AK Steel
Headquartered in West Chester, Ohio (Greater Cincinnati), AK Steel is a leader in the production of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steel products, primarily for automotive, infrastructure and manufacturing, construction and electrical power generation and distribution markets. The company operates seven steel plants and two tube manufacturing plants across four states: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Latest News
Shaw to Provide M&R Services for AK Steel Rockport Works
20 January 2011 - AK Steel has contracted Shaw Group Inc. to provide maintenance and reliability engineering services to the company’s Rockport Works steel processing facility beginning in March of this year.
AK Steel Wins Patent Suit for Special Automotive Steels
18 January 2011 - AK Steel reports it has prevailed in a patent infringement lawsuit by two French units of ArcelorMittal regarding aluminum-coated, boron-bearing carbon steels, used primarily for high-strength automotive applications.
AK Steel Announces Carbon Steel Price Increase
07 January 2011 - AK Steel announced plans to increase current spot market base prices by $50 per ton for all carbon flat-rolled steel products, effective immediately with new orders.
AK Steel Announces February 2011 Surcharges
04 January 2011 - AK Steel says it will add a $350 per ton surcharge to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in February 2011.
AK Steel To Permanently Close Kentucky Coke Plant
29 December 2010 - AK Steel announced plans to permanently close its Ashland, Ky., coke plant in 2011. The company says the plant, which employs 263, is no longer cost-competitive.
AK Steel Announces Additional Carbon Steel Price Increase
22 December 2010 - AK Steel announced plans to increase current spot market base prices by $30 per ton for all carbon flat-rolled steel products, effective immediately with new orders.
AK Steel Announces Second Carbon Steel Price Increase
10 December 2010 - AK Steel will increase current spot market base prices for all carbon flat-rolled steel products effective immediately with new orders.
AK Steel Honors Women for Courage, Leadership
06 December 2010 - The AK Steel Foundation is underwriting the Steel Magnolia Awards, honoring eight women who reside in the vicinity of AK Steel's corporate headquarters and plant operations, and who have made a difference in others’ lives.
AK Steel Announces January 2011 Surcharges
03 December 2010 - AK Steel says it will add a $290 per ton surcharge to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in January 2011.
Court Reverses Power Siting Board Decision on Middletown Coke Facility
03 December 2010 - The Supreme Court of Ohio has reversed the Ohio Power Siting Board’s approval of siting for Middletown Coke Company’s proposed SunCoke Energy facility.
AK Steel to Increase Carbon Steel Prices
01 December 2010 - AK Steel will increase current spot market base prices for all carbon flat-rolled steel products effective immediately with new orders.
AK Steel Receives Environmental Award from Honda
16 November 2010 - AK Steel has received Honda's Green Factory Environmental Achievement Award in the category of Conservation of Natural Resources. The award recognizes the company’s ongoing environmental restoration efforts at its steel plant in Coshocton, Ohio.
AK Steel to Increase Carbon Steel Prices
08 November 2010 - AK Steel will increase current spot market base prices for all carbon flat-rolled steel products effective immediately with new orders.
AK Steel Announces December 2010 Surcharges
02 November 2010 - AK Steel says it will add a $285 per ton surcharge to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in December 2010.
AK Steel Reports Third-Quarter Financial Results
27 October 2010 - AK Steel reported a net loss of $59.2 million, or $0.54 per diluted share of common stock, for the third quarter of 2010, compared to net income of $6.2 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, for the same period a year ago.
OSHA Issues Citations to AK Steel
07 October 2010 - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued AK Steel five willful and three other-than-serious citations for failing to record occupational injuries at its Middletown facility. The company is facing proposed penalties of $53,000.
AK Steel Announces November 2010 Surcharges
05 October 2010 - AK Steel says it will add a $350 per ton surcharge to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in November 2010.
AK Steel Marks 100 Years of Research and Innovation
23 September 2010 - AK Steel celebrates this month 100 years of innovation at its research facility in Middletown, Ohio.
AK Steel to Increase Stainless Product Prices
20 September 2010 - AK Steel says it will increase transaction prices for specialty flat-rolled stainless steel products in the 200, 300 and 400 series, as well as duplex and precipitation hardening grades.
AK Steel Supports WTO Case against China
17 September 2010 - AK Steel applauds the United States' filing of a complaint against China for violating the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in imposing antidumping and countervailing duties against imports of grain-oriented electrical steel from the United States.
