Steel News

Tenaris to Resume Production at Steel Shop, Pipe Mill

19 April 2021 - Tenaris is nearing completion of improvements to its Koppel, Pa., USA, steel shop and is planning to soon restart operations there and at its Ambridge, Pa., seamless pipe mill.

Report: Lowered EU Steel Demand Will Necessitate Capacity Cuts

05 April 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic probably has erased five to 10 million tons of European Union steel demand, and producers there will have to shed capacity, according to a new paper from management consultancy McKinsey & Co.

Report: EVRAZ Preparing to Restart Colorado Tubular Mill

01 April 2021 - EVRAZ North America plans to restart its seamless tube mill in Colorado later this month, reports local news station KRDO-TV.

Expansion, Acquisitions Propel JSW Steel to the Top of India’s Steel Industry

01 April 2021 - India’s JSW Steel is moving to become the country’s largest steel producer and has set a long-term goal of reaching 45 million metric tons of capacity, reports commodities news and pricing service Argus.

Tenaris Expands Payroll at Texas Facility

26 March 2021 - As Tenaris brings its seamless tube mill in Texas up to full capacity, it is scaling up operations at its Conroe, Texas, facility, adding crews to the heat treatment and finishing areas, the tubemaker has said.

China’s Steel Output Rises in Early 2021

16 March 2021 - China produced nearly 175 million metric tons of steel in January and February, an increase of almost 13%, reports the Reuters news service.

Ohio EAF Returns to Service

08 March 2021 - After a half-year hiatus, JSW Steel is set to resume steelmaking at its Mingo Junction, Ohio, plant, reports commodities news and pricing service Argus.

Cleveland-Cliffs Sets Middletown Maintenance Outage

01 March 2021 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is bringing up a blast furnace at its newly acquired Cleveland Works in Ohio as it idles another for a planned maintenance outage.

New Vietnamese HSM Nears Nameplate Capacity

24 February 2021 - A new Vietnamese hot strip mill has reached a major production milestone, producing 1 million metric tons of hot-rolled coils just eight months after its start-up.

Nucor Says It’s Having a Record Quarter

09 February 2021 - Nucor Corp. expects to report record first-quarter earnings that could exceed US$900 million, the steelmaker said on Tuesday.

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.

Nucor Gives Final Thumbs Up to New Galvanizing Line

27 January 2021 - Nucor Steel Gallatin has issued the final acceptance certificate on its new “heat-to-coat” pickling and galvanizing line, reports project contractor SMS group.

DRI Plant Sets New Performance Record

25 January 2021 - A Midrex Technologies direct reduction plant in Algeria has set a new production record, making more than 2.23 million tons of direct reduced iron (DRI) last year.

voestalpine Returns Idled Blast Furnace to Service

21 January 2021 - voestalpine has restarted the second blast furnace at its Donawitz site in Austria to meet rising long products demand, the steelmaker has said.

Rizhao Steel Strip Mill Produces First Coils

14 January 2021 - China’s Rizhao Steel Co. Ltd. has rolled the first coil on its newest Arvedi Endless Strip Production (ESP) mill, according to the mill’s builder.

LIBERTY Steel Restarts Polish Heavy Plate Mill

12 January 2021 - LIBERTY Steel Group is leasing one of Poland’s largest steel mills and has resumed production, the company has announced.

Salzgitter Heavy Plate Mill Starts New Heat-Treat Line

11 January 2021 - Salzgitter Group subsidiary Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH has processed the first heavy plate in a new heat-treat facility, according to the supplier of the equipment.

Nucor Sees Successful Start of Florida Rebar Mill

08 January 2021 - Nucor Corp. in December started up its Florida micro-mill, which began production in endless mode with its first heat, according to the mill’s builder.

It’s Official: ArcelorMittal USA Mills Now Belong to Cleveland-Cliffs

09 December 2020 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has finalized its acquisition of ArcelorMittal USA and bought out a would-be partner in two jointly owned sheet processing facilities, the company announced Wednesday.

ATI Plans Stop to Standard Stainless Sheet Production

03 December 2020 - Stainless steel and specialty alloys producer Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) is exiting the standard stainless sheet business and will redeploy capital to focus on high-value products primarily for the aerospace and defense sectors.