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Steel Dynamics Orders Danieli Spooler Line
17 August 2017 - Danieli has won a contract to install spooled bar equipment at Steel Dynamics Inc.’s Columbia City, Ind., USA, structural and rail mill.
Primetals Gives ExxonMobil Lubricants Preferred Status for Rolling Mill Equipment
17 August 2017 - ExxonMobil and Primetals Technologies have struck up a partnership through which they’re offering incentives to customers who use ExxonMobil lubricants on certain Primetals equipment.
Report: Two Killed in Coke Oven Explosion
16 August 2017 - Two people were killed and 10 others were injured Tuesday in a coke oven explosion at a Gerdau SA plant in Brazil, according to the Reuters news service.
ArcelorMittal JV Upgrades Automated Coil Transport System
16 August 2017 - ArcelorMittal is investing US$5 million to replace unmanned carts that move coils at its I/N Tek and I/N Kote joint-venture plants in Indiana, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.
IMF: China's Steel Capacity Reductions Have Had 'Muted' Impact
15 August 2017 - The International Monetary Fund said China’s efforts to cut excess steel and coal capacity have had a "muted" impact on its production and that the country could stand to make more aggressive cuts.
Primetals Wins Contract for Caster Improvements
15 August 2017 - Primetals Technologies has been contracted to upgrade a two-strand slab caster at a Taiwanese steel mill, the equipment supplier has announced.
Looking to the Future, Cliffs Natural Resources Restores Past Name
15 August 2017 - North American iron ore miner Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. has renamed itself Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., reclaiming the identity it had used for decades.
In a Typically Slow Month, China's Steel Production Speeds Up
14 August 2017 - China set a new monthly steel production record in July, making slightly more than 74 million metric tons, according to the Reuters news service.
Tata Hires Danieli to Upgrade Galv Line
14 August 2017 - Danieli has won a contract to upgrade a hot-dipped galvanizing line at Tata Steel Europe’s IJmuiden plant in the Netherlands, the company has announced.
RINL Gains Capacity Through Steel Shop Overhaul
14 August 2017 - India’s Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) has completed a US$62.4 million overhaul of the No. 1 steel shop at its Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.
Nucor Grows Bar Processing Capabilities Through Acquisition
14 August 2017 - Nucor Corp. is acquiring approximately 200,000 tons of additional cold-finished bar capacity, the company has announced.
Tata Steel Reportedly Preparing to Announce Deal on U.K. Pension Plan
09 August 2017 - Tata Steel and U.K. officials are hoping to announce on Friday that they’ve reached a deal to separate Tata Steel from its legacy British Steel pension fund, a move that would potentially allow the company to combine its European strip business with thyssenkrupp AG's steel division.
Report: Liberty House Nears Deal on U.S. Wire Rod Mill, But Uncertainty Remains
09 August 2017 - U.K.-based Liberty House Group is getting close to finalizing a deal to acquire a South Carolina wire rod mill, but zoning issues could wind up killing it, the company tells The (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier.
Integrated Steelmaker Retains Harsco for Scrap Management
09 August 2017 - Mill services contractor Harsco Corp. has renewed its scrap management contract with Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Co.'s Alexandria, Egypt, plant.
Tata Chairman Says Corus Acquisition Made Sense at the Time
08 August 2017 - Tata Sons chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran defended his company’s decade-old acquisition of former Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus, saying that the deal was a reasonable one to make at the time, hindsight notwithstanding.
Policy Fuels China's Rising Iron Ore, Steel Prices
08 August 2017 - Iron ore and steel prices are rising in China as government policies have helped to tighten supply and increase demand, reports the Bloomberg news service.
Chinese Steelmaker Contracts Primetals for Industry 4.0 Solution
08 August 2017 - China’s Rizhao Steel Group Co. Ltd. has ordered a newly developed IT system from Primetals Technologies to continuously monitor and manage product quality.
Plate Mill Restarts After Seven-Month Outage
08 August 2017 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has restarted the plate mill at its Oita Works more than seven months after a fire burned up an electrical room, the company has announced.
NLMK Hopes to Improve Iron Ore Production Through Predictive Analytics System
07 August 2017 - NLMK Group’s Stoilensky iron ore division is incorporating predictive analytics into its ore crushing and beneficiation operations in a bid to boost productivity.
Danieli Contracted for Russian Blast Furnace Reline
07 August 2017 - Danieli Corus has been awarded a contract to reline the No. 1 blast furnace at Russia’s Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works.
