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Process
News on the latest technological processes and equipment used in all stages of the steelmaking process.
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Refractories Producer to Open Tennessee Plant
06 March 2024 - German refractories manufacturer INTOCAST has broken ground on a US$20 million plant in Huntingdon, Tenn., planting its flag in the U.S. market.
Ternium Revises Budget for Mexican Sheet Mill Expansion
22 February 2024 - Inflationary equipment pricing and fluctuations in the exchange rate have forced upward revisions to cost estimates on Ternium’s expansion in Mexico.
Wheeling-Nippon Celebrates Production Milestone
22 February 2024 - West Virginia coil processor Wheeling-Nippon Steel recently celebrated a production milestone, coating its 20 millionth ton.
Nucor Board Greenlights Funding for New Micro-Mill
21 February 2024 - Nucor Corp.’s board of directors has agreed to allocate US$860 million for construction of a rebar micro-mill, the steelmaker said Wednesday.
Salzgitter Divests Mannesmann Stainless Tubes Business
20 February 2024 - Italy's Cogne Acciai Speciali has acquired the Mannesmann Stainless Tubes Group from Salzgitter Ag for EUR135 million, Salzgitter said on Tuesday.
Hyundai Steel Opts for Fives Cooling System Solution
20 February 2024 - Hyundai Steel has contracted Fives to retrofit a continuous annealing and galvanizing line with a new cooling system, enabling it to produce third-generation, advanced high-strength steels.
Italy Moves to Repossess Its Largest Steelworks
20 February 2024 - The Italian government is placing the operator of the country's largest steelworks into extraordinary administration, removing control from majority owner ArcelorMittal.
BlueScope Mulls Midwest Coil Processing Facility
19 February 2024 - BlueScope Steel Ltd. is studying whether to expand its North American value-add capabilities, weighing a potential 550,000-ton cold rolling and coil coating project in the Midwest.
Slovakian Producer Completes Billet Caster Overhaul
19 February 2024 - Slovakia’s Železiarne Podbrezová mill recently restarted a billet caster after a planned outage that lasted less than four weeks, completing the replacement of an existing carbon steel cooling chamber with a new stainless steel one.
Citing ITC Decision, Cleveland-Cliffs to Idle Weirton Tin Mill
15 February 2024 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is indefinitely idling its Weirton, W.Va., USA, tin mill, laying the blame with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) for its refusal to impose duties on imported tinplate.
BlueScope Steel Partners With Iron Ore Producers on Potential Electric Smelting Furnace
15 February 2024 - Australia’s BlueScope Steel Ltd. and the country’s two biggest iron ore miners are collaborating on an effort to develop a pilot-scale electric smelting furnace.
Gerdau Signs Danieli for Brazilian BF Upgrade
15 February 2024 - Gerdau’s Ouro Branco mill has contracted Danieli Corus to modernize its No. 1 blast furnace, a project intended to extend the life of the unit for at least another 15 years.
JSW, JFE Cement Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel Joint Venture
14 February 2024 - India’s JSW Steel and Japan’s JFE Steel have broken ground on a joint-venture electrical steel plant in India, the equivalent of a US$670 million investment that will bring about India’s first end-to-end manufacturer of grain-oriented electrical steel.
Nippon Steel Reports Successful H2 Injection Trial
14 February 2024 - Nippon Steel Corp. reduced blast furnace CO2 emissions by 33% during a month-long hydrogen injection trial, the company has reported.
Local Planning Agency Signs Off on Proposed California Mill
14 February 2024 - A county planning commission has OK’d Pacific Steel Group’s proposed rebar micro-mill, sending it to the board of supervisors for approval, reports the Tehachapi News newspaper.
Tenova LOI Thermprocess Reports Success in Hydrogen-Fueled Annealing Trial
08 February 2024 - Collaborating with Tenova LOI Thermprocess, thyssenkrupp Hohenlimburg has successfully annealed a batch of hot-rolled strip by way of a CO2-neutral process that produces low NOx emissions.
Primetals Technologies Contracted for Plate Mill Improvement
08 February 2024 - Hyundai Steel is upgrading a heavy plate mill with a new cooling system designed to reduce the overall hold time between the roughing and finishing stands.
Bull Moose Inks Deal to Sell Jumbo HSS
08 February 2024 - Welded tube maker Bull Moose Tube will begin selling jumbo hollow structural sections in the U.S. under an exclusive partnership with three producers.
U.S. ITC Ruling Strikes Duties on Tin Mill Products
08 February 2024 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has rejected anti-dumping duties on tin mill products from several countries, finding that U.S. producers are not being harmed by imports from those places.
Alton Steel CEO Jim Hrusovsky Announces Retirement, Successor Named
06 February 2024 - Alton Steel Inc.’s (ASI) board of directors has named steel industry veteran Chris Ervin as chief executive officer, succeeding Jim Hrusovsky, who is retiring this fall.
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