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Partner Companies Unveil EAF Lime Injection System

28 July 2022 - Lime and bulk material handling specialists Storage & Transfer Technologies (STT) and Schenck Process are launching sales of a new injection system for electric arc furnace steel plants, the companies have announced. 

SMA Claims Major Decarbonization Advantage for EAF Steelmakers

26 July 2022 - U.S. electric arc furnace (EAF) steels have a carbon emissions intensity that is approximately 75% lower than steel made via the traditional blast furnace route used by many overseas producers, a new study concludes. 

First Prime Coil Comes Off the Line at Upgraded Nucor Plant

26 July 2022 - Nucor Corp.’s upgraded Gallatin sheet mill in Kentucky has produced its first prime coil, reports the equipment supplier on the project. 

SDI Sinton Shifts Into Production Mode 

25 July 2022 - Even as it begins executing on a US$1.9 billion plan to build an aluminum sheet mill in the southeast U.S., Steel Dynamics Inc. is ratcheting up operations at its Sinton, Texas, flat-rolled steel mill. 

Baosteel Inks Contract for World’s Largest H2-Based DRI Plant

22 July 2022 - China’s Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron & Steel has selected the Tenova and Danieli’s Energiron technology to power a new direct reduction (DR) plant in the Guangdong Province.

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.

SDI Announces US$2.2B Investment — In Aluminum

19 July 2022 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) on Tuesday said it will enter the flat-rolled aluminum market, announcing a US$2.2 billion plan to build a rolling mill and two separate recycled aluminum slab casting plants. 

BHP, Tata Steel Partner Up on CO2 Reduction Effort

19 July 2022 - Iron ore miner BHP and Tata Steel will work together on developing low-CO2 iron- and steelmaking technologies, the companies have announced. 

Salzgitter Partners on Developing Low-CO2 Strip

18 July 2022 - Salzgitter AG and cold-rolled producer Waelzholz Group will work together on developing and supplying low-CO2 strip under a new collaboration agreement, the companies have announced. 

Nippon Steel Signs Collaboration Agreement

18 July 2022 - Coal and iron ore miner Anglo American has agreed to work with Nippon Steel Corp. on making less CO2-intensive steel, the companies have said. 

KOCKS Announces Successful Start-Up of New Reducing, Sizing Block

18 July 2022 - Chinese special bar quality producer Fujian Sangang Minguang Group Co. Ltd. has rolled the first bar on its new KOCKS 3-roll reducing and sizing block, the equipment supplier reports. 

Danieli Service Upgrades Continuous Pickling Line for ArcelorMittal

15 July 2022 - Danieli’s service segment commissioned a new entry section for the continuous pickling line at ArcelorMittal’s Mardyck, France, facility, Danieli said in a press release yesterday.

Space Tech Startup Discovers Path to Carbon-Free Iron Production

15 July 2022 - Helios, an Israeli startup exploring paths to develop on-site oxygen resources for future lunar missions, has raised US$6 million in seed funding to adapt their technology to another, unexpected goal: to create an emission-free future for the steel industry.

EVRAZ North America Completes Testing on Hydrogen Transporting Steel

14 July 2022 - SMA Member Company EVRAZ North America announced this week it has successfully completed fracture toughness testing in a 100% gaseous hydrogen environment on its API 5L X65 Sour Service line pipe.

Salzgitter Board Approves Funding for Green Steel Project

14 July 2022 - The company announced yesterday its board approved EUR723 million in funding to implement the first stage of its Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking (SALCOS®) facility.

Tube Manufacturer Sets Up Shop at SDI Columbus

14 July 2022 - Altex Tube LLC is locating a new manufacturing plant on Steel Dynamics Inc.’s Columbus, Miss., USA, campus in a US$110 million investment.

Fives Supplies Electric Steel Cold Rolling Mills to Baowu

13 July 2022 - China's Baowu Group contracted global industrial engineering group Fives for the design and supply of two reversible cold rolling mills with automatic roll change for production of electric steel at Baoshan and Wuhan production sites.

Outokumpu Divests Majority of Long Products Segment to Marcegaglia

13 July 2022 - Finnish steelmaker Outokumpu has signed an agreement to divest the majority of its Long Products business to Italy’s Marcegaglia Steel Group.

Tenaris to Acquire Benteler Steel

11 July 2022 - Tenaris SA announced last week it would acquire U.S. seamless steel pipe producer Benteler Steel & Tube Manufacturing Corp. for US$460 million, according to the Reuters news service.

Swiss Steel Inks Hydropower Purchase Agreement 

07 July 2022 - The Swiss Steel Group has reached a decarbonization milestone, switching its Steeltec special steel mill fully over to hydroelectric power. 

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