Open / Close Advertisement

Producers

The latest news on the companies producing steel or raw materials used in the iron- and steelmaking process.

CSN

CSP

ISG

JFE

LTV

MMK

OMK

TMK

Latest News

Nucor Mill Signs Off on EAF Upgrade

18 September 2017 - Nucor Steel Seattle Inc. has granted final acceptance of a newly installed water leak detection system on the plant’s electric arc furnace. 

AUMUND Wins Order for Replacement Rotary Discharge Machine

18 September 2017 - voestalpine’s integrated mill in Linz, Austria, has put a new rotary discharge machine on order.

Nucor to Build New Micro Bar Mill

15 September 2017 - Nucor Corp.’s board of directors has given the go-ahead to construction of a new micro-mill somewhere in the Midwestern or southeastern U.S. and approved the expansion of another mill. 

ArcelorMittal's Indiana Harbor Benefits From Capital Investment Increase

15 September 2017 - In a bid to improve efficiency and productivity, ArcelorMittal USA is increasing its capital spending. And many of the investment dollars have flowed into its sprawling Indiana Harbor facility in East Chicago, Ind.

Fire Damages New York Bar Finishing Plant

15 September 2017 - U.S.-based Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. is investigating the cause of a fire that damaged the pickling operation at its Dunkirk, N.Y., bar and rod finishing plant. 

Blast Furnace Research Company Names New Chief Executive

15 September 2017 - HYBRIT, a research joint venture among Sweden’s SSAB and two other companies, has hired a chief executive. 

A Tata-thyseenkrupp Deal May – or May Not – Be Close

14 September 2017 - Now that Tata Steel has finalized the divorce between its European business and the legacy British Steel Pension Scheme, a deal to combine the operation with thyssenkrupp’s steel division may be close, according to the Reuters news service.  

ArcelorMittal Appoints Leadership Team for Italy's Ilva

14 September 2017 - ArcelorMittal has named two executives to lead the facilities it is acquiring through its purchase of Italy’s Ilva. 

New Finishing Line Provides Expanded Product Offerings at ArcelorMittal Bar Mill

12 September 2017 - ArcelorMittal’s Canadian long products division in June put a new finishing line into service at its Longueuil, Que., bar mill. The project took 18 months to complete, but the mill never missed a beat, according to Modern Metals magazine. 

JFE Blast Furnace Forced Into Unscheduled Outage

12 September 2017 - Japan's JFE Steel is temporarily halting iron production at one of its blast furnaces to facilitate repairs on a converter, according to the Nikkei Asian Review. 

Regulators Approve Tata Steel Pension Plan Divorce

11 September 2017 - U.K. officials have approved Tata Steel Europe’s plant to separate itself from its GBP15 billion British Steel pension plan, the steelmaker has announced. 

EVRAZ North America, Union Reach Labor Agreement

08 September 2017 - EVRAZ North America and unionized workers at its Regina, Sask., steel mill and its Calgary, Alta., welded tube mill have reached a tentative labor agreement, averting a strike that was set to begin Friday. 

thyssenkrupp Shareholders Want a Tata Deal Done

08 September 2017 - thyssenkrupp shareholders would like to see the company combine its steel unit with Tata Steel’s European strip business by year’s end, reports the Reuters news service. 

thyssenkrupp Finalizes Sale of Brazil Plant

07 September 2017 - thyssenkrupp has completed the sale of its CSA Siderúrgica do Atlântico mill in Brazil, bringing an official end to its North and South American steelmaking venture. 

U. S. Steel Wins Tax Break on Tin Mill Improvement

07 September 2017 - United States Steel Corp.’s Midwest Plant in Portage, Ind., USA, has won a five-year tax abatement on upgrades it is making to the facility’s tin mill. 

Mexican Cold Mill Damaged in Fire

07 September 2017 - A fire has damaged a cold mill at Altos Hornos de Mexico’s No. 2 steel works in Monclova.

United Steelworkers Prepare to Strike EVRAZ plant

06 September 2017 - Unionized workers at EVRAZ North America’s Regina, Sask., Canada, mill said they are prepared to walk off the job this week if they can’t come to terms on a new labor agreement. 

Harsco Signs Contracts With Argentinian, Mexican Mills

06 September 2017 - Mill services contractor Harsco Corp. has signed multi-year deals worth approximately US$50 million with two Latin American steelmakers. 

California Wants to Rebrand Vocational Education — And Make It Better

01 September 2017 - In the U.S., workers with technical skills are in high demand, but in low numbers. 

Commercial Metals Completes Divestment of Trading Unit

01 September 2017 - Commercial Metals Company has finalized the sale of its raw materials trading unit, CMC Cometals, the steelmaker has announced. 

Page 111 of 522