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ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Welcomes 328 New Apprentices

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG has taken on 328 new apprentices in 19 occupations with the startup this week of its latest apprentice training year. To ease the transition from school to working life, all newcomers attend a week-long initiation course in which they meet other apprentices, learn about the company, and spend time focusing on workplace health and safety.

Outotec to Supply Iron Ore Sinter Plant for SAIL

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Outotec has been selected by the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) to design and deliver an iron ore sinter plant for the company's Bhilai Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh.

Nippon Steel Suspends Delivery of Galvanized Pipe from Kimitsu

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Nippon Steel suspends delivery of galvanized steel pipes from its Kimitsu Works when the company discovers that some of the facility’s pipes had been insufficiently galvanized.

Outokumpu Publishes Handbook on Welding Stainless Steel

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The first edition of the Outokumpu Welding Handbook has been published. The Group expects the handbook to be useful for welders, engineers, metallurgists, designers, and other specialists.

Solintal Buckets Made of Hardox Wear Plate from SSAB

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Solintal's strong and durable bucket design has a Hardox In My Body license, SSAB’s quality guarantee demonstrating that the wear structure is made of Hardox wear plate.

Steel Import Permits Decrease 15% in August

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Steel import permit applications reached a total of 2,082,000 net tons for August, a 15% decrease from the 2,436,000 permit tons recorded in July and a 14% decrease from the July preliminary imports total of 2,415,000 net tons, according to the latest report from AISI.

Lakeside Steel Breaks Ground on New Alabama Facility

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Construction of Lakeside Steel Inc.’s new pipe manufacturing facility in Thomasville, Ala., has officially begun. The construction phase is expected to be substantially completed by April 2011.

Horsehead Updates Restart Schedule for PA Refining Facility

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Horsehead Holding Corp. noted that the Monaca, Pa., plant's zinc oxide and metal refinery remains temporarily shut down. Regarding zinc oxide production, the company currently expects to restart all four Larvik furnaces by the end of September; it expects to restart the zinc oxide and refined zinc metal columns in stages starting in November.

Solaris Industries Opens New Plant in North Carolina

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Solaris Industries has officially opened its plant in Kings Mountain, N.C., to meet the needs of a growing customer base in the United States. The company plans to hire about 40 to 50 employees over the next two years.

AK Steel Announces October 2010 Surcharges

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

AK Steel says it will add a $350 per ton surcharge to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in October 2010.

TMK Joins Industrial Liaison Program at MIT

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

TMK becomes one of approximately 200 companies around the world (and the first Russian company) to gain access to Massachusetts Institute of Technology resources and receive benefits from the Industrial Liaison Program's human and intellectual capital.

Severstal Announces Changes to Senior Management Team

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Changes to OAO Severstal’s senior management team will take effect on September 1, 2010. These include Alexander Grubman, currently CEO of Severstal Resources division, being appointed CEO of Severstal Russian Steel.

Universal Stainless Names New Chief Technology Officer

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. has named Arthur C. Reardon, Ph.D., to the newly created position of Chief Technology Officer effective August 31, 2010. He will lead metallurgical process development and oversee all company laboratory capability testing and analysis.

Corus Increases Aerospace Steel Prices

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Corus Specialty Steels has increased transaction prices for its aerospace products by between 4% and 10% on orders acknowledged for delivery after January 1, 2011. The price increase will apply to the full range of air melted and remelted products in ingot, slab, billet, bar, and coil form.

Vale Signs Railroad and Port Contracts

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Vale has signed contracts with Gerdau Açominas to transport steel products and coal using Vale's logistics infrastructure—Vitória-Minas Railroad and Praia Mole Terminal in Espírito Santo—over the next three years.

Northwest Pipe Adds Steel Exec to Board of Directors

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Northwest Pipe announces the election of James E. Declusin, former CEO of Oregon Steel Mills and Evraz Inc. NA, to its board of directors.

ThyssenKrupp Nirosta Consolidates Stainless Steel Service Center Operations

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

ThyssenKrupp Nirosta plans to consolidate all its stainless steel service center operations in a single unit, operating under the name ThyssenKrupp Nirosta. The new structure will take effect at the start of the new fiscal year on October 1, 2010.

ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih Steel Bars Named Best Domestic Product

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Deformed reinforcing steel bars produced by OJSC ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih were recently recognized in Ukraine as a “Best domestic product 2010” after receiving high marks in product quality, domestic and foreign sales, and positive feedback from customers, among other categories.

Air Liquide Invests in New Production Units in Middle East

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Air Liquide continues its development in the Middle East, investing almost €60 million in new production units in Egypt, Qatar, and Syria to support customers from the steel sector.

Gerdau Closes Gerdau Ameristeel Transaction

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Gerdau Ameristeel and Gerdau announce the completion of Gerdau’s acquisition of all remaining shares of Gerdau Ameristeel pursuant to the recently announced plan of arrangement.

SMDI Honors the Steel Food Can

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Investor company members of the Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI) are celebrating 200 years of food can innovation and honoring households across America that incorporate canned food into recipes and meals.

Timken to Increase Prices on Cold-Drawn Tubing

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Timken announces plans to increase prices on cold-drawn carbon and alloy seamless mechanical tubing by up to 30%, depending on size and product specification.

Corus, SSI Sign MoU for Potential Sale of Teesside Cast Products

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Corus UK Ltd. and Sahaviriya Steel Industries Public Co. Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that sets the scope of a potential transaction whereby SSI would acquire from Corus the Teesside Cast Products business.

ArcelorMittal Monlevade Contracts Paul Wurth Group for Blast Furnace Construction

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

ArcelorMittal awarded to the Paul Wurth Group a design and supply contract for the new “B” furnace and all auxiliary plants that will form the base of capacity expansion at ArcelorMittal’s Monlevade plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil. “B“ blast furnace is scheduled to be commissioned in May 2012.

Gerdau Ameristeel Obtains Final Order for Plan of Arrangement

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has issued a final order approving the plan of arrangement for Gerdau SA’s acquisition of all remaining common shares of Gerdau Ameristeel. The plan is expected to close on Monday, August 30, 2010.

ThyssenKrupp’s Duisburg-Bruckhausen Meltshop Reaches Production Milestone

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe’s BOF meltshop in Duisburg-Bruckhausen produced on August 25 its 150 millionth tonne of crude steel.

Posco-South Asia Begins Operation

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Posco-South Asia was officially launched in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 25 to help establish a global steel network in emerging markets of the Southeast Asia region, including Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia, as well as Southwest Asia including India.

Gerdau Açominas Selects Tenova to Supply Walking Beam Furnaces

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Gerdau Açominas and Tenova LOI Italimpianti have agreed upon the supply of two walking beam furnaces for slabs to be installed in the new Plate/Steckel mills of the Gerdau Açominas Plant in Ouro Branco, Brazil. The furnaces will each have a production capacity of 220/265 tonnes per hour.

EPA Orders Tonawanda Coke to Comply with Clean Water Act

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The U.S. EPA has ordered the Tonawanda Coke to comply with its Clean Water Act permit. Among other violations, Tonawanda Coke is discharging industrial wastewater containing cyanide in excess of its permit limits into the town of Tonawanda’s sanitary sewer system.

Olympic Steel to Add Service Center in Kentucky

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Olympic Steel has purchased a service center facility in Mount Sterling, Ky., that it will use to perform plate burning, machining, forming, and shot blasting.