In this case study, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is working in partnership with Purdue University Northwest and steel-industry stakeholders to use their high-performance computing (HPC) modeling, simulation and visualization capabilities to optimize blast furnaces in order to reduce emissions and energy use.

Specialty Steel Works Inc. (SSWI) announced a major capital investment at its Niagara LaSalle Corporation Cold Finish Steel Bar (CFSB) facility in Hammond, Ind. The multimillion dollar investment in new high-performance equipment and infrastructure will enhance and modernize the facility’s operating capabilities. The Hammond plant processes cold-finished steel bars in a wide range of sizes, shapes, grades, finishes and tolerances for a myriad of customer applications, predominately in the transportation, industrial equipment and agriculture markets. New equipment will be phased in over the next 12 months.

Nucor's board of directors approved a steel-bar micromill project and announced the company is considering five states for the endeavor...

Dongbei Special Steel put a hydraulic radial forging machine from SMS Meer into operation at its facility in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China.

The Timken Company announced that its board of directors approved a plan to pursue a separation of the company’s steel business from its bearings and power transmission business through a spinoff, creating two publicly traded companies.

DNV, in response to requests from stakeholders in the subsea industry, has established a forging-material joint industry project (JIP) to run for 14 months.