Steel News

Primetals Technologies Joins Effort to Recast Ukrainian Metals Industry

12 October 2023 - Primetals Technologies will cooperate with the Ukrainian government on rebuilding the country’s metals industry and help it incorporate green production technology.

Primetals Technologies Introduces No-Contact Long Products Measurement System

05 October 2023 - Primetals Technologies has introduced a non-contact safety device that measures long product sections and has installed the first unit at a U.S. mill.

ArcelorMittal Mexico Starts Automated Quality Control System

28 September 2023 - ArcelorMittal Mexico recently put an integrated quality control, production management and transport system from Primetals Technologies into service at is Lázaro Cárdenas site, the equipment supplier reports.

Acquisition Expands Primetals Technologies Cutting Tech Know-How

07 September 2023 - Primetals Technologies has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Spain’s Torch-Cutting Technologies (TCT) in a deal that will complement its offerings in cutting technology.

Primetals Technologies Receives Order for Two LD Converters

30 August 2023 - ArcelorMittal’s Brazilian unit has placed an order with Primetals Technologies for two basic oxygen furnaces and gas cleaning equipment, according to the equipment supplier.

Primetals Technologies Receives Order for Rolling Mill Upgrade

22 August 2023 - Primetals Technologies has been contracted to upgrade a pickling line and tandem cold mill at a Taiwanese mill, the company reports.

Primetals Technologies to Supply MULPIC System for Liberty Steel Galati

08 August 2023 - The equipment supplier announced today it has received an order from Liberty Galati for a new Multi-Purpose Interrupted Cooling (MULPIC) system and water treatment plant for the company’s heavy plate mill in Romania.

Primetals Technologies Completes LD Converter Upgrade

18 July 2023 - Primetals Technologies has upgraded Salzgitter Flachstahl’s LD process optimization system, installing a new module that optimizes lime usage.

Primetals Technologies, ABF to Collaborate on Metals Inventory Management Solutions

05 July 2023 - Primetals Technologies has struck a partnership with German storage logistics specialist ABF GmbH to jointly develop and market inventory management solutions for the metals industry.

Primetals Technologies, LanzaTech Sign On for 10 More Years of Collaboration

27 June 2023 - Carbon capture and utilization company LanzaTech and Primetals Technologies have renewed a 10-year cooperation agreement for the deployment of environmental solutions for the steel industry.

Primetals Technologies to Equip Spanish Startup Mill

15 June 2023 - Spanish steel startup Hydnum Steel has selected Primetals Technologies as its engineering and technology provider for a planned flat-rolled mill on the Iberian Peninsula.

Primetals Technologies to Supply Compensator to Virginia Mill

08 June 2023 - Gerdau has contracted Primetals Technologies to supply a 69-kV static synchronous compensator for its Petersburg mill in Virginia, the mill equipment manufacturer reports.

POSCO Looks to Begin Work on Pilot DRI Plant

30 May 2023 - POSCO is set to break ground on a pilot-scale direct reduction plant that utilizes hydrogen, reports The Korea Economic Daily newspaper.

Primetals Technologies Modernizes Slitting Line for thyssenkrupp Rasselstein

08 May 2023 - Primetals Technologies has upgraded the level 1 automation system and drive system for slitting line No. 1 at thyssenkrupp Rasselstein in Andernach, Germany.

Primetals Technologies Receives Final OK on Mill Stand Upgrade

11 April 2023 - Primetals Technologies has received the final acceptance certificate for upgrades it made to a mill stand Nordic plant.

Primetals Technologies Tapped for Nucor Steel–Berkeley Galvanizing Line

29 March 2023 - Nucor Corp. has selected Primetals Technologies to supply a 500,000-ton-capacity galvanizing line at its sheet mill in Huger, S.C., USA, the equipment supplier announced today.

Gerdau Upgrades Slab Caster Process Optimization Software

28 February 2023 - Gerdau has completed a process optimization and quality control upgrade at its Ouro Branco mill in Brazil, according to Primetals Technologies.

ArcelorMittal Mill Wraps Up Converter Replacement

23 February 2023 - ArcelorMittal Zenica has put a new Primetals Technologies-built LD converter into service, the equipment manufacturer reports.

Primetals Technologies Receives Order for Converter Reline Machine

13 February 2023 - Germany’s Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM) has ordered an LD converter relining machine from Primetals Technologies, according to the equipment manufacturer.

Primetals Technologies Completes Automation Upgrades at Chinese Plant

07 February 2023 - Primetals Technologies has wrapped up an extensive automation and process optimization project for a Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group Co. (TISCO) plant in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China, the company has said.