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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.
Chinese Steel Output Jumped in March
28 April 2025 - Encouraged by exports and favorable margins, Chinese steel mills throttled up production in March, according to the Reuters news service.
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.
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.
U.K. Government Works to Keep British Steel’s Blast Furnaces Running, Looks to Scunthorpe’s Future
17 April 2025 - In an emergency session on Saturday, U.K. Parliament passed legislation to prevent Chinese-owned British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant from shutting down its blast furnaces and ending primary steel production in the U.K., The Guardian reported.
Oman, Tata Steel Nederland Look to Establish Green H2 Supply Chain
17 April 2025 - Tata Steel Nederland, along with three countries and several other entities, will establish what they say is the world’s first liquid hydrogen import corridor, an arrangement that will link green hydrogen production in Oman with deliveries in Germany and the Netherlands.
Chinese Steel Output Jumped in March
16 April 2025 - Encouraged by exports and favorable margins, Chinese steel mills throttled up production in March, according to the Reuters news service.
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.
Tenova and Coolbrook Partner to Produce Green Technology
16 April 2025 - Tenova announced it has partnered with engineering and technology company Coolbrook to further develop and deploy the use of clean electricity in high-temperature heating processes in the iron, steel and metals industries using RotoDynamic Heater™ (RDH™) technology.
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).
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.
Blastr Green Steel and Vogten Staal Team Up to Deliver Green Steel
08 April 2025 - European steel service center Vogten Staal has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Blastr Green Steel for the annual supply of low-CO2 steel.
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.
OECD: Excess Steel Capacity Could Reach 721 MMT by 2027
03 April 2025 - Fueled by Chinese cross-border investments, global overcapacity is expected to grow to more than 700 million metric tons by 2027, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Steel Committee.
SMS group to Deliver Cold Rolling Complex to SSAB Luleå
03 April 2025 - SSAB has awarded SMS group with an early services agreement to deliver a cold rolling complex at its Luleå, Sweden, steel plant.
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.
