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GravitHy has appointed engineering firm Hatch to carry out front-end engineering design (FEED) for its planned low-carbon iron production plant in Fos-sur-Mer, southern France. The facility is designed to produce 2 mln…
Escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, following the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran and its spillover across the GCC, are disrupting regional supply chains, particularly through the Strait of Hormuz, a key…
Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has initiated hydrogen injection at its Bokaro Steel Plant as part of efforts to reduce carbon emissions from blast furnace operations. The project involves injecting hydrogen at the…
Egyptian long steel producer EZDK has completed a performance evaluation of Danieli shear blades installed at Shear #7 of its wire rod mill, reporting improved productivity and longer service life compared with…
Tata Steel Nederland has temporarily shut down its Direct Sheet Plant (DSP) at the IJmuiden site following elevated emissions, the company said in a statement. The shutdown was implemented after measurements showed that…
Severstal is upgrading the control system of reheating furnaces at its 350-bar mill at the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works (CherMK), aiming to improve heating quality and environmental performance. As part of the…
Jindal Steel has expanded the use of coal gasification technology to strengthen energy security and support lower-carbon steel production, the company said. The company has established India's first coal…
Resources Pellets Concentrates Pvt. Ltd. (RPCL), a joint venture between BKG Mining and Fomento Resources, has signed a contract with SMS group for the supply of a compact pellet plant with annual capacity of 2 mln…
Turkey's Kardemir has commissioned a new continuous casting machine (SDM-2) as part of its ongoing investment programme aimed at increasing high value-added steel production and reaching 3 mln tons per annum of liquid…
Chinese steel producer Shougang Group and automaker FAW Group have jointly developed and validated a new generation of 2.4 GPa (2,400 MPa) hot-formed automotive steel, marking a significant step forward in…
Hoa Phat Group is accelerating development of its Hoa Phat Dung Quat Rail and Special Steel Production Plant, while advancing its push into high-quality railway steel through a certification partnership with…
Hyundai Steel and France-based Fives Group have signed a major contract to design and supply advanced coil finishing lines for automotive steel applications. The agreement supports Hyundai-Posco Louisiana Steel's new…
Tata Steel UK has secured funding from the Welsh Government to support a collaborative project aimed at developing next-generation wind turbine towers using UK-produced steel. The project, supported under the Welsh…
Severstal has completed a major upgrade of the shaped casting section at its SSM-Tyazhmash machine-building center at the Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works (CherMK), increasing casting output by 40pct annually. The…
ArcelorMittal has produced the first industrial coil at its new electrical steel line at the Mardyck site in France, marking the start of operations. The first coil, weighing over 17 tons, was produced on the initial…
Primetals Technologies has appointed Koji Sakatani as Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Yoshiharu Ikeda, who is retiring. Sakatani brings extensive experience in the metals and heavy industry sector, having held…
Pakistan's Dost Steels Limited (DSL) has reported progress on its financial and operational restructuring, following a settlement agreement with its syndicate lenders, according to a company filing. The company has…
CMC Steel has completed two major power and automation upgrade projects at its Sayreville, New Jersey facility, as part of a broader modernization program executed by AIC. The first project involved a full revamp of the…
Benteler Steel/Tube and SMS group have completed the modernization of the stretch-reducing mill (SRM) at the Paderborn-Schloss Neuhaus plant in Germany. The project involved replacing the legacy CARTA automation system…
Baosteel has achieved key production and cost targets at its Fastarc Zerobucket electric arc furnace (EAF) in Shanghai, with monthly output exceeding 100,000 tons of liquid steel and operating cost reductions of around…
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