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SMS Concast Successfully Installs Continuous Caster
30 April 2025 - Reinforcing steel and profiles manufacturer, İzmir Demir Çelik Sanayi A.Ş (IDC), has expanded its steel works with SMS Concast's 7-strand continuous caster at its facility in Aliağa, İzmir, Türkiye.
Primetals Technologies Completes EAF Upgrade
30 April 2025 - Baku Steel Company CJSC group presented Primetals Technologies with the final acceptance certificate (FAC) for the upgrade of its 60-metric-ton electric arc furnace (EAF) in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Funding Round Yields US$186M for Startup Ironmaker
29 April 2025 - Green iron startup Electra has raised US$186 million in its Series B funding round, the company has announced.
Chinese Steel Output Jumped in March
28 April 2025 - Encouraged by exports and favorable margins, Chinese steel mills throttled up production in March, according to the Reuters news service.
Hydnum Steel Granted €60 Million by Spanish Government From the PERTE of Industrial Decarbonization
24 April 2025 - Hydnum Steel announced the Spanish Government has granted €60 million in funding through the strategic project for the recovery and economic transformation (PERTE) of industrial decarbonization to aid in the construction of the first green steel plant on the Iberian Peninsula, located in Puertollano.
Nucor Announces Human Resources and Talent Promotions
24 April 2025 - Nucor Corp. announced today the promotion of Thomas J. Batterbee to executive vice president of human resources and talent and Elizabeth Bledsoe to president of human resources and talent, effective 11 May 2025.
British Steel Ends Layoff Talks
24 April 2025 - British Steel has halted layoff negotiations with union workers and will keep its two blast furnaces in operation, the company has announced.
SMS group to Upgrade AM/NS Calvert Hot Strip Mill
23 April 2025 - SMS group announced today that it has been commissioned by AM/NS Calvert to upgrade the automation control system at its 7-stand hot strip mill in Calvert, Ala., USA.
GSCC Certified: Arkansas Steel Associates’ Science-Based Emissions Targets
23 April 2025 - The Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC) announced today the certification of Arkansas Steel Associates’ (ASA) corporate average steel emissions intensity (CASEI) base year emissions and science-based emissions target (SBET).
Clariant and Midrex Renew Green DRI Technology Collaboration
22 April 2025 - Sustainability-focused specialty chemical company Clariant announced it has renewed its collaboration with Midrex to increase focus on natural gas-based direct reduced iron (DRI) technology for green steel production.
Hyundai Motor Group and POSCO to Expand Partnership in Steel and Battery Markets
21 April 2025 - Hyundai Motor Group announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with POSCO Group to expand their cooperation in both the steel and battery sectors.
Tata Steel Tubes Division Hits 1-Million-Metric-Ton Milestone in FY25
21 April 2025 - Tata Steel’s Tubes Division announced it has achieved 1 million metric tons of production and sales in FY25.
U.K. Government Works to Keep British Steel’s Blast Furnaces Running, Looks to Scunthorpe’s Future
17 April 2025 - In an emergency session on Saturday, U.K. Parliament passed legislation to prevent Chinese-owned British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant from shutting down its blast furnaces and ending primary steel production in the U.K., The Guardian reported.
Oman, Tata Steel Nederland Look to Establish Green H2 Supply Chain
17 April 2025 - Tata Steel Nederland, along with three countries and several other entities, will establish what they say is the world’s first liquid hydrogen import corridor, an arrangement that will link green hydrogen production in Oman with deliveries in Germany and the Netherlands.
Nucor Turns to Fives for Galvanizing Line
17 April 2025 - International engineering group Fives has been awarded a contract from Nucor Corp. for a continuous galvanizing line at California Steel Industries in Fontana, Calif., USA.
Chinese Steel Output Jumped in March
16 April 2025 - Encouraged by exports and favorable margins, Chinese steel mills throttled up production in March, according to the Reuters news service.
Primetals Technologies Completes Modernization of Angang Plate Mill
16 April 2025 - Chinese steel producer Angang Ltd. presented a final acceptance certificate (FAC) to Primetals Technologies for an automation upgrade at its plate mill in Bayuquan.
Tenova and Coolbrook Partner to Produce Green Technology
16 April 2025 - Tenova announced it has partnered with engineering and technology company Coolbrook to further develop and deploy the use of clean electricity in high-temperature heating processes in the iron, steel and metals industries using RotoDynamic Heater™ (RDH™) technology.
Calderys Greenfield Project Progresses
10 April 2025 - One year after the greenfield project’s groundbreaking, Calderys announced the successful trial of its acidic monolithic refractories line at the Calderys Plant in East & South India (CAPES).
Curtis Steel Places Order With Red Bud Industries
10 April 2025 - Red Bud Industries announced it has received an order for a precision blanking line, low passline slitter and a packaging line from Houston-based service center Curtis Steel Co. LLC.
