Long Products Rolling

Includes bar, rod, wire and structural rolling and finishing processes.

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South Korean Steelmaker Slates Bar Mill Improvements

18 September 2018 - South Korea’s Daehan Steel Co. Ltd. has contracted SMS group to replace a bar mill quenching line at its Sinpyeong works and make other improvements, the equipment supplier has announced.

Steel Dynamics Takes the Keys to Closed Bar Mill, Eyes November Restart

18 September 2018 - Steel Dynamics Inc. has finalized its acquisition of shuttered Kentucky Electric Steel for US$5 million and plans to reopen the facility in November.

British Steel Announces Layoffs

14 September 2018 - U.K.-based long products producer British Steel said on Friday that it will eliminate 400 managerial, professional and administrative positions in an effort to cut costs and provide for long-term growth.

SMS group Wins Order for Bar Mill

14 September 2018 - With an eye to expanding its long products portfolio, Cameroon’s Prometal Aciérie has awarded a contract to SMS group for a 300,000-ton rolling mill, SMS group has announced.

Primetals Technologies Bags Order for Wire Rod Mill

04 September 2018 - JSW Steel has awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for a new wire rod mill to be built at the steelmaker’s Vijayanagar works in India.

Danieli Awarded Contract for Chinese Micro-Mill

25 July 2018 - Chinese steelmaker Guilin Pinggang Iron & Steel has ordered a Danieli micro-mill, handing the equipment supplier its 15th order globally for such facilities.

Steel Dynamics Working on Deal for Idled Mill in Kentucky

24 July 2018 - Steel Dynamics Inc. is planning to acquire a shuttered bar mill in Kentucky, chief executive Mark Millett said Tuesday.

SMS group Secures Orders for Finishing Blocks

21 June 2018 - SMS group has landed two separate orders for its MEERdrive PLUS finishing blocks from Italian wire rod producers Arlenico SpA and Feralpi Siderurgica SpA.

CMC Winds Up First Spool of Rebar

07 June 2018 - Commercial Metals Company’s new micro-mill in Oklahoma has begun producing spooled rebar, according to the plant’s technology supplier, Danieli.

Italian Company Bags Orders for Three New Furnaces

31 May 2018 - Two North American steelmakers have awarded contracts to Italian furnace builder Forni Industriali Bendotti for new reheat furnaces.

Former Gerdau Manager to Lead Revived South Carolina Mill

21 May 2018 - Liberty Steel USA, which is preparing to restart its recently acquired wire rod mill in Georgetown, S.C., has hired a new general manager to oversee the facility.

Danieli Awarded Contract for Greenfield Wire Rod Mill

21 May 2018 - Concrete reinforcement products maker Van Merksteijn International has chosen Danieli to equip a new mini-mill at the port of Eemshavenin in the Netherlands.

JSW Steel Reaches Deal to Acquire Italian Long Products Facility

18 May 2018 - JSW Steel has locked up a deal to acquire Italy’s struggling Aferpi long products mill from the Cevital Group, according to reports.

Gerdau Rounds Out Michigan Mill Overhaul with US$70.3M Investment

09 May 2018 - Gerdau Specialty Steel North America said on Thursday that it will invest US$70.3 million in its Monroe, Mich., USA, meltshop.

Report: Investors Hope to Bring Mill to Southern Florida

06 May 2018 - A group of local investors are trying to establish an electric arc furnace-based mill in southeastern Florida, the Miami Herald reports.

Grupo Simec Reaches Deal to Acquire Brazilian Long Products Mills

06 May 2018 - ArcelorMittal Brazil has struck a deal to sell two mills and wire drawing equipment to Mexican long products producer Grupo Simec, fulfilling an agreement with Brazilian competition regulators.

Kocks Bags Two Rolling Mill Equipment Orders

30 April 2018 - German bar and rod mill specialist Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG has won separate orders for reducing and sizing blocks from two Chinese steel manufacturers, the company has announced.

CMC Celebrates Beginning of Spooler Project

30 April 2018 - Commercial Metals Co. has broken ground on a 63,000-square-foot expansion project at its Mesa, Ariz., USA, micro-mill, where it is adding spooled rebar capabilities.

Work Gets Underway on New Special Steel Plant

24 April 2018 - voestalpine on Tuesday broke ground on its advanced special steel plant in Kapfenberg, Austria, marking the start of a project that is expected to take three years to complete.