Mill Upgrades & Capital Investments
New mills, mill upgrades and other projects requiring an expenditure of capital.
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Ohio Environmental Regulators OK Cliffs’ Middletown Works Project
08 October 2026 - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued an environmental permit to Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., allowing its US$1 billion modernization of its Middletown Works to proceed.
Nucor Announces US$105 Million Investment to Expand Indiana Facility
08 October 2026 - Nucor Corp. announced it is investing US$105 million to expand production at its Nucor Towers & Structures facility in Crawfordsville, Ind., USA.
Dillinger France Taps SMS group to Upgrade Cold Plate Leveler
08 October 2026 - SMS group announced it will upgrade Dillinger France’s cold plate leveler with the latest generation of X-Pact® plate leveler control at its heavy plate mill in Dunkirk, France.
MaSteel Selects KOCKS to Upgrade Rolling Operations
08 October 2026 - KOCKS announced it has been selected to provide a 4D EAGLE S laser gauge to Maanshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. to upgrade its rolling operations.
Startup Hertha Metals Receives US$65 Million Investment From U.S. Government
07 October 2026 - The U.S. Government awarded startup company Hertha Metals with US$65 million in funding to develop construction of the Chalyx plant to produce high-purity iron for American made rare earth magnets, reported the Wall Street Journal.
US$6.6 Billion Anduril, U.S. Navy Investment to Bolster American Submarine Production
07 October 2026 - U.S. President Donald Trump announced a new shipyard in Baltimore, Md., Arsenal-2, will be backed by US$3.7 billion from Anduril Industries and US$2.9 billion from the U.S. Navy, amounting to a US$6.6 billion investment into strengthening the American submarine industrial base.
Stomana Turns to Danieli for New Rolling Mill Equipment
05 October 2026 - Danieli announced it has been chosen to supply new rolling mill equipment for Stomana Industry S.A.’s sits in Pernik, Bulgaria.
Nippon Steel Selects Tenova to Supply Consteel® EAF
30 September 2026 - Tenova announced it will supply a Consteel® electric arc furnace (EAF) to Nippon Steel’s Hirohata plant in Himeji, Japan.
U. S. Steel’s Great Lakes Works Pickle Line Receives US$28.3 Million Upgrades
29 September 2026 - United States Steel Corporation announced it received the first of two upgrades totaling US$28.3 million to its Great Lakes Works pickle line including a state-of-the-art fiber-optic laser beam welder and dual entry shears capable of serving two passlines.
Mesabi Metallics to Build US$15 Billion Steel Mill in Iowa
28 September 2026 - U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday that Mesabi Metallics is planning to build a US$15 billion steel mill in Iowa, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Maanshan Iron & Steel Taps Danieli for Continuous Caster
28 September 2026 - Danieli announced it will supply a new continuous casting machine to Maanshan Iron & Steel’s facility in Maanshan, China.
Metso’s DRI Technology at Fortescue’s Green Metal Project Produces First Hot Metal
28 September 2026 - Fortescue has produced the first hot metal on its Metso-supplied direct reduced iron (DRI) smelting furnace for the Green Metal Project in Christmas Creek in the Pilbara, Western Australia, the company announced.
POSCO Breaks Ground on New Continuous Galvanizing Line
24 September 2026 - POSCO celebrated breaking ground on its new KRW480 billion No. 8 continuous galvanizing line (8CGL) to process automotive steel sheets at Gwangyang Works in South Korea.
Primetals Technologies Delivers Key Equipment to voestalpine for EAF Ultimate
24 September 2026 - Primetals Technologies announced it has delivered several pieces of key equipment to voestalpine’s site in Linz, Austria, for the project to implement an electric arc furnace (EAF) Ultimate.
PyroGenesis Completes Steel Plant Project for Tata Steel
23 September 2026 - PyroGenesis Inc. announced its subsidiary Pyro Green-Gas (PGG) received the final acceptance certificate for the steelmaking facility project it performed for Tata Steel, completing the one-year operational liability period.
U. S. Steel Celebrates Groundbreaking of Fairfield Tubular Q&T Facility
22 September 2026 - United States Steel Corporation announced it held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Fairfield Tubular Operations site’s new US$475 million quench and tempering (Q&T) facility in Alabama.
HKM Permanently Decommissions Blast Furnace A, Looks to EAF Future
21 September 2026 - Salzgitter AG announced its subsidiary, Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM), permanently decommissioned its Blast Furnace A in Duisburg, Germany, on Saturday, as it works toward commissioning an electric arc furnace (EAF) at the site in 2029.
B5Plus Group Selects Danieli to Supply Technology for Bar and Wire Rod Mill
21 September 2026 - Steel manufacturing and downstream industrial group B5Plus Group has selected Danieli to provide the technological equipment for a new bar and wire rod mill in Abidjan, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire.
Danieli to Deliver Advanced MES to Ezz Steel
18 September 2026 - Danieli Automation announced it has been chosen to supply the Ezz Flat Steel plant in Ain Sokhna, Egypt, with a new extended manufacturing execution system (MES).
Flux Steel Works to Renovate Ohio Plant Into GOES Mill
17 September 2026 - Flux Steel Works will revamp a former ATI steel plant in Stark County, Ohio, USA, into a grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) mill, PR Newswire reported.
