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SunCoke Energy Achieves Key Milestones in First Quarter; Outlook Optimistic

30 April 2013 - SunCoke Energy achieves key milestones in first quarter, including an IPO of SunCoke Energy Partners and closing on the VISA SunCoke joint venture in India, and says it expects to sustain a high level of performance in its cokemaking business going forward.

Financial Investors Fuel Metals Deal Activity in the First Quarter of 2013

30 April 2013 - Deal activity in the U.S. metals sector declined dramatically during the first quarter of 2013, with total volume of transactions at its lowest since the first quarter of 2009, and total deal value just above that of the first quarter of 2010, according to a just-released report from PwC's Industrial Products practice.

Republic Steel Enters Supply Agreement with U. S. Steel

29 April 2013 - Grupo Simec's subsidiary Republic Steel has entered into a 5 year supply agreement with United States Steel Corporation, to provide tube rounds to the U.S. Steel Tubular Products Division.

Reliance Steel Reports First Quarter Results; Provides End-Market Outlook

29 April 2013 - As it reported its first quarter earnings results, Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. says market conditions currently present headwinds to organic growth, but its strong balance sheet provides significant financial flexibility to take advantage of compelling M&A opportunities.

Fives Bronx Receives Order For API Pipe Straightening Equipment

29 April 2013 - Fives Bronx has received an order for a six roll straightening machine from TPCO America.

ArcelorMittal Ostrava to Supply Tubes for Water Conduit Project in France

29 April 2013 - ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Ostrava in the Czech Republic has concluded an important contract worth several tens of millions crowns for supplies of water tubes with polypropylene coating for an extensive project of construction of drinking water conduit in the north of France.

Edgen Group Names Senior Vice President, Americas for Edgen Murray

29 April 2013 - Edgen Group Inc., a global distributor of specialty steel products and services for the energy and infrastructure markets, has named Dan Keaton senior vice president, Americas for its Edgen Murray brand.

Insteel Industries Reports Quarterly Results, Anticipates Seasonal Upturn in Demand

29 April 2013 - As it reported its second fiscal quarter 2013 results, Insteel Industries said it is seeing rising customer sentiment and improving conditions in its construction end-markets.

Abakan Lights-Up Its First Clad Pipe Manufacturing Facility in Ohio

29 April 2013 - Abakan Inc., an advanced coatings and metal formulations company, announced the first test-run of its CermaClad™ high-intensity arc lamp and also the official opening of its first clad pipe manufacturing plant on 26 April 2013 in Euclid, Ohio.

USW, ArcelorMittal Resolve Burns Harbor Safety Dispute

26 April 2013 - A safety dispute that idled blast furnaces and some other operations at ArcelorMittal's Burns Harbor mill has been resolved after two days of intense negotiations between union officials and management, the Northwest Indiana Times reports.

AISI: Preliminary U.S. Steel Imports Decrease 1% in March

26 April 2013 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported that the U.S. imported a total of 2,476,000 tons of steel in March, including 1,967,000 tons of finished steel (down 1% and up 4%, respectively, vs. February final data).

Carpenter Technology Enters into Supply Contract with Rolls-Royce

26 April 2013 - Carpenter Technology Corp. has finalized the completion of a formal supply agreement that will provide Rolls-Royce with advanced technology materials used in the manufacture of jet engine components.

Essar Steel Algoma Joins Community Clean-Up with Steel Works Housekeeping Blitz

26 April 2013 - In honor of Earth Day, Essar Steel Algoma participated in the community clean-up on 22 April 2013 led by the City of Sault Ste. Marie. In addition, the company is now entering the third and final phase of its demolition program, in which an estimated 20,000 tons of scrap metal will be reclaimed.

Allegheny Technologies Says Stainless and Electrical Steel Markets Remain Challenging

26 April 2013 - Allegheny Technologies Inc. saw continued sluggish demand from many of its major end market during the first quarter the year, the company said as it reported its first quarter earnings results.

Insteel Industries Acquires Assets from Tatano Wire and Steel

26 April 2013 - Insteel Industries’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Insteel Wire Products Co., has purchased all of the concrete pipe and box culvert reinforcement production equipment and certain related assets of Tatano Wire and Steel, Inc.

Universal Stainless Expects Gradual Recovery of Meaningful Market Demand

26 April 2013 - Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. announced that, based on preliminary results, it expects sales for the first quarter of 2013 to approximate US$49 million and for operating income and net income to be at the break-even level.

Global Gauge Receives Export Achievement Award

26 April 2013 - Global Gauge Corp., a Moraine, Ohio-based manufacturer of non-contact thickness measurement gauges, recently received the Export Achievement Award from the U.S. Department of Commerce for its sales and marketing expansion efforts into South Korea and Brazil.

Georgian American Alloys Acquires Georgian Manganese

26 April 2013 - In a cross-border merger, Miami, Fla.-based Georgian American Alloys, a manufacturer, supplier and trader of ferroalloys, announced that it has acquired 100% ownership interest in Georgia-based Georgian Manganese and Vartsikhe 2005, the country’s top producer and exporter of standard and high-grade silicomanganese.

China Gerui Advanced Materials Announces Increase in International Customers

26 April 2013 - China Gerui Advanced Materials Group says it has made steady progress in marketing internationally, with three customers placing regular commercial orders for its high-end and narrow-strip steel and three additional customers currently engaged in trials with the company's specialized products.

Canadian Agency Begins Final Trade Inquiry into Galvanized Steel Wire Imports

26 April 2013 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an inquiry respecting the dumping of cold-drawn carbon or alloy steel wire originating in or exported from China, Israel and Spain and the subsidizing of the above-mentioned goods from China.

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