News & Press Releases

London, June 22, 2023

A Chinese joint venture grants final acceptance certificate (FAC) for two argon-oxygen decarburization (AOD) converters, two desiliconization (DeSi) converters, two continuous slab casters, and process optimization systems. All equipment has been implemented successfully, with performance figures exceeding the customer’s expectations.

London, June 15, 2023

In June 2023, Hydnum Steel and Primetals Technologies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the intention to implement a greenfield plant for green steel production in Puertollano, Spain. Primetals Technologies will supply a minimill for flat products, including an electric steelmaking plant and an Arvedi ESP line, in Phase 1. 

London, June 07, 2023

Primetals Technologies has won a contract to provide the Gerdau Petersburg plant in Virginia, U.S.A., with a 69-kV static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) to support the operation of the plant’s alternating current electric arc furnace (AC EAF). Once commissioned, it will be the largest industrial STATCOM ever implemented at a steelmaking plant in North America.

London, May 25, 2023

On June 12–16, the METEC fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, is returning after four years. A lot has happened in the metals industry since 2019. The transition into green steel production is in full swing, steel producers in Europe have moved into execution mode. Primetals Technologies will hold a press conference at METEC and make a big news announcement.

London, May 11, 2023

Chinese steel producer Maanshan Iron and Steel, also known as Masteel, recently started up a 6-strand combined billet and beam-blank caster supplied by Primetals Technologies at its steel plant in Maanshan, Anhui province, China. The project included a complete casting machine and lasted just 13 and a half months from the kick-off meeting until the first cast.