Steel News

Paul Wurth, Partners Prepare to Start Tests on CO2 Reduction Technology

29 April 2021 - SMS group’s Paul Wurth unit, in cooperation with Saarstahl and Dillinger, is preparing to start a pilot-scale plant that will covert coke oven gas into a reducing agent injected into a blast furnace.

Nucor Nears Completion of Two Major Capital Projects

29 April 2021 - Nucor Corp. expects to commission an expanded meltshop in Kentucky and a new galvanizing line in Arkansas in the second half of this year as it continues to progress on its greenfield plate mill, company executives have said.

Rising Steel Prices Prompt BlueScope to Raise Earnings Expectations

27 April 2021 - Australian steel producer BlueScope is revising up its second-half earnings forecast, largely due to the strength in the U.S. sheet market and performance of the company’s North Star mill.

Danieli, Severstal Ink Deal for BF Modernization

27 April 2021 - Danieli Corus has been awarded a contract to modernize a Russian blast furnace, the company has announced.

Nucor: A Record Quarter Is on the Books, Another Could Be Coming

22 April 2021 - Nucor Corp. saw its first-quarter earnings soar to a record US$942.4 million on strength in demand and high average selling prices, the company announced Thursday.

SDI Reports Record Q1 Profit, Prepares to Start Parts of Texas Mill

22 April 2021 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) is reiterating expectations that it will start process lines at its new flat-rolled mill late this spring.

U. S. Steel Unveils New Emissions Target: Net Zero by 2050

21 April 2021 - United States Steel Corporation is raising its climate goals, aiming for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the company announced Wednesday.

ABS Becomes Reference for New Danieli Scrap System

21 April 2021 - Danieli’s steelmaking division, Acciaierie Bertoli Safau, is investing in a new Danieli technology that automatically sorts and processes scrap before it is charged into a furnace.

Local Planners OK Commercial Metals Mill Development

21 April 2021 - Commercial Metals Company’s planned micro-mill has cleared a local development hurdle, receiving approval from the Mesa, Ariz., city council and the planning and zoning board, reports The Mesa (Arizona) Tribune.

Gerdau Plans SBQ Investments in Brazil

19 April 2021 - Gerdau SA will invest approximately BRL1 billion (approximately US$180 million) in its Brazilian special steel operations, the company announced on Monday.

Cleveland-Cliffs, USW Negotiate New Deal for Ohio Mill

16 April 2021 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and unionized workers at its Mansfield, Ohio, plant have reached a tentative, four-year labor agreement, the steelmaker has announced.

SDI to Build Four New Paint, Galvanizing Lines

15 April 2021 - Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) on Thursday revealed plans to build four new flat-rolled coating lines in the U.S., representing an investment of at least US$400 million.

ArcelorMittal Finalizes New Ownership Plan for ILVA

15 April 2021 - ArcelorMittal has completed an agreement that gives control of its ILVA business to a public-private partnership.

Nucor EVP Announces June Retirement

15 April 2021 - Nucor executive vice president Raymond S. Napolitan Jr. has announced he will step down in June, concluding a 25-year career with the steelmaker.

AK Steel: A Name That Will Live in History

12 April 2021 - Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has decided to retire the AK Steel name and has begun renaming facilities to reflect the change in ownership, reports the Journal-News newspaper in Ohio.

Tata Steel Creates Carbon Surcharge

12 April 2021 - Tata Steel Europe will being adding a per-ton carbon surcharge to it steel contracts, a move that passes on the cost of carbon emissions allowances to buyers, reports commodities news and pricing service S&P Global Platts.

Nucor, SMS group Ink Maintenance Agreement for New Caster

08 April 2021 - Nucor Corp. has signed SMS group to a multi-year maintenance contract for the new slab caster being installed at its new Kentucky plate mill, the equipment manufacturer has announced.

Primetals Technologies to Equip Tosyali Plant With Second EAF

08 April 2021 - Turkish steel producer Tosyali Demir Celik Sanayi A.S. has placed a follow-on order with Primetals Technologies for a new electric arc furnace and has asked for additional capacity on a recently ordered continuous caster, the equipment manufacturer has announced.

SSAB, Volvo Partner on Developing Vehicles Made From Green Steel

08 April 2021 - SSAB will work with Volvo Group under a newly signed collaboration agreement to develop and build vehicles made from fossil-free steel, the steelmaker said on Thursday.

SSAB Seeks Answer to Key Hydrogen Question: How to Store It?

07 April 2021 - SSAB and the partners in its HYBRIT decarbonization initiative have started work on a pilot-scale hydrogen storage facility, a key piece of infrastructure for the fossil-free future they envision.