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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.
Dura-Bond to Restart Idled Tube Mill in Pennsylvania
12 January 2017 - Line pipe manufacturer Dura-Bond Industries plans to restart a mothballed United States Steel Corp. tube mill and eventually hire more than 200 people.
AHMSA Sets Production Record in 2016
12 January 2017 - Integrated steelmaker Altos Hornos de Mexico said produced a record 4.65 million metric tons in 2016, according to market reporting service S&P Global Platts.
Danieli Acquires Italian Robotics Company
12 January 2017 - Danieli has acquired Italy’s Telerobot Labs, which designs and builds robotic systems for a number of fields, the equipment manufacturer has announced.
ArcelorMittal Enlists New Modeling Software to Improve Processes
12 January 2017 - ArcelorMittal is investing in specialized software to help it model the behavior of raw materials charged into its blast furnaces.
Commercial Metals Adds Scrap Capacity in Southeastern U.S.
12 January 2017 - A subsidiary of long products manufacturer Commercial Metals Co. has an agreement to acquire seven scrap facilities from OmniSource Corp., the company has announced.
Commercial Metals Adding New Product to Lineup
09 January 2017 - Long products manufacturer Commercial Metals Co. on Monday posted a first-quarter profit of US$6.3 million and revealed plans to produce hot-rolled, spooled rebar at its new mill in Oklahoma.
Altra Industrial Finalizes Purchase of Clutches and Brakes Maker
06 January 2017 - U.S.-based Altra Industrial Motion Corp. has closed on its deal to acquire the Stromag unit of Britain’s GKN plc.
ArcelorMittal Dofasco Orders New Power Plant Boiler
06 January 2017 - ArcelorMittal Dofasco has awarded to a contract to The Babcock & Wilcox Co. for a replacement boiler at its Hamilton, Ontario, mill.
Partnership Reaches New Milestone in Work on Third-Generation AHSS
06 January 2017 - A research team developing third-generation, advanced high-strength steels said it has taken a significant step forward, producing sample casts of two alloys whose properties almost meet government targets for strength and formability.
AISI Brings Aboard Tax and Trade Policy Specialist
05 January 2017 - The American Iron and Steel Institute has hired an automotive industry representative as its new tax and trade policy director.
Tenova HYL Strikes Up Partnership with Mill Byproducts Recycler
04 January 2017 - Tenova HYL and Diproinduca Canada Ltd. have formed an alliance that will further develop and commercialize technology designed to reuse iron ore fines in direct reduction plants.
Konecranes Finalizes Terex Deal, Targets EUR140 Million in Synergies
04 January 2017 - Konecranes has closed on its deal to acquire the material handling and port solutions business of U.S.-based Terex Corp., the company has announced.
Trump Nominates U.S. Trade Representative
03 January 2017 - Retired Nucor Corp. chief executive Dan DiMicco, who has been advising Donald Trump and assisting the President-elect’s transition, was passed over for the job as U.S. trade representative, but said the nominee, former Reagan administration official Robert Lighthizer, is a fine pick.
U. S. Steel Announces Plans to Restart Idled Taconite Facility
03 January 2017 - United States Steel Corp. will restart its idled Keetac taconite mine and pellet plant in Minnesota after securing third-party orders for pellets, the company has announced.
NLMK to Install New Walking Beam Furnace at U.S. Mill
29 December 2016 - NLMK Group will invest an estimated US$80 million in a new reheat furnace for its U.S. sheet mill in Pennsylvania, the company has announced.
Stainless Producer Contracts Fives for New Processing Line
28 December 2016 - The Fives industrial engineering firm has won a contract to install a new stainless processing line at China’s Chengde Stainless Steel Co.
U.S. Crude Steel Production Expected to Rise in 2017
28 December 2016 - U.S. crude steel production is expected to rise by around 4.4% in 2017, reports the (London) Financial Times newspaper.
Tata Steel Acquires Iron Ore Processor
27 December 2016 - Tata Steel has an agreement to acquire an iron ore pellet maker that will its new Kalinganagar works in the Indian state of Odisha.
China Deals Out Punishments to Officials for Allowing Mill Restarts
27 December 2016 - Two provincial officials in China are being handed “administrative punishments” for allowing shuttered steel mills to restart, reports the Reuters news service.
New BOF on Order for Chilean Steel Mill
27 December 2016 - Chile’s Compania Siderurgica Huachipato S.A. has ordered a new basic oxygen furnace (LD converter) for its Talcahuano facility from Primetals Technologies.
