Steel News

Nucor Acquires Precision Castings Company in Mexico

05 December 2018 - Nucor Corp. is acquiring Mexican precision castings maker Corporacion POK S.A. de C.V. for an undisclosed amount, the steelmaker has said.

ArcelorMittal Plant Turns Old Stoves to Steel Bike Racks

05 December 2018 - ArcelorMittal Poland’s Kraków plant is participating in a local civic program intended to promote cycling and cleaner air.

Italian Long Products Maker Brings New Wire Rod Mill On-Line

05 December 2018 - Italy’s Pittini Group has rolled the first coil on a new high-speed wire rod mill at its Acciaierie di Verona plant.

GFG Alliance Acquiring Second U.S. Wire Rod Mill

03 December 2018 - Six months after restarting a shuttered wire rod mill in South Carolina, British industrialist Sanjeev Gupta is expanding his U.S. steel holdings.

Steel of West Virginia GM Passes Away

29 November 2018 - Steel of West Virginia vice president and general manager Daniel “Mark” Gilliam died Tuesday morning at the age of 59.

Steel Dynamics to Build US$1.7B Sheet Mill in Southwest U.S.

27 November 2018 - Steel Dynamics Inc. has revealed plans to build an advanced sheet mill somewhere in the southwestern U.S. at a cost of between US$1.7 and US$1.8 billion.

Chinese Steelmakers Sign Cooperation Agreement With Fives

27 November 2018 - Industrial equipment maker Fives has signed US$150 million worth of cooperation agreements with a variety of Chinese manufacturers, including Baowu Steel Group, Benxi Steel Group and Fujian Special Steel, the company reports.

Tenova to Upgrade Vietnamese EAF

27 November 2018 - Tenova has won a contract to outfit a Consteel electric arc furnace in Vietnam with new technology that will allow the furnace to also accept hot metal from a blast furnace.

Report: South Korean Steelmaker Exploring Potential Indian JV

27 November 2018 - Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) has had some early discussions with Hyundai Steel about the possibility of setting up a joint-venture mill in India, reports the Business Standard newspaper.

JSW Steel About to Restart Ohio EAF

21 November 2018 - JSW Steel’s U.S. division is expected to throw the switch on its Mingo Junction, Ohio, electric arc furnace sometime next week, reports The (Wheeling, W.Va.) Intelligencer newspaper.

Steel Dynamics Chooses Fives for Process Line Upgrades

21 November 2018 - Steel Dynamics Inc. has awarded a contract to Fives for upgrades to a galvanizing line at its Columbus, Miss., sheet mill.

ANDRITZ Bags Order for Nucor Galvanizing Line

21 November 2018 - Nucor Corp. has selected Austrian equipment builder ANDRITZ to supply a new hot-dipped galvanizing line for its Arkansas sheet mill, the company has announced.

Danieli Contracted for US$650M Sheet Mill Reconfiguration

19 November 2018 - Nucor Corp. has chosen Danieli for a top-to-bottom overhaul of its Gallatin sheet mill in Ghent, Ky., the equipment supplier has announced.

USW Ratifies U. S. Steel Labor Agreement

14 November 2018 - Members of the United Steelworkers union have overwhelmingly ratified a four-year labor agreement with United States Steel Corporation, the union has said.

Tata Steel Launches Second Phase of Construction on Steel Works

13 November 2018 - Tata Steel has broken ground on an expansion of its new Kalinganagar works, a US$3.25 billion project that is expected to take four years to complete.

Italian Steelmaker Certifies Newly Installed EAF

13 November 2018 - Primetals Technologies said it has received the final acceptance certificate on a 150-ton electric arc furnace it built for Italy’s Acciaieria Arvedi S.p.A.

voestalpine Signs Off on New Slab Caster

13 November 2018 - voestalpine has issued the final acceptance certificate on a new Danieli slab caster installed at its Linz works in Austria.

Gupta Pledges Multi-Million-Euro Investment in Romanian Steel Works

12 November 2018 - Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty House Group is promising to invest EUR300 (US$337 million) in a Romanian steel works it is acquiring from ArcelorMittal, according to a Romanian publication.

Baosteel Fires Up 200K-Metric-Ton Tinning Line

12 November 2018 - China’s Baoshan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. has started up a new, highly automated electrolytic metallic coating line at its facility in Shanghai, according to the equipment supplier.

Usha Martin Shareholders OK Tata Sale

12 November 2018 - Shareholders of Indian wire rope manufacturer Usha Martin Ltd. have signed off on Tata Steel’s planned acquisition of the business, The Hindu Business Line newspaper reports.