Steel News

Rizhao Steel Selects Primetals Technologies to Implement Advanced Systems

23 October 2025 - Primetals Technologies has successfully commissioned advanced process automation systems and technology at Rizhao Steel’s integrated plant in Rizhao, China.

Eurasian Resources Group Partners With Primetals Technologies, Midrex Technologies for HBI Plant

20 October 2025 - A consortium of Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), Primetals Technologies and Midrex Technologies have signed a contract for engineering, supply of key process equipment and services for construction of a hot briquetted iron (HBI) plant in Rudny, Kazakhstan.

Primetals Technologies Receives Acceptance for Push-Pull Pickling Line

16 October 2025 - HBIS Tangsteel has given Primetals Technologies the provisional acceptance certificate for the world’s largest push-pull pickling line at its steel plant in Laoting, China.

Primetals Technologies Completes Modernization Project for Sterling Steel

09 October 2025 - Primetals Technologies has successfully completed upgrading 16 DC drives for Sterling Steel Co. LLC’s rolling mill stands in Sterling, Ill., USA.

Primetals Technologies Delivers 20-High Silicon Steel Mill to LY Steel

07 October 2025 - LY Steel has successfully rolled its first coil of high-quality silicon steel on Primetals Technologies’ split-type 20-high HZ mill in Loudi, China.

Primetals Technologies to Supply Arvedi ESP Line to Shanxi Jingang New Materials Technology

29 September 2025 - Chinese steel producer Shanxi Jingang New Materials Technology has selected Primetals Technologies to supply a new thin-slab casting and rolling plant using Arvedi endless strip production (ESP) technology at its facility in Jincheng, China.

Primetals Technologies, Rio Tinto and voestalpine Break Ground on Hydrogen-Based Ironmaking Plant

25 September 2025 - Project partners Primetals Technologies, Rio Tinto and voestalpine have begun construction on an industrial-scale demonstration plant, Hy4Smelt, at the voestalpine site in Linz, Austria.

Primetals Technologies Opens Gulf Coast Service Hub

12 September 2025 - Primetals Technologies USA announced it has launched its first regional hub dedicated to supporting Gulf Coast steel producers with localized electrical and automation equipment services.

Primetals Technologies and Nakata Upgrade Cutoff Saw for U.S. Tubular Products Supplier

11 September 2025 - Primetals Technologies and Nakata Mfg. have successfully upgraded the automation and drives system for a 12-inch Nakata flying cutoff machine at a tubular products supplier in the southeastern U.S.

Primetals Technologies to Upgrade Kardemir’s Sinter Plants

03 September 2025 - Karabük Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Kardemir) has submitted an order to Primetals Technologies for the upgrade and implementation of process optimization systems at its sinter plants in Karabük, Türkiye.

Primetals Technologies Delivers Wire Rod Mill Upgrade to Stahl Gerlafingen

28 August 2025 - Primetals Technologies received the final acceptance certificate for upgrading AFV Beltrame Stahl Gerlafingen’s wire rod mill in Gerlafingen, Switzerland.

Shandong Zhongxin Taps Primetals Technologies for Coupled Pickling Line, Tandem Cold Mill

21 August 2025 - Primetals Technologies has been tapped to deliver a coupled pickling line and tandem cold mill (PLTCM) for Chinese steel producer Shandong Zhongxin’s plant in Lin Yi, China.

JSP Taps Primetals Technologies to Upgrade Plate Mill

13 August 2025 - Jindal Steel and Power (JSP) has tapped Primetals Technologies to supply and implement a level 1 and 2 automation system upgrade at its 5-m plate mill in Angul, India.

SAIL Turns to Primetals Technologies for Hot Blast Stove

05 August 2025 - Primetals Technologies will supply a fourth hot blast stove for blast furnace No. 5 at Steel Authority of India Ltd.’s (SAIL) Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in India.

HBIS Wuyang and Primetals Technologies Start Up Continuous Caster

31 July 2025 - Wuyang Iron and Steel and Primetals Technologies celebrated production of the first slab on the new single-strand continuous caster at Wuyang’s plant in Wugang, China.

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.