US Steel selects Midrex for DRI plant
16th June, 2026
US Steel has selected Midrex Technologies for the supply of an HDRI/HBI plant for the company’s new direct reduced iron (DRI) facility at Big River Steel Works, Arkansas.
Fives to supply full electrical steel lines to Sanbao Group
16th June, 2026
Fives has signed a contract with Fujian Kunbao New Materials, part of Sanbao Group, to design and supply two strip process lines for electrical steel production in Zhangzhou, China.
British Steel signs football shirt sponsorship deal
15th June, 2026
British Steel has signed a new front-of-shirt sponsorship deal with Scunthorpe United for the 2026/27 football season.
Latest issue: May/June 2026
I’ve just returned home after what can only be described as an eventful week at one of the global steel industry’s premier events: AISTech 2026. This year’s convention and exposition was held in Pittsburgh PA and, looking back on past excursions to this great Pennsylvanian city, I realised that I had travelled here five times, four of which were for AISTech.
Pittsburgh is a great place. I’m sure it has its problems, but I’ve always loved it, especially places like Braddock on the outskirts of town (it could be a film set) and Kennywood (the theme park from the movie Adventureland).
There are good restaurants and bad and this year I’ll admit to eating far too many hamburgers and fries and (there’s a first for everything) I tried and enjoyed a bottle of root beer. The…
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