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Japanese DRI Demonstration Project Selects ENERGIRON Technology
20 March 2024 - Tenova and Danieli will lend their ENERGIRON direct reduction technology to a demonstration project intended to test full hydrogen reduction with low-grade iron ore.
JSW, JFE Cement Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel Joint Venture
14 February 2024 - India’s JSW Steel and Japan’s JFE Steel have broken ground on a joint-venture electrical steel plant in India, the equivalent of a US$670 million investment that will bring about India’s first end-to-end manufacturer of grain-oriented electrical steel.
JFE Plans to Raise Capital for Decarbonization, Expansion Projects
05 September 2023 - Japan’s JFE Holdings is moving to raise approximately JPY200 billion (US$1.37 billion) for decarbonization projects and to expand electrical steel production, according to NikkeiAsia.
JSW Steel Establishes Electrical Steel JV
03 August 2023 - India’s JSW Steel and Japan’s JFE Steel are creating a 50-50 joint venture to produce cold-rolled grain-oriented electric steel, the companies said in a regulatory filing.
JFE Steel Partners With ExxonMobil on H2 Line Pipe Development
09 June 2023 - Japan's JFE Steel and ExxonMobil will work on developing high-pressure line pipe meant to carry hydrogen, reports NikkeiAsia.
JSW Steel, JFE Steel to Build Electrical Steel Plant in India
22 May 2023 - The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a cold-rolled grain-oriented electrical steel plant in Vijayanagar, Karnataka, India, according to a statement from JSW Steel today.
JFE Steel Plans Even Bigger Expansion of NGO Sheet Capacity
07 February 2023 - JFE Steel Corp. is doubling down on an expansion of its electrical steel sheet capacity, announcing Monday that it will invest an additional JPY50 billion (US$381.2 million) in a project already underway.
JFE Steel Starts Rebuilt Blast Furnace
16 January 2023 - Japan’s JFE Steel Corp. has relit the No. 6 blast furnace at its East Japan Works after wrapping up a JPY43 billion (US$334.5 million) overhaul.
Japanese Steelmakers Consider Increasing Electrical Steel Investment
07 December 2022 - Nippon Steel Corp. and JFE Steel Corp. are eying additional investments in electrical steels as demand for electric vehicles increases, according to the Bloomberg news service.
Paul Wurth To Install First Stamp-Charged Coke Battery in Japan for JFE Steel
27 September 2022 - Japan’s JFE Steel Corp. has tapped Paul Wurth IHI to supply a new stamp-charged coke oven battery at its Fukuyama works, marking the first time the technology will be installed in the country.
JFE Steel Plans Multi-Billion Investment in Low-CO2 Steel
01 September 2022 - Japan’s JFE Steel is prepared to invest the equivalent of US$7.2 billion to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions, in part through building electric arc furnaces, according to the Reuters news service.
JFE Steel to Test CO2 Utilization Technologies in Two R&D Projects
01 July 2022 - JFE Steel Corp. recently announced it is moving forward with two R&D projects to develop technologies that will utilize CO2 in steelmaking processes that are expected to help the company achieve carbon neutrality.
Mexican Joint Venture Gives Final OK to New Coating Line
26 June 2021 - SMS group has received the final acceptance certificate for a 50-50 joint venture galvanizing line in Mexico.
JFE, JSW to Consider Electrical Steel Mill
12 May 2021 - Japan’s JFE Steel Corp. and India’s JSW Steel Ltd. will together explore the potential of building a joint-venture electrical steel mill in India.
Rising Demand Prompts JFE Blast Furnace Restart
23 September 2020 - Citing recovering demand, Japan’s JFE Steel has restarted the No. 4 blast furnace at its Fukuyama steel works, reports commodities news and pricing service Argus.
An Aging Population, Other Market Challenges Force JFE Steel to Resize
30 March 2020 - JFE Steel will permanently close a blast furnace in southeastern Japan as part of a plan to consolidate operations and refocus on key products, the company has announced.
Nucor, JFE Steel Initiate Trial Production at New Galvanizing Facility
05 March 2020 - Nucor Corp. and joint venture partner JFE Steel Corp. have started up their hot-dip sheet galvanizing facility in central Mexico, Nucor announced Thursday.
JFE Steel to Idle Some Plate Mills in Japan
18 February 2020 - Citing falling demand and slowing growth, JFE Steel has announced plans to idle parts of its plate-making operations in Japan, the Jiji Press news service reports.
JFE Steel Forms Joint Venture With Chinese Bar Maker
19 November 2019 - JFE Steel is acquiring a 50% ownership stake in a Chinese special bar producer, giving it an additional foothold in China’s automotive market.
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.
