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South Korea's Hyundai Steel held a ceremonial launch on September 5, 2026, for a new $5.8 billion electric arc furnace (EAF) integrated steel mill in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Operated by a joint venture including POSCO and Hyundai Motor, the greenfield facility aims to reach commercial production by 2029 with an annual capacity of 2.7 million metric tons of hot-rolled and cold-rolled steel sheets. The plant leverages direct reduction processes to supply low-carbon automotive steel and targets $4 billion in annual revenue at full production.

The Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMZ), operated by the DCH Steel industrial group, suffered structural damage to its industrial and administrative facilities following a Russian missile strike on September 5, 2026. No worker casualties were reported, as personnel successfully evacuated to shelters during the attack. The Ukrainian steelworks, which recently produced 5,500 tonnes of steel products during its July rolling campaign, is currently evaluating impacts ahead of its next scheduled rolling operations.

Ukrainian steelmaker Kametstal completely halted all production processes following a direct Russian ballistic missile strike on the night of September 5, 2026. The attack severely damaged the facility's sintering operations, blast furnaces, and critical power infrastructure. Parent company Metinvest indicated that the timeline for resuming the plant's cast iron and steel production remains unknown while engineers assess the structural destruction.