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BlueScope Steel Sets Carbon Net-Zero Goal

18 August 2021 - Australia’s BlueScope Steel will allocate AU$150 million to near-term environmental goals and will work toward achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the company has said.

Danieli Nabs Order for Greenfield Wire Rod Mill

17 August 2021 - Russia’s Novorossiysk Rolling Plant LLC will build a 600,000-metric-ton wire rod mill using Danieli technology, the equipment supplier reports.

Cleveland-Cliffs Prepares to Launch US$100 Million Investment at Indiana Harbor

17 August 2021 - Cleveland-Cliffs is investing US$100 million in the No. 7 Blast Furnace at Indiana Harbor East in East Chicago, Ind., USA, according to The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.

Chinese Steel Producers to Curb Output in Preparation for 2022 Winter Olympics

12 August 2021 - China’s top steelmaking center, Tangshan, will limit production to ensure blue skies for Beijing’s Winter Olympics in 2022.

Tenaris Utilizes VR and AR Technology in Remote Start-Up

11 August 2021 - New ladles in the steel shop at Tenaris’s Siderca mill in Campana, Argentina, were started up remotely from Italy by using a mixed reality device.

Report: Industry Carbon Emissions Have to Drop 75% by 2050

11 August 2021 - Global steel emissions must fall to 780 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2) by 2050 in order to limit global warming to within 2°C, reports global research and consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie. In 2020, it was at 3,000 Mt CO2.

Nippon Steel Develops Antiviral Steel

09 August 2021 - Nippon Steel Corp. has announced the development of a process to make visible-light-responsive photocatalytic steel that provides an antiviral effect by utilizing titanium oxide.

Gerdau to Invest BRL 6 Billion in Minas Gerais Operations

09 August 2021 - The investment will increase the Brazilian steelmaker’s hot-rolled coil capacity and double its structural profile capability, the company announced on Friday.

Renewable Power Company Re-Energizes Former Mill Site

05 August 2021 - Steel-related manufacturing could return to the site of what was once the world’s largest steel mill.

Salzgitter Takes on Partner in Decarbonization Efforts

05 August 2021 - Mining company Anglo American PLC on Wednesday announced its partnership with Salzgitter Flachstahl to decarbonize the steel industry.

Gerdau Boasts Best Quarterly Earnings Ever, Announces Brazilian Solar JV

04 August 2021 - Gerdau posted its highest-ever earnings in the second quarter of 2021, the company has announced.

Tenova Starts Up Two Walking Beam Furnaces at Ternium Pesquería

04 August 2021 - Two new walking beam furnaces (WBFs) were successfully started up at the new Ternium hot strip mill facility in Pesquería, Mexico.

AM Dofasco Plans Process Route Shift

30 July 2021 - ArcelorMittal and the Canadian government have announced a CA$1.765 billion process route transition at the steelmaker’s Dofasco plant.

Cleveland-Cliffs Completes Major Share Buyback; Announces Indiana Harbor BF Maintenance Outage

29 July 2021 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has spent US$1.2 billion to buy back all of the shares in a special class of stock held by ArcelorMittal.

ArcelorMittal Reveals New Carbon Reduction Targets

29 July 2021 - ArcelorMittal plans to invest US$10 billion to accelerate plans for driving down carbon dioxide emissions.

Danieli Sets to Work on U.S.-Bound Rail Rolling Line

28 July 2021 - Mill equipment maker Danieli said it has begun building the machinery for EVRAZ North America’s new long-rail mill in Colorado.

ANDRITZ Lands Order for Galvanizing Line Furnace

27 July 2021 - ANDRITZ has received an order from China-based Valin ArcelorMittal Automotive Steel Co. Ltd. for a furnace that will serve a new galvanizing line.

Primetals Technologies Announces Add-on Order for Wire Rod Mill Project

27 July 2021 - Primetals Technologies has received a follow-on order from Turkish steel producer Kaptan Demir Çelik for an upstream rolling mill that will feed a new wire rod mill.

Salzgitter to Begin Shipping EAF-Made Steel to Auto Customer

23 July 2021 - Salzgitter will begin delivering EAF-produced strip steels to four Mercedes-Benz AG plants in Germany at the end of this year, the steelmaker has announced.

New Cold Mill Hits Production, Performance Benchmarks

23 July 2021 - A Danieli-built cold mill has exited ramp-up after achieving sustained production and performance, benchmarks, the equipment manufacturer reports.

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