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GFG Alliance Seeks to Consolidate Steel Operations
08 October 2019 - GFG Alliance is looking to create a new corporate structure for its global steel businesses, placing them under a single entity, according to commodities news and pricing provider S&P Global Platts.
POSCO Reaches 1 Billion Tons of Crude Steel Production
07 October 2019 - POSCO announced on Thursday that it has reached a milestone of 1 billion tons in cumulative crude steel production.
Fives Supplies Eco-Friendly Reheating Furnaces
07 October 2019 - Fives has been contracted for reheating furnaces for two separate steelmakers in China, the company reported.
Tata Steel Signs On for Carbon Capture Project
07 October 2019 - Tata Steel has partnered with Dutch companies Gasunie, EBN and Port of Amsterdam in a feasibility study for a project that could reduce the steelmaker’s CO2 emissions.
Tata Steel Executive Anand Sen Retires
03 October 2019 - Anand Sen, president, TQM & Steel Business for Tata Steel, retired on Monday, concluding a 38-year career with the steelmaker.
JFE Steel Sets Blast Furnace Revamp
03 October 2019 - Japan's JFE Steel will undertake a JPY50 billion (US$467.9 million) rebuild of the No. 4 blast furnace at its Kurashiki facility, the company has said.
Siemens Sells Stake in Primetals Technologies
03 October 2019 - Mitsubishi-Hitachi Metals Machinery is buying out its joint-venture partner in Primetals Technologies, the parent companies have announced.
Salzgitter Group Receives Order for Baltic Pipe Project
02 October 2019 - Salzgitter Mannesmann International GmbH (SMID) has received an order for 30,000 metric tons’ worth of steel pipe and 90 steel pipe bends for the Baltic Pipe Project.
thyssenkrupp Names New CEO
01 October 2019 - Martina Merz has taken the reigns of thyssenkrupp AG as of today, the company announced.
Primetals Technologies Modernizes Twin EAF for Baosteel
01 October 2019 - The final acceptance certificate has been issued for the modernization of a more than 20-year-old DC twin electric arc furnace at Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.’s (Baosteel) Shanghai, China, plant.
NLMK Group Investing in New Waste Energy Recovery Power Plant
01 October 2019 - NLMK is planning to invest RUS 35 billion in the development of a new recovery power plant at NLMK Lipetsk. The power plant will run on byproduct gases from steelmaking operations.
Outokumpu Considering New Slag Furnace Installation in Finland
30 September 2019 - Stainless steelmaker Outokumpu is assessing options to build a new slag furnace in Tornio, Finland, the company reports.
Duferdofin-Nucor, Alfa Acciai Receive Upgrades From AIC
27 September 2019 - Automation solutions provider Automazioni Industriali Capitanio s.r.l. has wrapped up projects at two Italian steel plants, the company has said.
Primetals Technologies Wins Order for Stainless Steel Combination Mill
27 September 2019 - Walsin Yantai Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. has contracted Primetals Technologies to supply a stainless steel combination bar mill, the equipment supplier has announced.
NLMK Group’s Shipments to OMK Hits 5-Million-Ton Mark
27 September 2019 - A partnership between Russia’s NLMK Group and OMK Group’s Vyksa Steel Works has reached a milestone, with NLMK having shipped 5 million metric tons of slabs from its Lipetsk site to Vyksa Steel for conversion into heavy plate and large-diameter pipe.
Obstacles Remain as China Works on Steel Capacity Reductions, Industry Ministry Official Says
26 September 2019 - Not for a lack of trying, China remains challenged to contain illegal steel capacity, reports the Reuters news service.
thyssenkrupp Board Launches Effort to Replace Its Top Executive
26 September 2019 - thyssenkrupp’s board of directors is moving to oust chief executive Guido Kerkhoff, who has held the job for nearly one year.
Mesto to Deliver Steel Recycling Plant to Tata Steel India
26 September 2019 - Mesto Metal Recycling is to supply a Texas Shredder™ PS to Tata Steel in India. With this, Tata Steel is to be the first steel scrap shredding facility in India. Mesto was awarded with this order in the second quarter of 2019.
Rio Tinto Partners with Chinese Steelmaker, University on Reducing Carbon Emissions
25 September 2019 - Iron ore miner Rio Tinto on Wednesday agreed to work with China Baowu Steel Group and China’s Tsinghua University to develop ways to reduce carbon emissions and improve the steel industry’s environmental performance.
Czech Steelmaker Orders Casting Automation Package
25 September 2019 - Danieli Automation will install a new casting temperature simulation package at Třinecké Železárny, an integrated producer of long products located in the Czech Republic.
