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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.

Steelmakers Find Success Is Tied to Employee Training

19 September 2022 - At Badische Stahl Engineering (BSE)’s 7th Steelmaking Symposium, employee training and its impact on a company’s bottom line – or in the case of the steel industry, production capacity -- was front and center.

Biden Administration Launches Effort to Boost Green Construction Materials 

16 September 2022 - The U.S. federal government will prioritize the purchase of green steel and other low-CO2 construction materials as part of a broader effort to reinvigorate American manufacturing. 

U. S. Steel Leans into Market Headwinds

16 September 2022 - United States Steel Corporation expects to report adjusted net earnings of somewhere between US$1.90 and US$1.95 per diluted share this quarter, even as market headwinds begin to impact the business, the company has said.  

Hyundai Steel Reports Successful Trial of Low-CO2, High-Strength Steel

16 September 2022 - South Korea’s Hyundai Steel Co. said it has successfully produced 1-gigapascal steel sheet using an electric arc furnace (EAF). 

Nucor Anticipates Record Year, but Comparatively Lower Q3 Results 

15 September 2022 - Nucor Corp. expects its third-quarter earnings to fall roughly 13% year over year on lower shipments and prices at its steel mills. 

SDI Q3 Earnings Expected to Soften but Sees Underlying Demand Persist

15 September 2022 - Steel Dynamics Inc. expects its third-quarter earnings to drop roughly 23% from the prior three months due in part to lower average flat-rolled prices. 

Tata Steel Partners With Hatch on IJmuiden Process Route Conversion 

15 September 2022 - Engineering and management consultancy Hatch Ltd. is joining Tata Steel’s effort to produce hydrogen-reduced iron and green steel at its lJmuiden plant in the Netherlands. 

Danieli Contracted for BF Stove Repairs 

15 September 2022 - Tata Steel has again tapped Danieli for blast furnace stove repairs at the steelmaker’s Port Talbot Works in the United Kingdom, reaffirming a relationship between the two. 

Topalian Named Nucor Chairman 

15 September 2022 - Nucor Corp. president and chief executive Leon Topalian can now add board chairman to his title.

POSCO Mill Recovering From Flood

13 September 2022 - POSCO has restarted the No. 2 and No. 4 blast furnaces at its Pohang Works after a typhoon flooded the plant last week.

JSW Steel, SMS group to Partner on Decarbonization Projects

13 September 2022 - JSW Steel will collaborate with plant builder and mechanical engineer SMS group on decarbonization projects throughout its fleet of Indian mills. 

voestalpine Turns to Primetals Technologies for Galvanizing Line Revamp

13 September 2022 - voestalpine has contracted Primetals Technologies to modernize the Nos. 3 and 4 hot-dipped galvanizing lines at its Linz facility in Austria, the equipment builder has announced. 

Zekelman Industries Expects New Tube Plant to Be Fully Operational Early Next Year

09 September 2022 - Pipe and tube maker Zekelman Industries said it is nearing the end of construction on a new galvanized tube plant in Illinois. 

Cleveland-Cliffs, USW Shake Hands on Another Tentative Labor Agreement 

09 September 2022 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has reached a tentative labor agreement with United Steelworkers (USW)-represented employees at its legacy mining and pelletizing operations in northern Minnesota and the Michigan Upper Peninsula. 

thyssenkrupp Greenlights DRI Plant 

08 September 2022 - thyssenkrupp will proceed with construction of a 2.5-million-metric-ton direct reduction plant at its Duisburg plant in Germany, the company said on Thursday. 

Primetals Technologies Bags Order for Ladle Furnace

07 September 2022 - Mexico’s Talleres y Aceros S.A. de C.V. (TYASA) has ordered a twin-ladle furnace from Primetals Technologies, the equipment manufacturer reports. 

AIC Completes Rolling Mill Automation Project

07 September 2022 - Automation specialist Automazioni Industriali Capitanio (AIC) has wrapped up installation of a new automation system for a stand in a Gerdau rolling mill. 

ArcelorMittal Idles Two European Blast Furnaces

07 September 2022 - Softening demand and rising energy prices are prompting ArcelorMittal to idle two of its blast furnaces in Spain and Germany, according to a report. 

German Steel Association: Natural Gas Price Caps Are Needed

07 September 2022 - Germany's steel industry trade association, WV Stahl, is calling for price caps on natural gas, saying that the international competitiveness of the industry is under threat. 

Deacero Awards Plant Modernization Contract  

01 September 2022 - Mexican long products maker Deacero has contracted Danieli to upgrade the meltshop and rolling mills at its Celaya plant. 

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