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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.
Latest News
ArcelorMittal Inaugurates 'Breakthrough' Galvanizing Line
06 February 2017 - ArcelorMittal has commissioned a new type of steel coating line at its Kessales facility in Belgium.
ArcelorMittal Enlists New Modeling Software to Improve Processes
12 January 2017 - ArcelorMittal is investing in specialized software to help it model the behavior of raw materials charged into its blast furnaces.
Partnership Reaches New Milestone in Work on Third-Generation AHSS
06 January 2017 - A research team developing third-generation, advanced high-strength steels said it has taken a significant step forward, producing sample casts of two alloys whose properties almost meet government targets for strength and formability.
AK Steel Awarded Grant to Support Electrical Steel
21 December 2016 - AK Steel Corp. has been awarded a US$1.8 million federal grant to help it develop new grades of electrical steels, according to The Cincinnati (Ohio) Enquirer newspaper.
Steel Researchers Enter New Phase of Belt Casting Study
12 December 2016 - Researchers in the United Kingdom and Canada are undertaking a research project that will explore belt casting’s potential to lower energy costs and as a production route for certain advanced high-strength steels.
A New Use for Slag? Dutch Researchers Think They Might Have One.
05 December 2016 - Researchers at a Dutch university are undertaking a four-year research project that will explore whether it’s possible, or even feasible, to use slag as an alternative to cement.
ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks Expanding U.S. Footprint
22 November 2016 - ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks is investing US$83.5 million to open a facility in Michigan, its third in the United States, according to reports.
ArcelorMittal Rolls Out New Automotive Steels
08 November 2016 - ArcelorMittal is expanding its catalog of advanced automotive steels, with some already being offered up for OEM qualification, the company said on Tuesday.
AK Steel Fires Up Modified Hot-Dipped Galvanizing Line
26 October 2016 - AK Steel Corp. has completed a US$29 million upgrade to the hot-dipped galvanizing line at its Dearborn works in Michigan, executives have announced.
Canadian Researchers Getting Close to Start of Pilot-Scale Coke Oven
20 October 2016 - The Canadian Carbonization Research Association’s pilot-scale energy recovery coke oven is about 70 to 75 percent complete and is scheduled to start up sometime in January or February, according to CanmetENERGY’s Louis Giroux.
This Girder System is for Shorter Bridges and the Budget-Minded
12 October 2016 - A group made up of universities, government officials and the steel industry representatives have developed a new type of short-span bridge girder that’s less expensive to make and easier to install, reports the Engineering News-Record.
SAIL Develops Special Cold-Weather Steel
30 September 2016 - The Steel Authority of India Ltd. has developed a type of steel designed specifically for use in extremely cold environments and has shipped its first order, reports the Business Standard newspaper.
Researchers Developing High Silicon Steel That's Less Brittle -- And Less Expensive
28 September 2016 - The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a US$3.8 million grant to a research team that is helping to create smaller and more powerful electric motors based on a developmental electrical steel.
Chilean Steelmaker Produces First Heat of Nanotech Rebar Steel
27 September 2016 - MMFX Technologies Corp. has established a production partnership with CAP Steel, which has produced its first heat of MMFX’s ChrōmX 9100 concrete-reinforcing steel at its Huachipato plant in Talcahuano, Chile, according to announcement.
Fill 'Er Up: Steel Mills Might One Day Become the Gas Stations for Commercial Jets
16 September 2016 - A U.S. company that is developing technology to convert carbon-based waste gasses into biofuels and chemicals says it has produced 1,500 gallons of jet fuel from steel mill emissions.
AK Steel Finishing Up Work on New R&D Center
02 September 2016 - AK Steel Corp. is nearing completion on its US$36 million research center in Ohio and expects to begin moving in employees this fall, reports the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News.
For Dongkuk Steel, The Technology Race Comes to a Photo Finish
31 August 2016 - South Korea’s Dongkuk Steel said it has developed inkjet printing technology designed specifically for printing on steel sheets, reports BusinessKorea.
JFE Steel, thyssenkrupp to License Each Other's Sheet-Forming Technology
25 August 2016 - Japan’s JFE Steel Corp. and thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG have signed an agreement to cross-license each other’s flangeless automotive sheet-forming technologies, the steelmakers have announced.
AK Steel Begins Marketing New High-Strength Auto Steels
22 August 2016 - AK Steel Corp. is launching a new line of high-strength, lightweight steels intended to help automakers reduce the weight of their vehicles, the Ohio-based steelmaker announced on Monday.
Tata Steel, Indian University Establishing New Research Center
16 August 2016 - Tata Steel and Indian Institute of Technology Madras have signed an agreement on establishing anadvanced materials research center, reports The Hindu newspaper.
