Chinese steel producer HBIS Laoting Steel Co. Ltd. has ordered a new two-strand continuous slab caster from Primetals Technologies. The casting plant has a capacity of 2 million metric tons of slabs per annum and will form part of a new production facility for high-quality steels being built in the Laoting district in the south east of the autonomous city of Tangshan. Potentially hazardous tasks will be handled by LiquiRob casting platform robots. Two slab casters have already been ordered in

''The steel fiber market is projected to register a CAGR of 5.0%, in terms of value, between 2018 and 2023.'' Read the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p05728185 The steel fiber market size is estimated at USD 2.0 billion in 2018 and is projected to reach USD 2.5 billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 5.0%. Steel fiber has various properties such as high tensile strength, durability, corrosion resistance, crack resistance, and enhanced shear strength. Due t

The First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford AM, was this morning due to (7:30am) visit Tata Steel’s Port Talbot site following the completion of a major project to extend the operational life of one of its two blast furnaces. The life extension project of Blast Furnace 5 cost tens of millions of pounds and is a critical part of Tata Steel’s long-term strategy to strengthen its operations in the UK, underpinning improvements throughout its UK supply chain. Engin

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc announced today that it has appointed M. Ann Harlan and Janet L. Miller to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Ms. Harlan was formerly Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at The JM Smucker Company, a fortune 500 food manufacturing and marketing company. She currently serves on the Board of Gorman Rupp Company, also a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, where she has been lead director and chairs the Corporate Governance & Nomi

Chinese steel producer Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (Shougang Jingtang) has placed an order for a continuous pickling line (CPL) with Primetals Technologies. The pickling line is designed to process around 1.5 million metric tons of hot rolled strip per year. It is part of the second phase of a new production plant in Caofeidian, Hebei Province. It is designed to ultra-high strength steel (UHSS) grades for high added value products to be used in automotive, bus, truck p

Steelworkers and scientists at the scientific and technical steel-smelting laboratory of the A.A. Ugarov Stary Oskol Technological Institute, a branch of the National University of Science and Technology MISiS (NUST MISiS), located at OEMK (part of Metalloinvest), have successfully developed a new steel grade at OEMK – sparingly alloyed chrome-manganese steel. Ivan Malikov, Head of the Department of New Products at OEMK, said: “The new steel grade has been developed spec

Harsco Corporation announced today that its Metals & Minerals division has signed a $247 million contract with HBIS Laoting Steel, a subsidiary of the HBIS Group and one of the leading steel producers in China. The 15-year agreement further expands Harsco’s partnership with HBIS; the Company has provided steel mill services to Tangshan Steel Group – another HBIS subsidiary – for more than a decade. Under the expanded agreement, Harsco will deliver a suite of on

To support the company's growth, JW Aluminum, a leading North American manufacturer of flat-rolled aluminum products, has signed a lease with Daniel Island Sun, LLC to add additional corporate office space at The Landing, 115 Fairchild Street on Daniel Island, South Carolina. Carolina One Commercial Real Estate represented JW Aluminum in the transaction. The additional 22,000 square feet of Class A office space will house up to 50 teammates to perform key corporate functions as the $250 m

Metal+Metallurgy China 2019 is in full swing. The registration of International Hall is quite hot. Besides various well-known overseas brands gathering in this pavilion, a large number of innovation-based enterprises and SMEs are still in the waiting list. Metal+Metallurgy China is the largest metallurgical foundry and industrial furnace event in Asia and the second largest in the world. The International Hall organized by Hannover Milano Fairs Shanghai, focus on

Harsco Corporation announced today that its Metals & Minerals division has entered into a multiyear contract with JSW Steel, India’s largest steel exporter, to provide a range of mill services. The 10-year agreement commences in September. Under the multiyear contract, Harsco will provide JSW Dolvi with on-site slag handling services including under-furnace digging, ladle wrecking, and hot slag transport. These services are directly linked to active steel production and cr