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Plate Mill Restarts After Seven-Month Outage

08 August 2017 - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has restarted the plate mill at its Oita Works more than seven months after a fire burned up an electrical room, the company has announced.

NLMK Hopes to Improve Iron Ore Production Through Predictive Analytics System

07 August 2017 - NLMK Group’s Stoilensky iron ore division is incorporating predictive analytics into its ore crushing and beneficiation operations in a bid to boost productivity.

Danieli Contracted for Russian Blast Furnace Reline

07 August 2017 - Danieli Corus has been awarded a contract to reline the No. 1 blast furnace at Russia’s Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works.

Cast Components Manufacturer Plans U.S. Facility

04 August 2017 - Kimura Foundry America is setting up a 35,200 square foot facility in Shelbyville, Ind., giving the castings maker its first U.S. manufacturing presence.

Danieli Wins Contract for German Bar Mill Improvements

04 August 2017 - Hennigsdorfer Elektrostahlwerke GmbH has awarded a contract to Danieli to modernize its bar mill in Germany, the equipment supplier has announced.

Saudi Steelmaker Signs Off on EAF Upgrade

04 August 2017 - Saudi Iron & Steel Co. (Hadeed) has signed the performance certificate for a new furnace optimization system on one of its electric arc furnaces.

Tenaris Posts US$73 Million Profit on Rising North America Tube Sales

04 August 2017 - Tubemaker Tenaris SA saw sales of seamless and welded tube increase 31% to 624,000 tons in the second quarter, the company reported.

Tata Steel Completes Sale of U.K. Pipe Mills

02 August 2017 - Liberty House Group has finalized its acquisition of two large-diameter pipe mills in the U.K. the company has announced.

thyssenkrupp Forms an Alternative to Tata Steel Europe Combination

02 August 2017 - thyssenkrupp is developing a Plan B to a proposed joint venture for its steel operations, reports the Bloomberg news service.

Outokumpu Divests Welded Pipe Mill in Florida

01 August 2017 - Outokumpu has sold its stainless pipe mill in Wildwood, Fla., USA, to a Taiwanese manufacturer for approximately EUR25 million, or about US$29.5 million, the steelmaker announced on Tuesday.

Primetals Tapped for Bar Mill Upgrades

01 August 2017 - Primetals Technologies has won a contract to modernize a Turkish bar mill, the equipment supplier has announced.

Bloom Engineering Establishes Steel-Specific Sales Team

31 July 2017 - Industrial combustion and controls engineer Bloom Engineering is reorganizing its sales team, creating a unit that will focus specifically on the steel industry.

Transformer Maintenance Firm Launches Southern U.S. Expansion

31 July 2017 - SDMyers, an Ohio-based electrical transformer service firm, is opening two new regional offices in the southern U.S., the company has announced.

U.K. Steelmaker Fires Up Revamped EAF

31 July 2017 - U.K.-based Sheffield Forgemasters International has completed a US$2.6 million overhaul of its electric arc furnace, the company has announced.

Old Port Poses An Obstacle to Wire Rod Mill Restart

28 July 2017 - Steel entrepreneur Sanjeev Gupta and his Liberty House Group are counting on using an aging port along the coast of South Carolina to serve a wire rod mil it hopes to acquire from ArcelorMittal and restart.

ArcelorMittal to Expand Auto Steel Capacity Through European Investment

28 July 2017 - ArcelorMittal is planning expand its advanced automotive steel capacity through an investment of approximately US$112.8 million at two of its French mills.

Danieli Wins Order for Wide Plate Mill

28 July 2017 - India’s Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. has awarded a contract to Danieli for a wide plate mill.

German Steelmaker Lays Claim to World's Thickest Slab

27 July 2017 - Germany’s Dillinger Hütte said it set a new world record on Tuesday, casting a slab with a thickness of 600 mm, or more than 23.5 inches.