News & Press Releases

London, April 03, 2024

Thai steel producer Siam Yamato Steel has realized a new robotic concept from Primetals Technologies, including LiquiRob, at its steel plant in Map Ta Phut. Thanks to the robotics solution, safety and occupational health have improved significantly at the steel plant.

London, January 24, 2024

Primetals Technologies and JSW Steel U.S.A. have entered into an agreement to upgrade the slab casting infrastructure at its Mingo Junction, Ohio, plant. The project encompasses steelmaking, secondary metallurgy, and continuous casting processes, and the project is expected to enable JSW Steel U.S.A. to produce a wider range of sophisticated steels in the form of slabs to diversify its product portfolio for additional markets.

London, January 17, 2024

For decades, Primetals Technologies has been refining the roll geometry of continuous casting machines, resulting in an increasingly stable mold level during the casting process. The most recent development is a ground-breaking model for establishing the ideal caster roll geometry already at the design stage. The solution enables steel producers to implement new or revamped casters that are designed to minimize mold level fluctuations during production. Therefore, they will be able to cast at higher speeds while producing slabs of high metallurgical quality.

London, December 11, 2023

thyssenkrupp Steel has reached an important milestone in the major slab caster and hot-strip mill project at its Bruckhausen site in Duisburg, Germany, as the steel giant recently held a cornerstone ceremony that marked the start of on-site pre-assembly work for both continuous caster No. 4 and hot-strip mill No. 4.

London, November 08, 2023

In September 2023, the world’s first 3-strand continuous slab caster was implemented at Chinese steel producer Tangshan Donghua Iron and Steel Enterprise Group’s site in Tangshan, Hebei province, China. The machine achieves significantly higher production capacity than a 2-strand caster while requiring 50 percent less space than the comparable conventional configuration of two 2-strand casters.