Steel News

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.

New Midrex HBI Plant Passes Muster

14 September 2017 - A Midrex hot-briquetted iron (HBI) plant built for a Russian iron ore miner and processor has passed its performance guarantee test, Midrex has announced.

New Finishing Line Provides Expanded Product Offerings at ArcelorMittal Bar Mill

12 September 2017 - ArcelorMittal’s Canadian long products division in June put a new finishing line into service at its Longueuil, Que., bar mill. The project took 18 months to complete, but the mill never missed a beat, according to Modern Metals magazine.

JFE Blast Furnace Forced Into Unscheduled Outage

12 September 2017 - Japan's JFE Steel is temporarily halting iron production at one of its blast furnaces to facilitate repairs on a converter, according to the Nikkei Asian Review.

Cargill Sells U.S. Service Centers

11 September 2017 - Cargill Inc. has agreed to sell its U.S. steel processing and distribution business to Japan’s Metal One Corp.

Tubemaker Issues Final Acceptance on New Seamless Equipment

11 September 2017 - Vallourec Deutschland has signed the acceptance certificate on a new piece of seamless tube rolling equipment installed at one of its facilities.

U. S. Steel Wins Tax Break on Tin Mill Improvement

07 September 2017 - United States Steel Corp.’s Midwest Plant in Portage, Ind., USA, has won a five-year tax abatement on upgrades it is making to the facility’s tin mill.

Harsco Signs Contracts With Argentinian, Mexican Mills

06 September 2017 - Mill services contractor Harsco Corp. has signed multi-year deals worth approximately US$50 million with two Latin American steelmakers.

After Hurricane Harvey, Tenaris Pushes Back Bay City Schedule

05 September 2017 - Tenaris SA said its Houston-area facilities are gradually returning to normal operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, but it has pushed back the start-up of rolling operations at its new Bay City, Texas, mill.

EUROFER: Material Life Cycle Costs Should Be a Part of Vehicle Emissions Standards

05 September 2017 - The European Steel Association (EUROFER) is calling on EU officials to account for the life cycle carbon costs of materials in drafting new rules for vehicle emissions.

Rail Ferry Placed Under Joint Venture Ownership

05 September 2017 - Two shipping companies have established a 50-50 joint venture to own and operate a Gulf of Mexico rail ferry.

AUMUND Receives Order for Coal, Coke Handling Equipment

05 September 2017 - Baosteel Group’s Shanghai Meishan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. has placed an order with AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH for six rotary discharge machines that will be used to withdraw coal and coke from storage silos and covered stockpiles.

Canadian Tube Maker Searching for U.S. Site

01 September 2017 - An Ohio city is competing with at least one other locale for a proposed tube being planned by Canadian steel processor Nova Steel, according to a report.

Danieli Receives Order for Four New Blast Furnaces

31 August 2017 - Danieli Corus has won a contract to build the primary end of a new steel mill in Vietnam.

SBQ Meltshop Returns to Service

31 August 2017 - Production has resumed at an Illinois meltshop after a breakout disrupted operations for slightly more than two weeks.

Robotics Company Celebrates Sales Milestone

30 August 2017 - Italy’s Polytec has reached a milestone, installing its 100th robotic cell in a steel plant, the company has announced.

Construction of NLMK Oxide Recovery Plant Underway

30 August 2017 - Russia’s NLMK Group has begun construction of a RUB2.8 billion (US$47.8 million) waste oxide briquetting plant at its Lipetsk facility, the company said Wednesday.

Hyundai Steel Signs Off On Caster Rebuild

28 August 2017 - Hyundai Steel Co. has signed the final acceptance certificate for a rebuilt 6-strand caster at the company’s Pohang plant in South Korea.

Japanese Rebar Makers Eye Combination

28 August 2017 - Two Japanese electric arc furnace producers plan to open merger talks, according to the Nikkei Asian Review.

Research Team Says It Has Developed a Formable 2 GPa Steel

25 August 2017 - A University of Hong Kong professor and a team of mechanical engineers say they have created a new ultra-high-strength steel that can be made through conventional process routes.