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Universal Stainless Achieves Nadcap Heat Treat Accreditation for North Jackson

21 February 2013 - Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. announced that it has achieved Nadcap Heat Treat accreditation at its North Jackson, Ohio facility.

U. S. Steel Names Burt Caldwell General Manager – Sales

21 February 2013 - United States Steel Corporation announced that Burt Caldwell has been named general manager – sales for its North American flat-rolled sales team based in Chicago, effective 1 March 2013.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Reports 2012 Results, 2013 Outlook

21 February 2013 - Reliance Steel & Aluminum says its fourth quarter results reflect the impact of continued global economic uncertainty coupled with normal seasonal trends and expects global economic and political uncertainty to continue negatively impacting the metals industry in the 2013 first quarter.

ALJ Regional Holdings Announces Management Restructure

21 February 2013 - ALJ Regional Holdings has announced changes in its management structure as a result of its divestiture of Kentucky Electric Steel to Optima Specialty Steel.

Vallourec Announces Qualification of New Finishing Plant in Saudi Arabia

21 February 2013 - Vallourec announced the full qualification of its new finishing plant in Saudi Arabia. The unit is dedicated to the heat treatment and threading for the full range of VAM® premium connections with an annual capacity of 100,000 tons.

Olympic Steel Reports 2012 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results

21 February 2013 - Olympic Steel said 2012 ended with a disappointing quarter as steel demand and pricing declined in tandem with mounting political and fiscal uncertainty masking much of the company's operational headway.

Worldsteel Announces 7th steeluniversity Challenge World Champions

21 February 2013 - The World Championship of the 7th steeluniversity Challenge took place in Brussels on 19 February 2013 with the regional champions from the first round competing for the top prize.

Vallourec Reports Q4 and Full Year 2012 Results

21 February 2013 - Vallourec announced its results for the fourth quarter and full year 2012, noting a year of contrastfor the company as it benefited from a strong market position in the oil and gas sector, while other markets faced a challenging environment marked by economic uncertainty, lower demand and increased competition.

SMS Elex to Modernize Electrostatic Precipitator at Salzgitter Flachstahl

21 February 2013 - In addition to a new converter vessel with lamella suspension system supplied by SMS Siemag, converter A in Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH’s steel plant in Germany will also be equipped with new filter technology developed and patented by SMS Elex.

Outokumpu Comments on the Terni Divestment

20 February 2013 - Outokumpu is currently in the process of divesting the Terni operations as required by the European Commission. There are several interested parties and buyer candidates; a decision has yet to be made.

World Crude Steel Output Down 0.8% in January

20 February 2013 - World crude steel production for the 62 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 125 million tonnes in January 2013, a slight increase of 0.8% compared to January 2012.

2013 Off to a Slow Start for North American Service Centers

20 February 2013 - Service centers’ metal shipments decrease in January 2013 from last January’s levels at small, single digit rates in both the U.S. and Canada, the Metals Service Center Institute reports.

U.S. Mill Shipments Rise 4.4% in 2012

20 February 2013 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that U.S. steel mill shipments for full year 2012 were 95,948,663 tons, a 4.4% increase vs. 2011 shipments of 91,865,449 tons.

CVS Technologies to Provide Rebar Plant to Llamkos Galva Steel

20 February 2013 - The Llamkos Galva Steel Co. and CVS Technologies signed a contract for a turnkey plant to produce 210,000 tonnes per year of rebar.

Big River Steel to Build US$1 Billion Steel Mill in Arkansas

20 February 2013 - Big River Steel, led by steel veteran John Correnti, announced plans to build a more than US$1 billion flatrolled steel mill in Mississippi County, Ark., to serve the automotive, oil and gas and electrical energy markets.

SMS Siemag Successfully Modernizes Coiler at Tata Steel IJuiden

19 February 2013 - Tata Steel this month granted SMS Siemag the final acceptance for the modernization of coiler No. 3 in its IJmuiden, Netherlands, hot strip plant.

Mechel Divests Romanian Steel Assets

19 February 2013 - Mechel OAO, a leading Russian mining and metals company, reports that it has disposed of its Romanian steel assets.

Oschatz to Modernize Second Cooling Stack at ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe

19 February 2013 - Plant constructor Oschatz announced a new order from ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe: the German plant constructor will modernize the second converter cooling stack at the steel works in Duisburg-Bruckhausen.

Republic Steel Selects Quintiq Software to Optimize Manufacturing Operations

19 February 2013 - Quintiq announced that Republic Steel has selected Quintiq’s supply chain planning and optimization software solution to optimize its steel production planning and scheduling.

JFE, KSP Steel and Marubeni-Itochu Agree to Strengthen Partnership

19 February 2013 - JFE Steel Corporation, KSP Steel LLP and Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. (MISI) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to discuss how to strengthen their partnership in the steel industry of Kazakhstan and neighboring countries.

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