Steel News

Coke Plant Pipeline Fire Claims Nine

09 October 2018 - Nine people were killed and 14 others were injured Tuesday morning after a gas line caught fire at the Steel Authority of India Ltd.'s Bhilai works.

Nucor Retrofits Overhead Cranes with Emergency Brakes

05 October 2018 - Industrial brake manufacturer Pintsch Bubenzer recently has received several orders from Nucor Corp. for retrofit emergency brakes on electric overhead traveling cranes, the company has said.

SSAB Sets Price Tag on Mill Fire at More Than US$10 Million

20 June 2018 - A transformer fire that damaged SSAB’s Hämeenlinna mill in Finland is expected to cost the company somewhere between SEK100 and SEK120 million (between US$11.2 million and US$13.5 million) in repairs and lost deliveries, the steelmaker said.

Transformer Fire Damages Finnish Mill

12 June 2018 - A transformer fire has knocked a portion of SSAB’s strip and tube mill in Hämeenlinna, Finland, offline, the company disclosed on Tuesday.

17 Killed in Chinese Mill Accidents

07 February 2018 - Two separate gas leaks have claimed 17 lives at Chinese steel plants, according to the Reuters news service.

AK Steel Completes Mill Upgrades, Explains Cause of Steel Spill

31 January 2018 - AK Steel recently completed US$26 million in upgrades to its Mansfield and Middletown works in Ohio, bringing the projects in on time and without incident, executives reported on Tuesday.

U. S. Steel Sued Over Chromium Discharges

24 January 2018 - The city of Chicago has sued United States Steel Corporation in federal court over two accidental discharges of chromium into Lake Michigan.

Steel Dynamics Had a Great Year. Here's Why.

23 January 2018 - Steel Dynamics Inc. had a banner year in 2017 as the company set new records for steel shipments, sales and safety, it said on Tuesday.

One Person Killed in Coke Plant Explosion

22 November 2017 - ArcelorMittal is investigating the cause of a coke plant explosion that killed one person and injured two others on Monday.

Rio Tinto and the Cargo Train that Could ... Drive Itself

04 October 2017 - Iron ore miner Rio Tinto said it has executed Australia’s first-ever fully autonomous, heavy-haul train trip, with a driverless train successfully making a 100 km pilot run between Wombat Junction and Paraburdoo in Western Australia.

Explosion at Gerdau Mill Injures Four

21 September 2017 - Gerdau has halted operations at its Wilton, Iowa, USA, mini-mill following a Wednesday night explosion that injured four people.

SBQ Meltshop Returns to Service

31 August 2017 - Production has resumed at an Illinois meltshop after a breakout disrupted operations for slightly more than two weeks.

Steel Manufacturers Association Recognizes Three for Safety Achievements

18 August 2017 - The Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) has named two people and a steel facility as the recipients of the 2017 Don B. Daily Achievement in Safety award, the association's highest safety recognition.

Report: Two Killed in Coke Oven Explosion

16 August 2017 - Two people were killed and 10 others were injured Tuesday in a coke oven explosion at a Gerdau SA plant in Brazil, according to the Reuters news service.

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.

Breakout Reported at Illinois Bar Mill

07 August 2017 - Firefighters were summoned to the Alton Steel meltshop early Saturday morning after 100 tons of molten steel broke out of a ladle, according to The (Alton, Ill.) Telegraph.

Six Injured in Accident at U. S. Steel's Great Lakes Works

01 August 2017 - Six people were injured Tuesday morning in what is being called an explosion at United States Steel Corporation’s Great Lakes Works in Michigan.

Kentucky Scrap Facility Wins OSHA Safety Recognition

19 May 2017 - U.S.-based River Metals Recycling has announced that its Somerset, Ky., scrap yard has earned a special safety certification from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Three Killed in Steel Plant Accident

07 May 2017 - Three people were killed and three others were injured at an Indian steel mill after a ladle accidentally tipped and spilled 25 to 30 metric tons of molten metal, according to the Hindustan Times newspaper.

2016 Was a Very Safe Year for AK Steel's Zanesville Works

27 March 2017 - AK Steel Corp.’s Zanesville Works in Ohio has notched another safe year, running all of 2016 without any lost-time injuries or illnesses, according to the company.