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News on the latest technological processes and equipment used in all stages of the steelmaking process.
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SMS Concast Successfully Installs Continuous Caster
30 April 2025 - Reinforcing steel and profiles manufacturer, İzmir Demir Çelik Sanayi A.Ş (IDC), has expanded its steel works with SMS Concast's 7-strand continuous caster at its facility in Aliağa, İzmir, Türkiye.
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.
Hydnum Steel Granted €60 Million by Spanish Government From the PERTE of Industrial Decarbonization
24 April 2025 - Hydnum Steel announced the Spanish Government has granted €60 million in funding through the strategic project for the recovery and economic transformation (PERTE) of industrial decarbonization to aid in the construction of the first green steel plant on the Iberian Peninsula, located in Puertollano.
British Steel Ends Layoff Talks
24 April 2025 - British Steel has halted layoff negotiations with union workers and will keep its two blast furnaces in operation, the company has announced.
SMS group to Upgrade AM/NS Calvert Hot Strip Mill
23 April 2025 - SMS group announced today that it has been commissioned by AM/NS Calvert to upgrade the automation control system at its 7-stand hot strip mill in Calvert, Ala., USA.
Clariant and Midrex Renew Green DRI Technology Collaboration
22 April 2025 - Sustainability-focused specialty chemical company Clariant announced it has renewed its collaboration with Midrex to increase focus on natural gas-based direct reduced iron (DRI) technology for green steel production.
Hyundai Motor Group and POSCO to Expand Partnership in Steel and Battery Markets
21 April 2025 - Hyundai Motor Group announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with POSCO Group to expand their cooperation in both the steel and battery sectors.
Tata Steel Tubes Division Hits 1-Million-Metric-Ton Milestone in FY25
21 April 2025 - Tata Steel’s Tubes Division announced it has achieved 1 million metric tons of production and sales in FY25.
Nucor Turns to Fives for Galvanizing Line
17 April 2025 - International engineering group Fives has been awarded a contract from Nucor Corp. for a continuous galvanizing line at California Steel Industries in Fontana, Calif., USA.
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.
Calderys Greenfield Project Progresses
10 April 2025 - One year after the greenfield project’s groundbreaking, Calderys announced the successful trial of its acidic monolithic refractories line at the Calderys Plant in East & South India (CAPES).
Curtis Steel Places Order With Red Bud Industries
10 April 2025 - Red Bud Industries announced it has received an order for a precision blanking line, low passline slitter and a packaging line from Houston-based service center Curtis Steel Co. LLC.
Tata Steel Signs Contracts With Clecim, ABB Ltd. to Supply Pickling Line
09 April 2025 - Tata Steel announced that as part of its GBP1.25 billion investment to bring green steelmaking to its Port Talbot site in Wales, U.K., which includes GBP500 million in government support, it has signed contracts with Clecim and ABB Ltd. to supply a pickling line.
Danieli to Supply Spooler Line to Alfa Acciai
08 April 2025 - Italian steel manufacturer Alfa Acciai has tapped Danieli to supply a spooler line to be installed at its Brescia works.
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.
Agreement: Hydnum Steel to Provide Green Steel to thyssenkrupp Materials Processing Europe
02 April 2025 - Under the terms of an agreement signed by both companies, Hydnum Steel will provide thyssenkrupp Materials Processing Europe with green flat steel once its flat steel plant in Puertollano, Spain, is in operation.
Tenova to Modernize and Restart 20-High Cold Rolling Mill
02 April 2025 - Italian industrial group Marcegaglia has awarded Tenova with a contract to modernize and restart its 20-high cold rolling mill at its Gazoldo degli Ippoliti plant in Mantua, Italy.
Tenova Italimpianti Modernizes thyssenkrupp Steel’s Walking Beam Furnace
31 March 2025 - Tenova announced it has completed the modernization of thyssenkrupp Steel’s walking beam furnace (WBF) at its Bruckhausen plant in Duisburg, Germany.
Danieli to Upgrade Fagersta Stainless Bar-in-Coil Line
31 March 2025 - Swedish stainless steel producer Fagersta Stainless, part of Marcegaglia Group, turns to Danieli for upgrades including a bar-in-coil line.
Hyundai Motor Group Commits to US$21 Billion Investment for U.S. Growth
27 March 2025 - Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) has announced an investment of US$21 billion between 2025 to 2028, including building an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel mill in Louisiana, focusing on expanding manufacturing, advancing technologies and enhancing energy infrastructure in the U.S.