Steel News

U. S. Steel to Boost Pig Iron Production With US$60 Million Investment

28 February 2022 - United States Steel Corporation revealed this morning that it will spend US$60 million to scale up ironmaking capacity at its Gary Works facility in Indiana.

Tosyali Algerie Reported Record DRI Production in 2021, Contracts for Second DRI Plant

28 February 2022 - The company set a new world record in 2021 for annual direct reduced iron (DRI) production by a single-module plant, producing more than 2.28 million tons.

NLMK Issues Final Acceptance for Primetals Technologies BOF Offgas System

23 February 2022 - The equipment supplier announced yesterday it has received the final acceptance certificates (FACs) from NLMK Group for the construction of offgas systems for its LD converters No. 2 and 3 at its steel plant LD2 in Lipetsk, Russia.

Ferriere Nord Puts New Danieli Billet Welder Into Service

23 February 2022 - Italy’s Ferriere Nord (Pittini Group) is the first to operate Danieli’s sixth-generation billet welder, according to a press release from Danieli.

Tenova Tapped to Supply STC Furnace

23 February 2022 - Tenova has been contracted to supply a roller-hearth-type STC® (Short Time Cycle) furnace to Grand Blanc Processing.

ANDRITZ Tapped for Pickling and Galvanizing Line Project

22 February 2022 - The company announced it has received an order from China’s Jiuquan Iron and Steel (Group) Co. Ltd. to supply a new high-capacity pickling and galvanizing line.

Cleveland-Cliffs Shutters Indiana Harbor Blast Furnace #4

22 February 2022 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. will indefinitely idle blast furnace #4 at its Indiana Harbor integrated mill, the steelmaker announced yesterday.

Primetals Technologies Receives Final Acceptance for Ladle Treatment Stands

15 February 2022 - Germany’s Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH (HKM) has granted final acceptance for two new ladle treatment stands from Primetals Technologies, the equipment supplier announced today.

Report: Ecolant Breaks Ground on DRI-Fed EAF Steel Plant in Russia

14 February 2022 - Ecolant, a company of OMK owner Anatoly Sedykh, has broken ground on a Rb150 billion (US$2 billion) direct reduced iron–fed electric arc furnace mill in Vyksa, Russia, according to S&P Global Platts.

The Systems Group Tapped for EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel EAF Upgrade

10 February 2022 - The Systems Group has received an order for new electric arc furnace (EAF) spray cooling equipment and a comprehensive engineering package for EVRAZ North America’s Pueblo, Colo., USA, operations, the supplier announced this morning.

Primetals Technologies Selected to Upgrade Turkish Wire Rod Mill

10 February 2022 - Turkish metals producer Ege Çelìk Endüstrisi Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. has contracted Primetals Technologies to upgrade its wire rod mill located in İzmir.

Danieli Wins Contract for Long Products Mill From Yukun I&S

09 February 2022 - The equipment supplier’s scope of supply will include four new casters and seven new rolling mills for bar and wire rod for a project in Eshan county, China.

Tenaris to Revive Heat Treating Line at Koppel Steel Works

08 February 2022 - The heat treatment line at Tenaris’ Koppel, Pa., USA, tube mill will return to operation in April after more than two years of inactivity, the steelmaker has announced.

ArcelorMittal to Transform French Operations With €1.7 Billion Investment

07 February 2022 - In an official ceremony last week, ArcelorMittal revealed that it has won the backing of the French government for a €1.7 billion plan to decarbonize its Fos-sur-Mer and Dunkirk operations.

Tenova to Provide NextGen® System for Celsa France

03 February 2022 - The French steelmaker has placed an order for Tenova Goodfellow’s iEAF® technology platform using the NextGen® system, Tenova announced yesterday in a press release.

Nucor to Modernize Crawfordsville Mill With CGL, Pre-Paint Line

01 February 2022 - The steelmaker announced today that will add a construction-grade continuous galvanizing line and pre-paint line as part of a US$290 million investment in its Crawfordsville, Ind., USA, steel sheet mill.

Tenaris Boosts Production at Arkansas Mill

25 January 2022 - The company announced last week it is increasing manufacturing activity at its welded pipe mill in Hickman, Ark., USA.

Tata Steel to Demo New Blast Furnace Decarbonization Technology at Jamshedpur Works

25 January 2022 - Trials are underway for a first-of-its kind technology for blast furnace emissions reduction at Tata Steel’s steel mill in Jamshedpur, India, the company announced last week.

Primetals Technologies Tapped to Supply New JSW Meltshop

25 January 2022 - JSW Steel has ordered new supply equipment from Primetals Technologies to outfit its new meltshop No. 4 in Vijayanagar, Toranagallu, India.

thyssenkrupp Uhde to Supply Desulfurization Plant for ArcelorMittal Belgium

24 January 2022 - A new state-of-the-art thyssenkrupp Uhde sulfur removal and recovery unit will be installed at ArcelorMittal’s site in Ghent, Belgium, to enhance its existing coke oven gas treatment plant.