Category: Buildings and Infrastructure

Thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel merge in 50/50 joint venture to save ~$500 million/year

Thyssenkrupp, Germany, announces that it has agreed to the merger of its steelmaking business with India’s Tata Steel, making the merged firm Europe’s second biggest steelmaker.

JW Aluminum builds new plant for producing sheet; Hazelett to supply casting machine

JW Aluminum, Mount Holly, S.C., has started construction of a new 220,000-square-foot building at its flat-rolled aluminum plant, which will feature a Hazelett twin-belt continuous casting machine.

Steel Dynamics acquires flat-rolled steel producer Heartland Steel for $400 million

Steel Dynamics Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind., has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Heartland Steel, Terre Haute, Ind., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Companhia Siderurgica Nacional.

JSW Steel to invest $500 million in hot-end facility with contiguous large-diameter pipe mill

JSW Steel USA, Baytown, Texas, announces plans to invest up to $500 million to install the most technologically advanced and eco-friendly hot-end facility in the world, setting a new industry standard.

DOE awards $1 million to NanoAl to develop low-cost aluminum alloy electrical wire

NanoAl LLC, Skokie, Ill., has been awarded a Phase II SBIR grant of more than $1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a low cost, improved conductor alloy for overhead power wires.

Nucor acquires St. Louis Cold Drawn for its cold finished bar products

Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has agreed to acquire St. Louis Cold Drawn Inc., a manufacturer of cold drawn rounds, hexagons, squares, and special sections that mainly serves the United States and Mexico automotive and industrial markets.

ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada completes $20 million finishing line at Quebec bar mill

ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada, Longueuil, Quebec, has inaugurated a new$20 million finishing line at its bar mill, to increase the facility’s annual rolling capacity from 400,000 to 500,000 metric tons.

MTS installs Echo remote lab monitoring technology in Brazilian research institute

MTS Systems Corp., Eden Prairie, Minn., has completed the installation of the MTS Echo remote lab monitoring technology in the Civil Engineering Structural and Materials Laboratory at Rio de Janeiro’s Pontificia Universidade Católica (PUC-Rio).

Nucor invests $85 million to upgrade rolling mill at its steel bar mill in Marion, Ohio

Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., announces that it will invest $85 million to upgrade the rolling mill at its Marion, Ohio, steel bar mill, which is Ohio’s largest producer of rebar and signpost, and is capable of producing over 400,000 tons annually.

Steel Dynamics invests $28 million to expand rolling capacity at its Roanoke facility

Steel Dynamics, Fort Wayne, Ind., recently invested $28 million for a reheating furnace and a new finishing area in its Roanoke Bar Division to increase rolling capacity from the current 500,000 tons to over 600,000 tons per year.