Tokyo Steel Grants Final Acceptance of AMI EAF Optimization System 19 Oct 2021 - AMI Automation announced its SmartFurnace® received final acceptance from Tokyo Steel for its 420-metric-ton, 256-MVA DC electric arc furnace (EAF) at the company’s Tahara works.

Vale, Jiangsu Shagang to Develop Decarbonization Solutions 19 Oct 2021 - Brazilian mining corporation Vale has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China’s Jiangsu Shagang Group Co. Ltd. in which both parties have agreed to develop solutions for reducing CO2 emissions in steelmaking.

BHP, POSCO Sign MoU to Explore Decarbonization 18 Oct 2021 - BHP and POSCO have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in steelmaking, according to a press release from BHP.

SDI to Acquire Minority Interest in New Process Steel 18 Oct 2021 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) announced in a press release that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a 45% minority interest in Houston, Texas, USA-based metals solutions provider New Process Steel L.P.

Tenaris Closes In on US$15 Million Sale of Nebraska Plant 18 Oct 2021 - Tenaris announced last week that its Geneva, Neb., USA, structural pipe plant will be sold to MKK USA Inc. for a price tag of US$15 million.

Severstal to Supply Steel for Hyperloop Transport System Prototype 15 Oct 2021 - The Russian steelmaker announced yesterday it has secured a contract with transport and technology company Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc. (HyperloopTT) to supply steel for the development of the first commercial prototype of a hyperloop transportation system.

LIBERTY Ostrava Modernizes Guard Rail Line 14 Oct 2021 - The company announced it has completed a CZK 15.5 million upgrade to the plant’s Arnold line in the Czech Republic, which produces beams used for guard rails.

ArcelorMittal Acquires Pipe and Coating Mill in UAE 14 Oct 2021 - According to reports, ArcelorMittal Projects, a unit of the ArcelorMittal Group, is set to acquire a pipe and coating mill as well as more than 1 million square feet of land in the Hamriyah Free Zone Authority, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Rio Tinto Trialing Biomass in Low-Carbon Steel Technology 14 Oct 2021 - The company announced today it is performing trials in Germany on a technology that would use biomass in steelmaking instead of coking coal in the steelmaking process.

Bighorn Solar Project Dedicated at EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel 13 Oct 2021 - Together with global solar leader Lightsource bp and Xcel Energy, EVRAZ North America today unveiled its new 300-MW Bighorn Solar project, making it the world’s first steel mill to be powered predominantly by solar energy.