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News on the latest technological processes and equipment used in all stages of the steelmaking process.
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Ukrainian Mill Signs Off on Newly Installed Downcoiler
18 March 2021 - Primetals Technologies recently received the final acceptance certificate for a new downcoiler installed at a Ukrainian mill, the equipment supplier has said.
thyssenkrupp Orders Danieli Reheat Furnaces
12 March 2021 - Danieli Centro Combustion has won an order for two slab reheat furnaces from thyssenkrupp, the OEM has announced.
Nucor Board OKs US$164 Million Tube Mill Project
10 March 2021 - Nucor Corp.’s board of directors has approved a plan to build a US$164 million tube mill somewhere in the Midwest, the company said on Tuesday.
Danieli Reports Successful Installation of Bar Processing Unit
10 March 2021 - Japanese long products maker Topy Industries Ltd. has put a new Danieli-built bar straightener into service at its Toyohashi plant.
Ohio EAF Returns to Service
08 March 2021 - After a half-year hiatus, JSW Steel is set to resume steelmaking at its Mingo Junction, Ohio, plant, reports commodities news and pricing service Argus.
U. S. Steel Snaps Up IP Rights to High-Strength Grades
04 March 2021 - United States Steel Corporation has acquired the patents and trademarks related to proprietary sheet steels developed by Rhode Island-based The NanoSteel Co.
Sarralle Steel Melting Plant Electrifies AM/NS Calvert Facility
02 March 2021 - Steel mill solutions specialist Sarralle has been awarded a contract to build an electric arc furnace for the AM/NS Calvert re-rolling facility in Alabama.
USW Ratifies Contract with NLMK Pennsylvania
02 March 2021 - Union workers at NLMK Pennsylvania have accepted a new labor contract, officially ending a strike that began last summer, reports The (Sharon, Pa.) Herald newspaper.
Cleveland-Cliffs Sets Middletown Maintenance Outage
01 March 2021 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is bringing up a blast furnace at its newly acquired Cleveland Works in Ohio as it idles another for a planned maintenance outage.
Primetals, Midrex Ink Deal for 2M-Metric-Ton HBI Plant
01 March 2021 - Consortium partners Midrex Technologies and Primetals Technologies have won a contract to build what they say will be the world’s largest hot briquetted iron (HBI) plant in Russia’s Kursk region.
Salzgitter Earns Low-Carbon Certification
01 March 2021 - Steelmaker Salzgitter said certain of its hot-rolled and galvanized strip grades have received low-CO2 certification under German testing, inspection and certification specialist TÜV SÜD’s VERIsteel standard.
Hoa Phat Group Gears Up for Hot-Rolled Expansion
01 March 2021 - Vietnam’s Hoa Phat Group will launch an expansion of its Dung Quat complex early next year, the company has said.
SMS group Contracted for Turkish Wire Rod Mill Upgrade
25 February 2021 - Turkish steel manufacturer Kardemir (Karabük Demir Çelik Fabrikalari A.S.) has awarded SMS group a contract for the replacement of key components of its wire rod mill in Karabük.
North Star BlueScope Sees Further Progress on Mill Expansion
25 February 2021 - BlueScope Steel’s expansion of its North Star sheet mill in Ohio remains on budget and on schedule and is moving toward start-up next year, the steelmaker said on Monday.
New Vietnamese HSM Nears Nameplate Capacity
24 February 2021 - A new Vietnamese hot strip mill has reached a major production milestone, producing 1 million metric tons of hot-rolled coils just eight months after its start-up.
Chinese Billet Caster Becomes First to Utilize Primetals Technologies’ Caster Segment Tech
24 February 2021 - China’s Zenith Steel Group Co. Ltd. has started up a 10-strand billet caster that was recently upgraded by Primetals Technologies, the equipment manufacturer has announced.
Red Bud Industries Bags Packaging Line Order
19 February 2021 - Red Bud Industries has received an order for a slit coil packaging line from an Ohio slitting and storage center.
Toll Processor To Set Up Shop in SDI Mill
19 February 2021 - Toll processor Ferrous85" Co. will install and operate a slitting at Steel Dynamics Inc.’s Sinton, Texas, USA, sheet mill, the company has announced.
First of Nine Primetals Technologies EAFs Starts Up in China
19 February 2021 - China’s Wuzhou Yongda Special Steel Co. Ltd. has started up a Primetals Technologies–built electric arc furnace (EAF) and twin ladle furnace, the equipment supplier reports.
New Partnership to Explore Potential for Canadian HBI Plant
18 February 2021 - A new industry collaboration announced this week will explore the feasibility of building a hot-briquetted iron plant in Canada .
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