Outokumpu Oy, Sweden, announces that after expanding its stainless rebar capabilities in the United States, the company is able to offer a full range of stainless steel rebar products, including coil, cut-to-length, and bent shapes.
Continue readingBig River Steel Flex Mill to produce hot rolled steel one inch thick, 78 inches wide
Big River Steel, Osceola, Ark., announces that it has begun operations in the first steel mill in North America to connect an electric arc furnace to a Ruhrstahl Heraeus degasser, and will be the only EAF mill in the United States to produce hot rolled steel as thick as one inch and as wide as 78 inches.
Continue readingNucor to acquire Southland Tube for its high-strength steel hollow tubing
Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has agreed to acquire Southland Tube, an independent manufacturer of hollow structural section steel tubing, because “It is an excellent fit for our Nucor family and our strategy for profitable growth,” said John Ferriola, Chairman, CEO and President of Nucor.
Continue readingThermo-Calc and QuesTek partner for advanced modeling and materials design
Thermo-Calc Software AB, Stockholm, and QuesTek International LLC, Evanston, Ill., have partnered to establish a joint company, QuesTek Europe AB, which will offer Integrated Computational Materials Engineering modeling services and novel materials design and development to the European market.
Continue readingTexas university receives grant to develop stronger concrete rebar
The University of Texas at San Antonio announces that its researchers have received a $248,083 grant to support R&D to increase the strength of concrete rebar.
Continue readingTexas university receives grant to develop high-strength concrete rebar
The University of Texas at San Antonio announces that its researchers have received a $248,083 grant to support R&D to increase the strength of concrete reinforcing bar.
Continue readingNucor to acquire Independence Tube for its hollow structural sections
Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has agreed to acquire Independence Tube Corp., a leading independent manufacturer of hollow structural section steel tubing, for $435 million, or approximately six times the average EBITDA over the 2013-2015 period.
Continue readingNucor to acquire steel plate mill in Texas
Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has agreed to acquire the Joy Global steel plate mill in Longview, Texas, for approximately $29 million.
Continue readingNioCorp and IBC to collaborate on scandium-containing aluminum alloys
NioCorp Developments Ltd., Centennial, Colo., and IBC Advanced Alloys, Vancouver, announce that they have entered into a joint development agreement to investigate and develop applications for scandium-containing alloys of aluminum and other metals for multiple downstream markets.
Continue readingCommercial Metals to build steel micromill in Oklahoma for long products
Commercial Metals Co., Irving, Texas, announces that it has begun construction of an electric-arc-furnace steel micromill in Durant, Okla., to produce long products by its continuous-continuous manufacturing process in which steel is melted, cast, and rolled from a single uninterrupted strand.
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