Primetals Technologies

Primetals Technologies has received an order from Heyuan Derun Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. to supply an EAF Quantum electric arc furnace and a twin ladle furnace for its reinforcing steel plant in Heyuan, Guangdong Province, China. The new furnaces are scheduled for commissioning in Q3 2019.

Gerdau Special Steel North America contracted Primetals Technologies to modernize its electric melting operation in Monroe, Michigan, with an $80 million investment to increase annual capacity by 180,000 tons to 720,000 tons.

ArcelorMittal México has awarded Primetals Technologies a contract to supply a 2.5 million metric ton per year hot strip mill and a 650,000 metric ton per year temper mill for its Lázaro Cárdenas plant in Michoacán, Mexico. The project will be executed in an open consortium with Mexican construction firms LOMCCI and WP Constructora, with commissioning planned for 2020.

Chinese steel producer Rizhao Steel Group Co., Ltd has awarded Primetals Technologies an order for implementing a Through-Process Optimization solution at its production complex in Shandong Province. The system includes quality control and know-how modules.

Primetals Technologies has received an order from ArcelorMittal Liège for three SIAS surface inspection systems to be installed on two continuous galvanizing lines and one continuous pickling line.

Primetals Technologies received an order from EVRAZ Nizhniy Tagil Metallurgical Plant (EVRAZ NTMK) to supply automation, electrical equipment, and instrumentation for a new blast furnace #7. The order is worth several million euros, and the furnace is scheduled for commissioning at the end of 2017.

Altos Hornos de Mexico signed an agreement with Primetals Technologies to acquire $444 million in equipment, including a new continuous casting machine and hot rolling mill, to supply the automotive industry.

Primetals Technologies won a contract to upgrade the finishing end of Nucor's plate mill in Hertford County, North Carolina. The project involves replacing drives and control systems with Siemens equipment and is to be completed by spring 2017.

Primetals Technologies received the final acceptance certificate for a cold rolling mill supplied to Tangshan Iron and Steel in China, with an order value over EUR 100 million.

Primetals Technologies has received the final acceptance certificate for the rolling line of the new cold rolling complex of Tangshan Iron and Steel Group. The plant has an annual production capacity of 1.6 million tons of high-strength steel for the automotive industry. The order value was more than 100 million euros.