Steel News

Baosteel’s Danieli Fastarc Zerobucket EAF Beats Production Record

01 April 2026 - Danieli announced Baosteel’s new Fastarc Zerobucket electric arc furnace (EAF) meltshop has beaten the 10-year record by reaching 31 heats daily.

SMS group to Modernize SAIL Durgapur Steel Plant’s Billet Casters

01 April 2026 - SMS group announced it has been contracted to modernize SAIL’s Durgarpur Steel Plant’s (DSP) 6 m billet casters in Durgapur, India.

Steel Dynamics: Richard P. Teets Jr., Gabriel L. Shaheen to Retire From Board of Directors

01 April 2026 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) announced its co-founder and past AIST president Richard P. Teets Jr., and Gabriel L. Shaheen will retire from its board of directors, effective 6 May 2026 as of the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

U. S. Steel Resumes Operations on Granite City Works’ Blast Furnace B

31 March 2026 - United States Steel Corporation announced blast furnace B has been successfully restarted at Granite City Works in Granite City, Ill., USA.

BENTELER Taps SMS group For Stretch-Reducing Mill Upgrade

31 March 2026 - SMS group announced it will modernize BENTELER Steel/Tube GmbH & Co. KG’s stretch-reducing mill in Paderborn Schloss Neuhaus, Germany.

BlueScope Names Chief Executive of Australia, New Zealand

30 March 2026 - BlueScope’s managing director and chief executive officer Tania Archibald announced Robin Davies has been appointed as chief executive of BlueScope’s Australian and New Zealand businesses, effective 1 July 2026.

SMS group Successfully Modernizes Hyundai Steel’s Continuous Galvanizing Line

30 March 2026 - SMS group announced it has been given the final acceptance certificate from Hyundai Steel for modernizing its continuous galvanizing line #1 at the Dangjin plant in Korea.

AM/NS India Announces Executive Leadership Changes

27 March 2026 - ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel (AM/NS) India announced its current chief executive officer Dilip Oommen will retire on 30 June, with Amit Harlalka set to succeed him 1 July, while Oommen will remain with the company as a board member and take the role of vice chairman at ArcelorMittal India Private Ltd.

SMS group, MCK Kutty Engineers to Supply Two CDQ Units for SAIL

26 March 2026 - SMS group and its consortium partner MCK Kutty Engineers Pvt. Ltd. have agreed to supply two coke dry quenching (CDQ) units for IISCO Steel Plant (SAIL) in Burnpur, West Bengal, India.

thyssenkrupp Cuts Output as Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel Crises Worsens

26 March 2026 - thyssenkrupp Steel announced its subsidiary thyssenkrupp Electrical Steel’s Isbergues site will be closed from June to September 2026 in response to the increasingly worsening import crisis in the market for grain-oriented electrical steel.

Tenaris Completes Acquisition of AllTorque’s Oilfield Division

26 March 2026 - Tenaris has acquired AllTorque’s oilfield division, an original equipment manufacturer recognized for its tubular running technology, the company announced.

thyssenkrupp Steel Invests 2.4 Million Euros for Blast Furnace Laboratory Expansion

24 March 2026 - thyssenkrupp Steel announced it will invest 2.4 million euros for a new testing laboratory at its Duisburg-Schwelgern site in Germany.

Tata Steel Unveils Scrap-Based EAF Facility

24 March 2026 - Tata Steel announced it has started up its new scrap-based electric arc furnace (EAF) facility in Hi-Tech Valley, Ludhiana, India.

AM/NS India Celebrates Foundation Stone Laying for Greenfield Steel Plant

23 March 2026 - Joint venture ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) held a foundation stone–laying ceremony for its new integrated steel plant at Rajayyapeta in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Auction Scheduled for Alton Steel Equipment

23 March 2026 - The production assets of Alton Steel, the Illinois-based special bar quality manufacturer that shut down suddenly in January, are to be sold off through a large, online auction scheduled for next month.

Nippon Steel Obtains 900 Billion Yen for U. S. Steel Acquisition

20 March 2026 - Nippon Steel announced it has secured loans of 900 billion yen from the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and other Japanese lenders to go toward its acquisition of United States Steel Corporation.

Tata Steel Teams With University of Science and Technology Beijing for Green Steel Research

19 March 2026 - Tata Steel announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) to work together to advance green steelmaking technologies.

Salzgitter AG Supervisory Board Elects New Chairwoman

19 March 2026 - Salzgitter AG announced its supervisory board elected Ulrike Brouzi as its new chairwoman, effective immediately.

Primetals Technologies Delivers Fourth Continuous Caster to HBIS Tangsteel

18 March 2026 - HBIS Tangsteel has started up a new slab caster, its fourth continuous caster from Primetals Technologies in service at the Tangshan Laoting plant in Hebei Province, China.

Danieli to Supply Sixth-Generation HBW for Ekinciler Demir Celik

16 March 2026 - Danieli announced it has been selected to deliver a sixth-generation horizontal billet welder (HBW) with K-Welding technology to Ekinciler Demir Celik’s rolling mill in Turkey.