Steel News

Long Products Maker Under New Leadership

06 July 2022 - Charter Manufacturing has named a veteran manufacturing executive to head its wire rod and special bar quality operation, the company has announced.

JFE Steel to Test CO2 Utilization Technologies in Two R&D Projects

01 July 2022 - JFE Steel Corp. recently announced it is moving forward with two R&D projects to develop technologies that will utilize CO2 in steelmaking processes that are expected to help the company achieve carbon neutrality.

Polish Rebar Producer Taps Danieli Spooler Line, Light-Section Mill

01 July 2022 - Danieli announced this week that rebar, merchant and quality steel bar producer Cognor has selected the company to supply a new spooler line and a new light section mill at its bar mill in Krakow, Poland.

Slovenian Steel Group Announces Upgrade to IT Infrastructure

30 June 2022 - The Slovenian Steel Group’s Metal Ravne facility has installed a new manufacturing IT system that it says better integrates its steelmaking and business operations and improves optimization, quality and customer support.

New voestalpine Mill About to Make Its Debut

30 June 2022 - voestalpine is preparing to start its highly automated special steel plant in Kapfenberg, Austria, bringing to an end a project that has been four years in the making.

Salzgitter Expands R&D Capabilities With H2-Grade Steel Lab

29 June 2022 - Salzgitter Group is establishing a laboratory that will focus on developing steel pipe, tube and plate specifically for hydrogen infrastructure, the company has announced.

U. S. Steel to Sell Two BFs, Hints at DRI Plant Under New Raw Materials Plan

28 June 2022 - United States Steel Corporation is expanding its raw materials capabilities, unveiling an upgrade to one of its Minnesota iron ore mines on Tuesday and saying that a direct reduction plant could be in its future. In addition, the company revealed a potential agreement to repurpose its Granite City, Ill., USA, blast furnaces.

JSW Steel Orders Grinding, Inspection Facility

27 June 2022 - Danieli has bagged an order from JSW Steel for a new slab grinding and inspection facility, which will be installed at the steelmaker’s Dolvi plant in Maharashtra, India.

CMC Upgrades Electrical Supply to Ladle Furnace

22 June 2022 - Commercial Metals Company has replaced the ladle furnace transformer at its Mesa, Ariz., USA, micro-mill, swapping it out for a Danieli-built digital power feeder.

ArcelorMittal Signs Collaboration Agreement for Wind Farms, Electrolysis Plants

22 June 2022 - ArcelorMittal and German energy company RWE will work together on building and operating offshore wind farms and hydrogen electrolysis plants, the companies have announced.

U. S. Steel to Participate in Carbon Capture Project

22 June 2022 - The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has received a US$3.5 million federal grant that will support an engineering study on a system to capture carbon dioxide in the air and store it in concrete.

McKinsey: European Steelmakers Might Have to Re-Examine DRI Investments

21 June 2022 - European steelmakers who have natural-gas-fired direct reduction plants in their decarbonization plans might have to rethink those investments due to the Russia-Ukraine war, according to a new report.

Primetals Technologies Lands Order for Converter Relining Machine

21 June 2022 - Brazil’s Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP) has ordered a relining machine from Primetals Technologies for its Pecém mill, the equipment supplier reports.

Canadian Steelmaker Starts Transformational EAF Conversion

20 June 2022 - Integrated steelmaker Algoma said work on its CA$700 million electric arc furnace conversion is underway and so far proceeding according to plan.

Outokumpu Introduces Low-CO2 Steel

15 June 2022 - Stainless steel producer Outokumpu has launched a branded line of low-carbon-emissions stainless steel and has already delivered a shipment to a major customer, the company said on Wednesday.

What’s the Threshold For Low-Carbon-Emissions Steel? ArcelorMittal Proposes a Way to Answer

15 June 2022 - ArcelorMittal has proposed a broad outline of a conceptual low-carbon-emissions standard for the global industry, saying that such a standard could incentivize the decarbonization of primary and secondary steelmaking and help drive demand for low-emissions steels.