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News on the latest technological processes and equipment used in all stages of the steelmaking process.
Latest News
Algoma Blast Furnace Stove Rebuild Underway
25 August 2017 - Canadian steelmaker Algoma has begun rebuilding one of the four stoves serving the blast furnace at its Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., plant.
Danieli to Equip Vietnamese Rebar Mill
23 August 2017 - Vietnam’s Ho Phat Group has awarded a contract to Danieli for casting and rolling equipment at its planned US$3 billion iron and steel plant in the Quang Ngai province.
Mills Grapple With Graphite Electrode Shortage
22 August 2017 - Tight supplies of a key material and rising electric arc furnace steel production are crimping availability of graphite electrodes, sending prices through the roof, according to news and pricing service S&P Global Platts.
American Tube Is Now Atlas Tube — Birmingham
22 August 2017 - Pipe and tube producer Zekelman Industries has renamed its American Tube Manufacturing unit as Atlas Tube — Birmingham, the company has announced.
United Steelworkers on Strike at Ohio Tube Plant
21 August 2017 - Union employees at PTC Alliance Corp.’s Alliance, Ohio, USA, plant went on strike Friday after a failing to reach a new agreement with management by an 11 p.m. deadline.
Doedijns Group Acquires U.S. Hydraulic Equipment Maintenance Business
18 August 2017 - Alabama-based Hadco Services Inc., which specializes in hydraulic equipment repair and maintenance, has been acquired by Logan Industries International Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of Doedijns Group International (DGI).
Steel Dynamics Orders Danieli Spooler Line
17 August 2017 - Danieli has won a contract to install spooled bar equipment at Steel Dynamics Inc.’s Columbia City, Ind., USA, structural and rail mill.
Primetals Gives ExxonMobil Lubricants Preferred Status for Rolling Mill Equipment
17 August 2017 - ExxonMobil and Primetals Technologies have struck up a partnership through which they’re offering incentives to customers who use ExxonMobil lubricants on certain Primetals equipment.
Report: Two Killed in Coke Oven Explosion
16 August 2017 - Two people were killed and 10 others were injured Tuesday in a coke oven explosion at a Gerdau SA plant in Brazil, according to the Reuters news service.
ArcelorMittal JV Upgrades Automated Coil Transport System
16 August 2017 - ArcelorMittal is investing US$5 million to replace unmanned carts that move coils at its I/N Tek and I/N Kote joint-venture plants in Indiana, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.
Primetals Wins Contract for Caster Improvements
15 August 2017 - Primetals Technologies has been contracted to upgrade a two-strand slab caster at a Taiwanese steel mill, the equipment supplier has announced.
Tata Hires Danieli to Upgrade Galv Line
14 August 2017 - Danieli has won a contract to upgrade a hot-dipped galvanizing line at Tata Steel Europe’s IJmuiden plant in the Netherlands, the company has announced.
RINL Gains Capacity Through Steel Shop Overhaul
14 August 2017 - India’s Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) has completed a US$62.4 million overhaul of the No. 1 steel shop at its Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.
Nucor Grows Bar Processing Capabilities Through Acquisition
14 August 2017 - Nucor Corp. is acquiring approximately 200,000 tons of additional cold-finished bar capacity, the company has announced.
Report: Liberty House Nears Deal on U.S. Wire Rod Mill, But Uncertainty Remains
09 August 2017 - U.K.-based Liberty House Group is getting close to finalizing a deal to acquire a South Carolina wire rod mill, but zoning issues could wind up killing it, the company tells The (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier.
Integrated Steelmaker Retains Harsco for Scrap Management
09 August 2017 - Mill services contractor Harsco Corp. has renewed its scrap management contract with Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Co.'s Alexandria, Egypt, plant.
Chinese Steelmaker Contracts Primetals for Industry 4.0 Solution
08 August 2017 - China’s Rizhao Steel Group Co. Ltd. has ordered a newly developed IT system from Primetals Technologies to continuously monitor and manage product quality.
Plate Mill Restarts After Seven-Month Outage
08 August 2017 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has restarted the plate mill at its Oita Works more than seven months after a fire burned up an electrical room, the company has announced.
NLMK Hopes to Improve Iron Ore Production Through Predictive Analytics System
07 August 2017 - NLMK Group’s Stoilensky iron ore division is incorporating predictive analytics into its ore crushing and beneficiation operations in a bid to boost productivity.
Danieli Contracted for Russian Blast Furnace Reline
07 August 2017 - Danieli Corus has been awarded a contract to reline the No. 1 blast furnace at Russia’s Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works.
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