Algoma Steel will lay off approximately 1000 workers, giving them four months notice in December 2025. The Ontario-based company said that the job cuts stem directly from unprecedented 50% tariffs imposed by the United States six months ago, rendering traditional blast-furnace steelmaking no longer viable.

The Materials Processing Institute (MPI) has announced a £2.9m upgrade to its seven-tonne electric arc furnace (EAF), the UK’s only pilot-scale research EAF.

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.