News & Press Releases

London, February 14, 2023

In Autumn 2022, Bosnian steel producer ArcelorMittal Zenica started up a new 125-ton LD converter (BOF), supplied by Primetals Technologies, at its plant in Zenica, Bosnia Herzegovina. As part of the project, engineers at Primetals Technologies have optimized the vessel shape, resulting in an increase in converter reaction volume by almost 30 percent.

London, December 19, 2022

Target is to design and engineer a net-zero emission industrial-scale prototype plant for producing hydrogen-based hot metal.

London, December 12, 2022

On December 8, ArcelorMittal hosted an inauguration ceremony together with LanzaTech, E4tech, and Primetals Technologies for the Steelanol plant located nearby ArcelorMittal’s steel plant in Ghent, Belgium. Every ton of ethanol produced at the Steelanol plant will reduce CO₂ emissions by 2.3 tons.

London, November 17, 2022

In September, Chinese steel producer Valin ArcelorMittal Automotive Steel (VAMA) produced the first coil at its Phase 2 upgraded pickling line and tandem cold mill (PLTCM) in Loudi, Hunan province, China. The PLTCM will, thanks to the upgrade, handle an increased production capacity coming from an additional, recently implemented processing line.

London, November 11, 2022

Primetals Technologies has received the final acceptance certificate (FAC) from Gerdau Special Steel North America for the modernization of its electric steel plant in Monroe, Michigan, U.S.A. This upgrade has increased the plant’s overall annual production capacity of special rolled end products.