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Mughal Energy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited, has successfully commissioned the main 31.5 MW turbine of its captive hybrid power plant and achieved the Commercial Operation…
India's state-owned NMDC Ltd. has started the dry-out of the indurating machine at its pellet plant in Nagarnar, marking a key milestone towards commissioning of the facility. The dry-out involves gradually heating the…
Thyssenkrupp Steel has started a partial refurbishment of Blast Furnace 2 at its Schwelgern site in Duisburg, Germany, with the furnace taken offline on August 30 for approximately six weeks. The work is aimed at…
Xinyu Iron and Steel, part of Baowu Group, has commissioned a new production facility with annual capacity of 250,000 tons of non-grain-oriented (NGO) electrical steel, with key process technologies supplied by Fives. A…
ArcelorMittal Brasil has approved a BRL 4-5 bln (USD 0.7-0.9 bln) investment to install a cold rolling mill and continuous coating line at its Tubarao unit in Serra, Espirito Santo. The project will enable the company…
Tubos y Flejes SLU (Tuflesa), part of the Bornay Group, has commissioned SMS group to modernize the sizing section of its ERW tube line at its Las Torres de Cotillas plant near Murcia, Spain. The ERW-RD-240 line…
Salzgitter Flachstahl, a subsidiary of Salzgitter AG, has launched TektoSal 450, a new wear-resistant special steel available as strip steel for applications exposed to abrasive wear. The material combines high hardness…
Cogne Acciai Speciali has awarded Danieli Service a modernization project to upgrade the cooling chamber of the continuous casting machine for special steel blooms at its Aosta plant in Italy. The project aimed to…
Chinese tubular products manufacturer Dalipal Holdings has signed a 25-year lease for a 1.03 mln sq m plot at King Salman Energy Park (SPARK) in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, where it plans to establish a manufacturing and R&D…
Indian steelmaker JSW Steel has placed an order for two pelletizing plants with a combined capacity of 16 mln tons per year at its Paradeep facility in Odisha, as the company continues to expand its iron ore processing…
Swedish specialty steelmaker Alleima plans to invest around USD 20 mln to expand production capacity and capabilities for advanced tubing products at its existing facility in Mehsana, India. The investment will add…
China's Jingye Steel has urged the UK government to provide compensation following the nationalization of its British Steel assets, saying the move was carried out under emergency legislation without prior consultation…
Turkey's Kardemir Celik Sanayi reported a 26.3pct YoY increase in sales revenue to TRY 13.92 bln (USD 290 mln) in the first half of 2026, while net profit fell 52pct to TRY 410.4 mln (USD 8.6 mln). The company's cost of…
Saudi Arabia's Al Yamamah Steel Industries is advancing its planned billet production project after its subsidiary, Al Yamamah Company for Reinforcing Steel Bars, signed a SAR 500 mln (USD 133.3 mln) Islamic credit…
India's JSW Steel has selected Austria-based Andritz to supply a continuous galvanizing line at its Toranagallu steel plant in Karnataka, strengthening its capacity to produce value-added galvanized steel for automotive…
Tata Steel's Llanwern galvanizing plant in South Wales is operating at around half capacity as increased availability of duty-free Asian steel weighs on orders and domestic competitiveness, according to The Guardian…
NS-Siam United Steel (NS-SUS) has completed commissioning and final acceptance of two new 25-ton Danieli coil-handling cranes at its Plant 3 in Rayong, Thailand, as part of a modernization programme aimed at increasing…
Cleveland-Cliffs will invest USD 1 bln to modernize its Middletown Works steel plant in Ohio, with the US Department of Energy (DOE) providing USD 500 mln through a rescope of its previously awarded grant. The…
Thyssenkrupp Steel has completed the modernization of continuous slab caster No. 4 at its Duisburg site, with Primetals Technologies issuing the final acceptance certificate in April 2026. The upgraded two-strand caster…
Turkey's Kardemir posted a consolidated net profit of TRY 5.98 bln (USD 124.7 mln) in January-June 2026, compared with a net loss of TRY 335.8 mln in the same period last year, while EBITDA rose 49.4pct YoY to TRY 4.75…
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