Steel News

Danieli Corus Acquires NewFer

04 December 2025 - Danieli Corus B.V. and NewFer GmbH have signed an agreement in which NewFer will become a full Danieli Corus subsidiary, renamed Danieli NewFer GmbH, effective 1 December 2025.

Nucor Announces Change in Leadership

04 December 2025 - Nucor Corp. announced Stephen D. Laxton has been promoted to serve as president and chief operating officer (COO), succeeding David A. Sumoski, effective 1 January 2026.

Primetals Technologies Partners With SAIL Bokaro to Advance Green Steelmaking

04 December 2025 - Primetals Technologies and the Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) Bokaro Steel Plant have partnered to engineer a hydrogen gas injection system for a blast furnace at the facility in Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand.

Partner Companies Create a Way to Recover Iridium from Electrogalvanizing Electrodes

03 December 2025 - Salzgitter and specialty metals producer and recycler have unveiled a newly developed process that allows iridium to be recovered from anodes used in the continuous electro-galvanizing process.

Nippon Steel Enters Joint Venture Agreement With Nakayama Steel Works

01 December 2025 - Nippon Steel Corp. announced it has entered into a joint venture agreement with Nakayama Steel Works Ltd. to form a joint venture company to finance and build an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel mill in Japan.

Primetals Technologies Delivers Scrap Cutting Machine to Konepeikko

01 December 2025 - Finnish recycling services provider Konepeikko Oy has turned to Primetals Technologies to deliver a torch-cutting machine to its facility in Imatra, Finland.

EMSTEEL Signs 20-Year Gas Supply Agreement With ADNOC Gas

26 November 2025 - EMSTEEL announced it has signed a 20-year natural gas supply agreement worth between US$3.5 billion and US$4.2 billion with ADNOC Gas, effective 1 January 2027.

Calderys Celebrates Successful Commissioning of New Basic Monolithics Line

25 November 2025 - Calderys announced it has successfully commissioned and started commercial production of its new basic monolithics line at its CAPES plant in Odisha.

SSAB Selects Fives to Upgrade Its Furnace Control

25 November 2025 - SSAB has selected Fives to modernize the control system of the reheating furnaces at its Raahe site in Finland.

Primetals Technologies to Deliver Hot-Dip Galvanizing Line for JFE Steel

25 November 2025 - Japanese steel producer JFE Steel Corp. has ordered a new continuous galvanizing line from Primetals Technologies for its West Japan Works in the Fukuyama district.

SSAB Prevails in Challenge to Environmental Permit for Luleå Mill

21 November 2025 - An environmental appeals court has upheld SSAB’s permit to build an electric arc furnace in Luleå, Sweden, ending uncertainty around the already-underway project.

GMH Gruppe Inaugurates New Rolling Mill From Kocks

21 November 2025 - German supplier of bar, rolled and crude steel GMH Gruppe announced it has opened a new state-of-the-art rolling mill developed jointly with Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co. KG at its Georgsmarienhütte site.

Primetals Technologies Launches New Advanced Roller Guides

20 November 2025 - Primetals Technologies has launched its next-generation monitoring and control solution for long rolling mills: its patented advanced roller guides.

voestalpine Taps Danieli for Advanced Scrap Yard Cranes

19 November 2025 - Danieli announced it has received an order from voestalpine Stahl Donawitz GmbH for five automatic scrap yard cranes with the Danieli Scrap Yard Management System (Q3-DYMS) for its Donawitz site in Austria.

Report: Chinese Steel Production to Fall Short of 1B Metric Tons

19 November 2025 - China’s steel production likely will fall below 1 billion metric tons this year, the first time that has happened since 2019, the Reuters news service reports.

Rio Tinto Partners With Australian Green Iron Tech Developer

19 November 2025 - Rio Tinto has signed a joint development agreement with an Australian company looking to build a demonstration-scale ironmaking plant that combines electric heating and hydrogen reduction.

SMS group Launches X-Pact® Digital Hub

19 November 2025 - SMS group announced it has launched its new software ecosystem, the X-Pact® Digital Hub, to serve as a milestone technology to support the metals industry’s shift to autonomous production.

Danieli Completes PG Test for Rebar Mill at Jai Raj Ispat

19 November 2025 - Danieli announced it has successfully completed the performance guarantee (PG) test for the thermomechanically treated (TMT) rebars at Jai Raj Ispat Ltd. in the Orvakal Mega Industrial Hub in Kurnool, India.

Kuminex Steel Awards Metso With Compact-sized Pellet Plant Order

19 November 2025 - Metso announced it has signed a contract with Kuminex Steels Pvt. Ltd. to deliver a EUR11 million traveling grate pelletizing plant in Hospet, India.

Calderys and Binzagr to Build Refractory Facility

18 November 2025 - Calderys announced it has partnered with Binzagr to build a new refractory facility in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.