New Products
Announcements related to new steels, steel products and steelmaking equipment and supplies.
Latest News
Third-Gen Automotive Steels Have Arrived
02 August 2018 - Third-generation steels that are at once strong and formable are now being sold into the automotive market and can readily substitute components made from earlier advanced steels with lower tensile strengths, reports Repairer Driven News.
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.
AK Steel Rolls Out New Electrical Steel
31 May 2018 - AK Steel Corp. is bringing to market a new family of high-permeability grain oriented electrical steels (GOES) designed for high- and ultrahigh-voltage transformers.
SSAB Brings Third-Generation Automotive Steel to Market
08 May 2018 - Swedish steelmaker SSAB is rolling out a family of coated, third-generation advanced high-strength steels and has product ready for customer trials, the company announced Tuesday.
German Steelworks Turns on New Cooling System
06 March 2018 - SMS group has successfully retrofitted a German slab caster with a new secondary cooling system, the equipment supplier reported Tuesday.
Gerdau Upsizes Blooms at Michigan Mill
29 January 2018 - In an effort to improve steel cleanliness and better serve customers, Gerdau’s special bar quality mill in Monroe, Mich., USA, plans to begin producing 240-mm square blooms this fall.
SSAB Introduces Water-Quenchable Steel Grade
22 November 2017 - Sweden’s SSAB has begun selling a new type of steel than can be quenched in water, but doesn’t need to be immediately tempered, it has announced.
The Gears Turn, and TimkenSteel Unveils a New Line of Steel
24 October 2017 - TimkenSteel has introduced a new line of special bar quality steels that combine strength and toughness.
Ovako Launches New Line of Steels
18 September 2017 - Swedish special bar quality maker Ovako has introduced a new family of steels that it says combines the characteristics of tool steel, maraging steel and stainless steel with the production economy of special bar quality steel.
Research Team Says It Has Developed a Formable 2 GPa Steel
25 August 2017 - A University of Hong Kong professor and a team of mechanical engineers say they have created a new ultra-high-strength steel that can be made through conventional process routes.
German Steelmaker Lays Claim to World's Thickest Slab
27 July 2017 - Germany’s Dillinger Hütte said it set a new world record on Tuesday, casting a slab with a thickness of 600 mm, or more than 23.5 inches.
Nucor CEO: It's Time to Support the American Steel Industry
25 July 2017 - As Nucor Corp. chairman and chief executive John Ferriola sees it, the United States is in a trade war. And it’s losing.
Steel Dynamics Takes One to the Snout
21 July 2017 - A bad line component forced Steel Dynamics Inc.’s (SDI) new Galvalume and paint lines to go down in the second quarter, contributing to an estimated US$30 million impact on earnings, SDI chief executive Mark Millett said on Thursday.
This Is Heavy News: Mechel Casts a 50-Metric-Ton Ingot
20 July 2017 - Mechel PAO’s Chelyabinsk works in Russia has cast its first 50-metric-ton ingot, officially marking its entry into the oversized special steel market.
Tenova Partners With Microsoft to Offer Industry 4.0 Solution
15 June 2017 - Tenova has teamed up with Microsoft to offer steelmakers a cloud-based, smart-factory solution, providing for new production efficiencies, the equipment supplier has announced.
Nucor Reveals Plans for North America's Widest Galvanizing Line
26 May 2017 - Nucor Corp. said it will invest US$176 million in a new galvanizing and pickling line at its Ghent, Ky., USA, sheet mill, adding 500,000 tons of capacity.
AK Steel to Apply Federal Grant to Electrical Steel Research
18 May 2017 - AK Steel Corp. said it has accepted a US$1.8 million federal grant, which it will use to help develop a high alloy, non-oriented electrical steel.
Cliffs Natural Resources Starts Up New Pellet Plant
17 May 2017 - Iron ore miner Cliffs Natural Resources has begun producing its Mustang superflex pellet at its United Taconite mine in Minnesota, the company has announced.
AK Steel Introduces Its Latest Advanced Steels to Automakers
28 April 2017 - AK Steel Corp. has delivered the first samples of its NEXMET 1000 and 1200 advanced high-strength steels to automotive customers, the company’s chief executive said.
Danieli Corus Ships First Hydraulic Gearbox for Blast Furnace Top-Charging Systems
27 February 2017 - Danieli Corus and Danieli Centro Metallics have shipped their first DANCU gearbox to a Ukrainian steel mill that is replacing its top-charging system.
