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USW Might Seek Strike Authorizations in ArcelorMittal Talks

07 September 2018 - Negotiators with the United Steelworkers union said they’ll seek strike authorizations if they are unable to make significant progress with ArcelorMittal USA on a new labor agreement by early next week.  

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. 

With a Labor Deal in Hand, ArcelorMittal Nears Completion of ILVA Acquisition

06 September 2018 - ArcelorMittal expects to seal its deal for Italian steelmaker ILVA and its massive Taranto works after it reached a tentative labor agreement with ILVA’s labor unions, the company said Thursday. 

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 reportedly has withdrawn its US$20 million offer for a shuttered direct-reduced iron pant in Trinidad and Tobago after growing frustrated by government delays, the Newsday newspaper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

Two U. S. Steel Executives Assigned New Posts

05 September 2018 - Two United States Steel Corporation executives will swap responsibilities in an effort to broaden their horizons, chief executive David Burritt 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. 

For the Moment, Steelworkers to Remain on the Job at U. S. Steel, ArcelorMittal

04 September 2018 - The United Steelworkers has agreed to contract extensions with ArcelorMittal USA and United States Steel Corporation as union employees continue to negotiate new labor deals with the integrated steelmakers.  

POSCO Plans Multibillion Investment in Steel Plants

04 September 2018 - The world’s fifth-largest steelmaker said it is planning to invest the equivalent of US$23.2 billion in its steel plants over the next five years as part of a broader capital spending program. 

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.

Contract Talks at ArcelorMittal USA, U. S. Steel Come Down to the Wire

30 August 2018 - Just days remain on the current labor contracts between the United Steelworkers union and America’s two largest integrated steelmakers, ArcelorMittal USA and United States Steel Corporation. 

Fall Claims Life of AIST Distinguished Member 

29 August 2018 - Leading steel researcher and noted AIST member Dr. Bruno Charles De Cooman died Wednesday after he reportedly fell from a window in his Moscow apartment building. 

Sanjeev Gupta Wants to Buy a Shipyard – Where He'll Melt Ships in a Furnace

27 August 2018 - Steel entrepreneur Sanjeev Gupta, whose Liberty House has been buying up distressed assets in the U.S. and the U.K., has his sights on another target – a failing shipyard in India. 

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. 

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. 

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