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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.
Slovenian Steel Group Announces Upgrade to IT Infrastructure
30 June 2022 - The Slovenian Steel Group’s Metal Ravne facility has installed a new manufacturing IT system that it says better integrates its steelmaking and business operations and improves optimization, quality and customer support.
New voestalpine Mill About to Make Its Debut
30 June 2022 - voestalpine is preparing to start its highly automated special steel plant in Kapfenberg, Austria, bringing to an end a project that has been four years in the making.
Consortium Reveals Plans for Hydrogen-Fed DRI Plant
30 June 2022 - A consortium that includes Primetals Technologies announced plans on Thursday to invest EU2.2 billion in a hydrogen electrolysis plant and associated direct reduced iron plant in France.
SDI Joint Venture Will Produce Carbon Alternative for Its EAFs
29 June 2022 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) and a company that produces a coal and coke substitute are partnering on construction of a plant to supply SDI’s electric arc furnaces, the steelmaker has announced.
Salzgitter Expands R&D Capabilities With H2-Grade Steel Lab
29 June 2022 - Salzgitter Group is establishing a laboratory that will focus on developing steel pipe, tube and plate specifically for hydrogen infrastructure, the company has announced.
Fabricator Inaugurates Solar Farm Components Facility
28 June 2022 - Solar farm technology specialist Nextracker and its manufacturing partner have cut the ribbon on a Pittsburgh, Pa., USA, production facility that will make steel components for large-scale solar facilities.
U. S. Steel to Sell Two BFs, Hints at DRI Plant Under New Raw Materials Plan
28 June 2022 - United States Steel Corporation is expanding its raw materials capabilities, unveiling an upgrade to one of its Minnesota iron ore mines on Tuesday and saying that a direct reduction plant could be in its future. In addition, the company revealed a potential agreement to repurpose its Granite City, Ill., USA, blast furnaces.
JSW Steel Orders Grinding, Inspection Facility
27 June 2022 - Danieli has bagged an order from JSW Steel for a new slab grinding and inspection facility, which will be installed at the steelmaker’s Dolvi plant in Maharashtra, India.
Steelworkers Local Casting Ballots on Strike Authorization
27 June 2022 - Contract negotiations between Stelco and United Steelworkers at the company’s Nanticoke, Ont., plant in Canada have stalled, with union workers voting Monday on whether to authorize a strike, should negotiators deem one necessary.
Nucor Finalizes US$3 Billion Acquisition
24 June 2022 - Nucor Corp. has closed on its US$3 billion acquisition of C.H.I. Overhead Doors, completing a sale that expands its downstream steel products business.
Algoma Profit Share Sets New Record
24 June 2022 - Algoma Steel’s employee profit sharing program has set a new company record for the highest amount awarded to employees.
Allegheny Technologies Picks a New Name and a New Home
23 June 2022 - Specialty metals producer Allegheny Technologies Inc. is changing its name and moving its headquarters from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Dallas, Texas, reports the Pittsburgh Business Times.
AIST Life Member Picked to Lead AISI Automotive Program
23 June 2022 - The American Iron and Steel Institute has named quality assurance expert and AIST Life Member Christopher Kristock to head its automotive program, the trade group has announced.
SMS group Incoming Orders Reach 10-Year High
23 June 2022 - Mill equipment manufacturer SMS group said its order intake rose to its highest level in a decade, reaching EU3.5 billion in fiscal 2021.
CMC Upgrades Electrical Supply to Ladle Furnace
22 June 2022 - Commercial Metals Company has replaced the ladle furnace transformer at its Mesa, Ariz., USA, micro-mill, swapping it out for a Danieli-built digital power feeder.
ArcelorMittal Signs Collaboration Agreement for Wind Farms, Electrolysis Plants
22 June 2022 - ArcelorMittal and German energy company RWE will work together on building and operating offshore wind farms and hydrogen electrolysis plants, the companies have announced.
U. S. Steel to Participate in Carbon Capture Project
22 June 2022 - The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has received a US$3.5 million federal grant that will support an engineering study on a system to capture carbon dioxide in the air and store it in concrete.
SSAB Finds Its First U.S. Taker for Fossil-Free Steel
21 June 2022 - U.S.-based automotive body structures supplier Shape Corp. will trial SSAB’s fossil-fuel-free steel in certain parts, the steelmaker has announced.
McKinsey: European Steelmakers Might Have to Re-Examine DRI Investments
21 June 2022 - European steelmakers who have natural-gas-fired direct reduction plants in their decarbonization plans might have to rethink those investments due to the Russia-Ukraine war, according to a new report.
Primetals Technologies Lands Order for Converter Relining Machine
21 June 2022 - Brazil’s Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP) has ordered a relining machine from Primetals Technologies for its Pecém mill, the equipment supplier reports.
