News & Press Releases

A new bloom caster will be implemented at a steel producer in Northeastern China to produce high-quality blooms for rail and wire rod production. The caster will feature an extensive automation solution and the largest curved copper tube mold ever supplied by Primetals Technologies. 

Primetals Technologies to implement an extensive digitalization solution supported by 63 live cameras placed at the line. The scope also includes a Central Operation Cockpit (COC) for a bird’s-eye view of the entire production line. 

Chinese steel producer HBIS XuanHua Iron and Steel Group and Primetals Technologies have recently started up a slab caster with an annual capacity of 1.5 million tons at a low-carbon-emission production facility in China. Primetals Technologies supplied the full mechanical scope along with complete Level 1 and 2 automation systems. 

A research project to establish decarbonization technologies for the steelmaking industry, with Primetals Technologies as an associated partner, has been awarded a €1.8 million research grant from the European Union (EU) via the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS). The program aims to establish a process for injecting hydrogen using the Sequence Impulse Process (SIP) technology directly into the blast furnace via the shaft.

Aluminum producer Elval, which forms the aluminum rolling division of ElvalHalcor SA, has placed an order with Primetals Technologies to upgrade its drive system at a 6-high cold rolling mill in Oinofyta, Greece. The modernization will increase reliability and resolve availability issues mainly caused by an obsolete drive system.