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Metinvest Shuts Down Ukrainian Coking Coal Mine
16 January 2025 - With Russian forces advancing, Ukraine’s Metinvest has halted operations at its Pokrovske Coal unit and is evacuating employees and their families, the company has said.
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.
Chinese Mill Completes Production Trial on New Mill
14 January 2025 - China’s Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel has successfully trialed production of 0.7 mm strip on its new Danieli QSP-DUE plant in Hebei province.
Danieli Wins Order for Electromagnetic Stirrer
08 January 2025 - POSCO has decided to install a Danieli Rotelec multi-mode electromagnetic mold stirrer (EMS) at its Gwangyang Works in South Korea.
Fortescue, Baowu Partner on Decarbonization Effort
08 January 2025 - Iron ore miner Fortescue is partnering with a China Baowu Steel Group subsidiary on developing green iron solutions for decarbonization, according to the Reuters news service.
ArcelorMittal South Africa Halts Long Steel Operations, Shifts Focus to Flat Steel Future
06 January 2025 - ArcelorMittal South Africa is winding down its long steel business, citing unsustainable operational challenges, weak market conditions, and rising costs, the steelmaker has announced.
Swedish Government OKs SSAB Mini-Mill
19 December 2024 - SSAB has received an environmental permit for its planned mini-mill in Luleå, allowing construction to begin, the company said Thursday.
SMS group Changes Gears with New Leadership
19 December 2024 - SMS group’s ownership, the Familie Weiss Foundation, has changed up its leadership, naming a new chair and directors.
Clean and Green: Electra and Interfer Sign Collaboration Agreement
17 December 2024 - Ironmaking startup Electra has signed an memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a German steel importer to collaborate on clean iron production for specialty steel.
Australian Consortium Chooses Western Australia Location for Electric Smelting Furnace
17 December 2024 - A consortium made up of Australia’s two largest iron ore miners and its largest steelmaker have selected a location for a proposed ironmaking electric smelting furnace pilot plant.
SSAB Veteran to Head European Division
17 December 2024 - SSAB has promoted its European division’s head of business development to the helm of the unit.
Nucor Forecasts Q4 Earnings Decline
17 December 2024 - Nucor Corp. is cautioning that fourth-quarter earnings are expected to fall more than 80% over the same quarter last year.
Success: HKM Completes First Stage of New MES Implementation
13 December 2024 - Germany’s Huttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann has completed the first of seven go-live implementations of its new manufacturing execution software.
ANDRITZ Contracted for Austrian Galv Line Improvement
12 December 2024 - voestalpine has selected ANDRITZ to modernize the electrical and automation systems of one of its hot-dip galvanizing lines.
SSAB Secures Domestic Scrap Source
12 December 2024 - SSAB has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Swedish recycler Stena Metall, providing for deliveries of recycled scrap metal to SSAB’s new electric arc furnace in Oxelösund.
Rio Tinto Agrees to Supply DR-Grade Pellets to GravitHy
11 December 2024 - Iron ore miner Rio Tinto has struck an agreement to supply a French ironmaking startup with high-grade, direct reduction pellets and to manage sales and marketing of the hot-briquetted iron the startup will produce.
SSAB Receives Funding for Process Conversion
11 December 2024 - SSAB has been awarded SEK1.45 billion in public funding for decarbonization efforts at its Luleå plant.
Research Team Makes Breakthrough in Ironmaking Technology
09 December 2024 - A Chinese research team reportedly has developed a flash ironmaking technology that can reduce ore iron within seconds rather than hours and works exceptionally well with lower-grade feedstocks.
Danieli Receives Order for Indian Bar Mill
05 December 2024 - The Steel Authority of India Ltd. has awarded a contract to Danieli for a new bar mill and reheat furnace to be built in Durgapur.
Mittal: Better Policy Needed to Preserve European Steelmaking
04 December 2024 - If Europe wants to continue to produce iron and steel, then it must immediately commit to building a better policy framework, ArcelorMittal founder and executive chairman Lakshmi Mittal writes in a (London) Financial Times op-ed.
