Mill Upgrades & Capital Investments
New mills, mill upgrades and other projects requiring an expenditure of capital.
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Red Bud Delivers Cut-to-Length Line With Stretcher Leveler to McNeilus Steel
23 October 2026 - Red Bud Industries announced it installed a heavy gauge cut-to-length line with a T3 stretcher leveler to McNeilus Steel Inc.’s facility in Morrison, Tenn., USA.
U. S. Steel to Build US$3 Billion Hot Strip Mill at Mon Valley Works
22 October 2026 - United States Steel Corporation announced its board of directors approved about US$3 billion in funding for a new hot strip mill at its Mon Valley Works – Edgar Thomson Plant near Pittsburgh, Pa., USA.
SMS group Completes Modernization of Aubert & Duval’s Radial Forging Machine
22 October 2026 - SMS group announced it has completed modernizing the electrical control system and hydraulic system of Aubert & Duval’s radial forging machine at its Les Ancizes site in France.
Nucor Announces US$60 Million Expansion of Towers & Structures Facility
21 October 2026 - Nucor Corp. announced it will increase production of utility infrastructure by investing US$60 million to expand its Nucor Towers & Structures facility in Trinity, Ala., USA.
SMS group to Supply Sinter Plant to JSW Utkal Steel Ltd.
20 October 2026 - SMS group announced it has been contracted to supply its agglomeration sinter plant for JSW Utkal Steel Ltd.’s new integrated steel works in Odisha.
Danieli to Upgrade Megasa’s Rolling Mill
20 October 2026 - Danieli announced it will upgrade Spanish steelmaker Megasa Siderúrgica’s bar, spooler and wire rod rolling mill at Siderúrgica Nacional in Seixal, Portugal.
SYSTEMS Spray-Cooled Technology Selected for NOVACERO’s New EAF
19 October 2026 - The Systems Group announced its SYSTEMS Spray-Cooled® technology has been selected for use in South American steel producer NOVACERO’s new electric arc furnace (EAF) project in Ecuador.
Tenova, JSW JFE Progress GOES Project
15 October 2026 - Tenova announced it is making progress on the high-efficiency grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) project in Karnataka, India, it was awarded by JSW JFE Electrical Steel Pvt. Ltd. last year.
Xuanli Steel Turns to SMS group for 5-Meter Plate Finishing Mill
15 October 2026 - SMS group has received an order from Anhui Xuanli Steel Group Co. Ltd. to supply a new 5-meter plate finishing stand, trimming shear and slitting shear to its new facility in Tongling City, China.
BlueScope Steel Begins Production on ANDRITZ-Supplied Continuous Galvanizing Line
14 October 2026 - ANDRITZ announced the continuous galvanizing line it supplied to BlueScope Steel in Sydney, Australia, has produced its first galvanized coil.
Mesabi Metallics Taps Midrex for DRI Component of New U.S. Steelmaking Complex
13 October 2026 - Mesabi Metallics announced it has chosen Midrex Technologies Inc. to supply the direct reduced iron (DRI) component of the integrated steelmaking complex it is building in Iowa.
JFE Steel Starts Up SMS group-Supplied Stamp-Charging Coke Oven Battery
13 October 2026 - SMS group announced operations at JFE Steel Corp.’s Battery 6-A in Fukuyama, Japan, the country’s first Paul Wurth stamp-charging coke oven battery, have begun.
SSAB Breaks Ground on New Quenching Line
13 October 2026 - SSAB announced it has begun construction of its new SEK 3.3 billion quenching line in Oxelösund, Sweden.
voestalpine’s Donawitz Site Completes Installation of New EAF
12 October 2026 - voestalpine announced it has completed installation of its new electric arc furnace (EAF) and partially begun cold commissioning at its Donawitz site in Leoben, Austria.
Hertha Metals Begins Construction of Chalyx Plant
09 October 2026 - Hertha Metals broke ground on its first commercial plant Hertha Chalyx in Conroe, Texas, USA, where it plans to develop and scale its process for making primary iron and steel, Businesswire reported.
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.
