Steel News

Primetals Technologies Opens Brazilian Service Workshop

15 July 2025 - Primetals Technologies announced it has opened a service workshop in Santa Cruz, Brazil.

Primetals Technologies to Deliver Billet Caster and High-Speed Rebar Outlet to Jeevaka Industries

08 July 2025 - Primetals Technologies announced it has received an order from Indian steel producer Jeevaka Industries Private Ltd. for a 3-strand billet caster and a high-speed rebar outlet for its new steel mill in Hyderabad, Telangana.

thyssenkrupp, Primetals Technologies Start Up Slab Caster and Hot Strip Mill

07 July 2025 - thyssenkrupp Steel successfully started up slab caster No. 4 and hot strip mill No. 4, both supplied by Primetals Technologies, at its site in Duisburg, Germany.

Primetals Technologies to Provide Process Automation Solution

01 July 2025 - JSW Steel has awarded Primetals Technologies a contract to implement advanced process automation solutions at its Salem plant in Tamil Nadu State, India.

Primetals Technologies to Upgrade Tokyo Steel’s Hot-Dip Galvanizing Line

26 June 2025 - Tokyo Steel has awarded Primetals Technologies, in collaboration with thermal technology company Chugai Ro and global electrification provider Hitachi, an order for the upgrade of a hot-dip galvanizing line at its Okayama Works.

Hubei Shunle Sets Record With Primetals Technologies EAF Quantum

24 June 2025 - Primetals Technologies delivered two record-breaking EAF Quantum electric arc furnaces to Chinese steel producer Hubei Shunle at its site in Hubei Province.

thyssenkrupp Taps Primetals Technologies to Modernize Slab Sizing Press

16 June 2025 - Primetals Technologies announced it has received a contract from thyssenkrupp to modernize its slab sizing press at hot strip mill No. 2 in Duisburg, Germany.

Zhongshou and Primetals Technologies Reach Major Project Milestone

13 June 2025 - Primetals Technologies announced that only 12 months after beginning the project, the first rolling stand for Zhongshou Special Steel Group’s Luanzhou site has been successfully installed.

MAEGMA Minerals Turns to Primetals Technologies for MIDREX Flex Plant

11 June 2025 - Primetals Technologies announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with MAEGMA Minerals to establish a MIDREX Flex plant in collaboration with Midrex Technologies Inc. in Lumut, Perak, Malaysia.

Primetals Technologies Completes Wire Rod Outlet Upgrade

09 June 2025 - Jiangsu Shagang has presented Primetals Technologies with the final acceptance certificate (FAC) for the successful upgrade of the wire rod outlet and rebuild of the Morgan Reducing/Sizing Mill within line No. 3 at its sixth mill in Zhangjiagang City, China.

Primetals Technologies Completes EAF Upgrade

30 April 2025 - Baku Steel Company CJSC group presented Primetals Technologies with the final acceptance certificate (FAC) for the upgrade of its 60-metric-ton electric arc furnace (EAF) in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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.