Nextracker LLC and BCI Steel, a Pittsburgh-based steel fabricator, reopened the historic Bethlehem Steel manufacturing plant in Leetsdale, Pa., to produce solar tracker equipment for large-scale solar power plants. Solar tracker products produced at the factory will serve rapidly growing solar markets in Pennsylvania, Indiana, New York and Ohio.

The winners in the 2022 Powder Metallurgy (PM) Design Excellence Awards competition, sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF), were announced during PowderMet 2022 in June.

Austal USA started construction on the company’s first steel ship: a U.S. Navy Navajo Class Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship (T-ATS 11).

The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) published a detailed aluminum beverage-can recycling roadmap that explains how ambitious recycling rate targets that CMI members announced in November 2021 will be achieved. 

Two professors at LSU’s College of Engineering are working with NASA to advance additively manufactured alloys to help reduce cost and lead times.

Which companies produced the most steel in 2021? If you want the answer to that question, here’s a comprehensive list courtesy of the World Steel Association. A U.S. company failed to make the top 10, but Nucor was ranked 15th on this list. U.S. Steel (24th) and Cleveland-Cliffs (25th) were the only other U.S.-based steelmakers to make the top 40.

MP Materials Corp. began construction of its first rare-earth metal, alloy and magnet manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The project will create around 150 high-skill jobs and 1,300 indirect jobs.

Researchers at FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing received a $2 million award from the Department of Energy (DOE) to help develop technology to prevent, detect, analyze and mitigate cyberattacks against U.S. energy systems.

BASF is further expanding its North American Apprenticeship Development Program and welcoming nearly 100 apprentices at 20 manufacturing sites across the country. The program offers an opportunity to gain on-the-job training and earn industry-recognized credentials while receiving a full-time wage.

Alcoa Corp. is supplying low-carbon aluminum to Hellenic Cables S.A., one of the largest cable producers in Europe. According to Alcoa, its EcoLum brand has a carbon footprint that is approximately 3.5 times better than the industry average.