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Metallus Receives State Support for US$100M Expansion

08 August 2024 - Specialty metals manufacturer Metallus Inc. has received US$3.5 million in grants from the state of Ohio in support of a planned expansion. 

Primetals Technologies Sells Its 100th Electrode Control System

06 August 2024 - Primetals Technologies recently celebrated the 100th installation of its Melt Expert electrode control system, the company reports. 

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. 

China to Provide Financial Support for Hungarian Steel Works Revamp  

05 August 2024 - The China Export and Credit Insurance Corp. (Sinosure) is underwriting EUR1.3 billion in loans that will pay for two new electric arc furnaces at Liberty Steel Group’s Dunaujvaros plant in Hungary. 

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. 

Nucor’s Capital Spend Is About to Rise 

29 July 2024 - Nucor Corp. in June marked the opening of its new Gallatin, Ky., tube mill and is looking to bring a number of other, major capital projects across the finish line over the next two years. 

ABB Tapped for SDI Heartland Substation Improvements 

29 July 2024 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) recently contracted to ABB to modernize an 18-breaker substation serving the steelmaker’s Heartland facility in Terre Haute, Ind., USA. 

Cleveland-Cliffs Electrical Transformer Plant Could Employ 600

24 July 2024 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. expects to employ up to 600 people in Weirton, W.Va., USA, once it starts its planned electrical transformer plant, chairman and chief executive officer Lourenco Goncalves said Monday.

Zekelman Industries to Expand Alabama Facilities

23 July 2024 - Pipe and tube producer Zekelman Industries is investing more than US$6 million in operations in Jefferson County, Ala., USA. 

INTECO Announces Start of New Mini-Mill 

22 July 2024 - Taiwanese specialty alloys maker Gloria Materials Technology Corp. has run the first heat in a new mini-mill supplied by INTECO. 

Danieli Service to Upgrade Italian Bloom Caster 

22 July 2024 - The U.S. government should take further steps to stop transshipments of steel through Mexico, the chief executive officers of two of the country’s top steel producers said this week, according to the Bloomberg news service.