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The latest news on the companies producing steel or raw materials used in the iron- and steelmaking process.
Latest News
Continuous Casters Switched On at New Baosteel Facility
02 December 2015 - Two new continuous slab casters have been put into service at Baosteel’s Zhanjiang works in southern China, according to the supplier.
Former Bethlehem Steel CEO Dies at 86
01 December 2015 - Walter F. Williams, an engineer who worked his way up the ranks of Bethlehem Steel and lead the company as its chief executive, has died. He was 86.
Governor Tells Essar Steel Minnesota To Pay Up
01 December 2015 - Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has threatened to call due a US$67 million loan to Essar Steel Minnesota if the company doesn’t pay past due bills from vendors building the company’s new Nashwauk taconite plant by 2 December.
U. S. Steel Announces Management, Organizational Changes to Flat Rolled Division
01 December 2015 - United States Steel Corporation is reorganizing the reporting structure for its flat rolled division, creating three commercial entities that will oversee operations at their respective plants.
POSCO, Maruichi Steel Celebrate 35-Year Relationship
30 November 2015 - South Korea’s POSCO recently supplied its 8 millionth ton of steel to Japan’s Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd., POSCO has announced.
Primetals Setting Up Briquetting Plant at New HBI Facility
30 November 2015 - Primetals Technologies has won an order for a residuals briquetting plant to be installed at voestalpine’s new hot briquetted iron (HBI) facility in the United States.
U. S. Steel Idling Illinois Steel Works
24 November 2015 - United States Steel Corporation will temporarily idle steelmaking and finishing operations at its Granite City Works in Illinois, the company has announced.
Equipment Upgrade Helps ArcelorMittal Expand Piling Products Portfolio
23 November 2015 - ArcelorMittal’s Belval sheet piling mill in Luxembourg has put a new SMS group Compact Roller Straightener into service, allowing the mill to expand its product portfolio, SMS has announced.
Redesigned Forest Harvester Takes Home Swedish Steel Prize
20 November 2015 - Finnish forestry machine maker Ponsse and its next-generation Scorpion harvester have been awarded SSAB’s Swedish Steel Prize.
POSCO Orders Vertical Annealing Furnace for New Galvanizing Line
19 November 2015 - The Fives engineering group has won a contract to design and build a high-performance vertical annealing furnace for a POSCO plant, the company has announced.
SMS Wraps Up Modernization Project at Nucor Strip Mill
19 November 2015 - SMS group has completed upgrades to Nucor Corp.’s Berkeley, S.C., USA, compact strip production (CSP) plant, SMS has announced.
Ohio Steel Shop Temporarily Halting Production
19 November 2015 - U.S.-based Warren Steel Holdings is temporarily idling its plant in Warren, Ohio, citing “market conditions.”
With Steelmaking Still Months Off, Tata Steel Dedicates New Integrated Plant
18 November 2015 - Tata Steel has inaugurated its new 6-million-metric-ton integrated steelworks in India, even though it will be a few more months before steelmaking begins.
Primetals Secures Order for Meltshop Substation
17 November 2015 - Primetals Technologies has won an order for a new electrical substation and associated equipment that will serve Frisa Forjados S.A. de C.V new meltshop in Villa de Garcia, Mexico.
ThyssenKrupp Testing Coke Oven Emissions Scrubbing Process
17 November 2015 - ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions, in conjunction with Berlin Technical University and ThyssenKrupp’s Schwelgern coke plant, are testing a pilot facility that converts process gas into ammonium bicarbonate.
Some Interest, But No Takers Yet for Tata Steel's European Division
17 November 2015 - Several parties reportedly have expressed interest in Tata Steel’s European long products division, although a deal doesn’t appear to be imminent, according to the Reuters news service.
Big River Steel Continuing to Push Toward 2016 Start-Up
16 November 2015 - The founder of a new U.S. mill has died and the governor who initially supported the project is no longer in office, but the Big River Steel project is continuing to progress toward a planned start-up in late summer or early fall of 2016, reports the weekly business journal Arkansas Business.
Outokumpu Products Awarded NORSOK Certification
16 November 2015 - Two products made from Outokumpu’s duplex stainless grade, Forta DX 2205, have been qualified as meeting a new and more rigorous NORSOK standard, the company has announced.
Tenova Wins Order for Upgrades to Nucor EAF
12 November 2015 - Tenova Goodfellow Inc. has won an order for one of its iEAF control and analysis systems at Nucor Steel Seattle Inc.
SSAB Completes Blast Furnace Modernization, Puts New BOF Converter Into Production
11 November 2015 - The first of three new BOF (LD) converters at SSAB Europe’s Raahe, Finland, works has been placed into production, according to the vendor on the project.
