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Danieli Cast-Roll Line Exceeds Rated Capacity

09 July 2021 - A Danieli-built cast-roll mill in China has reached a new operational milestone, producing nearly 190,000 metric tons per month and running at 109% of design capacity.

Air Liquide Lays EUR100 Million Investment in Air Separation Unit

09 July 2021 - Air Liquide will build what it says is the global steel industry’s single largest air separation unit as part of a long-term supply agreement with China’s Jiangsu Shagang Group.

Rio Tinto, POSCO Partner on Decarbonization Solutions

08 July 2021 - Iron ore miner Rio Tinto and South Korea’s largest steel producer have agreed to work together on developing technologies enabling the transition to a low-CO2 steel value chain.

SDI Sets 2050 Carbon Neutrality Goal

07 July 2021 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) has joined the list of steel producers pledging carbon neutrality, announcing Wednesday that it hopes to achieve the goal by 2050.

Canada Backs Algoma Process Conversion

06 July 2021 - The Canadian government is committing up to CA$420 million to support a planned process conversion at Algoma Steel Inc.

Renewed Contract Builds on SSAB, Harsco Relationship

06 July 2021 - Environmental services contractor Harsco Corp. has renewed its service contract with SSAB America’s Montpelier, Iowa, USA, mill.

AIC Wraps Rolling Mill Project, Announces Contract Award

06 July 2021 - Italy’s Automazioni Industriali Capitanio s.r.l. (AIC) has completed upgrades to Gerdau’s bar mill in Cambridge, Ont., Canada, and will be undertaking a project at another of the steelmaker's plants.

Mill Supplier Sees ‘Unprecedented’ Demand

01 July 2021 - The steel industry is benefitting from robust demand, but so too are mill equipment suppliers, the president of The Systems Group said Thursday.

Primetals Technologies-Built Rolling Mill, DRI Plant Begin Production

01 July 2021 - Maruichi Sun Steel Joint Stock Co. (SUNSCO)’s Ho Chi Minh steel mill has produced its first coil on its new Hyper UC mill from Primetals Technologies, according to an announcement by the equipment manufacturer.

Polytec Lands Order for Caster Manipulator

01 July 2021 - Steel Dynamics Inc.'s structural and rail division has ordered what will be its first fully automated manipulator from robotics and automation specialist Polytec.

MIDREX Highlights Plant Operations Achievements

01 July 2021 - MIDREX direct reduction plants globally produced 65.7 million tons of hot and cold direct reduced iron (DRI) and hot briquetted iron in 2020, the company has said.

Former Big River Executive Joins Swedish Mill Project

30 June 2021 - A Swedish venture that is proposing a fossil-free steel mill has brought aboard an American executive with experience in starting up new steel facilities.

EU Renews Steel Safeguard Measure

30 June 2021 - The European Union is extending the steel import safeguard measures that it put in place following imposition of the U.S. Section 232 tariffs.

Developer Proposes Green Mill Project

29 June 2021 - A development group is working to advance a green steel project that would take advantage of spare nuclear generation capacity to produce hydrogen.

AIME Keynote: Reimaging the Future

29 June 2021 - Frank Diana, a futurist and managing partner of Tata Consultancy Services, shared a broad perspective of what the future may hold during AISTech 2021 – The Iron & Steel Conference and Exposition.

U. S. Steel Eyes Potential Hydrogen, Carbon Capture Projects

29 June 2021 - United States Steel Corporation will work with Norwegian energy producer Equinor to explore the potential for carbon capture and storage (CCS) and hydrogen projects in the greater Pittsburgh region.

Report: Climate Change Could Strand New BF Investments

29 June 2021 - The global steel industry is at risk of having to write off US$47 billion to US$70 billion in new steelmaking assets as the world moves to a carbon-neutral future, according to a new report.

Consultant: Decarbonization Strategy Isn’t a Binary Decision

29 June 2021 - The global steel industry’s transition to carbon neutrality is being hindered by an either-or fallacy that is wrongly pitting two technologies against each other, a top steel decarbonization expert said Tuesday.

Dastur Selected for North American BF Carbon Capture Project

28 June 2021 - The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a funded carbon capture steel mill project to consulting engineer Dastur International Inc. and affiliated companies

Commercial Metals Sets New Environmental Goals

28 June 2021 - Commercial Metals Company (CMC) will look to reduce its Scope I and Scope II greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 20% and increase its use of renewable energy by 12% as part of a newly revised set of environmental goals.

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