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EUROFER: Decision on EU ETS Increases Unilateral Cost Burden for EU Industry

10 September 2013 - EUROFER has strong concerns about the European Commission’s decision on Member States' national implementation measures (NIMs) for the third EU ETS trading period.

NLMK Group's Metalware Production Renamed NLMK Metiz

10 September 2013 - UZPS, the Urals Precision Alloys Plant, part of NLMK Group’s Long Products Division specializing in the production of metalware, was rebranded and changed its name to NLMK Metiz (metalware).

New CFO Appointed to Sandvik Group

10 September 2013 - Mats Backman has been appointed executive vice president and CFO of Sandvik and member of the Group Executive Management, effective 1 October 2013.

New Ruukki Ramor 550 Steel Enables Increasingly Lighter Structures

10 September 2013 - Ruukki is expanding its range of Ramor protection steels with a new Ramor 550 grade designed for ballistic protection.

Marubeni-Itochu Acquires U.S. OCTG Distributor Sooner Inc.

09 September 2013 - Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. has reached an agreement with Oil States International Inc., that Marubeni-Itochu Tubulars America Inc., a subsidiary of MISI, will acquire 100% of Sooner Inc., a subsidiary of OIS, for approx. US$600 million.

EVRAZ North America and USW Extend Agreement at Pueblo

09 September 2013 - The United Steelworkers (USW) Locals 2102 and 3267, their respective executive boards and EVRAZ North America have approved a three-year extension of the existing collective bargaining agreement for the Pueblo, Colo., facility.

AIIS: U.S. Exports Inch Up in July

09 September 2013 - U.S. steel exports increased in July by 2.2% over June according to government reporting analyzed by the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS).

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Wins Global Orders for Metal Treatment Vacuum Systems

09 September 2013 - Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum recently won several orders globally for vacuum systems out of the metal treatment field, optimized for customer specific needs. Advantage of these vacuum solutions is the high flexibility due to the use of standard vacuum pumps in a versatile skid.

Timken Announces Planned Departure of Executive Vice President; Additional Leaders Named

09 September 2013 - The Timken Company announced that Glenn A. Eisenberg, executive vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer, plans to leave the company next year when it separates the steel business from its bearings and power transmission (B&PT) business via a spinoff. 

SunCoke Energy Extends Cokemaking Agreement with ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor

09 September 2013 - SunCoke Energy, Inc. and ArcelorMittal have agreed to a 10-year extension of their existing contract, under which SunCoke provides 1.22 million tons of metallurgical coke annually to ArcelorMittal from its Indiana Harbor cokemaking operation located in East Chicago, Ind.

OMK's Trubodetal Plant Patents Unique Stamping Technology

06 September 2013 - Trubodetal JSC (Chelyabinsk, part of United Metallurgical Company, CJSC OMK) has been issued a patent for a unique technology for stamping T-bends to be used under high pressure.

Baosteel Wins Nine Prizes in Metallurgical Science and Technology Awards 2013

06 September 2013 - Recently, the China Iron & Steel Association and the Awards Committee of Metallurgical Science and Technology Awards of the Chinese Society for Metals officially announced the evaluation and selection results of Metallurgical Science and Technology Awards 2013. Out of a total of 76 award-winning projects, Baosteel won nine awards — the only Grand Prize awarded, two 1st place prizes, four 2nd place prizes, and two 3rd place prizes.

NLMK/Lipetsk University Educational Project Wins State Support in National Contest

06 September 2013 - A joint project from NLMK Group's Novolipetsk and its affiliated university, the Lipetsk State Technical University, has won an open contest organized by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science for a state grant to implement projects aimed at training highly-qualified personnel for companies of the Lipetsk region.

Butech Bliss Supplies Hydraulic Roller Leveler to Russel Metals

06 September 2013 - Butech Bliss has completed the design, manufacturing, installation and start-up of a new state-of-the-art Synergy™ hydraulic roller leveler for Russel Metal’s existing heavy gauge cut-to-length line at their B&T Steel division located in Stoney Creek, Ontario.

METALLOINVEST Announces Financial Results for First Half of 2013

06 September 2013 - METALLOINVEST announced its results for the first half of the year, saying it was marked by positive changes despite difficult conditions in the industry.

Severstal Russian Steel Implements Investment Program in First Half of 2013

06 September 2013 - The Russian Steel division of OAO Severstal, one of the world’s leading steel and steel-related mining companies, invested approximately 8 billion rubles (approx. US$240 million) in its operations in H1 2013, representing 41% of the division’s planned capital expenditure for 2013 as a whole.

Tata Steel's Lightweight Armor Steel Can Take a Punch

06 September 2013 - Tata Steel has received orders for more than 200 samples of its perforated armor steel, which has been exported to a number of countries worldwide, including Germany, France, the U.S. and India.

Emirates Steel Dispatches First Shipment of Structural Steel to the Americas

05 September 2013 - The first ever 'Made in UAE' shipment of structural steel landed recently in the American and Mexican ports of Huston and Altamira. It represented Emirates Steel's first ever export shipment to the Americas.

Timken Announces Plan to Separate Steel Business Into Independent Company

05 September 2013 - The Timken Company announced that its board of directors has approved a plan to pursue a separation of the company's steel business from its bearings and power transmission business through a spinoff, creating two publicly traded companies.

AIIS: Domestic Industry Files Another Trade Case

05 September 2013 - On 4 September 2013, a group of domestic producers of reinforcing bar filed antidumping cases against Turkey and Nafta partner Mexico and a countervailing duty case against Turkey, the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) reports.

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