On any given day there are 250 people inside the Port Kembla steelworks working on the biggest project in the Australian steel industry — relining BlueScope Steel's number six blast furnace. The ...

The world’s largest steelmaking nation has just switched on a new kind of blast furnace, one that trades coal for hydrogen ...

RIO, BHP and Bluescope, Australia's largest steelmaker, formed the NeoSmelt collaboration in February. This combined BHP and Rio Tinto’s knowledge of Pilbara iron ore with BlueScope’s unique operating ...

The transition away from labor-intensive blast furnace/basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steelmaking in the United States has involved highly visible layoffs and stranded assets. It also has entailed shifts ...

Operator of blast furnace/basic oxygen furnace mill in England has started to consult on proposed closure of its steelmaking complex. “The difficult decision has been made to consult with employees ...

PERTH, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NeoSmelt, a consortium of leading resources, energy and manufacturing companies working together on ways to produce lower-emissions steel 1 from Pilbara iron ore, ...

The future of steel and ironmaking in the U.S. is poised to get cleaner — so long as the country can let go of the industry’s dirty past. All new steelmaking and ironmaking capacity in the U.S. is ...

British Steel is initiating consultations to close its blast furnaces in Scunthorpe after negotiations with the UK government regarding financial aid for a transition to electric arc furnaces fell ...

The Clairton Coke Works Plant in the Mon Valley plays an essential role in steelmaking in the United States. The century-old plant was the site of an explosion Monday that killed two people and left ...

PERTH, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Australia’s two largest iron ore miners and its biggest steelmaker have selected the Kwinana Industrial Area, south of Perth, as the location to develop Australia’s ...