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California Steel Plans Strip Mill, Galv Line Improvements

10 January 2019 - California Steel Industries Inc. has awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for electrical and automation upgrades to its 86-inch hot-strip mill and its No. 2 continuous galvanizing line, the plant builder said on Thursday. 

ArcelorMittal Brazil Set to Begin Work on New Coke Oven Battery

09 January 2019 - Construction is to begin later this year on a new coke oven battery at ArcelorMittal’s Tubarão plant in Brazil, according to the contractor on the project. 

Commercial Metals Looks to Notch Up Production at New Mill

09 January 2019 - Commercial Metals Company’s new Oklahoma micro-mill shipped nearly 60,000 tons during the company’s first quarter of fiscal 2019 and is preparing to bring on a fourth crew at the plant. 

Nucor Board OKs US$1.35B Midwest Plate Mill (Updated)

07 January 2019 - Nucor Corp. has revealed plans to build a US$1.35 billion plate mill somewhere in the Midwestern United States to better serve the country’s largest regional plate market. 

Paul Wurth Makes Investment in Hydrogen Steelmaking

07 January 2019 - SMS group’s Paul Wurth unit is investing in a German company that makes highly efficient electrolyzers and fuel cells. 

Steel Processor Wraps Up Pickling Line Improvements

07 January 2019 - Ohio-based flat-rolled processor Heidtman Steel has completed a US$1.5 million project to upgrade pickling lines in Granite City, Ill., and Butler, Ind., USA.

ArcelorMittal to Assume Management of U.S. Iron Ore Mine

04 January 2019 - ArcelorMittal USA is set to take on management of a jointly owned taconite mine in Minnesota later this year.

Tata Steel Plans to Eke Out a Few More Years on BF Before Rebuild

04 January 2019 - Tata Steel Europe is postponing a rebuild of the No. 6 blast furnace at its IJmuiden plant and will instead squeeze a few more years of life out of it.

GFG Alliance Completes Deal for U.S. Wire Rod Manufacturer

03 January 2019 - GFG Alliance has finalized its US$320 million acquisition of Keystone Consolidated Industries (KCI), a move that will help clear the way for a planned initial public offering, the company has announced.

Despite Uncertain Times, There's Still a Place for Port Talbot Works, Tata Steel Executive Says

03 January 2019 - Tata Steel Europe head Hans Fischer said he believes there is a future for the United Kingdom’s largest steel works, even after the country leaves the European Union, but cautioned that more work is needed to turn around the integrated facility.

Scrap Steel Consumption on the Rise in China

27 December 2018 - As new electric arc furnaces come on-line, China’s scrap steel use is expected to cross the 200-million-metric-ton threshold by 2020, if it hasn’t already, Argus Media reports.

Stainless Steel Shines in Elon Musk's Eye

27 December 2018 - Steel remains the go-to material in automotive applications. But as it seems, it may offer advantages in interplanetary applications, too.

Indian Rebar Maker to See Substantial Capacity Increase

26 December 2018 - U.K.-based mining and energy conglomerate Vedanta Resources Ltd. plans to invest somewhere between US$3 billion to US$4 billion in an Indian steel mill over the next several years.

Russian Researchers Start Up Novel Iron Recovery Furnace

26 December 2018 - A Russian technical university and an industry partner have fired up a pilot-scale furnace designed to recover iron and other metals from industrial and municipal solid wastes.

SSWI Appoints New General Manager at Niagara LaSalle Plant

19 December 2018 - Specialty Steel Works Inc. (SSWI) has named an industry veteran to lead its Niagara LaSalle cold-finished bar plant in Hammond, Ind., USA, the company said on Wednesday. 

NLMK Commences Work on Blast Furnace Rebuild

19 December 2018 - NLMK Group has begun rebuilding the No. 6 blast furnace at its Lipetsk plant in Russia, a project that will increase its ironmaking capacity by 8% to 3.4 million metric tons. 

After Nearly a Decade in Mothballs, This EAF is Throwing Sparks Once Again 

18 December 2018 - JSW Steel has restarted the meltshop at its Mingo Junction, Ohio, mill, bringing back to life a furnace that has been idled for more than nine years. 

Chinese Induction Furnaces Find New Life in Other Asian Countries

18 December 2018 - In 2017, China said it lopped about 120 million metric tons of production capacity by closing induction furnaces at more than 600 companies.

Here's Who Tata Steel and thyssenkrupp Have Named to Lead Their European Joint Venture

17 December 2018 - Tata Steel and thyssenkrupp have assembled the senior leadership team for their planned European joint venture, naming a thyssenkrupp executive to oversee an entity that will be Europe’s second-largest steelmaker.

Chinese Steelmaker Signs On for US$4.4B Investment in the Philippines

17 December 2018 - China’s HBIS Group Co. Ltd. and others have signed a memorandum of understanding on a plan to build a US$4.4 billion integrated steelworks in the Philippines. 

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