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IREPAS: Healthy Demand, but Concerns Persist in Global Long Products Market

09 June 2014 - In its June 2014 Short Range Outlook, IREPAS said demand has continued to improve in the global long steel products market, especially in the Americas and the EU.

U. S. Steel Vice President And Controller Greg Zovko To Retire

06 June 2014 - United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer David B. Burritt announced today that Vice President and Controller Gregory A. Zovko has informed the company of his plan to retire effective June 30 after 31 years with the company.

MMFX Steel Appoints New VP of Sales and Marketing

06 June 2014 - MMFX® Steel Corporation of America has appointed Kevin McKown as the new vice president of sales and marketing.

Siemens To Supply ArcelorMittal Gent With Performance-Enhanced LiquiRob

06 June 2014 - Belgian steel producer ArcelorMittal Gent has ordered a LiquiRob casting platform robot from Siemens Metals Technologies to be installed on continuous slab caster CC2.

JSW Steel Wins Prime Minister’s Trophy For Excellence In Performance

06 June 2014 - JSW Steel, India’s leading steel manufacturer has won the prestigious Prime Minister’s Trophy for excellence in performance for the year 2012-13.

BlueScope Completes Acquisition of New Zealand Downstream Long Products Business From Fletcher Building

06 June 2014 - BlueScope advises that the acquisition of the downstream long-products rolling and marketing operations of Fletcher Building’s Pacific Steel Group completed today.

AK Steel Announces Executive Promotions

05 June 2014 - AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said today that its Board of Directors has approved the promotion of the following Executive Officers, effective May 30, 2014.

Janco Steel Ltd. Purchases Herr-Voss Stamco Cut-to-Length Line

05 June 2014 - Janco Steel Ltd., Stoney Creek Ontario, has just announced the purchase of a new state-of-the-art .75” x 96” Cut-to-Length Line with Stretcher Leveler.

FEI and University of Manchester Announce Collaboration Agreement for Metals Research

05 June 2014 - FEI (Nasdaq:FEIC) and The University of Manchester announce their collaboration on the Metals Lab at The University of Manchester's Electron Microscopy Centre in the School of Materials.

American Iron and Steel Steel Institute Elects New Chairman

05 June 2014 - The Board of Directors of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has elected Mike Rippey, president and CEO of ArcelorMittal USA, to serve as chairman of the Institute until May 2015.

PSI Strengthens Arcelormittal Ties, With Production Management Master Agreement

04 June 2014 - PSI Metals has signed a Master Agreement with ArcelorMittal, defining the governance of the close collaboration with respect to production management solutions.

Acroni Orders Two Furnaces and the World's First MultiFlex-Quench® for the Heat Treatment of Heavy Plate

04 June 2014 - The Slovenian steelmaker Acroni has placed an order with SMS Siemag (www.sms-siemag.com), Germany, to deliver a heat treatment line and revamp a stainless-steel annealing and picking line.

Nidec Avtron Automation Expands Service Department to Meet Growth

04 June 2014 - Nidec Avtron Automation is pleased to announce the expansion and reorganization of its Service Department to better serve its growing customer base.

Damping System From Siemens Reduces Vibrations of AOD Converters

04 June 2014 - A new damping system from Siemens Metals Technologies was brought into operation in March at the Steel Making Plant North of the Chinese producer, Taiyuan Iron & Steel.

Synthesis Energy, ZCM-SES, and Midrex Sign Marketing Agreement for Clean Coal-based DRI Facilities

03 June 2014 - Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (SES) (NASDAQ: SYMX) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, SES Technologies, LLC, Shanghai-based ZCM-SES Sino-U.S. Clean Energy Technologies Limited (ZCM-SES), and Midrex Technologies, Inc. (Midrex), a subsidiary of Kobe Steel Limited (ADR-OTC:KBSTY), have entered into an exclusive agreement for the joint marketing of coal gasification-based direct reduced iron (DRI) facilities in China.

Siemens Wins Order For Mulpic Intensive Plate Cooling System From China Steel In Taiwan

03 June 2014 - China Steel Corporation (CSC), a Taiwanese steel producer, has ordered a Mulpic (multi-purpose interrupted cooling) system from Siemens Metals Technologies.

AISI: U.S. Preliminary Steel Imports Rise 15% in April

03 June 2014 - Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that the U.S. imported a total of 3,726,000 tons of steel in April 2014, including 2,738,000 tons of finished steel— up 15.2% and 12.2%, respectively, vs. March 2014 final data.).

Broner’s Integrated Scheduling Solution Goes Live at CSN in Brazil

03 June 2014 - Broner Metals Solutions, worldwide specialist provider of integrated MES (manufacturing execution systems), supply chain and scheduling solutions for metals, announced its newly integrated casting and hot mill scheduling solutions are now live in production at CSN’s Volta Redonda steelmaking site in Brazil, which will enable them to achieve significant inventory reductions.

U. S. Steel to Idle Two Tubular Facilities in Pennsylvania And Texas

02 June 2014 - United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) announced today it will indefinitely idle two tubular manufacturing facilities in McKeesport, Pa., and Bellville, Texas, in early August, impacting approximately 260 employees as a result of business conditions which are influenced by unfairly traded tubular products imported into the United States.

Essar Steel Minnesota Denies Reports That It Will Be Sold

02 June 2014 - Essar Steel Minnesota LLC (ESML) categorically denies that Essar Global Fund Limited (EGFL), ESML’s ultimate shareholder, is considering selling the business, contrary to recent media reports.

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