Steel News

voestalpine Brings New Slab Caster Into Service

11 June 2018 - voestalpine has been quickly ramping up a new slab caster at its No. 3 steel shop in Linz, Austria, having successfully cast nearly all of the steels it is designed to produce within its first three months of operation, according to the caster's manufacturer.

Report: JSW Steel's Appetite for Deals Remains Unabated

07 June 2018 - After signing deals to acquire Italian long products mill and an Indian producer of steel sponge iron and ferroalloys, JSW Steel remains in the hunt for distressed assets, both in India and overseas, reports Indian financial portal moneycontrol.com.

CMC Winds Up First Spool of Rebar

07 June 2018 - Commercial Metals Company’s new micro-mill in Oklahoma has begun producing spooled rebar, according to the plant’s technology supplier, Danieli.

voestalpine Announces 2019 Leadership Change

06 June 2018 - voestalpine chief executive Wolfgang Eder plans to step aside next summer and is to be succeeded by a veteran of the company’s steel and metal forming divisions, the Austrian steelmaker has announced.

Citing Section 232 Tariffs, U. S. Steel Says it Will Restart Another Idled Blast Furnace

05 June 2018 - United States Steel Corporation is planning to restart the second of two blast furnaces at its Granite City works in Illinois and rehire 300 people, the company announced on Tuesday.

Italian Company Bags Orders for Three New Furnaces

31 May 2018 - Two North American steelmakers have awarded contracts to Italian furnace builder Forni Industriali Bendotti for new reheat furnaces.

AK Steel Rolls Out New Electrical Steel

31 May 2018 - AK Steel Corp. is bringing to market a new family of high-permeability grain oriented electrical steels (GOES) designed for high- and ultrahigh-voltage transformers.

ArcelorMittal North America Executive Announces July Retirement

29 May 2018 - ArcelorMittal North America chief executive Robrecht Himpe will retire this summer, concluding a 37-year career with the company and a predecessor.

Trailer Manufacturer Claims Swedish Steel Prize

25 May 2018 - SSAB has awarded the 2018 Swedish Steel Prize to Italian trailer manufacturer Mantella for its innovative rear-tipping semi-truck trailer.

SSAB Floats Product Data into the Cloud

24 May 2018 - SSAB is rolling out a new service that provides customers with cloud-based traceability and documentation of the steel they buy.

SMS group Receives Order for Slab Caster

23 May 2018 - NLMK Group has awarded a contract for a new thick slab caster to SMS group, the equipment supplier has announced.

Severstal Contracts Primetals Technologies for Strip Mill Improvements

22 May 2018 - Primetals Technologies has won a contract to upgrade the primary hot strip mill at PAO Severstal’s Cherepovets steel works, the equipment supplier said on Tuesday.

Salzgitter Buys Specialty Tube Producer in France

22 May 2018 - Salzgitter Group subsidiary Mannesmann Stainless Tubes GmbH has acquired French stainless tubemaker Société Technique d'Etirage de Précision (SOTEP) for an undisclosed amount, the company has announced.

Former Gerdau Manager to Lead Revived South Carolina Mill

21 May 2018 - Liberty Steel USA, which is preparing to restart its recently acquired wire rod mill in Georgetown, S.C., has hired a new general manager to oversee the facility.

Harsco Extends, Expands Role at ArcelorMittal's French Operations

21 May 2018 - Mill services contractor Harsco Corp. has renewed two logistics and packaging contracts – and signed four new agreements – with ArcelorMittal Atlantique & Lorraine in France, the company has announced.

Big River CCO Steps Aside

18 May 2018 - Big River Steel chief commercial officer Mark Bula is leaving the company to pursue new entrepreneurial opportunities, the steelmaker has announced.

Commerce Department Sides with U.S. Cold-Rolled, Corrosion-Resistant Producers in Circumvention Case

18 May 2018 - Overseas producers were circumventing U.S. anti-dumping measures by converting Chinese-made, hot-rolled coils to corrosion-resistant and cold-rolled steel in Vietnam, the U.S. Commerce Department ruled on Thursday.

JSW Steel Reaches Deal to Acquire Italian Long Products Facility

18 May 2018 - JSW Steel has locked up a deal to acquire Italy’s struggling Aferpi long products mill from the Cevital Group, according to reports.

NSSMC Takes a New Name – and New Orders, It Hopes

17 May 2018 - Japan’s Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) is changing its name and will take a full stake in an affiliated company as it looks to reposition itself in the Pacific region and reclaim sales lost to Chinese competitors, reports the Nikkei Asian Review.

Service Center to Set Up Shop at Nucor Steel-Arkansas

17 May 2018 - California-based service center Calstrip Industries Inc. is planning to build a 300,000-square-foot processing plant at Nucor Steel-Arkansas, an investment that will help support the new specialty cold rolling mill being installed there.