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ArcelorMittal has restarted steel production at its Fos-sur-Mer site in southern France following a fire that disrupted operations in early October. The site produced its first slab in mid-December after the restart of…
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), India's largest public-sector steelmaker, has awarded Danieli contracts to supply major technologies for the expansion of the IISCO Steel Plant in Burnpur, West Bengal. The…
Turkish steelmaker Kardemir has launched a new billet sales round, lowering prices by USD 10 per ton compared with its previous offers issued on November 27, 2025. Under the latest offer, Kardemir is pricing S235JR…
JFE Bars & Shapes Corporation (JFE BS), part of the JFE Group, has chosen Danieli to replace its existing DC electric arc furnace with a new 120-ton Digimelter equipped with the Q-One power-feeding system at Mizushima…
Rugui Squares & Special Profiles, a leading Spanish steel producer, has successfully commissioned a new walking hearth reheating furnace at its Azkoitia facility, with the first hot billet rolled on November 27, 2025…
Saudi Arabia's National Building and Marketing Co. (NBM) announced that its subsidiary, Ajeej Steel Manufacturing Co., has renewed banking facilities worth SAR 127 mln (USD 34 mln) with Al Rajhi Bank, according to a…
Turkish steelmaker Kardemir has opened a new billet sales round, lifting prices by USD 15 per ton compared with its previous offers on November 5, 2025. The company is now offering S235JR billets at USD 515 per ton EXW…
Nippon Steel Corporation has finalized a joint venture agreement with Nakayama Steel Works to establish a new company, jointly funded with a 49pct-51pct capital split between Nippon Steel and Nakayama Steel. The JV will…
Turkey imported 3.2 mln tons of billets in the first nine months of 2025, marking a 51pct YoY increase, according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Malaysia was the top supplier with about 753,500…
State-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) plans to double the capacity of its Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) to 9.8 mln tons by 2030, as part of a major expansion and modernization drive led by the Ministry of Steel…
Hebei Jinxi Iron and Steel Group has ordered two continuous slab casters from Primetals Technologies, each with an annual capacity of 2.5 mln tons. The package includes Level 1 and Level 2 automation systems to enhance…
Tata Steel Nederland BV has implemented PSImetals Production and Quality Execution at its IJmuiden plant as part of its Smart Steel Factory programme, marking a key step in its transition toward greener and more…
Al Yamamah Steel Industries Company will take part in the planned capital increase of its subsidiary, Al Yamamah Company for Reinforcing Steel Bars, to help advance its billet factory project, according to the company's…
El Marakby for Metallic Industries (MKM), a subsidiary company of El Marakby Steel, has awarded Danieli Centro Combustion India a contract to supply a 60-tph pusher-type reheating furnace for its rolling mill in the 6th…
Egyptian Steel plans to launch a new investment program worth nearly EGP 2 bln (USD 42 mln) within the next 18 months, beginning early next year, according to Abdel Fattah Siam, general manager of the company's…
Turkish steelmaker Kardemir has opened a new billet sales round, keeping prices unchanged from those announced on October 15. The company offered S235JR grade billets at USD 500 per ton EXW and B420 grade billets at USD…
Koc Metalurji has placed an order worth USD 3.5 mln for a continuous casting machine to enhance efficiency at its steel facility located in the Osmaniye Organized Industrial Zone. The contract, signed with China's…
Turkish special steel producer Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Kardemir) has ordered a Reducing & Sizing Block (RSB) 370++/4 from Kocks as part of a modernization plan to boost reliability and…
Amreli Steels, one of Pakistan's leading steel producers, reported a 20pct YoY reduction in losses for Q1 FY26 ended September 30, 2025, posting a net loss of PKR 790 mln (USD 2.79 mln) compared to PKR 992 mln a year…
China's Henan Jiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd has awarded SMS Concast a contract to modernize its eight-strand continuous caster (CCM#2) at the Jiyuan No. 2 plant. The upgrade aims to boost product quality…
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