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Turkish steel producer Kardemir has signed new rail supply agreements worth EUR 14.5 mln (USD 16.8 mln), including VAT, for domestic railway projects, the company said in a stock exchange filing. As Turkey's only rail…
Hascelik has inaugurated a new sustainability-focused melt shop in the Bilecik Osmaneli Organized Industrial Zone, backed by an investment of USD 175 mln. The plant will produce specialty steel for the automotive…
Turkish steel producer, Cemtas Celik Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. has unveiled plans to invest in a new 37 MWe land-based solar power plant across three sites in the Derik district of Mardin province, aiming to cut…
Silvan Rolls, a long-established Turkish producer of sphero and steel rolling rolls, is moving ahead with plans to build a new steel plant in Karabuk. The project, backed by parent company Vergili Group, will feature a…
Outokumpu, a global leader in sustainable stainless steel, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Boston Metal to accelerate the development of carbon-free metals for industries such as defense and…
Mukand Sumi Special Steel (MSSSL) has ordered a new blooming mill from Danieli for installation at its Hospet plant in Karnataka, southwest India. The mill will have a capacity of 300,000 tons per year, rolling blooms…
EMSTEEL, one of the region's largest publicly listed steel and building materials producers, has supplied sheet piles for Egypt's new floating movable bridge across the Suez Canal. The company delivered 5,000 tons of…
Mukand Sumi Special Steel Limited (MSSSL), a joint venture between India's Bajaj Group and Japan's Sumitomo Corporation, will set up a greenfield integrated steelmaking facility in Kanakapura, Koppal, Karnataka. The…
British Steel is exploring the use of artificial intelligence to enhance quality control in its rail operations. Currently, the company captures around 4,000 photographs of each rail during the rolling process at…
Chinese special steel producer Xinji Aosen Steel Group has issued the Final Acceptance Certificate (FAC) for a Kocks RSB 370++/4, marking the successful completion of its new state-of-the-art SBQ rolling mill in Xinji…
Hafeet Rail has received its first shipment of railway tracks for the Oman-UAE Railway Network, marking a key milestone in the project's progress. The delivery, handled via the General Cargo Terminal at Sohar Port and…
British Steel has supplied 71 ton of 56E1 profile rail to the Rother Valley Railway, a heritage initiative aimed at reconnecting the missing rail link between Bodiam and Robertsbridge in East Sussex. Delivery was made…
Hascelik, a leading Turkish specialty steel producer, has successfully completed trial production of 42CrMo4 and 41Cr4 quenched and tempered steels using vacuum closed casting technology, underscoring its commitment to…
Severstal has begun installing the world's largest dry-grinding ball mills at its new iron ore pellet production complex in Cherepovets. The mills, each measuring 6.7 meters in diameter and over 13 meters in length…
Mukand Sumi Special Steel Ltd. (MSSSL) has placed an order with Danieli India, a subsidiary of Italy's Danieli, for a state-of-the-art blooming mill to be installed at its Hospet plant in Karnataka. The mill will roll…
Lianxin Iron & Steel, a major private steelmaker based in Yancheng, Jiangsu, has ordered a Kocks Reducing & Sizing Block (RSB) 370++/4 in the latest 5.0 design for its new special bar quality (SBQ) mill line. The RSB…
Seah Besteel and Seah CSS, subsidiaries of South Korea's Seah Group, have filed an anti-dumping complaint targeting imports of special steel bars from China. The move follows recent government approval of Hyundai…
Changzhou Dongfang Special Steel Co. Ltd. has successfully rolled the first bar on its new SBQ bar mill equipped with a Kocks RSB 370++/4, the core unit of the facility in Changzhou, China. The 800,000 tons per annum…
Miilux OY, Turkey's only armor steel producer, has reached a new milestone by developing the capability to manufacture submarine hull steel in profile form using entirely domestic resources. This achievement follows its…
Voestalpine has manufactured the world's first rail made using hydrogen-reduced steel at its Donawitz site, marking a significant milestone in green steel production. Developed as part of a pilot project, the "green…
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