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Nippon Steel Develops Antiviral Steel
09 August 2021 - Nippon Steel Corp. has announced the development of a process to make visible-light-responsive photocatalytic steel that provides an antiviral effect by utilizing titanium oxide.
Steelmakers Planning 12M Ton Greenfield Mill in India
10 March 2021 - Joint-venture partners ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel Corp. have signed an agreement with the Indian state of Odisha to build a 12-million-metric-ton greenfield steel mill, reports The Hindu BusinessLine newspaper.
ArcelorMittal, Nippon Steel Shake Hands on Alabama EAF
05 January 2021 - ArcelorMittal and joint-venture partner Nippon Steel Corp. are moving ahead with plans to build an electric arc furnace (EAF) at their advanced re-rolling plant in Alabama, the companies have announced.
ArcelorMittal Plans Big Capacity Add to Indian Mill
01 December 2020 - Looking to stake a larger claim to the Indian steel market, ArcelorMittal and joint-venture partner Nippon Steel plan to more than double the capacity of their Indian subsidiary, reports Nikkei Asia.
Nippon Steel Exec Sees EAFs in Its Future
20 October 2020 - Against the backdrop of increasing competition, Nippon Steel Corp. is evaluating the expanded use of electric-arc-furnace-based production, reports the Bloomberg news service.
Nippon Steel Looks Overseas for Growth
02 September 2020 - Nippon Steel Corp. is seeking merger and acquisition opportunities, just not at home in Japan, reports the Reuters news service.
Nippon Steel Schedules Blast Furnace Reline
08 June 2020 - Nippon Steel Corp. has announced plans to reline the No. 3 blast furnace at its Nagoya Works in southern Japan.
Nippon Steel Explores Quantum Computing
20 April 2020 - Nippon Steel Corp. has begun collaborating with a developer of quantum software, the developer has announced.
Nippon Steel Adjusts Production
08 April 2020 - Nippon Steel Corp. will bank two blast furnaces later this month and curtail coke production as it adjusts to lower demand, the company has said.
Nippon Steel Orders Tenova’s Consteel® EAF
12 February 2020 - Tenova has landed a contract to build on of its Consteel electric arc furnace’s for Japan’s Nippon Steel Corp., Tenova has said.
Nippon Steel Nisshin to Halt Blast Furnace
26 December 2019 - Nippon Steel Nisshin Co. Ltd. plans to bank a blast furnace in southern Japan next year, saying that a slowing market and other factors necessitated the move.
ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Establishes Board and Executive Management
18 December 2019 - The newly established joint venture between ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AMNSI), has announced its management structure, according to news site SteelGuru.
ArcelorMittal, Nippon Steel Look to Expand Essar Steel
16 December 2019 - ArcelorMittal and joint venture partner Nippon Steel Corp. have finalized their acquisition of Essar Steel India Ltd., completing a deal that gives both a foothold in the growing Indian steel market.
Furnace at Nippon Steel’s Kimitsu Works Damaged in Typhoon
11 September 2019 - Nippon Steel Corp. has temporarily idled a steelmaking unit at its Kimitsu Steel Works after a chimney collapsed during a typhoon on Monday, according to the Reuters news service.
Japan's Steelmakers Raise Mandatory Retirement Age
09 April 2019 - Japan’s aging population has created ever-present labor shortages for employers, but four Japanese steelmakers have found one workaround: keep the employees they have longer.
Nippon Steel Adopts a New Name — and a Strategy Focusing on Overseas Growth
04 April 2019 - As it aims to further expand its overseas operations, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has officially changed its name to Nippon Steel Corp.
Report: Nippon Steel Looking for Advice on Splitting Brazil's Usiminas
24 August 2016 - Japan’s Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. is looking for help on drafting plans to split Brazil’s Usiminas between itself and Usiminas’ other controlling shareholder, Techint Group, reports the Reuters news service.
ASTM International Board Names Nippon Steel Employee as a Director
14 January 2015 - Jun Sasaki, Ph.D., general manager of the Control Research Laboratory at Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) in Futtsu, Japan, has been named a director on the ASTM International board for a three-year term.
ArcelorMittal and NSSMC Announce Further Investments in AM/NS Calvert
17 September 2014 - ArcelorMittal, in partnership with joint venture partner Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metals Corporation (NSSMC), announced two important investment projects that will further enhance the capabilities of AM/NS Calvert, the advanced steel finishing facility in Calvert, Ala.
New Continuous Annealing & Processing Line Inaugurated in India
03 September 2014 - The continuous annealing and processing line at Jamshedpur Continuous Annealing and Processing Co. Private Ltd. (JCAPCPL), a 600,000-metric-ton-per-annum facility for manufacturing automotive grade continuous annealed products, was inaugurated on 1 September 2014 at Steelennium Hall inside Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur Works.
