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AIC Contracted for Caster Safety Improvements
09 April 2020 - Automation and robotics specialist Automazioni Industriali Capitanio (AIC) has been contracted to upgrade safety systems on a continuous caster in northern Italy.
Ohio Blast Furnace Being Taken Off-Line
09 April 2020 - ArcelorMittal is preparing to idle the No. 6 blast furnace at its Cleveland, Ohio, USA, facility, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.
Nippon Steel Adjusts Production
08 April 2020 - Nippon Steel Corp. will bank two blast furnaces later this month and curtail coke production as it adjusts to lower demand, the company has said.
Primetals Technologies Awarded Contract for Wire Rod Mill
08 April 2020 - China’s HBIS Shijiazhuang Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. expects to start a new wire rod mill in the Hebei province late this year, reports mill equipment maker Primetals Technologies.
Slag Is a Useful Byproduct. These Researchers Think It Has Even More Potential.
08 April 2020 - Researchers at Australia’s RMIT University said they might have found a way to improve the utility of slag as a concrete aggregate, research that could strengthen steel’s role in the circular economy.
BlueScope Pushes Back Ohio Expansion Project
07 April 2020 - BlueScope Steel Ltd. is delaying the expansion of its North Star sheet mill as it looks to preserve cash during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Weak Energy Demand Forces EVRAZ to Close Pipe Mill
07 April 2020 - With energy pipeline projects falling to the wayside, EVRAZ North America is idling its spiral-weld pipe mill in Oregon, reports The Oregonian newspaper.
Recognized Safety Training Company Sold
07 April 2020 - Multimedia Training Systems Inc. (MTS), a Pittsburgh, Pa., USA-based provider of safety training for the steel industry, has been sold to compliance software and services specialist KPA.
Vallourec Announces North American Layoffs
06 April 2020 - Energy tubulars maker Vallourec is laying off more than one-third of its North American workforce due to collapsing demand from oil and gas producers.
USIMINAS Sets COVID-19 Curtailments
06 April 2020 - Brazilian integrated producer Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA (USIMINAS) is shutting down two blast furnaces and halting other operations due to falling demand.
Turkish Producer Signs FAC for New Annealing Furnaces
06 April 2020 - Turkish steelmaker Atakaş has issued the final acceptance certificate for six new Danieli-built bell annealing furnaces installed at its Iskenderun plant.
Citing Section 232 Tariffs, ATI Joint Venture Idles Finishing Mill
01 April 2020 - With no relief from the Section 232 tariffs in sight, Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) will idle its Direct Roll Anneal and Pickle plant in Midland, Pa., USA, by the end of June.
Chinese Mill Upgrades Caster Automation, Plant Controls
31 March 2020 - China’s Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd. has commissioned a new integrated control center (ICC) to run a casting plant at its Shanghai steel works.
AK Steel Banks Michigan Blast Furnace
31 March 2020 - With the COVID-19 pandemic having brought North American auto production to a halt, AK Steel is temporarily idling its Dearborn Works in Michigan, reports Fastmarkets AMM.
Danieli Wins Contract for Galvalume Line
31 March 2020 - Danieli has received an order for a continuous Galvalume® line from Bangladeshi strip processor Abul Khair Strip Processing, the equipment supplier has announced.
An Aging Population, Other Market Challenges Force JFE Steel to Resize
30 March 2020 - JFE Steel will permanently close a blast furnace in southeastern Japan as part of a plan to consolidate operations and refocus on key products, the company has announced.
ArcelorMittal Brazil to Idle Blast Furnace
30 March 2020 - ArcelorMittal Brazil will temporarily idle a blast furnace at its Tubarão plant and throttle back production at some of its long steel plants, reports commodities news and pricing service S&P Global Platts.
U. S. Steel Takes Two BFs Out of Service, Postpones Capital Projects
27 March 2020 - In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the sudden deterioration in the oil and gas markets, United States Steel Corporation is idling two blast furnaces and delaying a number of capital projects.
Primetals Technologies Announces Start of New Pickling Line
25 March 2020 - China’s Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. has started up a new continuous pickling line built by Primetals Technologies.
Paul Wurth: Reline Complete at Dillinger Hüttenwerke BF
25 March 2020 - Paul Wurth recently finished a modernization of the slag granulation plant at AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke (Dillinger).
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