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10 Dec 2018 - America’ s two largest integrated producers, United States Steel Corporation and ArcelorMittal USA, collectively will put $5.6 billion toward improvements at their mills as part of newly ratified labor agreements.
10 Dec 2018 - SSAB has awarded a contract to Danieli Corus for the construction of a new hot blast stove for the No. 4 blast furnace at its Oxelösund plant in Sweden.
10 Dec 2018 - A government consultancy is forecasting China’s crude steel production to reach a record 923 million metric tons this year, reports the Reuters news service.
06 Dec 2018 - Canadian steelmaker Algoma Steel Inc. has emerged from creditor protection as an independent entity, ending three years of uncertainty about its future.
06 Dec 2018 - Flat-rolled steel processor Alliance Steel plans to spend US$19.7 million to move its headquarters from Illinois to Gary, Ind., USA.
06 Dec 2018 - Compania Siderurgica Huachipato S.A. (CAP ACERO) has awarded Primetals Technologies a follow-up order to replace LD (BOF) converter #1 in its Talcahuano, Chile works following Primetals Technologies’ successful start-up of converter #2 in May 2018.
06 Dec 2018 - Stainless pipe maker Synalloy Corp. is acquiring North Carolina-based American Stainless Tubing Inc. (ASTI) for US$27 million to US$28 million, Synalloy has announced.
05 Dec 2018 - Nucor Corp. is acquiring Mexican precision castings maker Corporacion POK S.A. de C.V. for an undisclosed amount, the steelmaker has said.
05 Dec 2018 - ArcelorMittal Poland’s Kraków plant is participating in a local civic program intended to promote cycling and cleaner air.
05 Dec 2018 - Italy’s Pittini Group has rolled the first coil on a new high-speed wire rod mill at its Acciaierie di Verona plant.