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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…
SAIL's Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) has awarded SMS group a turnkey contract to modernize its two 6-strand billet casters in Durgapur, West Bengal, as part of efforts to enhance long product capacity and efficiency. The…
Mesabi Metallics, backed by India's Essar Group, has secured a USD 520 mln senior secured credit facility as it advances its iron ore project in Minnesota toward commercial operations later this year. The financing has…
UMB Steel will restart its Otelu Rosu plant in Romania with the development of a new meltshop, supported by technology supplier Sarralle, as part of a project focused on modern, energy-efficient steelmaking. The…
Hyundai Steel has issued the final acceptance certificate to SMS group for the multi-phase upgrade of continuous galvanizing line #1 (CVGL#1) at its Dangjin plant in South Korea, marking the completion of a project…
Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel Joint Stock Company, in partnership with Horus Power (HRP), has commenced phase 2 of its rooftop solar power project as part of efforts to increase clean energy use and reduce production costs…
Tata Steel said delivery of a key electric arc furnace (EAF) for its Port Talbot steelworks in the UK has been delayed due to shipping disruptions linked to the ongoing Middle East conflict, which has driven up freight…
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has started production of high-strength rebar grades with guaranteed resistance to stress corrosion cracking, including A500SCK/A500SNK and A600SCK/A600SNK. The company has also…
Meranti Green Steel is advancing key development milestones for its planned 2.5 mln tons per year hot briquetted iron (HBI) plant in Duqm, Oman, ahead of a final investment decision (FID), according to local media…
SMS group, together with consortium partner MCK Kutty Engineers Pvt. Ltd., has secured a contract from Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) to supply two coke dry quenching (CDQ) units for its IISCO Steel Plant in…
Thyssenkrupp Steel will further reduce production of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) in response to rising low-priced imports in the European market. The company's subsidiary, Thyssenkrupp Electrical Steel, will…
Jindal Steel has doubled the crude steel production capacity of its Angul plant in Odisha to 12 mln tons per year, as part of its ongoing expansion program. The capacity increase follows the commissioning of new…
Jindal Stainless has commissioned a 1.2 mln tons per year stainless steel melt shop in Indonesia through its joint venture, ahead of schedule, the company said. Following the commissioning, the company's total melting…
ArcelorMittal has laid the foundation stone for a new integrated steel plant to be developed by its joint venture, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India), at Rajayyapeta in Andhra Pradesh, the company said in a…
Turkey's Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change has initiated the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process for Borusan Birlesik Boru Fabrikalari's production line revamp project at its Gemlik…
Leading Chinese steelmaker HBIS Tangsteel, part of HBIS Group, has commissioned a new slab caster supplied by Primetals Technologies at its Laoting plant in Hebei province. The new caster has an annual capacity of 2.4…
Tata Steel has commissioned its first scrap-based electric arc furnace (EAF) in India, marking a step toward expanding low-emission steelmaking capacity, the company said. The facility, located in Ludhiana, Punjab, has…
Russia-based TMK Group has delivered its first commercial batch of large-diameter pipes (LDP) produced using hybrid laser-arc welding (HLAW) technology. The pipes are intended for the repair of a main gas pipeline. The…
Turkish steel producer Ekinciler Demir Celik has selected Danieli to supply a sixth-generation Horizontal Billet Welder (HBW) equipped with K-Welding technology for its rolling mill in Turkey. The new system will enable…
Jindal Steel Duqm LLC has received a 935-ton reactor at the Port of Duqm, with the heavy-lift operation handled by Kanoo Shipping, a major ship service provider in the Middle East. The operation was carried out under…
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