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ArcelorMittal Monlevade Commissions Primetals Technologies Hot Metals Desulfurization System

10 October 2019 - The installation is part of the quality improvement program and expansion of the Brazilian facility.

Midrex to Open New Location in Dubai

10 October 2019 - Over the last decade, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been home to some of the largest, most technologically advanced MIDREX® plants.

Valin Xiangtan Starts Up New Large Bloom Caster From Danieli

09 October 2019 - The caster is the first in the world operating with different withdrawal units to perform simultaneous soft and hard reduction, according to the supplier.

Fives Supplies Eco-Friendly Reheating Furnaces

07 October 2019 - Fives has been contracted for reheating furnaces for two separate steelmakers in China, the company reported.

Tata Steel Signs On for Carbon Capture Project

07 October 2019 - Tata Steel has partnered with Dutch companies Gasunie, EBN and Port of Amsterdam in a feasibility study for a project that could reduce the steelmaker’s CO2 emissions.

Liberty Steel To Invest US$25 Million in New EAF, Improvements to Georgetown Works

07 October 2019 - Liberty Steel USA will install a new electric arc furnace at its Georgetown, S.C., wire rod mill and make other improvements to its meltshop, the company has announced.

JFE Steel Sets Blast Furnace Revamp

03 October 2019 - Japan's JFE Steel will undertake a JPY50 billion (US$467.9 million) rebuild of the No. 4 blast furnace at its Kurashiki facility, the company has said.

Salzgitter Group Receives Order for Baltic Pipe Project

02 October 2019 - Salzgitter Mannesmann International GmbH (SMID) has received an order for 30,000 metric tons’ worth of steel pipe and 90 steel pipe bends for the Baltic Pipe Project.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Completes Furnace Tower at Toledo Facility

01 October 2019 - After 296 days, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has completed a 457-foot furnace reactor tower for its hot briquetted iron (HBI) project in Toledo, Ohio, USA.

Primetals Technologies Modernizes Twin EAF for Baosteel

01 October 2019 - The final acceptance certificate has been issued for the modernization of a more than 20-year-old DC twin electric arc furnace at Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.’s (Baosteel) Shanghai, China, plant.

NLMK Group Investing in New Waste Energy Recovery Power Plant

01 October 2019 - NLMK is planning to invest RUS 35 billion in the development of a new recovery power plant at NLMK Lipetsk. The power plant will run on byproduct gases from steelmaking operations.

U. S. Steel Announces Plan to Acquire Big River Steel

01 October 2019 - United States Steel Corporation is acquiring a stake in Arkansas-based Big River Steel for US$700 million in cash and will look to buy the rest of the business sometime in the next few years, the company announced Tuesday morning. 

Danieli U.S. Pipe Mill Receives Final Acceptance

30 September 2019 - Danieli Centro Tube has received final acceptance on a 5 ½ inch seamless pipe mill installed at Benteler Steel/Tube in Shreveport, La.

EVRAZ Pueblo to Harness the Sun to Make Greener Steel

30 September 2019 - In partnership with Xcel Energy and Lightsource BP, EVRAZ North America announced a long-term agreement to develop a new 240-MW solar facility at its Rocky Mountain Steel division in Pueblo, Colo., USA.

Outokumpu Considering New Slag Furnace Installation in Finland

30 September 2019 - Stainless steelmaker Outokumpu is assessing options to build a new slag furnace in Tornio, Finland, the company reports.

Duferdofin-Nucor, Alfa Acciai Receive Upgrades From AIC

27 September 2019 - Automation solutions provider Automazioni Industriali Capitanio s.r.l. has wrapped up projects at two Italian steel plants, the company has said.

Primetals Technologies Wins Order for Stainless Steel Combination Mill 

27 September 2019 - Walsin Yantai Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. has contracted Primetals Technologies to supply a stainless steel combination bar mill, the equipment supplier has announced. 

NLMK Group’s Shipments to OMK Hits 5-Million-Ton Mark

27 September 2019 - A partnership between Russia’s NLMK Group and OMK Group’s Vyksa Steel Works has reached a milestone, with NLMK having shipped 5 million metric tons of slabs from its Lipetsk site to Vyksa Steel for conversion into heavy plate and large-diameter pipe. 

Czech Steelmaker Orders Casting Automation Package

25 September 2019 - Danieli Automation will install a new casting temperature simulation package at Třinecké Železárny, an integrated producer of long products located in the Czech Republic.

Danieli Wins Order for Casting Automation Package for Czech Steelmaker

25 September 2019 - Danieli Automation will install a new casting temperature simulation package at Třinecké Železárny, a producer of long products located in the Czech Republic.