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News on the latest technological processes and equipment used in all stages of the steelmaking process.

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SMS group Lands Order for Ohio Caster

15 October 2019 - SMS group has been awarded a contract to supply a thin-slab caster to North Star BlueScope Steel as part of the Delta, Ohio, sheet mill’s planned US$700 million expansion.

NLMK DanSteel Launches In-House Service Center

14 October 2019 - Danish steel plate manufacturer NLMK DanSteel has opened an on-site service center to provide pre-fabrication services for its European customers, the company has announced.

NLMK Reveals Plans for EUR150 Million Upgrade to Belgium Facility 

11 October 2019 - NLMK La Louvière has awarded a contract to Primetals Technologies for improvements to its hot strip mill, the company has announced. 

EU Opens New Trade Investigation Into Hot-Rolled Stainless Coil 

11 October 2019 - The European Commission has initiated an anti-subsidy investigation into hot-rolled stainless sheet and coil from two countries and has imposed duties on a different steel product. 

KOCKS RSB® 5.0 Ordered by Two Chinese Producers

10 October 2019 - Jiangsu Lihuai Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (Huaigang Special Steel) and Fujian Sangang Minguang Group Co. Ltd. (Sanming) placed orders for a KOCKS GmbH & Co KG reducing and sizing block (RSB®) 370++/4, the supplier reports.

ArcelorMittal Monlevade Commissions Primetals Technologies Hot Metals Desulfurization System

10 October 2019 - The installation is part of the quality improvement program and expansion of the Brazilian facility.

Midrex to Open New Location in Dubai

10 October 2019 - Over the last decade, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been home to some of the largest, most technologically advanced MIDREX® plants.

Valin Xiangtan Starts Up New Large Bloom Caster From Danieli

09 October 2019 - The caster is the first in the world operating with different withdrawal units to perform simultaneous soft and hard reduction, according to the supplier.

Liberty Steel To Invest US$25 Million in New EAF, Improvements to Georgetown Works

07 October 2019 - Liberty Steel USA will install a new electric arc furnace at its Georgetown, S.C., wire rod mill and make other improvements to its meltshop, the company has announced.

JFE Steel Sets Blast Furnace Revamp

03 October 2019 - Japan's JFE Steel will undertake a JPY50 billion (US$467.9 million) rebuild of the No. 4 blast furnace at its Kurashiki facility, the company has said.

Salzgitter Group Receives Order for Baltic Pipe Project

02 October 2019 - Salzgitter Mannesmann International GmbH (SMID) has received an order for 30,000 metric tons’ worth of steel pipe and 90 steel pipe bends for the Baltic Pipe Project.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Completes Furnace Tower at Toledo Facility

01 October 2019 - After 296 days, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has completed a 457-foot furnace reactor tower for its hot briquetted iron (HBI) project in Toledo, Ohio, USA.

Primetals Technologies Modernizes Twin EAF for Baosteel

01 October 2019 - The final acceptance certificate has been issued for the modernization of a more than 20-year-old DC twin electric arc furnace at Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.’s (Baosteel) Shanghai, China, plant.

U. S. Steel Announces Plan to Acquire Big River Steel

01 October 2019 - United States Steel Corporation is acquiring a stake in Arkansas-based Big River Steel for US$700 million in cash and will look to buy the rest of the business sometime in the next few years, the company announced Tuesday morning. 

Danieli U.S. Pipe Mill Receives Final Acceptance

30 September 2019 - Danieli Centro Tube has received final acceptance on a 5 ½ inch seamless pipe mill installed at Benteler Steel/Tube in Shreveport, La.

EVRAZ Pueblo to Harness the Sun to Make Greener Steel

30 September 2019 - In partnership with Xcel Energy and Lightsource BP, EVRAZ North America announced a long-term agreement to develop a new 240-MW solar facility at its Rocky Mountain Steel division in Pueblo, Colo., USA.

Outokumpu Considering New Slag Furnace Installation in Finland

30 September 2019 - Stainless steelmaker Outokumpu is assessing options to build a new slag furnace in Tornio, Finland, the company reports.

Duferdofin-Nucor, Alfa Acciai Receive Upgrades From AIC

27 September 2019 - Automation solutions provider Automazioni Industriali Capitanio s.r.l. has wrapped up projects at two Italian steel plants, the company has said.

Primetals Technologies Wins Order for Stainless Steel Combination Mill 

27 September 2019 - Walsin Yantai Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. has contracted Primetals Technologies to supply a stainless steel combination bar mill, the equipment supplier has announced. 

NLMK Group’s Shipments to OMK Hits 5-Million-Ton Mark

27 September 2019 - A partnership between Russia’s NLMK Group and OMK Group’s Vyksa Steel Works has reached a milestone, with NLMK having shipped 5 million metric tons of slabs from its Lipetsk site to Vyksa Steel for conversion into heavy plate and large-diameter pipe.