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U. S. Steel Canada Gets the Go-Ahead to Initiate a New Sales Process

13 January 2016 - A Canadian court has signed off on U. S. Steel Canada Inc.’s plan to try, for a second time, to find a buyer, according to The Hamilton Spectator newspaper.

U. S. Steel Canada Stakeholders in Talks With Potential Buyers, Investors

11 January 2016 - Outside investors are taking a look at buying -- or buying into -- U. S. Steel Canada Inc. (USSC), which has been operating under creditor protection since September 2014, reports The (Toronto) Globe and Mail newspaper.

U. S. Steel's Day in Court Coming on USSC Debt Claims

07 January 2016 - Attorneys for United States Steel Corporation are due in a Canadian court next week, where they will argue that $2.2 billion in debt claims on the company’s Canadian operation are valid – over the objections of a labor union, active and retired salaried employees, and local and provincial governments, according The Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator newspaper.

SAIL, ArcelorMittal Hoping to Formally Establish New JV Later This Year

04 January 2016 - Executives at Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) and ArcelorMittal are looking to finalize a joint venture sometime this year for a new automotive steel mill in India, according to The (India) Economic Times newspaper.

U.S. Commerce Department Proposes Big Dumping Margin on Chinese-Made Corrosion-Resistant Steel

23 December 2015 - The U.S. Department of Commerce has made a preliminary determination that steel producers in China, India, Italy and South Korea have dumped corrosion-resistant steel in the U.S.

High Imports and Low Prices Prompt Allegheny Technologies to Idle Two Mills

11 December 2015 - Citing the abundance of low-cost imports and depressed steel prices, stainless and specialty steel producer Allegheny Technologies Inc. is indefinitely idling two of its western Pennsylvania plants.

Canada Issues Final Determination in Plate Trade Case

09 December 2015 - The Canada Border Services Agency (CSBA) has issued its final determination in a trade case involving hot rolled carbon and high-strength, low-alloy steel plate from Russia and India, finding that those products have been dumped or subsidized.

Vietnamese Steelmaker Planning New 200K-Ton Rolling Mill

09 December 2015 - Vietnam’s Hoa Sen Group has been awarded an investment certificate for a new US$89-million cold rolling mill in the Binh Dinh province, according to The Saigon Times.

SMS Wraps Up Modernization Project at Nucor Strip Mill

19 November 2015 - SMS group has completed upgrades to Nucor Corp.’s Berkeley, S.C., USA, compact strip production (CSP) plant, SMS has announced.

Big River Steel Continuing to Push Toward 2016 Start-Up

16 November 2015 - The founder of a new U.S. mill has died and the governor who initially supported the project is no longer in office, but the Big River Steel project is continuing to progress toward a planned start-up in late summer or early fall of 2016, reports the weekly business journal Arkansas Business.