Steel News

Zekelman Industries Rolls Out New Procurement Leadership

11 December 2025 - Zekelman Industries announced it has promoted Brian Churlik to vice president of procurement, succeeding Mike Mechley.

thyssenkrupp to Shut Down Electrical Steel Production in Europe

11 December 2025 - thyssenkupp’s steel unit will temporarily shut down production of electrical steel in Europe due to cheap imports from Asia, Reuters reported.

GMH Gruppe Commissions Reducing and Sizing Block from KOCKS

11 December 2025 - KOCKS announced it has received an order from the GMH Gruppe for a reducing and sizing block (RSB®) to be used at its site in Georgsmarienhütte, Germany.

ArcelorMittal Poland Begins Production of Optigal Coating

10 December 2025 - ArcelorMittal Poland announced it has begun production of Optigal coating at galvanizing line No. 2 at its Krakow plant.

Tata Steel Taps ANDRITZ to Supply Acid Regeneration Plant

09 December 2025 - ANDRITZ announced it has received an order to supply Tata Steel’s Port Talbot Works in Wales, U.K., with an acid regeneration plant.

Jingjiang Yongjin Presents FAC to Primetals Technologies for Reversing Cold Mill Electrical Project

09 December 2025 - Chinese stainless steel producer Jingjiang Yongjin Metal Technology has awarded the final acceptance certificate (FAC) to Primetals Technologies for the supply and installation of a level 1 and level 2 automation system at its 20-high reversing cold mill No. 3 in Jingjiang City, China.

Danieli Selected to Replace DC EAF With New Digimelter for JFE BS Corp.

09 December 2025 - Danieli will replace JFE subsidiary JFE Bars & Shapes Corp.’s (JFE BS) existing DC electric arc furnace (EAF) with a new 120-metric-ton Danieli Digimelter featuring a Q-One system at Mizushima Works in the JFE Kurashiki facility of West Japan Works.

Greta Energy Taps Metso to Deliver Compact-Sized Pellet Plant

08 December 2025 - Metso signed a contract with Greta Energy Ltd. to deliver a traveling grate pelletizing plant in Chandrapur, India.

Worthington Steel in Talks to Acquire Klöckner & Co.

08 December 2025 - Worthington Steel Inc. confirmed it is in negotiations with German steel distributor Klöckner & Co. SE for a potential acquisition of the company.

Fives Delivers Walking Hearth Reheating Furnace to Spanish Steelmaker

05 December 2025 - Fives has successfully commissioned a new walking hearth reheating furnace for Spanish steelmaker Rugui Squares & Special Profiles’ plant in Azkoitia, Spain.

Citing Demand, U. S. Steel to Reactivate Illinois Blast Furnace

04 December 2025 - United States Steel Corporation is preparing to restart an idled blast furnace at its Granite City Works in Illinois, the steelmaker announced Thursday.

ArcelorMittal France to Launch New Electrical Steel Production Line

04 December 2025 - ArcelorMittal France announced the first three lines of its new electrical steel production line at the industrial site in Mardyck, France, will come on-line by the end of 2025.

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.

Nippon to Make Decision on U.S. Greenfield Mill in 2027

03 December 2025 - Nippon Steel plans to narrow the list of possible locations for a proposed greenfield mill to two or three states by the end of the summer of 2026, reports the Bloomberg news service.

Citing Tariffs, Ontario Steel Producer to Reduce Workforce

03 December 2025 - A Canadian steelmaker is laying off roughly one-third of its workforce as it grapples with U.S. steel tariffs and accelerates its transition to electric arc furnace steelmaking.

Steel Distributor Lays Bet on Steel-Framed Houses

03 December 2025 - Flat-rolled steel processor and distributor Majestic Steel USA has made a strategic investment in a recently reorganized manufacturer of steel-framed modular homes.

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.