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Tata Steel has successfully commissioned India's largest blast furnace at its Kalinganagar facility in Odisha, according to a stock exchange filing. The phase II expansion, with a total investment of INR 27,000 crore…
Tenaris has invested USD 520,000 to install an electric induction coil for the upsetting line at its TuboCaribe seamless steel pipe mill in Cartagena, Colombia, replacing a natural gas furnace. This line, which…
Steelmakers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are poised to lead the global shift to green iron and steel production, according to the Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Advances in…
Jindal India Limited, a major player in India's downstream steel industry, has announced plans for a capital expenditure of INR 1,500 crore (USD 179 mln) to significantly boost its production capacity. The expansion…
Sinosteel Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd. (Sinosteel E&T) and Tenova have announced the successful performance test of Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.'s new hydrogen-based 1 mln tons per year ENERGIRON…
ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) has invested nearly INR 1,000 crore (USD 119 mln) in its Gujarat plant to establish a production line for Magnelis, a patented flat carbon steel with a…
Tata Steel is set to commission the phase-II expansion of its Kalinganagar plant, which will increase its steelmaking capacity from 3 mln tons per annum to 8 mln tons per annum. This expansion solidifies Odisha as the…
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is advancing its transformational project at the Middletown Works facility in Middletown, Ohio, with up to USD 500 mln in potential funding from the Department of Energy. The project will replace…
Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL) and Jindal Renewable Power Private (JRPL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for India's largest green hydrogen investment by a steelmaker. The MoU outlines JSPL's plan…
Marcegaglia has commissioned Primetals Technologies to undertake a comprehensive modernization of its spout-type electric arc furnace (EAF) and dedusting system at the Sheffield plant. This upgrade is part of…
NMDC, India's leading iron ore producer, has allocated INR 2,200 crore (USD 262 mln) for FY 2025 to establish a slurry pipeline and new processing plants, targeting a production increase to 100 mln tons by 2030. Amitava…
Gerdau Whitby recently placed orders with AIC to manage the intermediate drives, finishing drives, and the complete control system for their rolling mill. This project, commissioned in the summer of 2024, achieved a…
ArcelorMittal has successfully produced its first coil after upgrading the automation system at its hot-rolling mill in Eisenhuttenstadt, Germany. This facility is now fully equipped with Primetals Technologies' latest…
H2 Green Steel has rebranded to Stegra, with a focus on decarbonizing hard-to-abate industries by leveraging green hydrogen, green iron, and green steel. Originally launched in 2021 to reduce emissions in the steel…
Tata Steel has signed a GBP 500 mln (USD 654 mln) Grant Funding Agreement with the UK Government to support its GBP 1.25 bln (USD 1.63 bln) green steel project at the Port Talbot steelworks in Wales. The project, which…
Voestalpine Group's Steel Division will withdraw from the cam units and sliding elements business at its Linz site, gradually discontinuing the operations of Voestalpine Camtec GmbH by the end of the 2025/26 business…
China's Sanbao Group has signed contracts with Tenova LOI Thermprocess and Tenova Technologies (Tianjin) for the supply of three annealing and coating lines for non-grain oriented (NGO) silicon steel at its facility in…
United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) has introduced ZMAG coated steel, a new carbon flat-rolled product designed to offer enhanced strength, resilience, and sustainability. ZMAG steel is engineered to perform in…
Giridhan Metals awarded AIC a contract for automation and fast finishing area equipment for their 350,000 tons per annum bar mill. The mill, which was commissioned in June 2023, has significantly enhanced productivity…
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced a USD 60 mln loan to PT Gunung Raja Paksi Tbk (GRP), a leading Indonesian steel producer, to promote decarbonization in Indonesia's steel industry. The funds…
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