Steel News

Citing Demand, U. S. Steel to Reactivate Illinois Blast Furnace

04 December 2025 - United States Steel Corporation is preparing to restart an idled blast furnace at its Granite City Works in Illinois, the steelmaker announced Thursday.

Tenova’s ENERGIRON DR Plant Produces First DRI For Empresa Siderúrgica del Mutún’s Steel Complex

18 November 2025 - Tenova announced its ENERGIRON zero-reformer DR micro-module has successfully produced its first direct reduced iron (DRI) for Empresa Siderúrgica del Mutún’s steel complex in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Fortescue Uses Metso’s DRI Technology for Christmas Creek Green Metal Project

18 November 2025 - Fortescue Ltd. has selected Metso to contribute the core process design and technology for its Christmas Creek Green Metal Project in Pilbara, Western Australia.

BHP, POSCO to Collaborate on Direct Reduction Tech

03 November 2025 - Iron ore miner BHP has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s POSCO to work together on advancing POSCO’s hydrogen reduction ironmaking technology.

Eurasian Resources Group Partners With Primetals Technologies, Midrex Technologies for HBI Plant

20 October 2025 - A consortium of Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), Primetals Technologies and Midrex Technologies have signed a contract for engineering, supply of key process equipment and services for construction of a hot briquetted iron (HBI) plant in Rudny, Kazakhstan.

Danieli, Kanthal and EMSTEEL Launch Pilot Project for Electric Process Gas Heating

30 September 2025 - Danieli, Kanthal and Emirates Steel Arkan (EMSTEEL) have launched a pilot project for the electrification of process gas heating at the direct reduced iron (DRI) plant in Abu Dhabi.

Jindal Steel Turns to Danieli for Second Hydrogen-Ready DRI Plant

16 September 2025 - Jindal Steel Duqm, a subsidiary of Jindal Steel Group, once again turned to Danieli for a second hydrogen-ready direct reduced iron (DRI) plant for hot briquetted iron (HBI) to be installed in Duqm, Oman.

Tenova to Supply Technology for Australian Green Steelmaking Project

30 July 2025 - Tenova announced today it has been selected as the preferred technology supplier for NeoSmelt and will lead the front-end engineering design of the initiative’s direct reduced iron (DRI) pilot plant in the Kwinana Industrial Area of Australia.

ARENA Awards Calix AU$44.9 Million Grant For Green Iron Demonstration Plant

28 July 2025 - Calix announced it has received an AU$44.9 million grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to build a zero-emissions steel technology (ZESTY) green iron demonstration plant.

MAEGMA Minerals Turns to Primetals Technologies for MIDREX Flex Plant

11 June 2025 - Primetals Technologies announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with MAEGMA Minerals to establish a MIDREX Flex plant in collaboration with Midrex Technologies Inc. in Lumut, Perak, Malaysia.

ABB to Enhance Water Operations of Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Co.

04 June 2025 - ABB announced it has won an order from Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Co. (EZDK) to enhance the operations of three main central water treatment plants at the Ezz Steel plant in Alexandria, Egypt.

Electric Process Gas Heater to be Supplied by Kanthal and Danieli

27 May 2025 - Kanthal and Danieli will install Kanthal’s first pilot-scale electric process gas heater for commercial use at Emsteel’s direct reduced iron (DRI) plant in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Tata Steel Looks to Expand Mining Operation

05 May 2025 - Tata Steel will invest the equivalent of nearly US$1.2 billion in its Noamundi, Joda, and Katamati mines as it looks to boost their capacity by more than one-third, reports The (Jamshedpur, India) Avenue Mail newspaper.

Clariant and Midrex Renew Green DRI Technology Collaboration

22 April 2025 - Sustainability-focused specialty chemical company Clariant announced it has renewed its collaboration with Midrex to increase focus on natural gas-based direct reduced iron (DRI) technology for green steel production.

Primetals Technologies, voestalpine Partner on New Iron Plant

08 April 2025 - Primetals Technologies will work with voestalpine, iron ore miner Rio Tinto and Mitsubishi Corp. to build a prototype ironmaking plant that combines its hydrogen-based fine-ore reduction and smelter technologies, the companies announced Tuesday.

Blastr Green Steel Enters Environmental Permitting Phase

19 March 2025 - Nordic start-up Blastr Green Steel’s planned iron and steel plant has taken a step closer to a final investment decision after receiving a reasoned conclusion on its environmental impact assessment.

Boston Metal Takes a Step Toward Commercializing Green Ironmaking Process

13 March 2025 - Boston Metal, a start-up that is developing an electrolysis-based process to produce green iron, has commissioned a critical piece of process equipment that validates the scalability of its process, the company has announced.

Tosyalı SULB Awards CDRI Plant Order to Midrex, SMS group

25 February 2025 - Tosyalı SULB Steel Industries has turned to Midrex Technologies, Inc. and SMS group to supply phase one of the world’s largest direct reduced iron (DRI) complex investments with the construction of a 2.5-million-metric-ton cold DRI (CDRI) plant in Benghazi, Libya.

Salzgitter Celebrates Start of Work on Green H2 Production Plant

20 February 2025 - Salzgitter has broken ground on what will be one of Europe largest green hydrogen production plants, the company has said.

South Australian Government Forces Whyalla Steelworks Into Administration

19 February 2025 - The South Australian government has wrested control of one of the country’s two major steel mills and will inject it with more than AUD$2 billion in funding while its looks for a buyer, according to reports.