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Coking Coal Mine Reopens in West Virginia

17 July 2018 - JSW Steel Ltd.’s idled coking coal mines in West Virginia, USA, are now back in operation, according to The Hindu BusinessLine newspaper.

U.S. Brings Dispute Over Retaliatory Tariffs Before WTO

17 July 2018 - The United States has filed five formal challenges with the World Trade Organization concerning tariffs on U.S. goods inflicted by several countries in the wake of the U.S. Commerce Department’s Section 232 decision to impose import duties on foreign steel and aluminum.

Tenova Wins Bid to Upgrade SDI Electric Furnace Technology

16 July 2018 - Steel Dynamics Inc. has chosen Tenova technology to optimize the electric arc furnace at its Pittsboro, Ind., USA, plant, Tenova has announced.

USW Kicks Off Contract Negotiations with U. S. Steel, ArcelorMittal

11 July 2018 - The United Steelworkers union has opened labor negotiations with United States Steel Corporation and ArcelorMittal USA, beginning the work to replace contracts that expire 1 September.

Bristol Metals Finalizes Purchase of Galvanized Tube Business

05 July 2018 - Bristol Metals LLC has closed on its acquisition of Marcegaglia USA’s galvanized tube business, the company has announced.

Big River Decides to Expand Arkansas Mill, Considers Additional Automotive Sheet Investment

02 July 2018 - Big River Steel has decided to double down on its investment in Arkansas and expand its existing facility to 3.3 million tons annually. Meanwhile, it separately is considering whether to build an advanced coating line, the company has announced.

Steel Dynamics Closes on Acquisition of Sheet Processing Facility

02 July 2018 - Steel Dynamics Inc. has finalized its acquisition of the former Heartland Steel sheet processing plant from Companhia Siderurgica Nacional.

Steel Dynamics Plans New Galvanizing Line for Mississippi Sheet Mill

28 June 2018 - Steel Dynamics Inc. plans to add a third galvanizing line to its Columbus, Miss., USA, sheet plant and make US$90 million to US$100 million in other improvements there.

Cleveland-Cliffs Expects HBI Plant to be Producing by Summer of 2020

27 June 2018 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is ahead of schedule on its hot-briquetted iron plant and expects to put it into service by July 2020, Cliffs chairman and chief executive officer Lourenco Goncalves said Wednesday.

JSW Steel Looks to Grow Domestically and Internationally

26 June 2018 - India’s JSW Steel is allocating US$1 billion toward capital improvements at its plants in Texas and Ohio as it looks to increase its companywide capacity, company officials said Tuesday.

GFG Alliance Restarts a South Carolina Mill, and Eyes Other U.S. Acquisitions

26 June 2018 - The Gupta family’s GFG Alliance is targeting 5 million tons of American EAF capacity in the next two to three years and is looking to acquire supporting scrap operations, executive chairman Sanjeev Gupta said Tuesday.

'Profiteering' Not to Blame for Steel Price Increases

26 June 2018 - Strength in demand, and not speculative activity induced by the Section 232 tariffs, is driving the run up in steel prices, Steel Dynamics Inc. chief executive Mark Millett said Tuesday.

Ferriola: The World Wouldn't Act on Overcapacity, So the U.S. Did

26 June 2018 - Nucor Corp. chief executive officer John Ferriola vigorously defended the Section 232 steel tariffs on Tuesday, saying that the U.S. imposed the trade measure only in the absence of multinational action on excess capacity.

AI Emerging as a New Steelmaking Benchmark, Silicon Valley Executive Says

25 June 2018 - Mills that hesitate on deploying machine learning technologies will do so at their own peril, according to Noodle.ai chief executive officer Stephen Pratt.

Hydrogen Steelmaking Is Feasible...If the Industry Comes Up With a Feasible Way to Produce Hydrogen

25 June 2018 - As the steel industry looks to lower its carbon footprint, investments in hydrogen-based steelmaking research and development are surfacing. However, the process itself isn’t necessarily the biggest hurdle to overcome.

Revised CAFE Standards Probably Won't Hurt Demand for Auto Steel

25 June 2018 - The Trump administration’s proposal to roll back the 2025 vehicle fuel economy standards likely won’t have a significant impact on the market for lightweight automotive steels, according to a Nucor Corp. official.

Idled U. S. Steel Blast Furnace Back in Production

21 June 2018 - United States Steel Corporation has restarted one of two idled blast furnaces at its Granite City Works in Illinois and is again producing hot metal.

'We're Going to Make Sure that American Steel Is There ... for Generations to Come,' Says U.S. VP Pence

20 June 2018 - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visited Nucor Corp.’s Auburn bar mill in New York on Tuesday and declared that “steel is back.”

U.S. Mills Expand Circumvention Claims Against Processed Sheet From Vietnam

14 June 2018 - U.S. producers are accusing their South Korean counterparts of circumventing anti-dumping duties by shipping coils to Vietnam for processing into cold-rolled and corrosion-resistant sheet, reports Metal Bulletin.

Union Workers Strike Indiana Roll Plant

13 June 2018 - Workers at roll maker Union Electric Steel’s plant in Valparaiso, Ind., USA, have gone on strike, demanding wage increases, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.

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