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Report: Steel Industry Carbon Emissions Expected to Fall Significantly by 2050

17 May 2022 - Rising electric arc furnace (EAF) production and falling basic oxygen furnace (BOF) production could yield a 30% decline in the steel industry’s worldwide carbon emissions, according to metals and mining consultancy Wood Mackenzie. 

Pennsylvania Signs On to Hydrogen Hub Effort 

17 May 2022 - Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is backing an initiative that includes United States Steel Corporation to create a hydrogen hub in southwestern Pennsylvania. 

Kobe Steel Unveils Low-CO₂ Blast Furnace Steel

17 May 2022 - Japan's Kobe Steel is launching a branded line of steel with significantly reduced carbon emissions, the company announced today.

SDI to Acquire Mexican Scrap Recycler

16 May 2022 - Steel Dynamics Inc. today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the equity interest of scrap metals recycling business ROCA ACERO S.A. de C.V. ("ROCA"), based in Monterrey, Mexico.

Feralpi Stahlwerke Contracts Danieli for Rolling Mill

16 May 2022 - According to an announcement from Danieli, the new installation at ESF Elbe-Stahlwerke Feralpi’s new long products mill in Riesa, Germany, will produce quality spooled bars in coils up to 8 tons.

Rolling Mill Upgrades Slated for Tennessee Bar Plant

15 May 2022 - Gerdau Long Steel North America is planning US$67 million in improvements to its Jackson, Tenn., USA, mill, the company has announced. 

Taylor-Winfield Technologies Partners With SMS group for Laser Welder Technology

15 May 2022 - Automated welding and heating systems maker Taylor-Winfield Technologies Inc. and SMS group have formed a global strategic alliance to drive sales of SMS group's X-Roll® heavy-gauge coil joining laser welder.

British Steel Will Continue Supplying Network Rail in Renewed Contract

12 May 2022 - British Steel has extended their contract with Network Rail until March 2024. By the time the contract concludes, British Steel’s Scunthorpe headquarters will have supplied more than 1 million tons of rail in a decade to Network Rail.

Primetals Technologies to Supply 3.4-Million-Ton Slab Caster for Algerian Mill

12 May 2022 - Tosyali Holding has contracted Primetals Technologies to install a 3.4-million-ton-capacity slab caster at its mill in Bethioua, Algeria, the equipment supplier reports.

North Star BlueScope Steel Completes Expansion

11 May 2022 - The company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday for the expansion of the Delta, Ohio, USA, facility, which represents a US$700 million investment aimed at increasing its annual hot-rolled coil production by 850,000 tons.

Nippon Steel Plans for Carbon-Neutral Steel in 2024

11 May 2022 - The company announced Tuesday its plans to supply carbon-neutral steel starting in fiscal year 2024, according to the Reuters news service.

TenarisDalmine Awards Two Contracts to Tenova

09 May 2022 - In a press release today, Tenova announced it received orders for a meltshop ladle furnace and heat treatment furnace for Tenaris’ mill in Dalmine, Italy.

Pacific Steel Taps Danieli for Hybrid Micro-Mill

06 May 2022 - The rebar fabricator awarded Danieli a contract for a 380,000-ton-per-year MIDA Hybrid mini-mill to be built in Mojave, Calif., USA.

World’s Largest ERW Tube Mill Opens in Arkansas

05 May 2022 - Atlas Tube, a division of Zekelman Industries, has cut the ribbon on its new US$150 million electric resistance welded (ERW) tube mill in Blytheville, Ark., USA, bringing on-line what it says is the largest continuous ERW tube mill in the world.

JSPL to Build Coal Gasification-Based DRI Plants

04 May 2022 - India’s Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) is planning to build two 2-million-metric-ton-capacity coal gasification-based direct reduced iron (DRI) plants, one in Angul, Odisha, and one in Raigarh, Chattisgarh, according to The Hindu BusinessLine.

ArcelorMittal Contrecoeur Tests Green Hydrogen to Produce DRI

03 May 2022 - ArcelorMittal announced that it has successfully tested a partial replacement of natural gas with green hydrogen in the production of direct reduced iron (DRI) at its steel plant in Contrecoeur, Que., Canada, according to Bloomberg.

Tenova Wins Order for New EAF for Tosyali Algeria

03 May 2022 - The company announced yesterday it has been awarded a contract to supply a second new electric arc furnace (EAF) at Tosyali Bethioua in Algeria.

Danieli Corus Tapped for 880,000-Tons-Per-Year Blast Furnace Complex

02 May 2022 - The project awarded by BMM Ispat will be an expansion of its steel plant in Danapur, Karnataka, India.

Jindal Stainless Ltd. Taps SMS group for New 2-Million-Ton Blast Furnace

28 April 2022 - India’s Jindal Stainless Ltd. (JSL) has contracted SMS group subsidiary Paul Wurth to install a 2-million-ton-capacity blast furnace at its Kalinganagar steel works, the equipment supplier announced today.

voestalpine Researching Hydrogen Plasma for Green Steel Production

28 April 2022 - The company announced yesterday that it is researching the use of hydrogen plasma for the carbon-free manufacture of crude steel in a single step at a pilot facility in Donawitz, Austria.