News & Press Releases

London, April 02, 2019

In late January, a blast furnace revamped by Primetals Technologies was relit at Tata Steel Europe´s steelworks in Port Talbot in South Wales, United Kingdom. The aim of this major investment project was to extend the useful life of Blast Furnace 5 and thus strengthen the position of Britain´s biggest steelworks. Primetals Technologies won the contract to execute the work and was responsible for engineering, planning, equipment and material supply, demolition and erection - all to be executed during an ambitious shutdown stoppage in late 2018.

London, March 12, 2019

Recently, a six-strand billet caster revamped by Primetals Technologies was started up in the Lonato del Garda works of Feralpi Siderurgica S.p.A., part of the Italian Feralpi Group. The aims of the project were to increase production capacity from 1.1 to 1.2 million metric tons of billets per year, to produce billets with a larger square cross section of 150 x 150 millimeters with predisposition for cross section of 160 x 160, millimeters, and to improve plant availability.

London, February 28, 2019

Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa, Inc. has selected Primetals Technologies to upgrade its plate mill in Alabama, USA. The upgrade includes a new downcoiler of the Power Coiler type with four wrapper roll design, which will enable this facility to produce heavier line pipe gauges for the energy industry. The project is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2020.

London, February 26, 2019

In December 2018, Primetals Technologies received the Final acceptance Certificate (FAC) for the modernized two-strand continuous slab caster CCM1 in steel works no. 3 of Angang Iron & Steel Group Co. in Anshan, China. The caster was started-up in late October 2018 and processed more than 1,700 heats equaling approximately 348,000 tons within less than two months.

London, February 21, 2019

Russian steel producer PAO Severstal issued the Final Acceptance Certificate for a new twin ladle furnace supplied by Primetals Technologies to the converter steel works in Cherepovets. The ladle furnace is able to treat 375 metric ton charges of liquid steel with a treatment time not more than 45 minutes, and has an annual capacity of 4.8 million metric tons.