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29 Sep 2022 - As more steelmakers shift their production technologies in step with decarbonization efforts, global scrap demand could increase by an additional 223 million metric tons annually, according to a forecast from Boston Consulting Group.
29 Sep 2022 - The planned investment, which will include two new blast furnaces, is expected to increase crude steel capacity by 6 million metric tons per year at the Hazira facility, according to the Reuters news agency.
29 Sep 2022 - A testing facility has been built at ArcelorMittal’s Rail Excellence Center in Spain to test how certain steels perform in ultrahigh-speed conditions in cooperation with hyperloop designer and manufacturer Zeleros.
28 Sep 2022 - A 500,000-ton-capacity galvanizing line will be constructed at Nucor Steel–Berkeley in South Carolina, with another to be constructed in the western United States, the company announced today.
28 Sep 2022 - High on the list of iron and steel industry priorities is to recruit the next generation of talent. It’s a challenging task unto itself, but all the more difficult for an industry that continues to fight stubborn misperceptions about its viability as a career choice.
27 Sep 2022 - SMS digital has entered into an agreement to provide a package of advanced digital services for the Siderúrgica Huachipato’s Talcahuano facility in Chile to help the company achieve efficiency cost savings.
27 Sep 2022 - The first of its kind for storing fossil-free hydrogen gas, the rock cavern storage facility in Luleå, Sweden, is now operational, SSAB announced.
27 Sep 2022 - The investment will include the installation of a new exhaust pipeline at LIBERTY Ostrava’s sinter plant north, aiming to reduce fugitive emissions by around 46%.
27 Sep 2022 - Iron ore miner Rio Tinto and China’s Shougang Group have shaken hands on a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) intended to further development of decarbonization solutions for the steel industry.
27 Sep 2022 - Japan’s JFE Steel Corp. has tapped Paul Wurth IHI to supply a new stamp-charged coke oven battery at its Fukuyama works, marking the first time the technology will be installed in the country.