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R&D
News on the research and development of new technologies used in all areas of the iron and steel industry.
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In Electric Vehicles, There's A Case to Be Made For — And Out of — Steel
17 June 2019 - As the number of battery electric vehicles begins to increase, steel might have a new opportunity in one critical component: battery boxes, Steel Market Development Institute vice president Jody Hall said on Monday.
voestalpine Metallurgy R&D Center to Focus on High-Performance Steels
23 May 2019 - voestalpine has opened an EUR18 million metallurgy research center that is focused on high-performance steels that are used in specialty rails, quality wire rod and extremely durable oil country tubular goods.
ArcelorMittal Launches Hydrogen Research Initiative
04 April 2019 - ArcelorMittal will undertake a research and development project that aims to reduce its carbon footprint through the use of hydrogen.
U.S. Steelmakers Win Energy Department Research Grants
08 March 2019 - United States Steel Corporation, AK Steel Corp. and ArcelorMittal USA will share in US$1.2 million in federal funding, as well as in time on government supercomputers, for research into slab and hot strip production.
U.K. Steel Industry Unites Behind GBP35 Million Research Effort
14 February 2019 - More than 20 U.K. universities and steel industry representatives have organized a seven-year, GBP35 million research initiative that aims to make the country’s steel industry carbon neutral and to introduce more data-driven processes to steelmaking.
Paul Wurth Makes Investment in Hydrogen Steelmaking
07 January 2019 - SMS group’s Paul Wurth unit is investing in a German company that makes highly efficient electrolyzers and fuel cells.
Russian Researchers Start Up Novel Iron Recovery Furnace
26 December 2018 - A Russian technical university and an industry partner have fired up a pilot-scale furnace designed to recover iron and other metals from industrial and municipal solid wastes.
U.S. Energy Department Awards US$1.2M Research Grant to AK Steel
11 October 2018 - AK Steel Corp. has won a US$1.2 million federal grant that will support research into new low-density steels that in the future could provide automakers with another option for lightweighting materials.
Swedish JV Picks Tenova Technology for Planned Hydrogen-Based DRI Plant
03 October 2018 - A joint venture that is building a pilot-scale, hydrogen-based steel mill has selected Tenova to supply key components for the facility’s direct-reduction plant.
ArcelorMittal Gives Financial Boost to Canadian University's Mining Research
03 October 2018 - Canada’s McGill University has received a CA$360,000 commitment from ArcelorMittal to fund mining and materials engineering research.
Name That Steel, and You Could Win This Valuable Prize
20 September 2018 - SSAB and Sandvik Materials Technology have asked for the research community’s help in developing a way to track steel products as they move through the value chain, from the mill to end product.
Third-Gen Automotive Steels Have Arrived
02 August 2018 - Third-generation steels that are at once strong and formable are now being sold into the automotive market and can readily substitute components made from earlier advanced steels with lower tensile strengths, reports Repairer Driven News.
Nucor Lays Bet on New Electroplating Process
27 July 2018 - Nucor Corp. is investing in a start-up company developing a chrome-plating process that substitutes toxic hexavalent chromium for a trivalent chromium, its safer form.
Revised CAFE Standards Probably Won't Hurt Demand for Auto Steel
25 June 2018 - The Trump administration’s proposal to roll back the 2025 vehicle fuel economy standards likely won’t have a significant impact on the market for lightweight automotive steels, according to a Nucor Corp. official.
Nissan to Expand Use of Advanced High-Strength Steel
21 June 2018 - Nissan Motors Co. Ltd. said it plans to use more advanced high-strength steel in its vehicles and aims to have the material account for 25% of components by weight.
Indian, Australian Companies Agree to Develop Lignite-Based Iron Plant
31 May 2018 - An Australian company has signed a master development agreement with India’s state-owned iron ore and lignite producers to build a new type of ironmaking plant in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Professor: Steel Needs New Products, But It Needs the Processes to Make Them, Too
07 May 2018 - The third generation of advanced high-strength steels is just now beginning to enter widespread commercialization, but it likely will be a few more years before they reach a tipping point, according to Colorado School of Mines professor and metallurgist John Speer.
voestalpine Marks the Start of Work on Hydrogen Plant
23 April 2018 - voestalpine has launched construction of a pilot-scale hydrogen electrolysis plant, a project that it hopes will pave the way for a carbon-free steelmaking.
AISI Lauds Plans to Revise Vehicle Emissions Standards
05 April 2018 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) said it supports the Trump administration’s decision to revise the new fuel efficiency standards laid out during the Barack Obama presidency.
Steel Technology Group Seeks Cooperative Solutions to European Industry's Biggest Challenges
28 March 2018 - A technology-oriented unit of the European Steel Association is beginning a new chapter as a standalone, non-profit entity that will tackle the industry’s shared technical challenges.
