Steel News

SSAB Brings Third-Generation Automotive Steel to Market

08 May 2018 - Swedish steelmaker SSAB is rolling out a family of coated, third-generation advanced high-strength steels and has product ready for customer trials, the company announced Tuesday.

SSAB Converts Mill Furnace to LNG

28 November 2017 - SSAB will begin burning liquefied natural gas (LNG) instead of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the walking beam furnace at its Raahe strip mill, the company said.

SSAB Introduces Water-Quenchable Steel Grade

22 November 2017 - Sweden’s SSAB has begun selling a new type of steel than can be quenched in water, but doesn’t need to be immediately tempered, it has announced.

SSAB Leaving the Rust Belt for the Sun Belt

19 October 2017 - Swedish steelmaker SSAB will move its North American headquarters from the U.S. state of Illinois to Mobile, Ala., bringing it closer to its plate mill there, the company announced Thursday.

Blast Furnace Research Company Names New Chief Executive

15 September 2017 - HYBRIT, a research joint venture among Sweden’s SSAB and two other companies, has hired a chief executive.

Swedish Government Allocates Funding to Carbon-Free Steelmaking Research

27 February 2017 - The Swedish Energy Agency has agreed to contribute an additional SEK56 million toward a four-year research initiative that will explore hydrogen’s potential as a carbon-free steelmaking input.

U.S. Commerce Department Affirms Hefty Duties on Chinese Plate

18 January 2017 - The U.S. Commerce Department has made its final determinations on a trade case on Chinese cut-to-length plate, setting anti-dumping and countervailing margins of more than 300 percent.

Sweden's SSAB Contracts for Automation System Upgrade

22 December 2016 - SSAB Europe has awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for a new automation system at its mill in Raahe, Finland.

Commerce Department Sets Anti-Dumping Duties on Steel Plate

07 November 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department has set preliminary anti-dumping duties on carbon and alloy cut-to-length plate from China and eight other Asian and European nations.

Commerce Department Proposes Big Countervailing Duty on Chinese-Made Plate

08 September 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department has set preliminary countervailing duties of 210.5 percent on Chinese-made cut to length plate, ruling that producers there have been benefitting from unfair government subsidies.

SSAB Trims 183 Positions at Swedish Plate Mill

03 June 2016 - Sweden’s SSAB is cutting 183 jobs at its heavy plate mill in Oxelösund, the steelmaker has announced.

SSAB Trims Payroll In Sweden, Pares Office Jobs

02 May 2016 - Swedish steelmaker SSAB has concluded negotiations with employees over proposed layoffs and will cut 262 office jobs from its Nordic operations, the company has announced.

SSAB Revises Portfolio, Adds New Products

18 April 2016 - Sweden’s SSAB is revising its product portfolio, introducing new products and rolling out five new brand families that group products by their use.

Redesigned Forest Harvester Takes Home Swedish Steel Prize

20 November 2015 - Finnish forestry machine maker Ponsse and its next-generation Scorpion harvester have been awarded SSAB’s Swedish Steel Prize.

SSAB Completes Blast Furnace Modernization, Puts New BOF Converter Into Production

11 November 2015 - The first of three new BOF (LD) converters at SSAB Europe’s Raahe, Finland, works has been placed into production, according to the vendor on the project.

SSAB Rolling Out New Advanced Steels

14 October 2015 - SSAB is introducing several new steel grades intended for the automotive industry, the Swedish steelmaker has announced.

U.S. Trade Commission Pursues Cold Rolled Import Investigation

25 September 2015 - Producers from seven countries appear to be selling hot rolled coil at less than market value, undercutting American producers, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled.

Konecranes Receives Order for Two Large Heavy-Duty Cranes From SSAB Europe

13 July 2015 - Konecranes received an order for two heavy-duty industrial cranes from SSAB Europe in May 2015.

SSAB’s University Challenge Encourages Students to Develop Innovative Applications for High-Strength Steel

09 July 2015 - SSAB’s University Challenge is an opportunity for students to present their ideas for new, innovative solutions using high-strength steels.

SSAB Launches New Sustainability Strategy

26 May 2015 - To increase its focus on sustainability, global steel company SSAB is launching a new sustainability strategy.