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The latest news on the companies producing steel or raw materials used in the iron- and steelmaking process.
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Report: Kobe Steel Chairman to Step Aside
05 March 2018 - Kobe Steel chairman and chief executive Hiroya Kawasaki reportedly is preparing to resign his post over the quality control problems that have shaken the company and left customers scrambling to verify safety of their products, reports the Nikkei Asian Review.
ArcelorMittal Tag-Teams With Japanese Steelmaker on Essar Bid
02 March 2018 - ArcelorMittal is partnering with Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) to acquire Essar Steel India Ltd., the steelmaker said on Friday.
ArcelorMittal Executive: Our Offer for Essar Steel Is 'Very Competitive'
27 February 2018 - ArcelorMittal, one of the two companies vying for Essar Steel, is confident that it can turn around the distressed steelmaker, Brian Aranha, executive vice president and global strategy head, tells the (India) Economic Times in an interview.
JFE Steel Chooses Supplier for New Gas Scrubber
27 February 2018 - Japan’s JFE Steel has placed an order with Primetals Technologies for a dry-gas scrubber to serve a new sintering plant at its Fukuyama works.
ArcelorMittal Marks Opening of Laser-Welded Blanking Facility
26 February 2018 - ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks has cut the ribbon on its third U.S. laser-welded automotive blanking facility in Detroit, Mich.
Higher Prices, Better Demand Lift North Star BlueScope Sales
26 February 2018 - Midwestern U.S. sheet manufacturer North Star BlueScope Steel saw its first-half sales rise 8% on higher steel prices, healthy demand for auto and construction steels, and rising demand in the energy sector.
Reports: JSW Steel Acquiring Italian, Indian Mills
23 February 2018 - JSW Steel has reached a deal to acquire Italian long products maker Aferpi from Algeria’s Cevital Group, according to Kallanish Commodities.
GFG Alliance Plans Continued M&A in 2018
23 February 2018 - Metals entrepreneur Sanjeev Gupta said his company will continue to snap up assets this year while looking to build up the former Arrium in Australia, he tells the Reuters news service in an interview.
Liberty House Pulls U.S., U.K. Mills Out of the Mothballs
20 February 2018 - The United Kingdom’s Liberty House Group has restarted an idled electric arc furnace in England and said it plans to put a closed U.S. wire rod mill back into service within the next four months.
Grupo Simec Starts Up Mexican SBQ Mill
20 February 2018 - Grupo Simec’s new bar and rod mill in Apizaco, Mexico, has rolled its first billet, the equipment supplier on the project has announced.
Three Vying for Ownership of Bhushan Steel
20 February 2018 - Officials overseeing Bhushan Steel Ltd.’s insolvency process have begun weighing offers for the Indian cold-rolled producer, according to the Press Trust of India.
ArcelorMittal to Furnish Cryogenic Plate for U.S. Petrochemical Plant
20 February 2018 - ArcelorMittal has won an order for 770 metric tons worth of specialty steel plates from Royal Dutch Shell, the steelmaker said on Monday.
AK Steel Signs With Harsco for Scrap Services
16 February 2018 - Mill services contractor Harsco Corp. said it has signed a seven-year agreement to begin providing scrap management services to AK Steel Corp.’s Mansfield, Ohio, Works.
Steel Processor to Set Up Shop at Big River Steel
15 February 2018 - An Illinois-based private equity firm has plans to build a sheet processing plant at Big River Steel, the firm announced on Thursday.
Japanese Steelmaker Eyes Hefty Capital Investments
14 February 2018 - The corporate parent of Japan’s JFE Steel Corp. plans to invest the equivalent of US$6 billion in upgrades to its mills over the next three years, JFE president Eiji Hayashida tells the Reuters news service.
SAIL Lights New Blast Furnace, and Another Comes Down for Repair
14 February 2018 - The Steel Authority of India Ltd. has blown in a new blast furnace at its Bhilai Steel Plant, reports The (India) Economic Times.
NLMK Names New President
14 February 2018 - Russian steelmaker NLMK has named senior vice president Grigory Fedorishin as its president and management board chairman-in-waiting.
Tata Steel Might Be Considering Blast Furnace Reline at Welsh Plant
13 February 2018 - Tata Steel reportedly is considering a GBP75 million reline of a blast furnace at its Port Talbot Works in Wales, reports The (London) Telegraph.
Essar Steel Attracts Offer from World's Leading Steel Producer
12 February 2018 - ArcelorMittal has laid an offer on the table for distressed flat-rolled producer Essar Steel India, the company disclosed on Monday.
ArcelorMittal Awards Strip Mill Contract to Primetals Technologies
09 February 2018 - Primetals Technologies has won an order for a hot strip mill and a hot skinpass mill from ArcelorMittal Mexico, the equipment supplier has announced.
