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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.
Australian Steelmaker Starts Up Modified Furnace
03 July 2017 - Australia’s OneSteel has added a new sidewall injection system to an electric arc furnace at its Laverton mill in Melbourne.
Russian Pellet Plant Hits Its Stride
03 July 2017 - NLMK Group’s new pelletizing plant has reached a production milestone, producing its 3 millionth metric ton since its November start-up.
Report: Trump Wants Steel Tariffs. The Rest of His Administration Doesn't.
30 June 2017 - U.S. President Donald Trump and a few of his advisers are “hell-bent” on imposing steel tariffs, despite the objections of many others in his administration, according to the online publication Axios.
Primetals Technologies Forms Alliance with Filter Plant Manufacturer
30 June 2017 - Primetals Technologies and Austria’s Kappa Filter Systems have struck up a partnership to develop and sell de-dusting systems for iron and steel plants, the companies have announced.
Charter Steel Contracts With Tenova for EAF Modification
30 June 2017 - Tenova Inc. has won a contract to retrofit a Wisconsin electric arc furnace with its Consteel metallic charging system, the equipment supplier has announced.
Danieli Wins Order for Caster Upgrade
30 June 2017 - The Steel Authority of India has awarded a contract to Danieli for improvements to a bloom caster at its Durgapur facility, the equipment supplier has announced.
HarbisonWalker Chief Executive Stepping Down
29 June 2017 - Refractories manufacturer HarbisonWalker International said its chairman and chief executive will retire and that it is promoting one of its executives to succeed him.
Universal Stainless Says No to Merger Offer
29 June 2017 - Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. has rejected an unsolicited merger offer from Synalloy Corp., saying that the proposed deal held no merit, the company said on Thursday.
Commercial Metals President Barbara Smith Adds CEO to Title
29 June 2017 - Commercial Metals Company is promoting its chief operating officer to the helm.
Cliffs Natural Resources to Invest US$70 Million in Upgrades to Taconite Plant
28 June 2017 - Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. will modify one of its taconite facilities to support its planned hot-briquetted iron plant (HBI) with better-quality pellets, chairman and chief executive officer Lourenco Goncalves said Wednesday.
Stelco Acquirer Sees Company as Beginnings of a Bigger Steel Producer
27 June 2017 - The owner-in-waiting for Stelco expects to close on its acquisition of the Canadian steelmaker this week, ushering it into a new era as a standalone business -- and as one on the hunt for other opportunities.
Big River Could Soon Pull Trigger on Mill Expansion
27 June 2017 - A decision on an anticipated expansion of Big River Steel’s plant in Osceola, Ark., USA, could come as soon as Wednesday, according to Big River chief executive officer David Stickler.
Steelmakers Might Have to Wait Longer for Section 232 Report
27 June 2017 - The U.S. Commerce Department’s much anticipated Section 232 report on steel imports now may not be issued until sometime after the end of June as the Trump administration focuses on other policy debates, a Commerce Department official said Tuesday.
US$1 Trillion for Infrastructure? It's Not Out of The Question, Executive Says
27 June 2017 - The US$1 trillion worth of infrastructure investment that President Donald Trump has suggested is financially feasible – if it comes with the right policy prescriptions, Gerdau Long Steel North America president Peter Campo said Tuesday.
One Word for Steel's Future? Wired.
26 June 2017 - Digital technologies will impact every aspect of steelmaking, and that impact is going to be felt sooner rather than later.
Panel: Steel Leads in the Lightweighting Race
26 June 2017 - As the saying goes: You win some, and you lose some. But these days, automotive steel is mostly winning, even if competition from other lightweighting materials is intense.
Commercial Metals Sees Third-Quarter Profits Rise
22 June 2017 - Stronger shipments of scrap and mill products helped advance Commercial Metals Company’s third-quarter profits, which rose to US$39.3 million, the company said Thursday.
Egyptian Rebar Producer Upgrades Rolling Mill Controls
22 June 2017 - Danieli Automation recently completed upgrades to a rolling mill control system at an Ezz Steel facility in Egypt.
Texas HBI Plant Passes Performance Tests
21 June 2017 - The world´s largest single-module hot briquetted iron plant successfully completed its performance-guarantee tests, reports the facility’s technology supplier.
To Survive, thyssenkrupp Turns Toward Another Business
21 June 2017 - Germany’s biggest steelmaker has a strategy that it hopes will allow it to succeed in a world awash in low-cost steel: make something other than steel.
