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

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Alliance Steel Plans New Slitting Line

27 June 2019 - Gary, Ind.-based service center Alliance Steel Corp. has contracted Red Bud Industries for a heavy-guage slitting line.

Softening Demand Forces U. S. Steel to Idle Blast Furnaces

19 June 2019 - United States Steel Corporation is idling three blast furnaces — two in the U.S. ¬— on account of receding demand. 

World Steel Dynamics: The Blast Furnace Isn’t Dead Yet  

18 June 2019 - As U.S. mini-mills install new capacity that will allow them to produce high-quality steels, some might argue the integrated producers are doomed. But that’s not necessarily so, said World Steel Dynamics founder and managing partner Peter Marcus.

Liberty Steel Acquires Pennsylvania Wire Maker

13 June 2019 - Pennsylvania-based Johnstown Wire Technologies (JWT) has been sold to Sanjeev Gupta's Liberty Steel USA for an undisclosed amount, the company has announced.

SAIL to Replace Three Converters at Steel Works

06 June 2019 - The Steel Authority of India Ltd. has contracted SMS group for three new converters at its Durgapur works.

Big River Steel Has Finalized Financing for Its Mill Expansion. Here’s How Much.

04 June 2019 - Big River Steel has lined up US$777 million in financing for the planned expansion of its flat-rolled mill in Osceola, Ark., USA, the company has said.

Danieli Receives Additional Order Tied to Sheet Mill Overhaul

04 June 2019 - Nucor Corp. has contracted Danieli to build a new emissions control system for its Gallatin sheet mill, a follow-on order arising from the steelmaker’s overhaul of the Kentucky facility.

Fives Lands Order for Precision Cold Mill

04 June 2019 - China’s Ningbo Baoxin Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. has ordered a new precision cold mill from Fives, the equipment supplier reports.

Furnace Services Provider Opens New Tech Center

30 May 2019 - AMI Automation, a provider of meltshop optimization solutions, has opened a new tech center that serves customers who subscribe to certain service packages, the company has said.

Vallourec Sees Early Results in Furnace Optimization Project

30 May 2019 - Pipe and tube maker Vallourec is collaborating with GE Digital on a project designed to reduce power-on times and variability and boost productivity of its Youngstown, Ohio, electric arc furnace.

Primetals Technologies Lands Order for Automated Tapping System

30 May 2019 - China’s Jiangsu Shagang Group Co. Ltd. has contracted Primetals Technologies to install a fully automated tapping system on two BOF converters at its Zhangjiagang steel works in the Jiangsu province.

SMS group Gets the Nod for Reheat Furnace Build

30 May 2019 - SMS group has landed an order to build a new reheat furnace for the NLMK DanSteel A/S plate mill in Denmark.

Italian Long Products Maker Reveals Plans for New Rolling Mill  

28 May 2019 - Nucor Corp.’s Italian joint venture, Duferdofin-Nucor, will build an EUR150 million rolling mill in the province of Brescia, the company has announced. 

Danieli Lands U.S. Rail Mill Contract 

28 May 2019 - Danieli has been chosen to build EVRAZ North America’s planned rail rolling mill for its Pueblo, Colo., facility. 

AHMSA Signs Acceptance Certificate on New Vacuum Degasser

23 May 2019 - Primetals Technologies has received the final acceptance certificate on a twin RH vacuum degasser it built for Altos Hornos de Mexico S.A.B. de C.V., the company has announced.

Paul Wurth Bags Order for Two Blast Furnaces

23 May 2019 - SMS group’s Paul Wurth subsidiary has won contracts to build replacement blast furnaces for Turkey’s Erdemir Group, the company said in an announcement.

Nucor Contracts Danieli for Water Treatment Systems  

22 May 2019 - Nucor Corp. has selected Danieli to provide the water treatment plants for its new micro-mills in Sedalia, Mo., and Frostproof, Fla., according to the equipment supplier.

Nucor Bar Mill to Upgrade Process Capability

20 May 2019 - Nucor Corp. on Monday revealed plans to equip its Darlington, S.C., bar and rod mill with a vacuum degassing system, allowing it to meet even higher quality specifications.

ArcelorMittal Allocates US$162 Million for Burns Harbor Improvements

15 May 2019 - ArcelorMittal will invest US$162 million in its integrated Burns Harbor facility in Indiana, reports The Times newspaper of northwest Indiana. 

A Heavy Lift: Danieli Delivers Crane Weighing 2,700 Tons to Steel Works

15 May 2019 - With the help of a number of sub-contractors, Danieli has delivered a new 50-ton-capacity grab ship unloader to ArcelorMittal Ghent, the equipment supplier reports.