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European Commission Sets April Deadline for Review of Tata-thyssenkrupp Joint Venture

15 January 2019 - European Union competition regulators have extended the timeframe in which they expect to complete a review of Tata Steel and thyssenkrupp’s planned European joint venture, news and commodities pricing service S&P Global Platts reports. 

Researchers Take a Step Forward in Creating Circular Carbon Economy

14 January 2019 - thyssenkrupp’s Carbon2Chem project has reached a technical milestone, successfully converting mill off-gases into ammonia at a research center in Duisburg, Germany, project leaders have announced.  

Chinese Steel Industry to Focus on 'Production Optimization' in 2019, Says Association Chairman

14 January 2019 - As it continues to execute supply-side reforms, China’s steel industry likely will switch gears this year and begin to consolidate and streamline operations, the chairman of the China Iron and Steel Association has said. 

SAIL Eyes Second Odisha Mill

14 January 2019 - The Steel Authority of India Ltd. is looking to build a 3 million metric ton steel mill in the state of Odisha, reports the Business Standard newspaper. 

Nippon Steel Names New President

10 January 2019 - Japan’s Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has tapped executive vice president Eiji Hashimoto to lead the company come this spring. 

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. 

India Hopes to Pair State Mills With Asian Partners

09 January 2019 - The Indian government is reportedly looking to establish partnerships between its state-owned steel mills and South Korean steelmakers as way to increase domestic production of value-added steel, reports the Bloomberg news service. 

EU Countries to Vote on Steel Import Restrictions

09 January 2019 - The European Union is to vote next week on whether to make permanent its provisional safeguard measure on steel imports, reports the Reuters news service. 

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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. 

Why Do the Deer Cross the Railroad? This Researcher Has an Answer.

19 December 2018 - A research and development manager Nippon Steel & Sumikin Metal Products Co. in Japan reportedly has found an answer to a vexing transportation problem: why do so many deer stand on railroad tracks only to be struck by trains? 

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. 

Kobe Steel Targets Increased Wire Rod Processing Capacity in China

17 December 2018 - Kobe Steel Ltd.’s joint-venture wire rod processing business in China will invest 900 million yen (about US$8 million) to expand capacity there, its fifth such capacity expansion since 2009. 

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