Gerdau Orders New MES for Ouro Branco Mill   01 Jul 2020 - PSI Metals and Primetals Technologies have been contracted to install a new manufacturing execution system (MES) for Gerdau’s Ouro Branco facility in Brazil.

Acquisition Expands SMS group’s Digital Efficiency, Sustainability Offerings 01 Jul 2020 - SMS group is acquiring two Brazilian industrial tech companies and will merge them to create a competency center for industrial digitalization in Latin America.

Texas Long Products Mill Plans EAF Upgrade 01 Jul 2020 - The Systems Group has been awarded a contract to upgrade a Texas electric arc furnace (EAF).

U. S. Steel to Bring Gary Works BF Back Into Service  01 Jul 2020 - United States Steel Corporation plans to restart an idled blast furnace on account of rising demand, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana.

EU Steel Producers Disappointed by Decision on Safeguard Measure Revisions 01 Jul 2020 - The European Steel Association and the IndustriAll European trade union have called for an emergency meeting with EU policy makers after the bloc’s governing body declined to lower limits on steel imports.

Tenova Pomini Sells Three More Roll Grinders Into Vietnam  29 Jun 2020 - Vietnam’s Hoa Phat Group has commissioned three new roll grinders at its new Dung Quất flat-rolled mill in Quảng Ngãi Province, according to Tenova Pomini, which supplied the equipment.

This Digital Duo is Punching Up Severstal’s Pickling Production    29 Jun 2020 - Severstal believes that two digital tools developed in-house could tease an additional 80,000 metric tons of production out of one of its continuous pickling lines, the company reports.

Thai Strip Mill Signs for New Downcoiler Reel 29 Jun 2020 - Sahaviriya Steel Industries has contracted Danieli Service to replace a downcoiler reel in service at the Thai steelmaker’s hot-strip mill located in Bang Saphan.

ArcelorMittal Lays Out European Climate Action Plan 26 Jun 2020 - ArcelorMittal Europe intends to become carbon neutral in the next 30 years by transitioning to a direct-reduction based production route and by investing in technology and equipment to store or recycle its carbon output.

Fives Receives Cold Mill Order 26 Jun 2020 - POSCO has awarded a contract to Fives to build a cold rolling mill that will process the steelmaker’s advanced, ultrahigh-strength GIGA brand steel.