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Outokumpu invests $45 million in chromium metal and enriched ferrochrome pilot plant in USA
Outokumpu is to enhance the production of critical carbon-free materials, such as chromium metal and enriched ferrochrome. The company will invest around $45 million in a new pilot plant in New Hampshire, USA.
Kingspan joins forces with Meranti Green Steel to accelerate green steel adoption in the Asia Pacific region
Kingspan has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Meranti Green Steel, a Singapore-headquartered company building what is set to be a major green steel plant for Southeast Asia.
Systems Spray-Cooled receives order from SMS group
Systems Spray-Cooled of The Systems Group received an order from SMS group for the design and supply of Spray-Cooled equipment for SSAB’s new EAF project located in Oxelösund, Sweden.
Ukraine’s recovery begins with industry: why the State should back a return to industrial regions for veterans
Tetiana Petruk, chief sustainability officer of Metinvest Group, the Ukrainian mining and steel producer, spoke about the key workforce challenges facing industry and ways to overcome them.
Refractory manufacturer opens new joint venture plant in India
RATH Group, together with its Indian joint venture partner RATH Avanee, officially open a new production site in Visakhapatnam, southeast India …
SMS group successfully completes expansion of Hoa Phat steelmaking plant
Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel has increased its steelmaking capacity at Dung Quat 2 in Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam, by building a new BOF melting plant with a capacity of 300 tons per converter
Jindal Steel commissions one of India’s largest blast furnaces at Angul
Jindal Steel has marked a major milestone in India’s steelmaking industry by blowing in a 5mtpa blast furnace.
Chemical Safety Board releases update on investigation of fatal explosion at US Steel Clairton
Preliminary information indicates that the explosion occurred during maintenance activities involving a gas isolation valve in the basement of the Battery 13/14 transfer area at the facility
Construction on Austria’s largest climate action research project starts
The Hy4Smelt industrial-scale demonstration plant will combine hydrogen-based direct reduction (HYFOR) for ultra-fine iron ores with an electric smelting process

