▶Subscribe to the Steel News Rewind Newsletter

Technology

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Latest News

NLMK Plans Improvements to Coke Facility

14 June 2018 - In a bid to improve coke quality, Russia’s NLMK Group said it will invest EUR57 million in process upgrades at its Altai-Koks facility.

SAIL Celebrates Completion of Major Plant Upgrades

14 June 2018 - India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited the Steel Authority of India Ltd.’s Bhilai Steel Plant to mark the completion of company’s expansive modernization program.

Cliffs to Divest Australian Iron Ore Mine

12 June 2018 - Iron ore miner Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has reached an agreement to sell its Australian iron ore operation to Australia's Mineral Resources Ltd. for an undisclosed amount.

Transformer Fire Damages Finnish Mill

12 June 2018 - A transformer fire has knocked a portion of SSAB’s strip and tube mill in Hämeenlinna, Finland, offline, the company disclosed on Tuesday.

SMS group Lands Order for Galvanizing Line

12 June 2018 - China’s Shandong Ruifeng Stainless Steel Co. has chosen SMS group to supply a hot-dip galvanizing line to complement its pickling line and tandem mill.

Tata Steel Europe Employees Not Sold on Potential thyssenkrupp Joint Venture

12 June 2018 - Tata Steel’s European works council has raised new doubts over the combination of the steelmaker’s European strip business with thyssenkrupp’s steel division, making it less likely that a deal will come to fruition by the end of the month, reports the Reuters news service.

ArcelorMittal Begins Work on Waste Gas Conversion Plant

11 June 2018 - ArcelorMittal and a Chicago-based company that has developed technology to transform industrial waste gases into ethanol have broken ground on a plant at the steelmaker’s facility in Ghent, Belgium.

voestalpine Brings New Slab Caster Into Service

11 June 2018 - voestalpine has been quickly ramping up a new slab caster at its No. 3 steel shop in Linz, Austria, having successfully cast nearly all of the steels it is designed to produce within its first three months of operation, according to the caster's manufacturer.

CMC Winds Up First Spool of Rebar

07 June 2018 - Commercial Metals Company’s new micro-mill in Oklahoma has begun producing spooled rebar, according to the plant’s technology supplier, Danieli.

Tenova Bags Orders for Two EAFs

06 June 2018 - China’s Shandong Laigang Yongfeng Steel Corp. has awarded a contract to Tenova for the retrofit of two new electric arc furnaces at its plant in Dezhou City, Shandong Province.

Citing Section 232 Tariffs, U. S. Steel Says it Will Restart Another Idled Blast Furnace

05 June 2018 - United States Steel Corporation is planning to restart the second of two blast furnaces at its Granite City works in Illinois and rehire 300 people, the company announced on Tuesday.

Indian, Australian Companies Agree to Develop Lignite-Based Iron Plant

31 May 2018 - An Australian company has signed a master development agreement with India’s state-owned iron ore and lignite producers to build a new type of ironmaking plant in the state of Tamil Nadu.

Italian Company Bags Orders for Three New Furnaces

31 May 2018 - Two North American steelmakers have awarded contracts to Italian furnace builder Forni Industriali Bendotti for new reheat furnaces.

AK Steel Rolls Out New Electrical Steel

31 May 2018 - AK Steel Corp. is bringing to market a new family of high-permeability grain oriented electrical steels (GOES) designed for high- and ultrahigh-voltage transformers.

TMK Remains Committed to Public Offering for IPSCO Shares

25 May 2018 - Despite having canceled an initial public offering for its U.S. subsidiary, Russian pipe and tube maker TMK said it still intends to take IPSCO Tubulars public.

SSAB Floats Product Data into the Cloud

24 May 2018 - SSAB is rolling out a new service that provides customers with cloud-based traceability and documentation of the steel they buy.

SMS group Receives Order for Slab Caster

23 May 2018 - NLMK Group has awarded a contract for a new thick slab caster to SMS group, the equipment supplier has announced.

Severstal Contracts Primetals Technologies for Strip Mill Improvements

22 May 2018 - Primetals Technologies has won a contract to upgrade the primary hot strip mill at PAO Severstal’s Cherepovets steel works, the equipment supplier said on Tuesday.

Salzgitter Buys Specialty Tube Producer in France

22 May 2018 - Salzgitter Group subsidiary Mannesmann Stainless Tubes GmbH has acquired French stainless tubemaker Société Technique d'Etirage de Précision (SOTEP) for an undisclosed amount, the company has announced.

Former Gerdau Manager to Lead Revived South Carolina Mill

21 May 2018 - Liberty Steel USA, which is preparing to restart its recently acquired wire rod mill in Georgetown, S.C., has hired a new general manager to oversee the facility.

Page 95 of 261

View Latest Steel News