Steel News

We’re Ready to Work, Texas Community Tells SDI

17 August 2020 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) was inundated with job applications this weekend during an open application event in Texas, reports television news station KRIS-6.

Commercial Metals to Build Third Micro-Mill

14 August 2020 - Commercial Metals Company will invest US$300 million in a third micro-mill to be built next to its existing facility in Mesa, Ariz., USA, the company has announced.

LIBERTY Steel Adds Two French Mills to Portfolio

14 August 2020 - LIBERTY Steel Group has acquired the Hayange rail mill and Ascoval steel works in France, giving the facilities a new lease on life.

Stelco Commences Blast Furnace Reline

13 August 2020 - Canadian steelmaker Stelco has begun relining its Ontario blast furnace and has resumed work on a planned pig iron casting plant, the company said Thursday.

ArcelorMittal to Add Melt Capabilities to Alabama Plant

13 August 2020 - ArcelorMittal will install an electric arc furnace at its advanced finishing facility in Alabama and begin producing slab in two years, the company announced Wednesday.

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.