Four queens – blast furnaces named after Anne, Bess (Elizabeth), Victoria and Mary – loom over the British Steel works at Scunthorpe. Within days the queens could be under public ownership, after Keir ...

The aging blast furnace at the Whyalla steelworks could be permanently shut down before the steelworks transitions to a direct-reduced iron plant and electric arc furnace, placing hundreds of jobs at ...

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 ...

JSW Steel Ltd reported consolidated crude steel production of 6.59 million tonnes (mt) for the first quarter of FY2026-27 ...

Program announced by potential U.S. Steel acquirer does not refer to any investments directly tied to high recycled-content steelmaking. Announced NSC investment plans for U.S. Steel place an emphasis ...

The steelmaker plans to restart a blast furnace in Granite City, Illinois, that has been idle since late 2023. “After several months of carefully analyzing customer demand, we made the decision to ...

One of the world's largest electric arc furnaces is finally set to be shipped to the UK after months of delays caused by the ...

Worldwide, we produce more than two gigatons of steel a year, the vast majority of which is produced in blast furnaces. In order to make the blast furnace process more sustainable—less energy ...

The takeover battle for U.S. Steel is about more than the ignominious fall of the world’s first billion-dollar company. It’s also about the fate of the planet. Andrew Carnegie’s vast industrial ...

Durgapur: A 26-year-old contractual worker died in an accident at Durgapur Steel Plant’s blast furnace department on Friday night during maintenance work.Get breaking news anytime, anywhere. Download ...