The American steel manufacturing sector continues to contract as Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel moves closer to permanently shutting down its last operating blast furnace in Granite City, Illinois.

The last molten iron will be tapped from Blast Furnace 5 this week Loud noises and large plumes of steam will be visible above the Port Talbot steelworks as one of its historic furnaces is closed ...

The blast furnace will be replaced with an electric arc furnace which produces less carbon dioxide, but needs fewer workers Steelworkers have drilled the final hole in the last remaining blast ...

MUMBAI, India, Nov. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Nithia Capital ('Nithia') and Evonith Steel announce that Evonith Metallics Limited ('EML') has successfully recommissioned the Blast Furnace No 1 ('BF1 ...

Cleveland-based iron and steel company has finalized its purchase of Stelco, a blast furnace/basic oxygen steelmaker in Canada. By bringing Stelco into the Cliffs family, we are building on our ...