6+ hour, 21+ min ago   (155+ words) Solar power investment to reduce energy dependence Energy is Megasa's second-largest production cost after the purchase of ferrous scrap, while the Seixal and Maia steel plants are the two largest electricity consumers in Portugal, according to the company. Megasa also…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (166+ words) Belgium-based steel cord and wire manufacturer Bekaert has announced that it has signed a preliminary agreement with Sardinian industrial engineering and metalworking company Nuova Icom for the reindustrialization of its Macchiareddu site in Sardinia, Italy. Under the preliminary agreement, the…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (308+ words) Vietnamese steelmaker Hoa Phat has announced that its Dung Quat Iron and Steel Complex produced one million mt of molten iron in August 2026, increasing by approximately two percent compared to July and by nearly 65 percent year on year. According to…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (201+ words) South Korean steelmaker POSCO has announced that it has signed a HyREX Collaboration Agreement with Australian mining company BHP to cooperate on the verification and commercialization of POSCO's hydrogen-based steelmaking technology. Under the agreement, signed on September 3 in Pohang, POSCO…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (209+ words) Japanese steelmaker JFE Steel has started operations at the newly constructed No. 6-A coke oven battery at its West Japan Works' Fukuyama facility, following the completion of construction and performance testing. New coke oven has 420,000 mt annual capacity The coke…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (327+ words) A coalition of 16 German industry associations, business initiatives and environmental organizations, including the German Steel Federation (WV Stahl), has called on the German federal government to abandon plans to divert €2.7 billion in emissions trading revenues from the Climate and Transformation…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (300+ words) Direct iron electrolysis could establish a niche role in smaller-scale green iron production, particularly in regions with abundant renewable electricity and lower-grade iron ore resources, according to a new briefing note from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (357+ words) Austrian steelmaker voestalpine has announced that construction of its new electric arc furnace unit at the Donawitz site is progressing, with key components of the two furnaces, EAF 1 and EAF 2, now installed. According to the company, the lower and upper…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (217+ words) Turkey's Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change has announced that Turkish steelmaker Erdemir, part of OYAK Mining Metallurgy Group, has received a positive environmental impact assessment decision for its planned solar power plant in the Çaldıran district of Van....