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H2 Green Steel Is Now Stegra
12 September 2024 - Swedish startup H2 Green Steel is changing its name to Stegra, a move intended to future proof the company’s image and reflect its ambitions.
U.S. Flat-Rolled Producers Lodge Dumping Complaint Over Corrosion-Resistant Sheet
09 September 2024 - Several U.S. steel producers and the United Steelworkers union have filed dumping complaints with the Commerce Department over imports of corrosion-resistant steel from several countries.
Nippon Steel Promises Additional Investment in Mon Valley, Gary Works
29 August 2024 - Nippon Steel Corp. plans to invest an additional US$1.3 billion, if not more, in United States Steel Corporation’s Mon Valley and Gary works, should it finalize its acquisition of the iconic American steelmaker.
ABB Selected for SSAB Rolling Mill Upgrade
28 August 2024 - ABB has won three related contracts tied to SSAB’s planned improvements of its Borlänge hot rolling mill in Sweden.
Danieli Lands Order for Reheat Furnace Upgrade
06 August 2024 - North Macedonia’s Makstil AD has contracted Danieli to revamp a plate mill reheat furnace, Danieli has announced.
Shagang Group Starts Three New Castrip Lines
31 July 2024 - China’s Shagang Group has issued final acceptance certificates on two new Castrip lines and in June started up a third, according to project contractor Primetals Technologies.
Jindal Steel Inaugurates New Hot Strip Mill
21 March 2024 - Jindal Steel Odisha Ltd. has rolled the first coil on its new SMS group-built hot-strip mill, the equipment supplier has announced.
ANDRITZ Lands Order for Processing Line Upgrade
20 March 2024 - ANDRITZ has been contracted to upgrade a 32-year-old push pickling line at Salzgitter Flachstahl, the company has announced.
Ternium Revises Budget for Mexican Sheet Mill Expansion
22 February 2024 - Inflationary equipment pricing and fluctuations in the exchange rate have forced upward revisions to cost estimates on Ternium’s expansion in Mexico.
Wheeling-Nippon Celebrates Production Milestone
22 February 2024 - West Virginia coil processor Wheeling-Nippon Steel recently celebrated a production milestone, coating its 20 millionth ton.
Primetals Technologies Contracted for Plate Mill Improvement
08 February 2024 - Hyundai Steel is upgrading a heavy plate mill with a new cooling system designed to reduce the overall hold time between the roughing and finishing stands.
U.S. ITC Ruling Strikes Duties on Tin Mill Products
08 February 2024 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has rejected anti-dumping duties on tin mill products from several countries, finding that U.S. producers are not being harmed by imports from those places.
SDI Prepares to Start New Processing Lines
25 January 2024 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) has completed construction of its four new paint and galvanizing lines and expects to commission them sometime before the end of March, the company’s chief executive officer has said.
Salzgitter Chooses SMS group for HSM Improvement
22 January 2024 - Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH is upgrading its hot strip mill with a comprehensive technology package from SMS group, the equipment manufacturer has announced.
Report: U. S. Steel – Nippon Steel Deal Faces Scrutiny
11 January 2024 - Attorneys for United States Steel Corporation and Nippon Steel Corporation have been exchanging phone calls and emails as the Biden Administration prepares to review the planned acquisition of the American steelmaker, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
POSCO Electrical Steel Plant Enters Service
03 January 2024 - POSCO has wrapped up the first phase of construction on a US$767 million non-oriented electrical steel plant, The Korea Times reports.
Danieli Contracted for Turkish Cold Rolled, Tinplate Complex
20 December 2023 - Danieli has won an order from the Turkish Habaş Group for a 900,000-metric-ton cold rolling and tinplating facility, the equipment manufacturer said Wednesday.
Construction on thyssenkrupp Hot Strip Mil Upgrade Reaches Milestone
11 December 2023 - thyssenkrupp recently reached a milestone in the overhaul of a slab caster and hot strip mill at its Bruckhausen site in Duisburg, Germany.
thyssenkrupp Sees Machine Vision System Aiding Defect Detection
27 November 2023 - thyssenkrupp is implementing a Primetals Technologies-made computer vision solution for detecting strip cross cracks at a German hot strip mill.
Nucor Announces US$280M Plate Mill Improvement
20 November 2023 - Nucor Corp.’s board of directors have greenlighted a US$280 million modernization of its Tuscaloosa, Ala., plate mill, the company announced Friday.
