Joburg-based SMS group subsidiary involved in world’s largest industrial decarbonisation project

Metals industry partner SMS group will supply the core technology of two 100 MW rectangular six electrode open bath furnaces through its Johannesburg-based subsidiary METIX for a €1.8-billion... 

SMS group to build new electric arc furnace for SSAB for fossil-free steel production

SMS group has secured the contract from Nordic steelmaker SSAB to engineer, deliver and construct a new electric arc furnace (EAF) for steelmaking at SSAB’s site in Oxelösund, Sweden.  The scope of... 

150-year-old SMS group committed to Africa’s potential

After 65 years in South Africa, German plant construction and metals processing technology provider SMS group remains convinced of the potential of the African steel and metals market as it... 

Converter plants beneficial

With a focus on future-oriented stainless steelmaking, metallurgical industry plant supplier SMS group offers converter steel plants for carbon and stainless steel worldwide. This includes complex... 

Declared goal is to reduce the environmental impact of steel production

SMS group signs MoU with PT Gunung Raja Paksi Tbk to drive green steel development initiatives in Indonesia As part of their partnership, SMS group and PT Gunung Raja Paksi Tbk co-hosted a two-day... 

Study under way into producing green direct reduced iron at mothballed Saldanha Works

Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) is moving ahead with a study into the production of green hydrogen directly reduced iron (gHDRI) at its mothballed Saldanha Steel Works, in the... 

CONTIROD® -  A key copper rod technology for a greener world

By Thomas Schatz, SMS group GmbH, Moenchengladbach, Germany, More than half of the produced copper products are cast and rolled wire rods. It is used as the semi-finished product for electric... 

Modular digital packages for forging plants

By Dr. Jesper Mellenthin (Virtual Showroom): towards digital transformation in the world of forging.