VersaTube Building Systems, the leading producer of American-made DIY steel building kits, is proud to announce the expansion of its operations by opening a new manufacturing plant in Elkhart, Indiana. The move marks an exciting time of growth for the company that has seen a significant increase in business over the past few years. The new plant officially opened for business in May. “We are thrilled to expand our business to Elkhart, Indiana,” said Bruce Ostrander, Co-o

The "Global Heat-Treated Steel Plates Market Analysis 2020" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Global Heat-Treated Steel Plates market is expected to reach $165.73 billion by 2026 growing at a CAGR of 5.5% from 2018 to 2026. Heat-treated steel plates are used to alter the physical and mechanical properties of steel without changing its shape. The heat treatment process helps to increase or improve hardness, ductility, elasticity,

Green hydrogen from an RWE Generation electrolyzer could help thyssenkrupp Steel Europe sustainably reduce CO2 emissions from steel production in the future. The energy company and the steel producer have agreed to work together towards a longer-term hydrogen partnership. The first hydrogen is set to flow to the Duisburg steel mill by the middle of the decade. Hydrogen from Lingen for steel production in Duisburg The hydrogen required for iron production i

The "International Steel Statistics Series" newsletter has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. International Steel Statistics covers annual detailed trade by 30 individual countries with production data. There is also a Summary Tables publication covering global trade. Trade tables cover 174 products. Key report features: Detailed trade data for 60 countries worldwide; Trade by specified period or tim

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. announced that it will be resuming construction of its Hot-Briquetted Iron (HBI) plant in Toledo, Ohio, and accelerating the restart of its Tilden mining operations in Michigan. The construction of the Toledo HBI plant was temporarily shut down on March 20, 2020, and the Company has now begun the process of remobilizing the workforce to complete the project. Due to mandatory social distancing and other newly implemented safety related measures limiting the numb

Gerdau Pindamonhangaba plant, in Brazil, produces specialty steel bars with very strict tolerances for the automotive industry. The process control automation of rolling mill #2 was upgraded recently by Danieli Automation in order to meet the highest production requirements set by Gerdau. Modernization activities were completed during maintenance plant shutdowns, without any delay or impact on plant production by the Danieli do Brasil Automation Team for process automation

Northwest Pipe Company, an industry leader of engineered pipeline systems for water infrastructure, has received official notification from the Sonoran State and Mexican Federal authorities that it has authorized a phased re-opening of the water infrastructure manufacturing facility in San Luis Rio Colorado ("SLRC"), Mexico. As of May 30, 2020, the SLRC facility has been authorized to operate at 30% capacity providing the Company continues to implement recommended COVID-19

Nippon Steel Corporation has decided to reline the No. 3 blast furnace of its Nagoya Works. In light of a decline in domestic steel demand, intensified competition in the overseas market, and need of large-scale investment for renewal of the Company’s steelmaking facilities over the medium- to long-term, we decided on February 7, 2020 to implement new production facility structural measures according to our basic policy to establish an optimal production structure centered on

Business Wire IndiaFaradion Ltd., the world leader in sodium-ion battery technology, has announced a new partnership with Infraprime Logistics Technologies (IPLTech) for its high energy sodium-ion batteries for use in commercial vehicles in the Indian market.The news comes just a few weeks after Faradion’s

In May, the Mechel Group issues the final acceptance certificate (FAC) for a LD (BOF) converter modernized by Primetals Technologies in the steel works of the Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant (ChMK) in Russia. The project aims were to replace worn-out equipment, to further increase capacity by raising the tapping weight to 160t and to optimize tap-to-tap times by cutting the blowing time. At the same time, Mechel installed a new cooling stack and the associated offgas cleaning plant to reduce