Turkish steel producer Tosyali Demir Celik Sanayi A.S. has placed an order with Primetals Technologies to supply an EAF Quantum electric arc furnace, a twin vacuum-degassing plant with oxygen blowing and a two-strand slab caster for a flat steel greenfield project in Iskenderun, Turkey. The EAF Quantum is designed to handle metallic scrap and virgin materials such as HBI, pig iron in different composition and quality. The electrical energy requirement of the electric arc furnace is extremely

Ural Steel (part of Metalloinvest) has put into operation a new ore transfer car as part of a programme to re-equip blast furnace production. Metalloinvest allocated 73 mn roubles to its acquisition. The modern loader, with a 70-tonne lifting capacity, was installed on the bunker trestle of the blast furnace shop. It will transport charge materials from the ore yard to the blast furnace ore bunkers, ensuring an uninterrupted and highly efficient operation. The self-propell

Metalloinvest, a leading global iron ore and HBI producer, and one of the regional producers of high-quality steel, presented the development vision for its mining enterprises and shared its experiences in producing pure steel at the ‘Clean Steel: from Ore to Rolled Products – 2020’ conference. Lebedinsky GOK and Andrey Varichev Mikhailovsky GOK’s development strategy is aimed at reinforcing the Company’s position among the world’s leading produce

United States Steel Corporation announced the closing of $63.4 million of Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds with a green bond designation. The company will use proceeds from the green bonds to partially fund work related to its new environmentally preferred, low-emission electric arc furnace at U. S. Steel’s Fairfield Works. “Our first green bond is an important step forward for U. S. Steel in our drive toward more sustainable practices,” said U. S. Steel Pre

Tata Steel has launched a new coated product brand named ‘Galvanova,’ a 55% Aluminium-Zinc alloy coated product, to address the evolving and unmet requirements of the Medium and Small Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) - Emerging Corporate Accounts (ECAs).   Sanjay S Sahni, Chief of Marketing & Sales (Branded Products & Retail), Tata Steel, said: “Over the last few years, Tata Steel has leveraged its technological capabilities to build a strong value-added stee

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Nippon Express Global SCM (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, "NEGSS"), a local subsidiary of Nippon Express Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, has completed construction of its Qingpu Phase II Warehouse, which opened for business on Monday, November 2. The Qingpu Industrial Park in western Shanghai is a municipal-level development zone hosting an aggregation of electronic, biotech and hi-tech companies that is favorably located about 50 minutes from central Shanghai. The area also sits a

The global carbon steel market size is expected to grow by 699.35 MT during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of almost 8% during the forecast period. The use of carbon steel in the construction sector is one of the major factors propelling market growth. The construction industry, which involves commercial, residential, and industrial sectors, is one of the significant consumers of carbon steel products. Carbon steel is used as a primary raw material for manufacturing stru

NLMK Indiana and NLMK Pennsylvania (hereinafter referred to as NLMK USA), NLMK Group’s American division companies, have reached an amicable settlement with the United States Government resolving NLMK’s lawsuit challenging the Department of Commerce’s denial of NLMK’s requests for exclusion from Section 232 steel tariffs. NLMK filed the suit in the United States Court of International Trade on February 27, 2020. It covered 86 requests for slab exclusions subm

Primetals Technologies has successfully revamped electrics and automation systems at the Presidente Vargas Steelworks of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) in Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The electrics and automation systems of a RH degassing plant, a ladle furnace and the common alloy system were replaced with new versions. The RH plant and the ladle furnace were brought back into operation within only five months of order signing. The Provisional Acceptance Certific