Steel News

Primetals Technologies Relocates Long Mill Shop

19 October 2020 - Primetals Technologies has completed construction on a new workshop and office in Massachusetts and is moving in machines and personnel, the company reports.

Primetals Technologies Details voestalpine Bloom Caster

01 October 2020 - A new caster at voestalpine’s site in Leoben, Austria is capable of producing 950,000 metric tons annually and can cast in fully automatic mode, the caster’s manufacturer, Primetals Technologies, reports.

Primetals Technologies Receives Final Acceptance for Hot Strip Mill Revamp

27 August 2020 - Metinvest’s Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol has signed off on improvements to its 1,700-mm hot strip mill, reports project contractor Primetals Technologies.

Baosteel Gives Thumbs Up on New Dummy Bar System

30 July 2020 - Baosteel has given final acceptance of a new dummy bar feeding system installed on a caster at its Shanghai works, reports project contractor Primetals Technologies.

Tokyo Steel Plans Pickling Line Modernization

17 July 2020 - Electric arc furnace-based flats and longs producer Tokyo Steel Co. Ltd. has contracted Primetals Technologies to overhaul a continuous pickling line at its facility in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, Primetals Technologies has said.

Special Alloys Producer Certifies Converter Upgrade

14 July 2020 - Italy’s Acciaierie Valbruna has issued the final acceptance certificate on upgrades to an argon oxygen decarburization (AOD) converter at its facility in Bolzano, according to project contractor Primetals Technologies.

Gerdau Orders New MES for Ouro Branco Mill

01 July 2020 - PSI Metals and Primetals Technologies have been contracted to install a new manufacturing execution system (MES) for Gerdau’s Ouro Branco facility in Brazil.

Primetals Technologies Adds Three New Users of Caster Software

17 June 2020 - Primetals Technologies has sold its third subscription license for its continuous casting process optimization software in recent months, the company reports.

Morgoil Bearings Moves to New Home

15 June 2020 - Primetals Technologies has moved its Morgoil Bearings business from its long-standing home in Massachusetts to a 300,00-square-foot facility in Warren, Ohio, USA, the company has announced.

Primetals Technologies Receives Final OK on BOF Upgrade

02 June 2020 - Russian metals and mining company The Mechel Group has issued the final acceptance certificate on a modernized basic oxygen furnace at its Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant, according to project contractor Primetals Technologies.

Wire Rod Producer Turns to Primetals Technologies for New Mills

26 May 2020 - Primetals Technologies has received an order for three high-speed wire rod mills from a customer in China, the equipment supplier reports.

Big Parts, Big Plans: Equipment Deliveries Begin for Strip Mill Upgrade

07 May 2020 - NLMK Group’s La Louvière plant has begun receiving major components for its EUR150 million hot strip mill upgrade, the steelmaker reports.

Primetals Technologies Gets the Nod for New Tandem Cold Mill

21 April 2020 - Primetals Technologies has bagged an order for a 6-stand tandem cold mill to be built in China’s Hebei province, the company announced Tuesday.

Primetals Technologies Awarded Contract for Wire Rod Mill

08 April 2020 - China’s HBIS Shijiazhuang Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. expects to start a new wire rod mill in the Hebei province late this year, reports mill equipment maker Primetals Technologies.

Chinese Mill Upgrades Caster Automation, Plant Controls

31 March 2020 - China’s Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd. has commissioned a new integrated control center (ICC) to run a casting plant at its Shanghai steel works.

Primetals Technologies Announces Start of New Pickling Line

25 March 2020 - China’s Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. has started up a new continuous pickling line built by Primetals Technologies.

Baosteel Orders Fifth Robot System From Primetals Technologies

11 March 2020 - Chinese steelmaker Baosteel has commissioned two of Primetals Technologies’ LiquiRob systems at its Meishan facility and ordered another for its Zhanjiang facility, Primetals Technologies said.

SAIL Rourkela Rolls Out First Coils on New Strip Mill

04 March 2020 - A new hot strip mill at the Steel Authority of India Ltd.’s Rourkela Steel Plant produced its first coils just two days after the start of hot trials, according to the company that supplied the rolling equipment.

JSW Steel Issues Final OK on Rolling Mill Improvements

21 February 2020 - JSW Steel has issued the final acceptance certificate on an improved bar rolling mill at its Salem plant in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, reports project contractor Primetals Technologies.

SAIL Commissions State-of-the-Art Hot Strip Mill

05 February 2020 - The Steel Authority of India Ltd.’s Rourkela works recently commissioned a new, 3-million-metric-ton hot strip mill, according to project contractor Larsen & Toubro.