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News on the latest technological processes and equipment used in all stages of the steelmaking process.

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Tenaris Bar Mill Completes Upgrades, Re-Enters Service 

11 June 2021 - Tenaris has restarted its Koppel, Pa., USA, meltshop after making US$15 million in upgrades to the facility.

ABS Starts Highly Automated Wire Rod Mill 

10 June 2021 - Acciaierie Bertoli Safau, the steelmaking arm of Danieli, has inaugurated a new, 500,000-metric-ton wire rod mill in Udine, Italy. 

Cliffs Cuts the Ribbon on HBI Plant

10 June 2021 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. on Wednesday celebrated the first six months of its new direct reduction plant in Ohio. 

Outokumpu Appoints New Americas President

09 June 2021 - The acting president of Outokumpu’s North and South American business unit has been given the job on a permanent basis.

Nucor Contracts KOCKS for Bar Mill Upgrade 

08 June 2021 - German bar mill specialist KOCKS GmbH & Co. KG has received an order from Nucor for a 3-roll reducing and sizing block. 

Tubemaker to Set Up Mill at SDI Site

07 June 2021 - Bull Moose Tube Co. has announced plans to build a 350,000-ton pipe and tube mill on the campus of a new flat-rolled steel mill in Texas. 

Danieli Completes Nucor Gearbox Rebuild 

03 June 2021 - Danieli has remanufactured and delivered a rolling mill stand pinion gearbox to Nucor Corp.’s Gallatin sheet mill in Kentucky, the equipment manufacturer reports. 

Primetals Technologies Reports Successful Start-Up of Cast-Roll Line 

01 June 2021 - An unidentified Chinese steel producer has started up a new Primetals Technologies Arvedi Endless Strip Production line and produced its first coil, according to the equipment manufacturer.  

Gerdau Opts for Danieli Electrode Regulation System

01 June 2021 - Gerdau will outfit seven of its Brazilian mills with Danieli’s Q-REG electrode regulator system, according to the equipment manufacturer. 

SDI Wins Permit for Texas Mill 

21 May 2021 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) has received the wastewater discharge permit for its Sinton, Texas, flat-rolled mill, reports the (Corpus Christi, Texas) Caller Times newspaper. 

Rebuilt SMS group Cold Mill Produces First Coil

21 May 2021 - Russia’s Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) has produced the first coil on a rebuilt 2-stand cold rolling mill, according to project contractor SMS group. 

HKM Enlists Paul Wurth for Syngas Project

20 May 2021 - Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH has chosen SMS group’s Paul Wurth unit to provide the engineering for a syngas generation and injection plant that would serve its two blast furnaces. 

thyssenkrupp Explores Greater Scrap Use in Blast Furnaces

19 May 2021 - thyssenkrupp Steel and a German scrap recycler will together test a new process that could allow greater quantities of scrap to be used in blast furnace production, reducing carbon dioxide emissions. 

With Air Permit in Hand, CMC Looks to Begin Equipping New Mill 

19 May 2021 - Commercial Metals Company (CMC) has received an air permit for its planned micro-mill in Mesa, Ariz., clearing the way for mill construction to begin. 

Primetals Technologies Expands Indian Iron Ore Pelletizing Portfolio  

19 May 2021 - Primetals Technologies has signed a licensing agreement allowing it to sell and supply Metso Outotec Oyj’s straight grate iron ore pelletizing technology in the Indian market. 

Construction Underway on Salzgitter DRI Plant  

18 May 2021 - Salzgitter has broken ground on a demonstration-scale direct reduction plant that can operate with either natural gas or hydrogen, or both.

Paul Wurth to Test New CO2 Reduction Tech

18 May 2021 - SMS group’s Paul Wurth unit and Italian cokemaker Italiana Coke have agreed to build a test-scale plant meant to try out a new carbon dioxide reduction technology.

Usiminas Puts Replacement BOF on Order

18 May 2021 - Brazil’s Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. (Usiminas) has contracted Danieli Corus to build a replacement converter for its Ipatinga integrated steelworks.

Red Bud Receives Slitting Line Order

14 May 2021 - Sheet processing equipment manufacturer Red Bud Industries has sold a slitting line to metal roofing producer NB Handy Co. 

Kobe Steel Looks to Cut Carbon Emissions

13 May 2021 - Kobe Steel Ltd. has become the latest steelmaker to publicly announce an emissions reduction goal, saying it will look to reduce CO2 output by 30% to 40% by 2030 from 2013 levels, reports the Reuters news service.