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Salzgitter Signs Contract for EAF
25 August 2022 - Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH has awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for the design, supply and installation of an electric arc furnace (EAF), marking the first such contract to be let as the steelmaker undertakes a transformational process route conversion.
voestalpine Embarks Upon Process Control System Update
03 August 2022 - voestalpine has upgraded the process control systems for the three converter lines at its LD3 steel plant in Linz, Austria, reports the technology supplier on the project.
ArcelorMittal Gent Starts Up New BOF
21 July 2022 - Equipment supplier Primetals Technologies announced yesterday that a new LD converter (basic oxygen furnace) it supplied to ArcelorMittal Belgium’s steel plant in Gent was recently started up.
Consortium Reveals Plans for Hydrogen-Fed DRI Plant
30 June 2022 - A consortium that includes Primetals Technologies announced plans on Thursday to invest EU2.2 billion in a hydrogen electrolysis plant and associated direct reduced iron plant in France.
Primetals Technologies Lands Order for Converter Relining Machine
21 June 2022 - Brazil’s Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP) has ordered a relining machine from Primetals Technologies for its Pecém mill, the equipment supplier reports.
AM/NS India Selects Primetals Technologies for Tandem Mill Build
09 June 2022 - Primetals Technologies has landed an order for a pickling line and tandem cold mill for a joint-venture mill in India.
Primetals Technologies Receives FAC on New Caster Optimization System
25 May 2022 - U.S. and German steel producers have issued the final acceptance certificates for a subscription-based casting optimization system created by Primetals Technologies.
Primetals Technologies Names Head of Green Steel
18 May 2022 - Alexander Fleischanderl was appointed the head of Primetals Technologies’ new green steel task force, the company announced today in an official press release.
Primetals Technologies to Supply 3.4-Million-Ton Slab Caster for Algerian Mill
12 May 2022 - Tosyali Holding has contracted Primetals Technologies to install a 3.4-million-ton-capacity slab caster at its mill in Bethioua, Algeria, the equipment supplier reports.
Turkish Stainless Producer Sets Metallurgical Records
04 May 2022 - A Primetals Technologies-built vacuum oxygen decarburization (VOD) plant in Turkey has set two new world records, producing the largest heat and the achieving the lowest carbon content for such a plant.
Primetals Technologies Unveils 3-Strand Continuous Slab Caster
20 April 2022 - The equipment supplier was contracted to provide the first-ever 3-strand slab casting solution for China’s Tangshan Donghua Iron and Steel Enterprise Group, Primetals Technologies announced today in a press release.
thyssenkrupp to Undertake Plant Revamp and New Build in Duisburg-Bruckhausen
07 April 2022 - ABB announced today it has been tapped by Primetals Technologies to help optimize production at thyssenkrupp Steel Europe’s Duisburg-Bruckhausen plant in Germany.
Primetals Technologies Revamps Continuous Pickling Line at Tokyo Steel
06 April 2022 - Primetals Technologies has received the final acceptance certificate (FAC) for renovating the continuous pickling line for hot-rolled strip at Tokyo Steel Co. Ltd.'s Okayama plant.
ArcelorMittal Taps Primetals Technologies for Supply of Two LD Converters
30 March 2022 - One of the two new LD converters (basic oxygen furnaces) will replace an existing LD converter at ArcelorMittal’s plant in Dunkirk, France, while the other new converter will be held for installation at the facility at a later time, according to Primetals Technologies.
Primetals Technologies Nabs Order for voestalpine Tandem Mill Upgrade
24 March 2022 - voestalpine Stahl GmbH has chosen Primetals Technologies to convert the continuous tandem line at its Linz, Austria, site to a fully automated pickling tandem line optimized for high-strength and electrical steels, according to the supplier.
Nucor Steel–Arkansas Issues FAC on Hot Strip Mill Drives Upgrade From Primetals Technologies
21 March 2022 - The final acceptance certificate (FAC) for the F5 and F6 main drive upgrade completes the third phase of the full replacement of Nucor Steel–Arkansas’ six main mill stand drives at its hot strip mill.
Hoa Phat Contracts Primetals Technologies for New Production Line
01 March 2022 - The Vietnamese steelmaker has awarded Primetals Technologies a contract for a new production line that will increase capacity at its steel plant in Dung Quat, Quang Ngai province, by 5.6 million tons per year, according to the equipment supplier.
NLMK Issues Final Acceptance for Primetals Technologies BOF Offgas System
23 February 2022 - The equipment supplier announced yesterday it has received the final acceptance certificates (FACs) from NLMK Group for the construction of offgas systems for its LD converters No. 2 and 3 at its steel plant LD2 in Lipetsk, Russia.
Primetals Technologies Receives Final Acceptance for Ladle Treatment Stands
15 February 2022 - Germany’s Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH (HKM) has granted final acceptance for two new ladle treatment stands from Primetals Technologies, the equipment supplier announced today.
Report: Ecolant Breaks Ground on DRI-Fed EAF Steel Plant in Russia
14 February 2022 - Ecolant, a company of OMK owner Anatoly Sedykh, has broken ground on a Rb150 billion (US$2 billion) direct reduced iron–fed electric arc furnace mill in Vyksa, Russia, according to S&P Global Platts.