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Big Order Will Keep Berg Employees Working Through Next Year

13 August 2020 - Large-diameter line pipe maker Berg Pipe has received a large order related to the Keystone XL pipeline, the company has announced. 

thyssenkrupp Investing in New Slab Reheat Furnace

12 August 2020 - thyssenkrupp has revealed plans to replace a hot strip mill reheat furnace, its first project under a new initiative to optimize its steel plants.

EVRAZ Greenlights Rail Mill Construction 

10 August 2020 - EVRAZ plc’s board of directors has given the go-ahead to the company’s proposed US$480 million long rail mill at its Pueblo, Colo., USA, steel plant. 

JSW Forges Ahead With U.S. Facility Overhaul 

10 August 2020 - JSW Steel is stepping up plans to recast its U.S. operations and will spend the next year “structurally fixing” its facilities, reports the Bloomberg news service. 

Berry Metal Wraps Up Lime Injection Install on Arkansas EAF

07 August 2020 - Big River Steel has commissioned a new lime injection system on its electric arc furnace (EAF) in Arkansas, according to project contractor Berry Metal Co.  

Fives: Close Collaboration Allowed for Successful SDI Project 

06 August 2020 - In spite of the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Steel Dynamics Inc.’s (SDI) Mississippi sheet mill coated the first coil on its new galvanizing right on schedule, reports project contractor Fives. 

Ohio HBI Plant to Begin Producing by Year’s End 

06 August 2020 - After being forced to take a pandemic-related time-out on its hot briquetted iron (HBI) plant, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has resumed construction and aims to have 400 contractors on-site by mid-month, the company has said. 

Nucor Mill Commissions Bar Spooling Line

06 August 2020 - Nucor Corp.’s new Missouri rebar mill has started up the bar spooling line and is making coils weighing up to five tons, according to Danieli, the mill’s builder. 

Industry Veteran Tapped to Lead JSW Steel USA Mills

05 August 2020 - JSW Steel has named a veteran plant manager to lead its two U.S. mills, according to The Hindu Business Line newspaper. 

Danieli Tapped for Slab Caster Improvement Project

30 July 2020 - Danieli has been contracted to extend a thin-slab caster at a Russian steel works, a project that will complement installation of a new meltshop, Danieli has announced. 

Baosteel Gives Thumbs Up on New Dummy Bar System 

30 July 2020 - Baosteel has given final acceptance of a new dummy bar feeding system installed on a caster at its Shanghai works, reports project contractor Primetals Technologies. 

Tubemaker Announces Indiana Expansion

29 July 2020 - Welded tubemaker Phillips Tube Group is setting up a new tube plant in east central Indiana, a US$8.2 million investment that will give the company its fourth location. 

Zenith Steel Signs CISDI for Bar Mill Build

29 July 2020 - CISDI Group Co. Ltd. has been contracted to build a highly automated bar and wire rod mill for China’s Zenith Steel Group, the engineering and technology provider reports. 

SMS group Wins Order for Heavy Plate Mill

29 July 2020 - SMS group has received an order from Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. for a 4.3-m heavy-plate mill, the equipment manufacturer has announced. 

Tata Steel Scrap Facility Accepts First Deliveries 

28 July 2020 - Tata Steel has planted a flag in the steel recycling business, with a new scrap facility accepting its delivery of ferrous material. 

One Very Large Equipment Order Is Out for Delivery, Danieli Says 

28 July 2020 - Danieli has shipped 3,000 metric tons of mill equipment to Kentucky, where it awaits installation at Nucor Corp.’s Gallatin sheet mill. 

Nucor Relaunches Two Flat-Rolled Investments

28 July 2020 - Nucor Corp. is resuming work on two major capital projects that it paused earlier this year as the country shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Improving Demand Prompts Indiana BF Restart 

23 July 2020 - United States Steel Corporation plans to restart the No. 8 blast furnace at its Gary Works in Indiana next month, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana. 

Construction on New Mill Proceeding Well, SDI Says

22 July 2020 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) is continuing to plan for a mid-2021 start of its new flat-rolled mill in Texas and is staffing up the facility.  Speaking during the company’s second-quarter earnings call, SDI chief executive Mark Millett said construction is proceeding extremely well. 

SAIL Announces Addition to Product Mix

22 July 2020 - The Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) has expanded its product know-how, producing for the first time a type of stainless steel that’s generally unavailable from domestic manufacturers.