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Steel Market Conditions Prompt Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Reduce Costs at Primetals Venture

13 June 2016 - In the face of a weak steel market, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is looking to cut costs at its Primetals Technologies venture, reports the Bloomberg news service.

Steel Dynamics Expects Profitable Second Quarter on Improvements in Flat Rolled Market

13 June 2016 - U.S.-based Steel Dynamics Inc. expects to nearly double its second-quarter profits over the first quarter due to better metal spreads and increased shipments, the company said on Monday.

LNG Terminal Selects Outokumpu Stainless Rebar for Project

10 June 2016 - Finnish stainless producer Outokumpu supplied approximately 10 metric tons of stainless rebar for a liquefied natural gas project along the North Sea coast, the company said on Friday.

ArcelorMittal Plans to Overhaul Continuous Casters at Spanish Mill

10 June 2016 - SMS group has won a contract to overhaul two continuous slab casters at an ArcelorMittal sheet mill in Spain, the company has announced.

Primetals, AIC Win Order for 500K Rebar Mill

09 June 2016 - Filipino rebar maker Capitol Steel Corp. has awarded a contract for a new bar rolling mill to Primetals Technologies and partner Automazioni Industriali Capitanio S.r.l. (AIC), according to Primetals.

Report: Tata Pushes Back Decision on Sale of U.K. Business

09 June 2016 - Tata Steel apparently is going to give itself more time to consider the fate of its struggling U.K. business, extending the timeline for naming a preferred bidder for the operation, reports the (London) Financial Times.

Cliffs Natural Resources Moves Up Restart Schedule for Idled Mine

09 June 2016 - Iron ore miner Cliffs Natural Resources will reopen an idled Minnesota mine two months sooner than planned after securing third- and fourth-quarter orders from a new customer, the company announced on Thursday.

Nucor Joint Venture Eyes Mexican Auto Market

09 June 2016 - Nucor Corp. plans to build a US$270 million galvanized sheet mill in central Mexico through a new joint venture, the company has announced.

Primetals Signs Contract for Furnace Upgrades at German Mill

07 June 2016 - Primetals Technologies has won an order to modernize the electric arc furnace at BGH Edelstahlwerke GmbH’s Freital facility in Germany.

Italian Steelmaker Adding Waste-Heat Recovery System to EAF

07 June 2016 - Italy’s Acciaieria Arvedi is installing a waste-heat recovery system at its Arvedi facility in Cremona, according to a supplier on the project.

Fives Names New President of Machine Tool Manufacturing Unit

06 June 2016 - Longtime manufacturing executive Steve Thiry has been named president of production machinery manufacturer Fives Cincinnati, the company has announced.

AHMSA Installs New Plate Normalizing Line

03 June 2016 - Altos Hornos de México S.A.B. de C.V. (AHMSA) has begun processing plates on a newly installed normalizing line at its Monclova works, according to the equipment supplier.

SSAB Trims 183 Positions at Swedish Plate Mill

03 June 2016 - Sweden’s SSAB is cutting 183 jobs at its heavy plate mill in Oxelösund, the steelmaker has announced.

Reports: U.K. Government May Loan Tata Steel Millions to Keep It from Leaving

03 June 2016 - Tata Steel, which in March announced that it no longer thought it could make steel profitably in the U.K. and would exit the market, may not leave after all.

Metals Trader Announces Plans to Expand U.K. Mill

31 May 2016 - Metals executive Sanjeev Gupta and his firm, Liberty House, plan to nearly double the capacity of its Welsh rolling mill and add 2 million metric tons of liquid steelmaking capacity there, the firm announced on Tuesday.

Severstal Plans Pickling Line Upgrade

31 May 2016 - Severstal has ordered a double-headed edge trimmer for the No. 3 continuous pickling line at its facility in Cherepovets, Russia, the vendor on the project has announced.

ArcelorMittal USA Signs Decade-Long Pellet Supply Agreement

31 May 2016 - U.S. iron ore producer Cliffs Natural Resources has signed a new 10-year pellet supply agreement with ArcelorMittal USA, which will buy up to 10 million long tons over the life of the deal.

Dubai Steelmaker's Rebar Wins Standards Certification

27 May 2016 - The Dubai Central Laboratory has awarded a standards certification to a nanocrystalline rebar being manufactured by United Arab Emirates-based Star Steel International.

New Cooling Stack On Order for Pilot Process Plant

24 May 2016 - A German plant engineering firm is building a new and larger gas cooling section for the Hlsarna steelmaking process pilot plant in the Netherlands, the company has announced.

Iron Ore Producers Should Focus on the Long Term With China's Steel Mills, Says CISA

20 May 2016 - China Iron & Steel Association Secretary General Liu Zhenjiang said iron ore miners should seek longer-term, mutually beneficial supply deals with Chinese steel mills, instead to trying to turn a profit on short-term price increases, according to Platts.