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thyssenkrupp, LIBERTY Steel Fail to Reach Agreement on Steel Business Sale
18 February 2021 - thyssenkrupp has ended talks over a sale of its steelmaking business to LIBERTY Steel Group, saying on Thursday that it was unable to reach an agreement.
ArcelorMittal Starts Coke Oven Gas Injections in Spanish Blast Furnace
18 February 2021 - ArcelorMittal Asturias has modified a blast furnace the B blast furnace at its Gijón, Spain, plant, equipping it to consume hydrogen-rich coke oven gas.
Consortium to Research Metals Decarbonization Tech
17 February 2021 - A Finnish consortium that includes metals producers has launched a research effort intended to develop decarbonization technologies for the industry.
Primetals Technologies Receives Final Acceptance on New Billet Welder
17 February 2021 - Italy’s Ferriera Valsabbia SpA has issued the final acceptance certificate on a new billet welding system, the first of its kind in the country, reports project contractor Primetals Technologies.
SKF Bearing Earns Industry Honor
11 February 2021 - Bearings maker SKF has received an award for a specialized industrial bearing that it says reduces equipment downtime and improves safety.
ArcelorMittal Posts Q4 Profit, Names New CEO
11 February 2021 - ArcelorMittal returned to profitability in the final quarter of 2020 and will begin this year with a new chief executive, the company said on Thursday.
thyssenkrupp Ready to Move on Major Capital Investment Program
11 February 2021 - thyssenkrupp has greenlighted an investment package worth hundreds of millions of euros and is preparing to award the first contracts.
New Tube Line Enters Service
11 February 2021 - European tubemaker Bornay SL has commissioned an SMS group-built precision welded tube line.
Primetals Technologies Receives Final OK on New Gas Cleaning System
09 February 2021 - China’s Changzhou Eastran Special Steel Co. Ltd. has issued the final acceptance certificate on a newly installed gas cleaning system that serves its two basic oxygen converters.
NLMK Names New CEO for Europe Strip Division
05 February 2021 - Russia’s NLMK Group has named a former executive to lead its European strip products division, the company has announced.
KOCKS Sees Third Order From Chinese SBQ Maker
05 February 2021 - Rolling mill specialist KOCKS has won an order from Shagang Group’s Jiangsu Lihuai Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. for a new reducing and sizing block.
Primetals Technologies Inks Deal for New Rolling Mill
04 February 2021 - Vietnamese steel producer Maruichi Sun Steel Joint Stock Co. (SUNSCO) has signed an agreement with Primetals Technologies to install a new type of rolling mill that will produce thinner construction steels.
Severstal Lights Danieli-Built Blast Furnace
04 February 2021 - Russian steelmaker Severstal has successfully commissioned a rebuilt blast furnace at its Cherepovets mill, according to the project contractor.
thyssenkrupp Sees Successful Hydrogen Test on Blast Furnace
04 February 2021 - thyssenkrupp has successfully completed an initial round of hydrogen injection testing on one of its blast furnaces in Duisburg, Germany, and is preparing for a second phase of experimentation.
JSW Steel Capacity on the Rise
02 February 2021 - JSW Steel anticipates that its crude steel capacity will reach 23 million metric tons annually by March as it wraps up several expansion projects, reports commodities news and pricing service Argus.
KOCKS Rolling Equipment Enters Service at Two Mills
02 February 2021 - Two Chinese steelmakers have successfully commissioned KOCKS-built reducing and sizing blocks in their bar mills, the rolling specialist reports.
ArcelorMittal Signs MOU for Biogas Project
29 January 2021 - ArcelorMittal will partner with a company that specializes in pyrolysis to build a biogas production plant in Europe, the steelmaker announced Friday.
SSAB Halts IJmuiden Talks With Tata Steel
29 January 2021 - SSAB has broken off discussions with Tata Steel over a possible acquisition of Tata’s IJmuiden steel mill in the Netherlands and related downstream assets, saying that there were limited possibilities to integrate the facility into SSAB’s strategic framework.
Danieli Wins Order for Endless Cast-Roll Long Products Mill
29 January 2021 - Danieli has been contracted to build a 1-million-metric-ton endless casting-rolling mini-mill for Bangladesh’s Bashundhara Group, the company has announced.
China Increases Share of Global Steel Production
27 January 2021 - Global crude steel production slipped by 1% in 2020, but China took a larger share of production, with its output exceeding 1 billion metric tons, according to preliminary World Steel Association data.
