Baosteel Zhanjiang, which has an annual capacity of 3.5Mt of high-quality slabs, has awarded Primetals Technologies a contract for the engineering, supply, and start-up of a bow-type 2-strand continuous caster for the production of ‘extraordinarily thick slabs’.
Tata Steel Nederland has awarded contracts to Danieli and Tenova for the basic engineering of a Direct Reduction Plant (DRP), an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) and other facilities at its IJmuiden location.
Liberty Steel has begun a consultation process to mothball its Scunthorpe Liberty Merchant Bar (LMB) plant, with the firm stating that high energy costs had ‘affected the plant’s financial viability’.
Swedish steelmaker SSAB and Nordec, supplier of steel frame structures and façade solutions for construction projects, have agreed on deliveries of fossil-free steel, which the latter will use for frame structures as part of buildings, façades, and bridges.
Salzgitter AG and Uniper SE have signed a pre-contract for the supply and purchase of green hydrogen. The hydrogen is to be produced in the large-scale electrolysis plant planned by Uniper, which is scheduled to be commissioned in Wilhelmshaven in 2028.
Steel Dynamics, one of the largest US steel producers, has received an AIST Award for its continuous galvanizing line (CGL) supplied by Fives, an industrial engineering group.