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SMS group Wins Order for Bar Mill

14 September 2018 - With an eye to expanding its long products portfolio, Cameroon’s Prometal Aciérie has awarded a contract to SMS group for a 300,000-ton rolling mill, SMS group has announced. 

ArcelorMittal Plant Re-Signs Harsco for Mill Services

14 September 2018 - Mill contractor Harsco Corp. has signed a 10-year contract renewal with ArcelorMittal Tubarão in Brazil, the company announced Thursday. 

Nucor Announces Plans to Double Capacity of Gallatin Sheet Mill

07 September 2018 - Nucor Corp.’s board of directors has greenlighted a US$650 million expansion of its Kentucky sheet mill, the company said on Friday. 

Steelworkers Union Opens Labor Talks with Cleveland-Cliffs

06 September 2018 - The United Steelworkers union is kicking off contract negotiations with iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. as they look to replace a deal that expired 1 October. 

Report: Nucor Withdraws Bid for Shuttered DRI Plant

06 September 2018 - Nucor Corp. reportedly has withdrawn its US$20 million offer for a shuttered direct-reduced iron pant in Trinidad and Tobago after growing frustrated by government delays, the Newsday newspaper reports. 

Chinese Steelmaker Contracts ANDRITZ for Rolling Mill

05 September 2018 - ANDRITZ Group has secured an order for a cold mill from China’s Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., the Austrian plant builder has announced.

Russian Mill Breaks Hot Strip Production Record

05 September 2018 - Russia’s PJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) said one of its hot rolling mills set a record in July, producing nearly 528,000 metric tons during the month. 

Emirates Steel Signs Contractor for Mill Recycling Services

05 September 2018 - Mill services contractor Phoenix Services LLC has signed a long-term agreement with Emirates Steel in the United Arab Emirates, the company has announced. 

Primetals Technologies Bags Order for Wire Rod Mill

04 September 2018 - JSW Steel has awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for a new wire rod mill to be built at the steelmaker’s Vijayanagar works in India.

thyssenkrupp Reveals Plans for 10th Galvanizing Line

04 September 2018 -  thyssenkrupp will add a new hot-dipped galvanizing line to its Dortmund plant in Germany, the company has said.

With Divestment of Australian Mine, Cleveland-Cliffs Returns Focus Entirely to North America

30 August 2018 - Iron ore miner Cleveland–Cliffs Inc. has finalized the sale of its Australian iron ore business, fully re-establishing itself as a regionally focused player in North America.  

SMS group Scores Contract for Plate Mill Upgrade

24 August 2018 - Denmark’s NLMK DanSteel has awarded a contract to SMS group to overhaul its heavy plate mill, the equipment manufacturer has announced. 

Tata Steel Works Starts Up New Cooling System

24 August 2018 - Tata Steel Europe’s Port Talbot facility in Wales expects to gain 150,000 metric tons of annual capacity from new equipment installed on the hot strip mill, according to an announcement from Primetals Technologies. 

Union Workers Locked Out of Georgia Tube Plant

24 August 2018 - Bull Moose Tube Co. has locked out 56 union employees at its Trenton, Ga., USA, plant after the company declared an impasse on contract negotiations.  

ArcelorMittal Decides to Proceed With US$330M Plant Expansion

22 August 2018 - ArcelorMittal Brazil is dusting off plans for a long-shelved expansion of its sheet processing facility in state of Santa Catarina, saying that there is finally enough demand to support the automotive-oriented project.  

Project Aims to Improve Energy Recovery at Cogen Plant

08 August 2018 - A Polish cogeneration plant is installing a pair of energy recovery turbines in between blast furnace flues and the cogen plant itself, essentially putting the exhaust gases to work twice. 

ArcelorMittal USA Blast Furnace Knocked Off-Line

08 August 2018 - The No. 3 blast furnace at ArcelorMittal’s Indiana Harbor facility has taken an unplanned outage after its large bell fell in during a charge, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.

This Mill Once Faced Permanent Closure. Now It’s Growing. 

08 August 2018 - A Scottish plate mill that was rescued from closure by Sanjeev Gupta's Liberty Steel is now on track to produce more than 120,000 metric tons this year, and even more in the following year, reports The Scotsman newspaper. 

New Twist Develops in Long-Planned Minnesota Mine Project

03 August 2018 - The former Essar Steel Minnesota taconite project faces new uncertainty as a dispute over the project’s ownership has arisen, according to reports. 

Acquisition Expands Boomerang Tube’s Processing Capabilities

02 August 2018 - Texas-based oil country tubular goods maker Boomerang Tube LLC has acquired nearby casings processor Southern Tube LLC for an undisclosed amount, the company has announced.