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Primetals Technologies Completes Modernization of Angang Plate Mill

16 April 2025 - Chinese steel producer Angang Ltd. presented a final acceptance certificate (FAC) to Primetals Technologies for an automation upgrade at its plate mill in Bayuquan.

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.

Primetals Technologies Modernizes voestalpine Basic Oxygen Furnace

03 April 2025 - voestalpine Donawitz turns to Primetals Technologies to modernize its LD converter basic oxygen furnace (BOF) No. 4 at its Donawitz site in Austria.

Primetals Technologies Appoints New CEO

14 March 2025 - Yoshiharu Ikeda will be promoted to chief executive officer of Primetals Technologies effective 1 April 2025, the company announced.

Primetals Technologies to Upgrade ArcelorMittal Strip Mill

12 March 2025 - ArcelorMittal has contracted Primetals Technologies for a comprehensive automation upgrade at its compact strip production plant in Sestao, Spain. 

Primetals Technologies Receives Order for Continuous Tandem Cold Mill

06 March 2025 - Fujian Kebao Metal Products, a Chinese silicon steel producer and subsidiary of Sanbao Group, has placed an order with Primetals Technologies for a continuous tandem cold mill (CTCM) at its steel plant in Zhangzhou.

Primetals Technologies Wins Order for 6-Strand Bloom Casting Machine

29 January 2025 - A Chinese steel producer in the northeast has ordered a 6-strand bloom casting machine from Primetals Technologies.

New HBIS Slab Caster Enters Service 

20 January 2025 - China’s HBIS XuanHua Iron and Steel Group successfully has started up a new single-strand slab caster at its low-carbon-emissions plant in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province. 

Consortium Awarded EUR1.8 Million for H2-Focused R&D Project 

16 January 2025 - A research consortium that includes Primetals Technologies, voestalpine and thyssenkrupp has been awarded a EUR1.8 million grant to develop a new method for injecting hydrogen directly into the blast furnace shaft by adapting an existing technology. 

Primetals Technologies Bags Order for U.S. EAF

20 November 2024 - Primetals Technologies has won an order for a 68-ton electric arc furnace from an unidentified U.S. producer. 

Primetals Technologies Completes Upgrade of SAIL Bokaro’s Finishing Mill

14 November 2024 - Primetals Technologies announced its completion of an upgrade to the automation systems at the finishing mill of Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) Bokaro's hot strip mill in Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand, India.

Primetals Technologies Receives Final Acceptance Certificate on Feralpi Billet Caster

04 November 2024 - Italian steel producer Feralpi Siderurgica (part of Feralpi Group) has granted the final acceptance certificate (FAC) to Primetals Technologies for a revamp of its 6-strand billet caster at its steel plant in Lonato del Garda, Italy, according to Primetals Technologies.

Primetals Technologies Tapped for Substation Build 

24 October 2024 - Primetals Technologies has been contracted to build an electrical substation for Saarstahl’s plant in Völklingen, Germany. 

SHS Group Chooses Technology Suppliers for Process Conversion

16 October 2024 - Germany’s SHS Group has awarded contracts for a direct reduction plant and two electric arc furnaces, the central components of a decarbonization project at its Dillinger/Saar and Völklingen plants.

Hyundai Steel Hires Help for Hydrogen Injection Tests

07 October 2024 - South Korea’s Hyundai Steel has contracted Primetals Technologies as part of a study looking at blast furnace hydrogen injection. 

Primetals Technologies Inks Caster Maintenance Agreement With Outokumpu 

24 September 2024 - Primetals Technologies and  Outokumpu Stainless USA have signed a five-year, cost-per-ton maintenance agreement covering the steelmaker’s single-strand caster in  in Calvert, Ala., USA. 

German Producer Issues FAC on New Scrap Cutting System

27 August 2024 - German special steel producer Lech-Stahlwerke (LSW) has signed the final acceptance certificate for a an innovative scrap torch-cutting machine at its plant in Meitingen, according to the machine's builder, Primetals Technologies. 

NLMK Indiana Completes EAF Overhaul 

21 August 2024 - NLMK Indiana successfully has started up a revamped, 118-ton electric arc furnace, according to project contractor Primetals Technologies. 

Stainless Producer Signs FAC on New Bar Mill

15 August 2024 - Yantai Walsin Stainless Steel has issued the final acceptance certificate for a stainless steel combination bar and rod mill built by a consortium that includes Primetals Technologies.

Primetals Technologies Sells Its 100th Electrode Control System

06 August 2024 - Primetals Technologies recently celebrated the 100th installation of its Melt Expert electrode control system, the company reports.