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Metalloinvest's Lebedinsky GOK has completed major repairs at two hot briquetted iron (HBI) production units, HBI-1 and HBI-2, five days ahead of schedule. The 17-day HBI-1 overhaul included shaft furnace repairs…
Voestalpine, together with Primetals Technologies and Rio Tinto, has started construction of an industrial-scale demonstration plant at its Linz site in Austria to advance hydrogen-based ironmaking technologies. The…
The global steel sector is navigating a period of significant change, with tariff measures, market restrictions, and the introduction of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) reshaping industry dynamics. For…
Iran exported 1.44 mln tons of finished steel products in the first five months of the Iranian year to August 22, down 7pct YoY, according to the Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA). Exports of long steel…
Jindal Steel Duqm, a subsidiary of Jindal Steel Group, has placed an order with Danieli for a second hydrogen-ready direct reduction plant to produce hot-briquetted iron (HBI) in Duqm, Oman. The move follows the…
Jindal Steel International, part of India's Naveen Jindal Group, has submitted a non-binding offer to acquire Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe (TKSE), according to company and media reports. The potential deal is estimated at…
UAE's EMSTEEL Group, one of the region's largest publicly listed steel and building materials manufacturers, has partnered with Italian technology leader Danieli to launch the world's first Electric Process Gas Heater…
The SHS - Stahl-Holding-Saar Group, through its subsidiaries Dillinger, Saarstahl, and ROGESA, has signed a long-term agreement with France's Verso Energy for the supply of at least 6,000 tons of green hydrogen…
Australia's Progressive Green Solutions (PGS) has chosen Thyssenkrupp Nucera as its preferred supplier of electrolyzers with a total capacity of 1.4 GW for its flagship Mid-West Green Iron project near Geraldton…
Stegra is making rapid progress on its green hydrogen facilities, with four central electrolyzer buildings nearing completion and process equipment installation underway. The company noted that the construction team is…
The MENA region produced 62.51 mln tons of direct reduced iron (DRI) in 2024, up 2.66pct YoY, according to Midrex. The region represented 44pct of global DRI output. Iran led MENA production with 34.15 mln tons…
Sulb has achieved a significant milestone in sustainable steelmaking with the successful deployment of SMS group's Condoor technology at its Bahrain plant. The project marks the world's first fully automated slag-door…
NeoSmelt, a low-emissions ironmaking initiative backed by BlueScope, BHP, Rio Tinto, Woodside Energy, and Mitsui Iron Ore Development, has taken a major step forward with the appointment of Tenova as the preferred…
Salzgitter Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with UK-based Binding Solutions Ltd (BSL) to trial BSL's cold agglomerated pellets (CAPs) for both blast furnace (BF) and direct reduction (DR) applications. The…
Singapore-based Meranti Green Steel has made further progress on its green iron project in Duqm, Oman, as part of its broader strategy to establish a sustainable steel value chain across the Asia-Pacific region. In a…
Jindal Steel Duqm, also known as Vulcan Green Steel and part of India's Jindal Steel Group, is targeting 2028 to begin operations at its upcoming 5 mln tons per annum green steel complex in the Special Economic Zone at…
SSAB has secured an additional EUR 430 mln (USD 504 mln) in green financing to advance its transformation project in Lulea, Sweden. This follows a successful debt raising in April 2025 and supports the construction of a…
In a strategic move to secure key raw materials for steel production and expand into new export markets, several Indian state-owned enterprises are establishing a presence in Dubai. Steel Authority of India Limited…
Iran exported 105,000 tons of sponge iron, or DRI, worth USD 25 mln during the first month of the current fiscal year (March 21-April 21, 2025), marking a 33pct increase in volume and a 22pct rise in value, both on YoY…
Maegma Minerals has signed an MoU with Primetals Technologies to establish a Midrex Flex plant in Lumut, Perak, Malaysia, with an annual capacity of 2 mln tons of hot briquetted iron (HBI). Developed in collaboration…
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