Steel News

Celsa Signs Off on Wire Rod Mill Improvement

06 November 2025 - Celsa France has issued the final acceptance certificate on upgrades to its wire rod mill in Bayonne, reports project contractor Primetals Technologies.

SMS group Upgrades Process Automation System

03 July 2025 - SMS group announced it has successfully upgraded the process automation system at CELSA Barcelona’s medium section mill in Castellbisbal, Spain.

Celsa Group Divests U.K., Nordic Facilities

21 November 2024 - Spain’s Celsa Group has agreed to sell mills in the United Kingdom and the Nordic region to Sev.en Global Investments, a Czech-based investment group.

CELSA Creditors Win Control of Company

05 September 2023 - Creditors of Spanish long products maker CELSA Group will take control of the company after a judge approved a multi-billion-euro restructuring plan.

CELSA Group Trials Machine Learning Software in Nordic Meltshop

28 March 2023 - CELSA Group’s Norwegian rebar and wire rod mill has launched a pilot program with a machine learning specialist to implement its production optimization software.

Spanish, Polish Mills Start New Sarralle EAFs

01 February 2023 - Two European steelmakers have started up Sarralle-built electric arc furnaces (EAFs), according to an announcement from the Spain-based engineer and equipment manufacturer.

EAF Steel Producers Push for Process-Agnostic Emissions Limits

17 November 2022 - A group of electric arc furnace (EAF) steel producers have formed a coalition to push back against steel production emissions standards that they say could unfairly punish electric steelmakers while giving blast furnace operators a pass.

CELSA France Fires Up New Reheating Furnace From Fives

22 March 2022 - Fives announced last week that the ultralow-emission reheating furnace, which has a capacity of 120 metric tons per hour, was started up at the brand-new wire rod mill at CELSA Group’s new complex in the New Aquitain region in France.

Tenova to Provide NextGen® System for Celsa France

03 February 2022 - The French steelmaker has placed an order for Tenova Goodfellow’s iEAF® technology platform using the NextGen® system, Tenova announced yesterday in a press release.

ABB Deploys Augmented Reality for Remote Factory Acceptance Test During Modernization Project

23 November 2021 - Global Steel Wire (GSW), part of the CELSA Group, contracted global technology company ABB to provide digital-ready solutions for the modernization of its operations at its Santander steel mill in Spain.

MORE Announces Order for Lime Injection System

17 July 2020 - Electric arc furnace equipment specialist MORE S.r.l. has received an order from a Polish long products mill for a new sidewall lime injection system, the company reports.

Another Steel Producer Eyeing Hydrogen-Based Steel Production

03 June 2020 - Spanish long products maker CELSA Group will work with renewable energy supplier Statkraft to build a hydrogen electrolysis plant.

CELSA Taps Fives for Reheat Furnace Install

13 April 2020 - Spanish long products maker CELSA Group has ordered a new reheat furnace from Fives and contracted the OEM to modify a second, Fives has announced.