Steel News

Big River CEO: We Are Aggressively Ramping Up for a Second Mill

17 October 2019 - Big River Steel has created a development company that will handle the preliminary work related to the company’s proposed flat-rolled mill in Texas, chief executive Dave Stickler tells S&P Global Platts.

CMC Shutters California Meltshop

17 October 2019 - Commercial Metals Company has closed the meltshop at its California rebar mill, saying that regulatory costs are making it too difficult to compete, reports news and commodities pricing service Argus.

Danieli to Outfit New Mill With Automated Slab Management Solution

17 October 2019 - Ternium has awarded a contract to Danieli for a fully automated slab yard management system at its greenfield strip mill in Mexico.

Trucks, Trains and, Now, Tow Boats: ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Expands River Shipments

17 October 2019 - An ArcelorMittal USA plant recently set a transportation record as it expands its use of river barges to deliver hot-rolled coil and plate to customers, the company reports.

SMS group Lands Order for Ohio Caster

15 October 2019 - SMS group has been awarded a contract to supply a thin-slab caster to North Star BlueScope Steel as part of the Delta, Ohio, sheet mill’s planned US$700 million expansion.

NLMK DanSteel Launches In-House Service Center

14 October 2019 - Danish steel plate manufacturer NLMK DanSteel has opened an on-site service center to provide pre-fabrication services for its European customers, the company has announced.

NLMK Reveals Plans for EUR150 Million Upgrade to Belgium Facility

11 October 2019 - NLMK La Louvière has awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for improvements to its hot strip mill, the company has announced.

EU Opens New Trade Investigation Into Hot-Rolled Stainless Coil

11 October 2019 - The European Commission has initiated an anti-subsidy investigation into hot-rolled stainless sheet and coil from two countries and has imposed duties on a different steel product.

KOCKS RSB® 5.0 Ordered by Two Chinese Producers

10 October 2019 - Jiangsu Lihuai Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (Huaigang Special Steel) and Fujian Sangang Minguang Group Co. Ltd. (Sanming) placed orders for a KOCKS GmbH & Co KG reducing and sizing block (RSB®) 370++/4, the supplier reports.

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.