North Star BlueScope Steel selects Danieli for hot-strip finishing
Runout table cooling replacement and new, additional downcoiler #3 at QSP plant North Star BlueScope Steel has selected Danieli to modernize the original run-out table laminar cooling system at the Quality Strip Production (QSP) facility in Delta, Ohio. Additionally, a new down coiler #3 is planned to be installed downstream […]
thyssenkrupp Steel Tasks Primetals Technologies with Modernization of Slab Sizing Press
Upgrade of power and electrical system with new cycloconverter and low-voltage drives Increased availability and future-proofed spare parts supply Tailormade cooling solution enhances safety for personnel and equipment thyssenkrupp Steel has awarded Primetals Technologies a contract to modernize the slab sizing press at hot-strip mill No. 2 in Duisburg, Germany. The project […]
Zhongshou Special Steel Achieves Milestone for Arvedi ESP Line from Primetals Technologies
All four high-reduction rolling stands implemented as part of record-setting project execution timeline Innovative mill stand arrangement comprising four high-reduction and five finishing mill stands Startup scheduled for November 2025 On May 16, 2025, Zhongshou Special Steel Group and Primetals Technologies reached a major project milestone: just 12 months after […]
Major rolling mill modernization at Himeji Works, Japan
Danieli intervention will improve product quality and increase productivity Japanese steelmaker Godo Steel contracted Danieli for the renewal of the big bar mill for engineering and structural steels at Himeji Works, Kansai region, Japan. The job will consist of the major upgrade of the medium-sized rolling mill that has been […]
Modernization and expansion of eight-strand Concast billet caster at Jindal Shadeed Iron & Steel LLC in Oman
New formats and grades for special bar quality (SBQ) steels to be introduced to meet growing construction industry demand Capable of producing new sections (180 SQ and 200 SQ) Modernization completion date planned for the end of 2025 Jindal Shadeed Iron & Steel LLC, a manufacturer of reinforcing steel grades, […]
First bar rolled and FAC signed for RSB® 370++/4 at Vardhman Special Steels
Indian special steel producer starts production with KOCKS 3-roll technology Vardhman Special Steels Ltd., one of India’s leading producers of Special Bar Quality (SBQ) steel, has successfully rolled the first bar on its new Reducing & Sizing Block RSB® 370++/4 in the iF-awarded 5.0 design from KOCKS and signed the […]
Refratechnik celebrates its 75th anniversary
With the founding of Steinwerke Feuerfest Karl Albert in Vogelbeck near Göttingen in 1950, the success story of the now globally active Refratechnik Group, now headquartered in Munich, began. In 2025, the company employs more than 2,100 people worldwide in the refractory and raw materials industry and is celebrating its […]
New data reveals India’s green steel ambitions
For the first time, a green steel project based in India is featured in the LeadIT Green Steel Tracker. This is a positive development, since the data also suggests that the pace of green steel announcements has continued to decline since peaking during the 2020–2021 period. The 25-megawatt green […]
Effective temperature management for AI-enabled data centres
Vacuum solutions from Edwards for effective cooling As data centres and AI-driven systems continue to scale in complexity and performance, effective thermal management has become more critical than ever. With rapidly increasing storage densities and computing power, these infrastructures generate substantial volumes of thermal energy during operation. The greater the […]
TOSYALI SULB Awards Order to Midrex and SMS group for DRI Complex
CHARLOTTE, NC, USA (February 25, 2025) – Libya intends to become a supplier of direct reduced iron (DRI) in the Mediterranean basin and beyond with the announcement of a DRI complex based on MIDREX Flex® technology to be built in the Benghazi region. TOSYALI SULB Steel Industries, which was formed […]