Long Products Rolling
Includes bar, rod, wire and structural rolling and finishing processes.
Latest News
Liberty House Adds Four European Steel Plants to Growing List of Assets
12 October 2018 - Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty House Group has signed an agreement to buy four ArcelorMittal facilities in Europe, an acquisition that will double its rolling capacity to more than 15 million metric tons annually.
SMS group Receives Final OK on Bar Mill Improvements
05 October 2018 - Spain’s Sidenor Aceros Especiales has signed the final acceptance certificate on upgrades to a bar mill at its Basauri plant, reports the equipment supplier on the project.
Tata Expands Capacity With Usha Martin Acquisition
24 September 2018 - Indian wire rope manufacturer Usha Martin Ltd. is divesting its special steel plant and other upstream assets to Tata Steel for the equivalent of between US$589.6 million and US$644.5 million, the company has announced.
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.
