Steel News

Danieli Lands Order for Malaysian Slab Caster

12 August 2022 - Eastern Steel in Malaysia has contracted Danieli to build a new slab caster for its plant in Chukai, Terengganu, West Malaysia, Danieli has announced.

EU Steel Producers Throttle Back Production

11 August 2022 - Softening demand, driven in part by lowered automotive production, has prompted a number of European steel producers to idle blast furnaces and other production assets, according to the Eurometal trade association.

Tata Steel Partners With U.K. University on Solar Building Tech

10 August 2022 - Research partners Tata Steel UK and Swansea University will work together on developing solar roofing panels that can printed onto the steel used in buildings.

Tosyali Finds There’s Room Enough for This Array Up on the Roof

10 August 2022 - Turkish steelmaker Tosyali has installed a 140-megawatt solar farm – on the roofs of its mill buildings.

voestalpine Embarks Upon Process Control System Update

03 August 2022 - voestalpine has upgraded the process control systems for the three converter lines at its LD3 steel plant in Linz, Austria, reports the technology supplier on the project.

Report: China’s Steelmakers Have Difficult Financial Road Ahead

03 August 2022 - China’s steel industry is looking at some difficult times ahead as the country’s real estate market crisis unfolds, reports the Bloomberg news service.

ArcelorMittal Acquiring 3M Metric Tons of Slabmaking Capacity in Brazil

28 July 2022 - ArcelorMittal is acquiring Brazilian slab producer Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP) for approximately US$2.2 billion, the steelmaker said on Thursday.

POSCO, PT Krakatau Eye Major Indonesian Investment

28 July 2022 - POSCO and Indonesian joint-venture partner PT Krakatau Steel plan to invest US$3.5 billion in expanding capacity in the country, reports the Reuters news service.

Baosteel Inks Contract for World’s Largest H2-Based DRI Plant

22 July 2022 - China’s Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron & Steel has selected the Tenova and Danieli’s Energiron technology to power a new direct reduction (DR) plant in the Guangdong Province.

H2 and Hitachi Energy Announce Partnership

21 July 2022 - Hitachi Energy and H2 Green Steel have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on projects that support the industrial startup in producing green steel.

ArcelorMittal Gent Starts Up New BOF

21 July 2022 - Equipment supplier Primetals Technologies announced yesterday that a new LD converter (basic oxygen furnace) it supplied to ArcelorMittal Belgium’s steel plant in Gent was recently started up.

JSW Steel, Boston Consulting to Work Together on Climate Goals

19 July 2022 - JSW Steel has enlisted the help of management consultant Boston Consulting Group as it works toward reducing its carbon emissions intensity.

Forget Crypto, Minister Says. Manufacturing Industry’s Energy Needs Should Take Precedence.

19 July 2022 - Steelmaking and crypto mining are energy-intensive endeavors and facets of the Swedish economy, but maybe the country should prioritize the former over the latter when it comes to energy resources, one official has said.

BHP, Tata Steel Partner Up on CO2 Reduction Effort

19 July 2022 - Iron ore miner BHP and Tata Steel will work together on developing low-CO2 iron- and steelmaking technologies, the companies have announced.

Salzgitter Partners on Developing Low-CO2 Strip

18 July 2022 - Salzgitter AG and cold-rolled producer Waelzholz Group will work together on developing and supplying low-CO2 strip under a new collaboration agreement, the companies have announced.

Nippon Steel Signs Collaboration Agreement

18 July 2022 - Coal and iron ore miner Anglo American has agreed to work with Nippon Steel Corp. on making less CO2-intensive steel, the companies have said.

KOCKS Announces Successful Start-Up of New Reducing, Sizing Block

18 July 2022 - Chinese special bar quality producer Fujian Sangang Minguang Group Co. Ltd. has rolled the first bar on its new KOCKS 3-roll reducing and sizing block, the equipment supplier reports.

Danieli Service Upgrades Continuous Pickling Line for ArcelorMittal

15 July 2022 - Danieli’s service segment commissioned a new entry section for the continuous pickling line at ArcelorMittal’s Mardyck, France, facility, Danieli said in a press release yesterday.

Space Tech Startup Discovers Path to Carbon-Free Iron Production

15 July 2022 - Helios, an Israeli startup exploring paths to develop on-site oxygen resources for future lunar missions, has raised US$6 million in seed funding to adapt their technology to another, unexpected goal: to create an emission-free future for the steel industry.

Salzgitter Board Approves Funding for Green Steel Project

14 July 2022 - The company announced yesterday its board approved EUR723 million in funding to implement the first stage of its Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking (SALCOS®) facility.