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Outokumpu to Utilize AI, Robotics for Safety Management

21 June 2023 - Finland’s Outokumpu has signed on with Swiss robotics firm ANYbotics for autonomous robotics solutions to be applied in health and safety monitoring.

Primetals Technologies Sees Third of Seven Offgas Cleaning Plants Placed Into Service

10 January 2023 - Primetals Technologies has started up the third offgas cleaning plant at the Acciaierie D’Italia mill in Taranto, Italy, the plant builder reports.

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.

Zekelman Deploys AI-Based Safety System

21 October 2020 - Pipe and tube maker Zekelman Industries Inc. is partnering with an industrial safety tech company on an effort to improve safety at its Atlas Tube facility in Blytheville, Ark.

AISI Signs On With PPE Coalition

22 July 2020 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and the United Steelworkers union have joined a coalition of manufacturers who advocate a reshoring of domestic personal protective equipment (PPE) manufacturing.

AIC Contracted for Caster Safety Improvements

09 April 2020 - Automation and robotics specialist Automazioni Industriali Capitanio (AIC) has been contracted to upgrade safety systems on a continuous caster in northern Italy.

Recognized Safety Training Company Sold

07 April 2020 - Multimedia Training Systems Inc. (MTS), a Pittsburgh, Pa., USA-based provider of safety training for the steel industry, has been sold to compliance software and services specialist KPA.

U. S. Steel Celebrates Safe 2019

17 January 2020 - United States Steel Corporation improved its recordable injury rate in 2019 and set a new company safety record in terms of its days away from work case rate, the company has said.

POSCO Developing Precision Location Tag

02 January 2020 - A POSCO research and development subsidiary is partnering with two tech firms to develop a location-tracking tag to be used in its plants.

worldsteel Recognizes Safety and Health Excellence

24 October 2019 - The World Steel Association (worldsteel) today recognized six steel-producing companies around the world for their safety and health improvements over the past year.

Spanish Steelmaker Turns to MORE for Automated EAF Solution

06 July 2018 - Italian electric arc furnace equipment maker MORE has received orders for two of its automatic taphole filling and inspection systems.

Transformer Fire Damages Finnish Mill

12 June 2018 - A transformer fire has knocked a portion of SSAB’s strip and tube mill in Hämeenlinna, Finland, offline, the company disclosed on Tuesday.

17 Killed in Chinese Mill Accidents

07 February 2018 - Two separate gas leaks have claimed 17 lives at Chinese steel plants, according to the Reuters news service.

AK Steel Completes Mill Upgrades, Explains Cause of Steel Spill

31 January 2018 - AK Steel recently completed US$26 million in upgrades to its Mansfield and Middletown works in Ohio, bringing the projects in on time and without incident, executives reported on Tuesday.

Fire Damages AK Steel Mill

22 January 2018 - AK Steel Corp. has begun repairing the steel shop at its Middletown, Ohio, mill after molten steel escaped from a ladle and damaged the facility.

TimkenSteel Cleaning Up After Ladle Spill

17 November 2017 - No injuries were reported after molten steel spilled from a ladle and burned through three floors at TimkenSteel Corp.’s Harrison Plant in Canton, Ohio, USA, according to reports.

Rio Tinto and the Cargo Train that Could ... Drive Itself

04 October 2017 - Iron ore miner Rio Tinto said it has executed Australia’s first-ever fully autonomous, heavy-haul train trip, with a driverless train successfully making a 100 km pilot run between Wombat Junction and Paraburdoo in Western Australia.