop up American steelmaking, President Donald Trump has pointed to United States Steel Corporation and the restart of its Granite City blast furnaces as an example of his trade policy success.

Nucor Lays Bet on New Electroplating Process

27 July 2018 - Nucor Corp. is investing in a start-up company developing a chrome-plating process that substitutes toxic hexavalent chromium for a trivalent chromium, its safer form.

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