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Big River Begins Switching On Production Lines at New Mill

18 March 2016 - Big River Steel has commissioned its batch anneal furnaces and skin pass mill and has begun processing steel at its new mill in Arkansas, the company announced.

Primetals Completes Capacity-Boosting Project at Aperam Mill

18 March 2016 - Primetals Technologies has finished upgrading an annealing and pickling line at a stainless sheet mill in Belgium, the company has announced.

U. S. Steel Idling Tube Mills, Laying Off Nearly 800

18 March 2016 - United States Steel Corporation is temporarily idling tube mills in Texas and Alabama and laying off nearly 800 salaried and hourly employees, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Danieli Wins Order for Canadian Bar Mill Upgrades

17 March 2016 - Danieli has been awarded a contract to install a new finishing end at ArcelorMittal’s Longueuil bar mill in the Canadian province of Quebec, the mill builder has announced.

Chinese Steelmaker Accepts New Continuous Caster

17 March 2016 - China’s Hebei Puyang Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. has signed the final acceptance certificate for its new single-strand slab caster, according to the equipment manufacturer.

JSW Steel Lights Rebuilt Blast Furnace

16 March 2016 - SMS group subsidiary Paul Wurth group has finished rebuilding a JSW Steel blast furnace, concluding a project that nearly doubled the furnace’s annual production capacity.

Steel Dynamics Sees Some Market Improvement, And Profitability

16 March 2016 - U.S.-based Steel Dynamics Inc. said some market aspects have improved and expects to report first-quarter earnings of between 22 and 26 cents per diluted share, exceeding analysts’ estimates.

U.S. Announces Anti-Dumping Margins on Imported Hot Rolled Steel

16 March 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department has set preliminary anti-dumping margins on hot rolled steel from seven countries, the department announced 15 March.

Strike Ends at ArcelorMittal Steel Works

15 March 2016 - ArcelorMittal has reached an agreement with striking workers at its Lazaro Cardenas steel works in Mexico, according to reports.

AK Steel CEO: We're Focused on Idea Generation

15 March 2016 - How do you win a down market? AK Steel Corp.’s new CEO has five ways.

Cliffs Natural Resources to Resume Production at Idled Iron Ore Mine

14 March 2016 - Seeing some improvement on the horizon, Cliffs Natural Resources is restarting its idled Northshore Mining operation in Minnesota, the company has announced.

Tata Steel Eyes September Commissioning for New Steel Works

14 March 2016 - India’s Tata Steel is bringing up its new Kalinganagar steel works in the state of Odisha and plans to have it fully commissioned by September, company officials said.

American Industries Bought Less Electricity in 2015, Says EIA

14 March 2016 - For the fifth year in the past eight, U.S. electricity sales have fallen, with declining industrial demand partly to blame, according the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

EUROPIPE Bags 890,000-Ton Order For Undersea Pipeline

11 March 2016 - German joint venture EUROPIPE is being awarded to contract to supply nearly 1 million tons of large-diameter pipe for a natural gas pipeline running under the Baltic Sea.

Deadline Nearing for Sale of Tata Steel Europe Long Products Business

11 March 2016 - Talks between investment firm Greybull Capital and Tata Steel over the sale of its European long products business are continuing, but the steelmaker is sticking to a self-imposed deadline to strike a deal, reports the U.K.’s Mirror tabloid.

Keystone Steel & Wire Adds 1080 Wire Rod to Product Portfolio

10 March 2016 - U.S.-based Keystone Steel & Wire has begun manufacturing and selling high-carbon wire rod for use as pre-stressed concrete strand, the company has announced.

Harsco Wins Extended Agreement With Stainless Manufacturer

10 March 2016 - Mill services provider Harsco Corp. has won a five-year contract extension at a Belgian stainless mill, the company has announced.

First 1-Inch Coil Processed on New Red Bud Line

09 March 2016 - Coil-processing equipment manufacturer Red Bud Industries recently celebrated a significant achievement – it has built and installed what it says is one of the world’s largest cut-to-length lines and has processed its first coil of 1-inch steel, the company said in a statement.

Paul Wurth Wins Order for Blast Furnace Charging System

09 March 2016 - South Korea’s POSCO has ordered a new charging system for the No. 3 blast furnace at its Pohang works, according to the vendor on the project.

Alpha Natural Resources Hopes to Exit Bankruptcy This Summer

08 March 2016 - Bankrupt metallurgical and thermal coal miner Alpha Natural Resources has filed a plan to exit U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but it will leave as a much smaller organization.

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