Danieli side guides commissioned on Vietnamese QSP line

Danieli side guides commissioned on QSP line

30th June, 2026

Hoa Phat Dung Quat Integrated Steel Complex has successfully commissioned Danieli’s Seven-Life Hydraulic Side Guides on its Quality Strip Production (QSP) line.

Mexican steel producer orders Primetals twin vacuum degassing plant

Mexican producer orders Primetals twin vacuum degassing plant

30th June, 2026

Talleres y Aceros S.A. (TYASA) has ordered a twin vacuum degassing (VD) plant from Primetals Technologies for its Ixtaczoquitlán site in Mexico.

Lightweight refractory lining: ALTRA® 1500C from RATH opens up new opportunities for the steel industry
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Lightweight refractory lining: ALTRA® 1500C from RATH opens up new opportunities for the steel industry

22nd June, 2026

Optimising energy consumption, lowering pollutant emissions – the steel and metal industry faces the challenge of reducing both its energy use and environmental impact. Refractory linings are a decisive factor in the performance and energy footprint of high-temperature furnaces.

Latest issue: May/June 2026

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…