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Danieli, Tenova Bring New DRI Plant into Production

30 December 2015 - Ezz Steel’s new cold discharge DRI plant has been put into service and is exceeding production expectations by more than 10 percent, one of the plant's developers has announced.

Report: India's Steelmaking Capacity Might Triple in Next 10 Years

30 December 2015 - India’s annual steelmaking capacity is projected to reach approximately 300 million metric tons by 2026, according to the Business Standard newspaper.

AIC Upgrading Roughing Stands at German Rolling Mill

30 December 2015 - A German rolling mill will emerge from a holiday outage sporting new drives on four of its roughing stands, according to the vendor on the project.

Uttam Galva, POSCO Ink Technology-Sharing Agreement for Indian Joint Venture

29 December 2015 - India’s Uttam Galva Group has signed an agreement to incorporate POSCO’s steelmaking technology in their proposed joint venture plant in Maharashtra, reports The Hindu BusinessLine newspaper.

Minnesota Governor Gives Taconite Producer Final Offer to Repay Loan

29 December 2015 - Essar Steel Minnesota is reviewing a newly proposed timetable for repaying a US$66 million public loan on a project that hasn’t panned out the way officials had hoped.

New Coating Technology Put to Use in Offshore Well

29 December 2015 - Russia's TMK has shipped 32 metric tons of premium well products featuring its lubricant-free GreenWell polymer coating technology, the company has announced.

Tube City Testing Out New Process at Ohio Mill

28 December 2015 - AK Steel Corp. and mill services provider Tube City IMS are collaborating on what’s described as an improved steel recovery process, reports the Dayton Business Journal newspaper.

Keystone Consolidated Industries Expands Reinforcing Wire Mesh Capacity

28 December 2015 - U.S.-based Keystone Consolidated Industries Inc. is adding welded wire reinforcement (WWR) mesh production to its Sherman, Texas, facility, the company has announced.

World Steel Chairman: An Oil, Gas Recovery is Still Months Off

28 December 2015 - The oil and gas sector isn’t likely to begin to recover until at least the summer of next year, World Steel Association chairman Wolfgang Eder said during an interview with USA Today.

U.S. Commerce Department Proposes Big Dumping Margin on Chinese-Made Corrosion-Resistant Steel

23 December 2015 - The U.S. Department of Commerce has made a preliminary determination that steel producers in China, India, Italy and South Korea have dumped corrosion-resistant steel in the U.S.

Baosteel Pulls the Plug on Multi-Billion-Dollar Iron Ore Project

23 December 2015 - China’s Baosteel and its partners are mothballing a proposed US$5.4 billion iron ore project in Australia on account of market conditions, reports BloombergBusiness news service.

Minnesota Officials Urge White House to Act Quickly on Steel Dumping

23 December 2015 - Steel industry executives, legislators and laid-off union miners in Minnesota’s Iron Range told the White House chief of staff that quick and decisive action is needed to stop what they called the national steel-dumping crisis.

Cliffs Divests Remaining Met Coal Assets

23 December 2015 - Iron ore producer Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. has exited the coal business, closing on a deal to sell its remaining metallurgical coal mines, the company has announced.

Maker of Combustion Monitoring System Finds Footing in Steel Industry

22 December 2015 - Colorado-based Zolo Technologies has reached a new milestone, having installed more than 25 of its ZoloSCAN tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) systems on steel industry furnaces, the company has announced.

U.S. Steel Hits the Pause Button on Its New EAF

22 December 2015 - United States Steel Corporation is halting work on its new electric arc furnace (EAF), saying that the steel and energy markets are simply too weak to support the project.

Tata Steel Negotiating Sale of European Long Products Business

22 December 2015 - Tata Steel is in talks with investment firm Greybull Capital to sell its European long products business, the company has announced.

Cascade Steel Upgrades Oregon Rolling Mill

21 December 2015 - Danieli has won a contract to modernize the finishing end of Cascade Steel Rolling Mill’s Oregon rebar facility, the company has announced.

Tenova Goodfellow Marks 10 Years of EFSOP Technology in Japan

21 December 2015 - Tenova Goodfellow Inc. recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the introduction of its Expert Furnace System Optimization Process (EFSOP) technology to the Japanese steel market.

Fives Wins Contracts for Upgrades at ArcelorMittal Plants

21 December 2015 - Industrial engineering group Fives has won contracts for upgrades to ArcelorMittal facilities in China and Romania, the company has announced.

U. S. Steel, Steelworkers Shake Hands On New Labor Deal

21 December 2015 - United States Steel Corporation and the United Steelworkers union have tentatively agreed to a new, three-year labor deal.

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