Steel News

Texas HBI Plant Passes Performance Tests

21 June 2017 - The world´s largest single-module hot briquetted iron plant successfully completed its performance-guarantee tests, reports the facility’s technology supplier.

voestalpine Sponge Iron Plant Shifts into Operating Mode

10 May 2017 - voestalpine's new hot-briquetted iron plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, is now fully operational, and its final cost came in about US$10 million more than its last estimate, the steelmaker anounced Wednesday.

Texas HBI Plant to Ramp Up to Full Production By Year's End, voestalpine Says

09 November 2016 - voestalpine's new direct reduction plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, is expected to be at full production by the end of the year and will begin regular shipments to customers, the company has said.

More Than 2 Years in the Making, voestalpine's U.S. HBI Plant Opens

26 October 2016 - voestalpine officially opened its US$740 million direct reduction plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Wednesday, marking the end of work on a project that is corporate Austria’s largest-ever U.S. investment and one that will help the company reduce its carbon footprint.

voestalpine Looks for Additional Operational Savings

08 September 2016 - voestalpine chief executive Wolfgang Eder said the company is planning to undertake additional measures aimed at improving operational efficiencies, reports the Reuters news service.

voestalpine to Expand North American Auto Parts Manufacturing Capacity

18 August 2016 - Austrian steelmaker voestalpine said it will expand its U.S. auto body parts plant and build another after landing an EUR$500 million order for automotive components, the company announced on Wednesday.

ArcelorMittal, voestalpine Teaming Up to Market New Automotive Steel

15 April 2016 - Voestalpine and ArcelorMittal have signed an agreement to jointly market a new line of galvanized press-hardened steels intended for hot-formed automotive components, ArcelorMittal has announced.

Voestalpine Commissions New Sound-Based Monitoring System

14 April 2016 - Austria’s voestalpine has installed a new acoustic-based monitoring system at a secondary dedusting plant at its Linz mill, the vendor on the project has announced.

Voestalpine Signs Another Customer for its Texas HBI

04 April 2016 - Voestalpine has found another taker for the hot briquetted iron it will be producing at its new direct reduction plant in Texas.

Brazilian Specialty Steelmaker Fires Up New EAF

23 February 2016 - Brazil’s Villares Metals has signed the final acceptance certificate for a 25-ton electric arc furnace at its mill in Sumare, Sao Paulo, according to the vendor on the project.

Primetals Setting Up Briquetting Plant at New HBI Facility

30 November 2015 - Primetals Technologies has won an order for a residuals briquetting plant to be installed at voestalpine’s new hot briquetted iron (HBI) facility in the United States.

Austrian Strip Mill Places Order For Primetals' Eco Slide discs

28 August 2015 - Primetals Technologies has won an order to outfit two coilers at an Austrian strip mill with side guiding beams and its Eco Slide wear discs, the company has announced.

voestalpine CEO: China Plant Construction Might Be Delayed

26 August 2015 - Austria's voestalpine might be hitting the pause button on plans to build a specialty steel mill in China, although it remains interested in expanding operations there, according to a Reuters interview with CEO Wolfgang Eder.

voestalpine Records First-Quarter Revenue Growth

07 August 2015 - Austria-based voestalpine Group AG posted an adjusted profit of EUR151.7 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2016, the company reported.

Voestalpine Invests in EUR 100 Million Continuous Caster

22 July 2015 - The steel plant belonging to the international technology and capital goods group voestalpine in Linz, Austria, where the company is headquartered, is already one of the most modern of its kind in the world.

Voestalpine Invests EUR 25 Million in Linz Plant

09 July 2015 - According to a report by Oberösterreich News, Voestalpine plans to invest €25 million in a second plant for laser-welded blanks in Linz, Austria to meet greater demands in the auto industry.

EU Supports Testing of Groundbreaking Iron Production Technology

07 July 2015 - The European Union has agreed to contribute 7.4m euros towards testing a groundbreaking new iron production process being developed at Tata Steel’s IJmuiden steelworks in the Netherlands.

Voestalpine Gets a Significant Boost in Earning in the Business Year 2014/15

12 June 2015 - In a global economic environment that is inconsistent, the voestalpine Group continued the positive development of the previous year in the business year 2014/15 (April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015).

voestalpine Stahl GmbH to Use Robots From Primetals Technologies in Its Converter Steel Works

29 April 2015 - • Robot systems to manipulate the probes on the three converters. • Higher sublance availability and greater safety at work. • Measuring probes in exchangeable containers simplify probe handling.

U.S. Ambassador to Austria Visits voestalpine Headquarters

20 March 2015 - United States Ambassador to Austria, Alexa Wesner, recently showed great interest in the activities technology and capital goods group voestalpine is driving forward in the US. During a visit to the Group’s headquarters in Linz she discussed current economic framework conditions in Europe and the USA with voestalpine CEO Wolfgang Eder, as well as voestalpine’s future prospects in the United States.